The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-13
HOLT PLEADS GUILTY.
Little Doubt that the Wife-kur-
,. derer Is Insane,
His eight-Year.0ld Daughter Tells
the Story Of the Killing.
Hacked His Victims Throat After
Shooting Her.

'"oiioS thoit, seAton OF tne 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 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. and was dressed shabbily.
His head was bandaged, his collar blood
stained. his face was pale and ex-
pressionless, and there was a vacant
His elght-year-old daughter Sadie.
who was the only witness to the murder
was sitting In the witness-chair along
SIDE SIDE, the bar. Holt did not look at the
enid. 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 a neat little
blue Bingham dress. Her face, which
der. from the large white straw hat
which she wore.
In making her affidavit she told Clerk
Neeson the following story Of the muir
Mamma and a! were. playing church
went, when papa rushed in. He did not
have his lat on. He looked very much
excited.
He said to mamma: That man on the
other side Of Seventeenth street is try
ing to kill me- Mamma saw a revolver
In papa's back pocket. She went up to
reached round to his pocket and took the
revolver away.
Papa made a grab for it and took
the revolver from mamma: He then
picked up the bread-knife from the
table and began to cut her on 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" i.
from the Hoits house s on se eve saost
street. was the man who ran into the
II ran into the basement" he said thI.
the stairs. Her dress was burnins.
tried to put out the FIRE; I tried to put
the dining-room. He had q revolver In
Grsd hand ian. NJ. boited for the street. He
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.
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 e.
Wellman is rector. The Holts. managed
to save a little money and were fairly
dences of mental trouble.
imagined that his wife and others was
trying to poison him.
During the last few weeks he seemed
was digging for the hidden wealth." "
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,
and was popular in church and charita-
BILE work. The arrangements for the fu-
neral have not been completed.