Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-04
DEVILIsH DYNAMITE.
HOrrifying Particulars OF the ExpIO'
sion on the Steamer MOSeI In
Bremerhaven HarbOr.
Thomas, of Infamous MeInOry-The Aw-
fuI and SouI-HarrOwiDg Scenes
Suferi9g Men and Women.

NEW YORK, January S.-Captsin
Frsnche, of the steamship Salier, ar
rived yesterday, and was the bearer Of
letter TO the German consul at New
York, and had instructions to permit no
one but the proper authorities to board
or leave the vessel until the consul bad
read the letter. 1t was written by the
BremeYhayeu authorities during the iu-
tense excitement following the dyna-
mite explosion, under the impression
that possibly it would lead to additional
fRcls, or that some traces in regard to the
explosion might DO obtained on the
Ealier. Nothing, however, had been
discovered. One passenger, speaking of
the explosion, says: 81 was leanlng
against the mast OF the Mosel, ei joying
the scene, when, suddenly, | fell hat on
my face, and heard a terrific noise. l
taought the boiler Of the Mosel had ex-
poded frs, and then l imagined it must
certainly be the boiler Of the tug along
side. Pieces Of wood, iron and glass,
and parts OF human bod were falling
around and upon me. The scene was
awful"
Charles F. Mueller, OF Milwaukee.
who was OF the BLosei al the time of the
explosion, says: ~ was thrown down
the stairway Of the cabin, and recover
ing went forward and saw the deck GOV.
cred with dead bodies and pools of blood.
The bodies were mostly stripped Of their
clothing. Some were perfe city naked.
covered up the nekedness of several Of
the dead, both men and women. Esaw
Hebrew on q trunk stripped OF his
clothing and apparently wounded. His
head was falling back, and he appeared
to hn m
clothes cut OF trunk that was burst
open by the explosion, and made COM
| Portable scat for him; five minutes af.
terward he died A sailor kindly
brought him some water, but his mouth
was filed with coagu .ated blood ard he
| could not swallow. / then attended
| young lady who was screaming for help,
denuded Of all her clothing from her
| Haist; lowered her over with s0m9
sAeeting; she was wounded In ths back;
she had beeu struck with bar OF iron
flom the deck railings."
New YORK, January "a Herald
special from Berlin says: ga German,
under signature of Herr X gives in the
DIesden Ndchricten, some facts Ia refer
eDce 70 Thomas, whose name ls notori-
GUS in connection with The dynamite
explosion. He states thst Thomas was
born in 1888 or 1910, in the town of Bo.
cholt, Westphalia. When two years
old his father went to America and be-
came a carriage builder In Brooklyn.
Herr K. became acquainted with fhom-
as in 1852 at Noelle's commercial school
at Osnabruck. In the summer Of 1875
Herr K met, accidentally, a gentlema1
at Kueist's beer hall, Dresden, who
spoke German, who proved to be Thom-
as, and who, it was fully shown, had
heen born and educated Elm Germany.
Thomas had spent nom 1867 10 1879, tho
last eight yesTsy ia 6ermsny, Captain
Bruckensteea told me to-day that
Thomas shipped last year on the steam-
er Rhein, from Bremen to New York,
box that he said contained greenbacks,
and which be wished TO insure. The
officers oJthe steamer said Insurance was
unnecessary, aud they would place it 10
! the mail room. Thomas followed in
the Celtic. The inference is that sim-
! liar plot was contemplated for the
| Rhein.n