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-0Id 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.
Fifth 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 tine 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 bandaged, his collar blood
stained, his face was pale and ex-
pIessionless, and there was a vacant
stare In his eyes.
His eight-year-old daughter Sadie,
who was the only witness to the murder,
was sitting in the witness-chair along
s side the bar. Holt did not look at the
chiid. justice Walsh had her removed
gan to question Holt
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
pears scarcely as old as she is She was
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
which she wore.
In making her affidavit she told Clerk
Neeson the following story of the MUIR
:, MANN" y ANN, and I were playing church
went, when papa rushed in. He did not
nave his hat on. He looked very much
excited.
III. said to mamma: That man on the
other side of Seventeenth street is try
ing to kill me- Mamma saw a revolver
IN naI papa, $, back s pocket She went up to
reached round to his pocket and took the
revolver away.
Papa made a grab for it and took
fsf at from ber ana ana He then
staggered towards the door. Papa
picked up the bread-knife from the
liable and began to cut her on the
throat throat. She kept moving towards the
reached the stairs and fell down..
Papa came out with razor and a
revolver. He shot her twice again. A
man came in and papa went out"
Charles Wirth. who lives just across
from the Hollis house, on Seventeenth
street. was the man who ran into the
Hollis house.
~ ran into the basement" he said this
morning, and saw Mrs. Holt lying on
the stairs. Her dress was burning. ]
out the, fire. saw Holt. coming out OF
his hand. 1 bolted for the street. He
fired one shot a me-
Holt, while running through the
street, revolver in hand, was knocked
down and oVerpowered by Policeman
The Hoits had been married about
twenty years. They had three chill
dren: Thomas, eighteen years; Frank
The boys were not at home when
their mother was killed.
Holt was formely photographer, but
of late years has been the sexton of the
Wellman is rector. The Hollis managed
to save a little money and were fairly
well to do. or 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
Was h dsK fea Tor se bsSyn
An examination Of Mrs. Hollis body
revealed three bullet wounds in the
breast. The dead woman's throat was
horribly hacked
Mrs. Holt was about forty years old,
and was popular In church and charita-
BILE work. The arrangements for the flu
neral nave not been completed.