Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-01-18

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eral hundred miles southwest Of the
Azores, picked up parts of the wreck
age of what was believed to be one Of
the liners ifeboats.
Message Found in Bottle.
Again. IN the summer Of 1896, the fate
Of the Naronic was recalled when boat
man picked up in the Irish channel
bottle that contained a note that read
as follows:
Struck iceberg; sinking fast; Maroon
ic. Young"
Few people believed the bottled mes
sage was genuine.
American Patriotic Fanatic.
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 16.-Under
mercilesS crOSS-hre GeSsler ROSSeau, who
was arrested here Thursday with an I'M
loaded Internal machine in his possession,
broke down and admitted to the police
that it was he who tried to blow up the
statue of Frederick the Great in Wash
ington last Tuesday and that he also had
sent the trunk containing bomb aboard
the steamer Umbria in New York harbor
in May, 1908. The police have decided
the man is an American patriotic fanat
ic,' sane on every subject except the in
ternatiOnal relations of this country.
The admissions followed Identification
of the prisoner by persons brought here
from New York city and Washington.
attempted outrages, and confessed only
to those things fastened on him by the
police. He declined to give his true
name. 1t is probable he will be turned
over to the New York authorities, where
there is a better chance of conviction.
Identification Is Easy.
Capt. Robert Boardman of the Wash
ington detective force, Alfred Carter, col
ored, and George H. Hazel, cabmen of
Washington. who saw the attempt TO
blow UP the statue, Detective Sergeant
Arthur Carey Of New York city and a
Mrs Curry, who keeps boarding house
there, arrived yesterday for the purpose
of identifying the prisoner. When Ros-
seau was brought into the office of Capt.
Donaghy he was recognized at once
Having satisfied themselves beyond
doubt that the Identification was com
Ilete, the police officials of the three
cities set to work to obtain a confession
from the prisoner. He admitted the at
tempt on the statue. He said he had
manufactured the Internal machine him
self
Rosseau then gave the police the in
teresting information that he had intend
ed making q second attempt to blow up
the statue, this time with time clock
machine. AS it was difficult to get past
the sentrles after nlghtfall, he intended
going to the arsenal about dusk, arrange
the machine so it would explode at mid
night and then hang it on the statue.
Admits Steamship Plot.
Regarding the sending of an intern
machine to the steamship Umbria, Ros-
seau said that the police report of all
his movements after the Umbria incident
up to the time they lost track of him was
correct: Where he has been between
May, 1903, and last week he will not
say, always. replying: THAT is for you
to find out"
He said that he made part Of the UNI
hria Internal machine in Chicago and
then took it to New York city in a trunk.
In New York. he obtained a room at
work of making the machine.
The police officials then turned their
attention to learning something CT the
antecedents of the man. He said he
was born in America and was a farmer.
Where in America he was born and
where his present home is, he would not
say. He admitted his name was not
''Gessier Rosseau.' He said he had read
much and that he was a student of So
cial economy.
Rosseau will be kept here for the pres
ent AS the internal machine found in
his possession here was not loaded he
committed no crime. AS the Washing
ton authorities were the first to identify
him he is claimed by them, but thew
may give way to New York
In the latter city an affair like the
Umbria incident is a felony punishable
| by twenty years Imprisonment, while in
Washington Rosseau, if found guilty of
the statue explosion, could be sentenced
only to six months imprisonment
Known to Chicago Police.
| Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 16.-"Gessler Ros-
| seau' is wei known to the Chicago DO
! lice. He lived under the name Of Rus
| sell at 2S7 Washington boulevard, where
! he has his workshop. AS far back as
| 1886 Russell came under the notice of
/ the police. In November, 1902, he was
! under surveillance because of his appar-
ent activity in manufacturing He
seemed well supplied with money, and
! paid literally for everything he bought.
! Russell although he declares he was
| born III America, speaks with a strong
| foreign accent He uses exceptionally
pure English, is of pleasing appearance,
we'll dressed, and about 30 or 40 years