Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-16
PATRIOTIC FANATIC.
.'Cessler Rosseau" Discovered to Hs
 Dan ierous Crank.

Ter KOSSeau, Who was arrested In this city on Thursday with an unloaded in- fernal machine in his possession, has admitted to the police that he is the man who attempted to destroy the statue of Frederick the Great in Wash ington 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, 1903.
 The prisoner. whose right name is not known, made these admissions in the office of Captain Donaghy of the Philadelphia detective bureau after he had been identified by persons brought here from New York and Washington for that purpose He gives no reasons for the attempted outrages, except that ''there are too many foreign affairs in this country After having Rosseau under fire all afternoon the police class ed him as an American patriotic fana- tic"
 The apprehension of Rosseau was due to the disappearance of Owen Kelly, a wealthy Irish American. who is prom inent in Irish-American societies in this country. Kelly disappeared on Oct. 25, and from time to time the newspapers, particularly of the east, have published articles on the mysterious disappear ance. These, the police believe. un- doubtedly attracted Rosseau's atten- tion.
 r 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 Kelly belonged to a secret so- ciety that was organized for the pur- pose of blowing up British ships in American ports. The valise he carried. he said, contained explosives. Patrick Kelly notified the police and Rosseau was taken into custody
 The valise contained an internal ma chine of the clock arrangement variety. but no explosives About the machine was wrapped Washington newspaper. 1 This gave the police the clew that he might know something of the explosion l at the statue of Frederick the Great ! In reply to question he admitted the attempted outrage on the statue. He said he had manufactured the internal machine himself and that it consisted of candle. fuse and dynamite en- 1 zine Where he made it he would not say It was his intention. he said. to blow up the statue at night. because he did not want to hurt anybody. The failure to destroy the statue, he said, must have been due to the melting tai low spelling the fuse or interfering with the dynamite Rosseau then gave the police the interesting information that he had intended making a second attempt to blow up the statue, this time with time clock machine. As it was difficult to get past the sentries after nightfall he intended going to the arsenal at about dusk. arrange the in fernal machine SO that it would eX. plode at about midnight and then hang 1t on the statue.
 Where hc had been between May 1908. and last week he will not say always replying That is for you tc find out
 He said that he made part of the Umbria internal machine in Chicago and then took if to New York in a trunk. The trunk. he said. was not strong enough. so he purchased one better suited for the machine. In New York he obtained room at Mrs. Cur rvs place and there finished the work of making the machine. He admitted writing the note to Police Commission CT Green. which read:
 "The Mafia greets you and wishes you well. The society has declared war against England and has ordered the destruction of every steamer fiyins the British flag that sails out of New York. The society has undertaken tc clear New York harbor of British ships and it will succeed
 The prisoner was closely questioned regarding the motive for blowing IT fhe Imbria. but 10 all questions h' made noncommittal reply.
 He said he was born in America an, that he was q farmer. Where in Amer lea he was born and where his presen home is he would not say. He ad mitted his name was not "GeSsler Ros seau." He said he had read much an, tha. he was student of social econo my. He took the name of t'cssle Rosscau because two of his ideals ha' those names .Nlhrecbt Grs>ler. th Swiss dictator. who was killed by Vii liam Tell in l301. and Jean Jacque Rosseau. the French philosopher an' writer.
 He would not say anything of tn Owen Kelly affair. and tho police he lievc he knows nothing about it. II said:
 ''I did not rXprri to get any none
 from Kelly's brother. because I did nc think he had any"
 The police. after they conclude : their sweating process. expressed th
 belief that he k what they term a "Ameriean patriotic fanatic:' that h
 i. sane on every subject except ihoS of an international character. They b' liere he wants to figure in all matter
 Wherc the American government .-ritiei.e..