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DYNAMITE ON SHIPS,
HOLT WROTE SISTER


feet Of fuse, 100 electric exploding cars
and a few other articles On the next
day the company received a money or
der for $3.50. A part of the order was
delivered at Syosset. l.. l.. ON July "a.
Holt was the "Otten" who claimed the
packages at the Svoeset station. four
miles from Central Park.
"In my talks with Holt in his cell I
was impressed by the fact that the sub
ject of dynamite was the one which he
was most determined to avoid" said
COMMISSIONS Woods yesterday. when
ever | asked him where he obtained the
explosives he answered. Wait TIL
Wednesday I'll tell you everything
then He repeatedly promised to make
sweeping revelations to-day. Sometimes
he made incoherent remarks about
Wednesday,"
II was recalled yesterday that II was
at Hol;'s request that the preliminary
hearing for the attack on Mr.. Morgan
was postponed until Wednesday 1t is be-
lieved no" that he planned several days
In advance t. end his life before then.
The Holt case has served to show.
among other things, the ease with which
explosives may he purchased in New
York city. In order to buy dynamite for
use within the city the buyer must pro-
duce a License. but zone Is required when
shipment Is TO he made outside.
I'VE are making u successful fgh, on
drugs and we are cruss ding against fire.
arms. yet We le; II he possible for any
one TO buy dynamite g mmissioner
Woods commented Yesterday. In this
rs I'm other things We are handicapped
by the fact thai other States and munich
palit!es are without laws similar 10 those
Of New York. The Sullivan law pre-
vented Hol: from buying revoivefs here.
but by the pay ment Of a few cents
ferry fare he was able to cross the river
and obtain what he wanted in New
Jersey
Hit told Commissioner Woods last
Saturday that ne did not believe he
would nave placed = bomb In the Capitol
or attacked Mr.. Morgan II his wife had
been with him.
II always used TO advise with her
he said. when she was absent l
seemed TO become respondent"
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Holt Practis~d with Pistol.

Constab BILE Frank McCahlll of Glea
Ccve, who used to be a warrant officer
IN the United states Navy. whose IN
telligent work has been much to the
front In the Holt case and who dlscoN-
cred the dynamite s"ack al Central
Park. visited the place again yesterday
He found that Holt had been AZ pistol
target practice inside the shack AS we'll
as outside. The walls were puilet-
booked McCahill learned also from
neighbors that Holt had set off many
'practise' charges OF dynamite prop
ably experimenting as to the quantity
required for bomb making About a
quarter OF a mile from the shack liolt
exploded many such practice charsfS
and alarmed the %neighbors frequen MY.
In the character of MIR. Totttn he
usually explained that he Was a stu
emf of physics and G. emistry in the
country for rest and Light work,
Max Guber, a depot hackman, toih
the authorities yesterday that he wa"
tho man vino transferred from Holt :
shack to the Syosset depot the tluhhiul
Of dynamite and 9th r materials mat
WA. found on Tuesday by The NcS
York detectives. CuDer said that Woen
he struggled with the heavy tlunk 10
pei II on the hack Holt said to MN
"Better handle that easily, Theie y
stun in that ats dangerous 10
handle
Guber thought the trunk contained
ella ssware or china and was not alarmed
AT the time. Later he shivered'
NcCahill found that Holt had been
using the shack since June II al least
MANY Uttered the place bu'
the ones of oldest date were OF June ~
He found too that Holt had lied when
he told the Washington and New YORK
police that he was merely II crude mana
/, clumsy amateur AZ bomb making, ana
had had to rely upon a hit or mss
method of exploding dynamite by SUI
phuric acid drip on match heads, As
a matter of fact the very evidences let'
I'm the shack showed that Holt was "A-
tremely skilful az in fact the bombs
were not manufactured by "A scientific
accomplicc), lie had every possible de-
vice required and the trimmings OF meta
and tools found indicated that the bombs
had been made with care and "A nh'
knowledge of Intricate mechanism.
The shack itself Is "a II story fran,
building containing three rooms, The
front and largest room was the labo'
ratory. II holds u table stained with
acid aud Uttered viii, metal borinGs anc
trimmings. one of tn" two smaller
rooms was used AZ a storage room FOL
dynamite and tools. The shack stands
I'm a bush and weed grown country, and
not u quarter bf a mile distant Ii a
large cro,c 'f trees. A better place
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MUENTER TOLD OF EARLY LIFE
Was Born In Germany, lie said In
Application for Position.

