Connecticut western news., 1876-01-07
THE DYNAMITE PLOT.
Scenes at fsreImnerhaven m After the ExplosIo

Scenes at Rrenn erhaven After the Explosion
 ---Thomas' Explanation of she Horrible
 Plot. ..-
 The following particulars respecting the dynamite explosion at Bremerhaven are from the Weiser Zeits4,ag. It ap- pears that just before the Mosel was about to sail cart, containing four cases and barrel, was being unloaded for shipment. Suddenly 8 terrible ex- plosion occurred. The effect was hor rible. The quay was then thronged with people-partly belonging to the steam CT, partly spectators, and partly passen- gers who had remained there to take last farewell of their friends. An eye witness who stood under the gangway of the Mpsel, on hearing the terrific report, saw 8 number of black Jumps flying about in the air, whilst very few of the persons on land retained visible. Ap- pretending boiler explosion, he threw himself fiat on deck, where he received 8 volley of sand, broken glass, frag- ments of flesh, bones, etc. The devas- tation on board the Mosel was terrific. No skylight was left the cabins aft, starboard and port, were crushed in or bulged out by the pressure or altogether smashed the side plates of the ship were burst the ports, with their glass and rivets, forced inwards, and the whole ship was besmeared with blood and stuck over with pieces of flesh and other human debris.
 In the hold and all parts of the ship were found arms, legs and other DOT tions of the human frame thus the lower hold received some limbs through the open hatchways. The sides of the hatchways were burst by the pressure, and the front of the navigation cabin on deck stove in. The whole ship was lit tered with glass zshreds, which even filled the dishes from the steam kitchen as they were being served to the tween deck or steerage passengers. The tug got off comparatively unhurt, being so much more below the quay line than the Mosel still, the whole of it's deck was destroyed. The crew dane of with mere fright, only the engineers and stokers having been hurt slightly. On land, where the package had been un- loaded, 8 hole had been produced from six to seven feet deep. The whole place was strewn with limbs, shreds of dress, etc. In large rocking pools of blood you might see here an arm, there calf, intestines, mutilated busts, etc. Amongst the most horrible details of this calamity is the fate of the Etmer family, who were seeing off one of their sons to Cali fornia. The father, mother, son and son-in-law are dead, all four; the law has had her arm, and her child it's hand, blown off. The case which exploded had been in the care of the carrier Westermann, of Bremen haven, and was accompanied on it's way to the steamer by MT. Tumforde, of whom it is said all trace has been lost. The cart has been shattered into thou sands of splinters, and the poor horse has had his four feet blown off near the hoofs. The authorship of the terrible catastrophe is now traced to w. K. Thomas, passenger of the Mosel Thomas has acknowledged that ha was the owner of the barrel which exploded, and that he. intended to take this barrel on board the vessel for the purpose of sinking her.
 The motive of this diabolical wicked ness appears to have been the hope of gaining a large sum by means of exag- gerated and fictitious insurances, and the sum thus obtained was to have been shared with others, According to infor- nation at present in possession of the 7'oice, Thomas had prepared only one barrel for the carrying out of his horrid work, although 8 report had spread in Bremerhaven that 8 number of machines had been put on. board the Mosel. This barrel was made for, Thomas by the master-cooper Delvendahl. It was made of strong material, and was divided by means of 8 partition in the middle, through which there was a hole. In the one division it is assumed that he had placed the igniting apparatus, and the other was filled with dynamite. He ac- companied the barrel when it was taken to the depot, and told the porters it should be handled with care. It is sup posed that his plan was to effect the ig- nition by means of clock work appara- tUs, which in all probability was to have been set in motion when he arrived in Southampton, to which place only he had booked. It appears that he intend ed to sail with the ill-fated Deutschland, | but the apparatus for effecting the ig- milton was not completed in time. The number of the victims is constantly be- ing increased. According to authentic information the list of dead and wounded 014OuAUS " 4@V pc1bOuSs
 The scene at the hospital dead house was of the most narrowing character. The nutnated remains filed 8 large bas- ket which four strong men could hardly carry. There were also number of heads, which from time to time were in spected by people looking for friends or relatives. About thirty wounded per- sons were in the hospital many others were in private houses. Nearly every family in the little town has suffered severely.
 The following is dispatch to the London: Inaes from Berlin, dated De. cember, 15: The man Thomas, who
 committed the dynamite crime at Bre-
 merhaven, has been repeatedly examined
 by the judicial authorities in the hos
 pital. According to the Bremen papers
 he admits having introduced mechanism
 into the dynamite chest which would
 have caused explosion within three days
 The goods, the insurance on which held
 out the temptation to commit the unpre
 cedented crime, were to be taken or
 board at Southampton, and are probably
 lying there now. Thomas has repeated
 ly torn off the bandage from his wound
 so that he has had to be placed in irons
 in his bed. His percentage is not vel
 clear, but he seems to be a Suabian by
 birth and naturalized American citizen
 In October he passed week at Liver
 pool, apparently trying to ascertain
 whether the attempt had better be made
 thereon at Bremen. His wife, with al
 infant four months old,. has been con
 veyed to Brenerhaven from Dresden
 where she has been staying with hel
 husband for several months. Som.
 eighty persons are already dead. 9th
 CTS are not expected to recover. Yes
 terday, when oyer forty were buried
 some chests full of heads, legs, arms ant