Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-01-20
DYNAMITER CONFESSES
.Rosseau" Admits Two Attempted
0ntrageS.
IS A FANATIC ON one SUBJECT.
Ne Greets the Witnesses Who Came From
Washington and New York to Identity
Him as the Man Who Tried TO Blow
Uo the Frederick the Great Statue at
Washington.

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Philadelphia Especially .-Gessler Kos
scau. who was arrested in this city on
Thursday with all unloaded internal ma
chine in his possession, admitted to the
police that he is the man who attempted
10 destroy the statue Of Frederick the
Great in Washington last Tuesday, and
also that it was he who sent the trunk
containing an Internal machine to the
British steamship Umbria, at New York,
in May, 1908.
The prisoner, whose right name is not
known, made these admissions III the
Office of Captain Donaglly, of the Phila-
delphia Detective Bureau, after he had
been identified by persons brought here
from New York and Washington, Tor
that purpose He gives no reasons Tor
the attempted outrageS, except that
there are too many foreign affairs III
this country" After having Rosseau
under fire all afternoon, the police class
ed him as an American patriotic fanat-
ic." The prisoner gave no information
voluntarily to the police, he admitting
only those things which the police had
fastened on him. Both the Washington
and New York authorities want the
man, and it is possible that he will be
turned over to the police of the latter
city.
The apprehension of Rosseau was due
to the disappearance of Owen Kelly, a
wealthy Irish-American, who is proml-
nert in Irish American societies in this
! country. Kelly disappeared on October
q, and from time to time the newspa-
pers, particularly of the East, have pub
lished articles on the mysterious d,sap-
pearance. These, the police believe. TN
doubtedly attracted Rosseaus attention.
On Thursday he called on Patrick
Kelly, the brother of the missing man,
and offered to take him to his brother
in New York for $500. He said he
and Owen belonged to secret societies
That were organized for the purpose OF
blowing up British ships in American
ports. The valisc he carried, he said
contained explosives. Patrick Kelly no
tiled the police, and Rosseau was taken
into custody. The valise contained an
internal machine of the clock-arrange-
ment variety, but no explosives: About
the machine was wrapped Washing
ton newspaper. This gave the police the
clue that he might know something Of
the explosion at the statue of Frederick
the Great, and his picture was taken anc
sent to both the Washington and New
York authorities. In the meantime ht
was also suspected of knowing some
thing of the steamship Umbria Incl
dent.
Sunday Capt. Robert Boardman, o
the Washington detective force, and Al
fred Carter, colored, and George II. Ha
eel. cabn1cn Of Washington, who saw tn
man who attempted to blow up TIT
statue, and Detective Sergeant Arthu
Carey, Of New York, and Mrs. Curry
who keeps clearinghouse in the lat
fer citv. arrived here for the purpose o
identifying the prisoner. When Kos
seau was brought into the office OF Cap
tain Donaghy. Hazel said; Il CUES
YOU know me-" to which the prisoner re
piled: "How do you do"
Rosscau bowed to Carter and thel
greeted Mrs. Curry. Having satisfied
themselves beyond doubt that the iden
tifcation was complete, the police 9th
Gals of he three cities set to work Il
obtaining a confession from the priS
ouer. As stated before, he said nothing
voluntarily to incriminate himself:
In reply to a question, he admitted tn
attempt on the statue. He said he ha
manufactured the internal machine him
self, and that it consisted of candle
fuse and dynamite engine" Where h
made it he would not say 1t was hi
=; intention. he said, to blow UP the statu
at night, because he did not want t
, hurt anybody. Because of the ice in tn
Potomac River he failed to find anyon
who would row him from Seventh Stree
!, Wharf Washington, to the Arsena
! which is on one bank Of the river, an
he had to change his plans. The taiul
= to destroy the statue, he said, must haV
y been due to the melting tallow spoilin
the fuse or interfering with the dyn;
mite.
Rosseau then gave the police the IL
teresting information that he had inten'
y ed making second attempt to bio
I'D the statue, this time with time-cloc
machine. AS it was difficult to. get pa
the sentries after nightfall, he intende
going to the arsenal about dusk. a
range the internal machine so that
would explode about midnight and the
y hang it on tfrStatue. =.
. This is thu substance OF his ADM
sion concerping the statue, according
. Captain DCnaghy.