The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-13
HOLT PLEADS GUILTY.
Little Doubt that the Wife-Mur-
derer Is Insane.
His eight-Year.oId Daughter Tells
the Story Of the Killing.
Hacked His Victims Throat After
Shooting Her.

Thomas Holt. sexton OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Atonement,
| Firth avenue and Seventeenth street,
Brooklyn, was arraingned before Justice
Walsh In the Butler Street Police
Court. Brooklyn, this morning, charged
with wife-murder. Holt pleaded guilty
and was held for the Grand Jury.
When Holt was called to the bar by
Justice Walsh the pen door was thrown
open, but Holt did not move. Detec-
tive Mccormick, Of the Fifth avenue
station, went into the pen and picked
Holt up from a bench where he was
sitting staring vacantly out into the
courtroom.
The sexton walked out of the pen
mechanically. practically dragged by
Mccormick. He is about forty five
years old, end was dressed shabbily.
His head was bandagsd, his collar blood
stained, his face was pale and ex-
pressionless, and there was a vacant
stare In his eyes.
His eght-year-old daughter Sadie,
VINO was the only witness to the murder.
was sitting in the witness-chair along
side the bar Holt did not look at the
child. Justice Walsh had her removed
to a seat outside the rail before he be-
The sexton answered the Justices
questions promptly, and without any
show. Of emotion said Guilty.! when
asked:
How do you plead to the charge of
killing your wife yesterday"
The charge against Holt was made in
Is bright looking little thing, and APP
dressed this morning In neat little
blue Bingham dress. Her face, which
was red from crying, looked all the red
der from the large white straw hat
In making her affidavit she told Clerk
Neeson the following story Of the muir
dssr 'Mamms and 7 v.r. n,,v,ns o,,,r.,
last night about $50 o'clock in the base
went, when papa rushed in. He did not
have his hat on. He looked very much
"'HL said to mamma: That man on the
ing to kill me- Mamma saw a revolver
In papa,s back pocket She went UP to
papa and tried to quiet him. She
reached round to his pocket and took the
Papa made grab for 1t and took
the revolver. from mamma. He then
assered al towards Rs1 snd the re door, Pnpa
picked up the bread-knife from the
throat. She kept moving towards the
reached the stairs and fell down.
Papa came out with a razor and a
revolver. He shot her twice again. A
man came in and papa went out"
from Ties Mrh h whs lives Just
street. was the man who ran into the
II ran into the basement" he said this
morning, "and saw Mrs. Holt lying on
the stairs. Her dress was burning. j
tried to put out the fire: I tried to put
the dining-room. He had a revolver in
his hand. I bolted for the street He
fired one shot at me-"
Holt. while running through the
street, revolver in hand, was knock ed
down and overpowered by Policeman
The Hoits had been married about
dren: Thomas, eighteen years; Frank,
sixteen years, and Sadie. eight years.
The boys were not at home when
their mother was killed.
Holt was formely a photographer. but
Of late years has been the sexton OF the
church of which Rev. Dr. Homer f.
Wellman is rector. The Hollis managed
to save little money and were fairly
well to do. OF late Holt has shown evil
dences OF mental trouble.
imagined that his wife and others was
trying to poison him.
During the last few weeks he seemed
to think that there was treasure buried
IN his ds sc, cellar: Yesterday morning, he
An examination of Mrs. Hollis body
revealed three bullet wounds In the
breast; The dead woman's throat was
Mrs. Holt was about forty years old,
BILE work. The arrangements for the flu
neral have not been completed.