The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-16
ROSSEAU ADMITS
He IS THE MAN
Tried to Blow Up Statue OF
Frederick the Great
HAD INTERNAL MACHINE
SAYS THERE ARE TOO MANY
FOEIGN AFFAIRS IN THIS
COUNTRY" TALK
SHOWS HE is DAFFY.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan Is. Gessler
2ossaau," who was arrested on
Thursday with an unlo1ded Internal
machine in his possession, told the pa
ice today that he was tie man who
attempted to destroy the statue of
Frederick the Great in Washing on
last Tue. day, and that it vas he who
sent the trunk containing the infer
nal machine to the British ct2amship
tImbria at New York in May. 1909.
He was identified today by men
from Washington and New York. He
gives no reasons for the attempted
outrages except that there are too
many foreign affairs in this coun-
try"
After having Rosseau under fire all
afternoon the police classcd him as
American patriotic fanatic !, Is
probable Rogseau viii be turned over
TO the police of New York.
Haw He Was Caught.
The apprehension Of Rosseau was
due to the disappearance of owen
Kelly, the wealthy lrish-American
who il prominent in lrsl American
ocieties Kelly disappeared on Oct.
%. On Thursday, Rosseau called on
patrick Kelly, brother of the missing
man, and offered TO take him 10 his
brother IN New York for $500 lie
aid he and Owen Kelly belonged TO
secret societies That were organized
o blow up British ships in American
Jorls The yalise nc carried. he said,
contained explosives Patrick Kelly
called the police and Rosseau was
arrested. The yalice contained an in
fernal machine of a clockw0rk varl-
,ty, but no explosives.
Explains His Failure.
Rosssau said his failure 10 destroy
he statue in Washington probably
vas duo to the melting of tallow
candle in the machine, thus extin-
gushing the fuse. He admitted that
he had intended to make a second at.
tempt with the machine timed with
clock work, this machine to be hung
on the rtatue in the day time as il
was difficult to pass the guards at
uight He did not want to destroy
he statue in the day time for fear Of
hurting some one.
Begar,lingt the sending Of the ~
fprnsl machine TO the steamship I'm.
bria Rosseaa said the police report.
Of bis moyemenis after the Umbrla
incident up to tie time tAey lost track
If him was cofrecG Where he had
been between May, 1903, and last
week he rafu cd TO say
Belonged 10 Mafla.
Tie admitted writing a noe to 20.
lice Commissioner Green, which read:
Malta grcets you and wishes you
well The society has declared war
against England and has ordered the
destruction of every steamer dying
the British ilag that sails out Of New
York. The society has undertaken
to clear New York harbor Of British
ships and It viii succeed
!, was this note which led "a the
finding Of the trunk on the wharf bc'
fore it was placed on thc steamship.
The prisoner said hq vas born in
America and That he was farmer.
lie admitted that his name was not
"Gcssler Rosseau" He said he had
read that he was a student Of social
economy He tboll the name of Gees
Ter Rosseau from two ideals, Al
brccht Gossler, a Swiss liPoctor who
tradition says. was Killed by William
Tell in 1907, and jean Jaqucs Ros
seau, the French philosopher