New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-28
Horn C0nfesses
He Dynamited
Canada Bird &c
Seeks to Justify Act in
Hearing Here by Plea
That His Offence Was
Legitimate Act of War

Werner Horn. former officer in the
of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge
over the St. Croix River, in McAdam
Parish, N B., February 2, 1915, is in
the Hudson County jail, Jersey City,
awaiting possible extradition to Can
ada and life imprisonment.
Horn, who has been prisoner in
this country as an enemy alien, came
up to Jersey City this week with the
shipped back to Germany on the trans
port Pocahontas, but he was held to
answer the charges by the Canadian
government He was arraigned yester-
day before United States Commissioner
James G. Carpenter, jr, in Jersey City.
Eyes, did it," he told the Commits
sionor. 81 did it in behalf of my
country, my fatherland, as an officer
of the German army, in war time. |
caused the explosion that blew up the
bridge"
Horn, who is tall and blonde with
smooth face, was taken from the jail
to the Commissioners Office. in the
Union Trust Building, Is Montgomery
Street. by United States Deputy Mars hal
Thomas Fenan. The Canadian authori-
ties we're represented by Charles Potts.
of New York, attorney for Frederick
Watson, acting British Consul.
To further questioning Horn replied
that he had used nitro gycerino in the
attempted destruction of the railroad
trestle and that he believed he had
been punished enough by the United
States. He insisted that his act was
a military act committed in hostile
country.
Every move the former German officer
made indicated he was confident that
after his hearing before Commissioner
Carpenter he would be permitted to
go back to GERMANY His Smile was
soon erased however, when a Canadian
statute was read showing that he might
be imprisoned for life as d penalty for
his act. The warrant for his arrest
was issued by Luke Watson, magis-
trate of McAdam Parish, New Bruins
wick
Several affiidavits from Canada were
read, among them one by Aubrey Tague,
a hotel owner in the village OF ST
Croix, who said he saw Horn on the
Saturday before the Tuesday on which
tho bridge was destroyed and again
Just after. the explos ion, when Horn
was warming his hands. Another by
Godfrey Fletcher said the witness had
seen Horn near the bridge and the
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