The Washington times., 1905-01-16

you think he would find the box?"
He found the box. or the detectives
did
After that Rosseau began 10 sulk, and
Captain Donaghy ordered that he be
taken 10 his cell. He will be questioned
further tomorrow.
After the interview Captain Donaghy
said:
This man VINO calls himself Gessler
Rosseau is patriotic fanatic He IS a
crank, and wants to take part in every
big thing that has anything anti-foreign
about II. think the only mystery about
him now is his identity and the source
OF his money
Cunard Line pier there had been q great
influx of immigrants. There was some
discussion at that time relative to keep
ing them out In my opinion Rosseau
against the steamship companies for
bringing them In. and thought he was
doing q patriotic act.
Desired to Be Hero.
Il have no doubt that he intended TO
destroy the statue of Frederick the
Great There was some controversy
over accepting the statue. and 1 believe
some comment In the newspapers about
the propriety of President Roosevelt &C
cepting it, There was also some talk
about the elaborate ceremonies at the
, unwilling. Ibis man undoubtedly want
ed to become 4 great hero by destroy
ing the statue
while he was still monkeying with
the statue, he saw the stories IN the
newspapers about the disappearance of
Owen Kelly. There Were hints of foul
/ play on account of KeIly's connection
| with certain Irish secret societies.
Again, the crank. looking for notoriety.
came forward and tried TO mix himself
Up IN *.
ssIJa triad RI mako mo heIieya that he
knows where Kelly is. but l don't think
he knows any more than l do about 1t.
| and that is very little. made 1t a
special point questioning him about
Kelly for / thought it possible he
| might clear the case up.
A Student of History.
This man reads a great deal of his
tory In fact, he is a fanatic on the
| subject, and knows the stories OF the
worlds heroes and villains by heart.
! He admired Gessler the tyrant, in
schiIler's William TELL" and chose
his name He calls John Rousseau
| his favorite author, and hence his last
name.
do you think Rousseau was connect
/ ed with the supposed blowing up or the
| Narontc?"
Not In any way. That ship started
| from the other side, and Rosseau has
always been in this country II has been
said that letter was found In his
| apartments about the Naronic- Sergeant
Carey informs me that is not So"
| Detective Sergeant Carey went TO New
York on the $50 train from the Broad
| Street Station. accompanied by Mrs.
| Curry. He said before departing:
| Tomorrow the matter Will be laid
! before District Attorney Jerome, who
will be asked 10 prepare extradition pa
pers. This man is undoubtedly q crank.
I don't think he is insane, except on this
one subjec-. He wants to be mixed Up
| in anything that Is anti-foreign-
| There is little doubt that he tried
| to blow up the Washington statue. but
| I don't imagine he meant to harm the
| Umbria.
! Captain Donaghy deserves great cred
1t for the way he got Rosseau to con-
fess.'
| Before he left for Washington Captain
Boardman told an interesting story OF
Rosseau's attempt to destroy the statue
! Of Frederick the Great and of the sttI
il created in official circles.