Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-01-14

ker % thalers more than the stipulated
price. He afterward ordered 20 similar
clocks, but none of these were delivered.
Meanwhile Thomassen had provided him
self with quantity of dynamite, which
he intended so to place in a case that the
clock hammer would strike it and cause 1t
to explode at the appointed time. Alter
purchasing the clock, ThOmassen made
several voyages to and from America.
where it is supposed he purchased the dy-
mite. About six months ago he settled at
Strehlen, near Dresden, where he seems TO
have devoted himself to pertecting his In
fernal plans. BY some means the clock
got out of order, and Thomassen had it re-
paired at shop in Brennan. a few days
before the sailing of the Deutschland he
went to the clockmaker and asked him to
hasten the work. The clock was ready,
and the clockmaker handed it to him. The
same day he returned to the shop with the
remark, NV God you have wound it
up" The clOckmaker nodded in atfirma-
ton, saying he had done it TO try it. The
next day Thomassen returned again. and
asked how many times the key had been
turned and how long a time it would take
to run pown. The cluckmaker could not
give him any answer, and he remained at
! Bremen until it had run down. Otherwise
| it is supposed that he intended to place il
| on board the Deutschland. On the day
the Mosel sailed he wound up the clock
again. so that it should explode in mid.
ocean and blow up the vessel, cargo and
passengers, after he himself had landed al
Southampton, where it is said he intended
| TO put on board heavily insured cases and
packages. At Bremen he shipped a worth
! less barrel, which he insured for 3,OOC
marks as caviar. The plot was now com
plele, everything was calmly waiting the
departure of the ship he had destined tC
which crystallized the dynamite, and caus
ed it 10 explode when the case containing
| it was thrown upon the quay, nothing
/ could have saved the ship-it would have
exploded about three days from New Yorl
and the world would probably never have
! known how.
This cold -blooded monster died oil
Thursday night, but confessed his gull
previously. He denied having any accom-
pliccs. but his brother has been arrested a
| Dresden. Ii is said that letters have beeI
found upon him which, even if he had no
confessed, would have been convincin!
proof of his guilt. In Il letter dated Streh
len, his wife bcgs him to give up his pro
iected scheme, and to turn back from tn
dangerous path he was treading. In con
tradiction to the statement, which woul,
prove his wife to have been cogniZant @
bis schemes even if she were moi an accom-
plice, the Weser Zeitung says his wife knew
nothing of Thomassen's hellish plans, tha
she married him IL years ago, but neve
knew anything of his family or connections
and does not even know his name TO a ceI
tainty. She refuses to tell her own maide
name out of regard for her family and re
latons. The Bremerhauen Zeitung as
: serts, in spite of all contradictions, tina
Thomassen declared he had two package
on board the Mosel, that one of these ha
been found on board the Salier, and tha
another must be still on board that vesse
but all apprehensions on this score hay
been removed by thorough inspection (
| the Salipr's "a roo