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to his wife in which he said that he
didn't care to live any longer.
II am through with life," he wrote.
II don't care to live n longer. hope
YOU will bring the little ones up 10 be
God fearing men md women
1t Ia not remorse for the injuries he
inflicted upon MIR. Morgan that causes
Holt to moan as he lies upon his cot or
slowly PAGES the fioor Of hts cell. HIS
melancholy results from the failure OF
his fantastic schemes and the grief ne
has brought upon his family n
friends In Texas-that, n the disap.
pointment he undoubtedly feels because
il was not given to him. appointed by
Providence to stop the shipment OF war
supplies TO Germany's enemies to sue
coed In his violent endeavors.
BEING Questioned Foo Much.
Al all events, the fear hat Holt will
try to take his own life ID a real one
among the Jail guards. and extraor-
binary precautions are taken TO see that
nothing falls into his hands which might
be put to iethai use. One trouble with
the man apparently Ia that he has been
questioned too lengthiiy and continu-
ousl, In his present mental and physical
condition. The big chief Of the secret ser.
vice, Bill Flynn. a person OF hard
headed common sense, hung = remark
over his shoulder on leaving Holt
The man Is being talked to death.
I'm going to wait until he 10 In . nt
condition to answer question:
Ever since he was arrested there has
been u procession Of inquisitors to Hollis
cell. Police Commissioner Woods. Cap
tain Of Detectives Tunney. numerous de-
tectives. assistant District Attorneys OF
Nassau county, Sheriff Grifenhagen OF
New York county, persons who believed
they could identify Erich Muentsr In
, Frank Holt. nave talked to the man Tor
hours. Yesterday. however. steps were
taken to shorten and systematiss the
examination. Or. Guy y. C~leEhorn. who
is looking after Holt. told the warden
tina the prisoner was being forced TO
talk too much and that the strain was
not likely to bsnent the man or serve
the ends of Justice.
Holt retained . lawyer yesterday,
Thomas J. Reidy Of the law hm OF
| Clocke. Koch & Reidy OF Sl East
l4sth street, was instructed by Holt 70
| appear for him at the examination to be
conducted by Justice of the Peace WILL
, lam 4. Luyster in the court house AZ
Glen Cove tomorrow afternoon at ?
o'clock. Mr.. Reidy said that he had
been asked. In the first instance. by
friends Of Holt in Ithaca and by MEM
bers of the faculty of Cornell University
! to do what he could for the former
teacher of German at Cornell. Mr..
Reidy a known Holt in Ithaca.
Wants New York Men Barred
The first thing the lawyer did after
getting Hollis permission to represent
him was TO instruct the warden not TO
permit detectives from New York city
to question Holt. Reidy insisted that
the New York police had no right to
question the man. The warden promised
to bar them from the cell and-Bssse-
tive Victor Coy of the New York De-
, tective Bureau, who wanted to question
Holt yesterday. was refused permission.
II had a long talk with Holt" said
/ Mr.. Reidy, last evening. u md that he
IL physically weakened and mentally I'M
settled. My opinion is that he is tenn
porarily deranged from too much study
and from %brooding over the European
war. II is probable that l shall srge
that In his defence Mt the examination
on Wednesday afternoon.
Personally. l am sure that he IL
what he represents himself to be. He
tells me that he is not the Erich Muen-
ter who is wanted by the Boston police
for murder, and that he was in Germany
at the time Muenter Ia said TO have
murdered Mrs. Muenter. He tells me.
also, that he was never in Cambridge
or in Harvard University.
These matters will work themselves
out naturally. Al present. however. II
is absolutely necessary that the man
should not be harried by ceaseless. rep
etitional questioning. He was badly
hurt on Saturday and he Ia now greatly
depressed. The chances are that any
physician who examined him would pro-
test against such severe questioning as
he has faced. l have asked Holt II he
had an accompiicc or a%ccomplices and he
insists that ne worked alone. His story
In borne mi by the opinion Of persons
In Ithaca who knew him we'll and by the
judgment Of Chief Flynn Of the secret
service. His mind gave way under the
strain Of work n worry. he went out
and committed a wild act. But there
was no plot or conspiracy Of which Holt
was the agent.
] SIN Press Muenter Idea.
Suggestions multiplied yesterday that
Frank Holt. or Eugene Frank Holt. as his
full name seems to be, IL really the long
missing, ardently sought Erich Muenter.
The Boston authorities, leaning to the
belief, sent photographs and memoranda
Of Muenter's description TO Justice Luy-
ster and District Attorney Lewis j,
Smith. District Attorney william J.
Corcoran OF Boston telegraphed to Dis
trict Attorney Smith that he intended to
send a representative familiar with
Muenter's appearance to scrutinxe Holt.
DIR. Guy s. Cleghorn. County Ply
stefan Of Nassau county. who has been
attending Holt, said, after studying a
photograph OF Muenter, that the resem-
blance between the picture and Holt 10
very strong. Or. Cleghorn is about the
only man who has seen Holt with his
bandages off.
Assistant District Attorney Charles /.
Wood of Nassau county. who knew
Muenter intimately. since they were fell
low students in the Harvard graduate
school in 1905 and 1906. went to the
Mineola jail yesterday believing he could
make an identification, When he entered
Hollis cell the prisoner was asleep, His
bandaged head. his chalk white face and
his generally woebegone appearance inn
pressed Mr.. Wood with pity and he did
not awaken Holt.
I II looked at him for a few minutes"
said Mr.. Wood, but ! could not tell
whether or not he IL Erich Muenter.
There are certain points OF resemblance.
especially the eyes and nose and the
,ontnur of the hand hut n is ausv o., ho