Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-01-15
THE DYNAMITE PLOT.
Description Of the Scene al
lSremerkavcn After the
EXPLOSION.


The following particulars uf the h"rrible
dynamite explosion. " hic', i, arkr.ow lodged
Ia have been the result Oi a Iirl ulical PIC,
intended tor the Destruction ui Vt:.c. after
ii hal GO, Ia -ra. with all un ba t, are from
the WeIser X"i,ung
| appears that Iust before tie NJ: e was
a,Jnur to- -ail . car. r,i.'aiuirg ftur .asrs and
il Larrri. wt> t.'l. 'uiits,, f.! .hIpIn-it
>jrItiri'.y a t-rrfbr t'Xrin,,n '''rrr",i. The
,Gr.t wt~ i,u.uIc The 'inay was iu-u
ihr'i,-.,t " 'h Ir"ri'-; 'rt!y b-'" 'c,rg 10 the
>'.'tn.r. p"Iy -r'.'i.'- at - ~ pss.-n
.cr> wi' h-d r,u HIucI ,.c:" t. rahc n last
farewell ui Il,,.r {. ei.d, An y -witre :.
who stood untrf H." 2;'u@wny 81 h" No,el.
on hearing the teTiIic r","fi 81" lumber 81
black Jumps itynig ai'"ui IN iiic an, win -
very few uf the pes IA on baud remained
visible. Apprcle'".I- i"hler rAi'l' son. he
threw himself fiat on the du 4. where h'
received vplley Of sand. broken @las, fray
meuts oi fie-h. bones etc. The devastation
on board the NoseI as terrific. H.. the y Id
and all parts OF the ship were i"uni arms.
ley and Other portions Of the hnn al frame
thus the lu'rer hold received ne iinb>
through the Open ha,chways. The tag got oil
comparatively urhart, being 81 muc more
below the quay lne than the Mo,ci. s:iii the
" hole ui lis deck was destroy yeh.
On land, where the package hal been un-
loaded, boie had been produced from six ~
seven feet deep. The whole place wa.
,trewn with limbs, snreds of dress. etc. la
large reekIIg pools Of blood you might see
here an arm, there cali, n,es,Ines, mutiiated
busrs etc.
Amongst the most horrible details of this
CALAMITY i, the fate Of the Elmer family, VITO
were seeing of one of their ..ns ~ California
, The father, mother, son and n-law are
dead, all four; the dau. h er N aT has had
her arm, and her child its han I. blown OF
The case which exploited had been IN the
care OF the carrier We>,ermann, of Bremen
haven, and was accompanied on its way to
the steamer by a Mr. Tumforde, of whom il
, is said all trace has been lost. The cart has
been shattered into thousands of splinters,
Z and the poor horse has had has four feet
blown OFT near the hoOf,.
The authorship OF the terrible catastrophe
is now traced 10 W. X. Thomas, a pass, ger
| of the Mosel. Thomas has acknowledged
that he was the owner of the barr,l whicii
! exploited, and that he Intended To take rhi,
sinking her. The motive OF his d.abolical
wckeduess appears 10 have been the lope OF
gaining large sum by means of exaggerated
/ aud fictitious insurances, and the sum thVs
obtained was TO have been shared with others
He is perfectly conscious, aud answers all
questions put to him. He is in the room with
many OF his victims. Accord ng to informa
Ton at reseE, in possession Of the police.
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carrying out of his Lorrid work, although a
report had spread in Bremerhaven that
number of machines had been put on the
Mosel. Tins barrel was made for Thomas
by the master cooper Deivendahl. 1t was
made of suong material and was divided by
n.eans of :; partition in he midd e, through
which there i, hole. In the one division it
is assumed that he had placed the ign,ing
apparatus and the other Was flied with dyna
mite He accompanied the barrel when
ii was taken to the depot Of the North Ger
man Lloyd Company and told the pOrers II
should he handled with care. IL is supposed
that his plan was To effect the ignlilon 10y
means OF 4 clock work apparatus, which III
all probability was TO have been set III motion
when he arrived in Southampton, TO which
place only he had bpoked. IL appears thai
lie intended TO sail with the ill-fated Deutsch
land, but The apparatus for etiecting the ignition
was not completed in time. The number OF
the victims is constantly being increased Ac
cording TO authentic information ths list OF
dead and wounded amounts to 10 persons.
/ The scene at the hospital dead-house was
Of the most narrowing character. The mutt
/ lated remains filled large basket which four
strong men could hardly carry. There were
also a number Of heads, which from time to
time were iusrec by e ple looking for
friends or relatives. Abou, thirty wounded
persons were in the ho' piral; many Others
were in private houses. Nearly every family
in the liule town has suffered severely.