LAwRENcE. Kan. july When Erich
Muenter was al applicant for a teach
ing position IN the University of Kansas
IN 1903, he gave the history OF his early
life as follows
mir Muen,er was born and educated
in Germany. lie attended the gymna-
Stun at telzeu. province VI Hanover,
from ISIS to 1855, In 1883 he am To
the United states SIX years later he
entered the University of Chicago tax
ing the bachelors degree. lie taught
Frcnch aud German AT Racine College
1855 He taught the same subjects In
the kenwood Preparatory School, Chi
cage, in 1867. During the next five
years, with the exception OF fourteen
months spent abroad, he gave iustruc-
tion IN German IN the south SIDE Acad-
envy. From July, 1900, to september.
1901, Mr., Mucuter WAS travelling and
studying abroad. In 1901 he gave IN
struction in English u, the Royal Acad-
envy Of Oriental Languages in Berlin"
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NEW YORK LINERS
SAFE, SAY SHIPPERS
Philadelphia and SaXOnia Com
mandcrs Send Word of
Bomb Search.
EVERYTHING IDENTIFlED'

Officials of the American and the Gu
nard lines wer stirred yesterday by the
letter OF Frank Holt asserting that the
American steamship Philadelphia and
the Cunarder Saxonia might be blown
up AT sea by Internal machines.
+. \. :. Franklin. vice-pres.dent OF
the International Mercantile Marine
Company. while doubling that there
could be anybody SO crazy as to at
tempt to dynamite munitionlcss ships,
such as all the American liners are,
sent A wireless message to Capt. Mills
OF the Philadelphia telling him abou
the threat of Holt. and at 1880 yes
terday morning received this message
from the Yankee skipper:
"Everythins on board identified"
The Philadelphia was ABOUT $500
miles east Of the Hook, practically in
midsea. when the message was re-
celved by Mr.. Franklin. Capt. Nills
had spent several hours going through
the baggage OF passengers and. not i'm
probably. giving them a bit of a scare
The Cunard Line local Office sent a
long wireless message to capt Il q.
Digglc of the SaNonia telling him all
about the letter OF Holt The answer
came here late IN the afternoon. capt.
piggle had Al least six hours 10 overhaul
the baggage of all hands aboard Nat
urally he did not go int" details IN his
answer. Al he said was;
Thorough search made. Nothing
found"
This meant to the loca, office that
every piece of baggage had been exam
ined and identined 10y the owner The
wal rule of the line is not to permit any
baggage to Ice taken aboard unless It's
owner goes with IL, "a there IL little
probability OF anybody smuggling en-
plosives unless in microscopic and COM
paratively harmless form.
A to the danger ~ Internal machines
being slowed in cargo, " wds said that
every ounce of cargo was examined and
il was doubted that enough explosives
could be concealed to do extensive dam
age to "A snip.
The saxonia was about 1900 miles
east of sandy look when her COM
mander sent his wireless message. She
H. Il slow boat and may not get into Liv-
srpool until next Tuesday.
Among her war material are 2,Ooo
cases Of cartridges, ~ aeruplanes and
parts. 10 cases of fuses, 200 cases OF
accoutrements, 1870 cases of empty prot
%ectiles, a5 automobile chasscs, = tractor
engine, so tons OF copper wire, 80 small
automobiles, Al packages Of steel, 5000
barrels of lubriCatlng oil, Ito rolls of
steel fencing and 100 cases OF field har-
ness.
Among the Philadelphia's $50 first
cabin passengers are the Rev, NJ. J.
Battle, Mr., and Mrs. George j. Brewer,
Mrs. Julien Townsend Davies, the Rev.
and Mrs. Eric X. G. Hamilton, Harold
kenworthy, the Rev. Patrick Mcfiale,
Mrs. be I.auceN Nicoll, COL. &. n. Per-
reau. Count Ignace Plator. Sir Charles
Ross, the Rev. and Mrs II T. Ruddy,
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The examination by DR.. Cleghorn.
continued the report, showed that Hollis
skull was fractured. There was no evil
dence Of All explosion having taken
place. Jerry Ryan, the guard on duty,
Informed the District Attorney tina; just
preceding the suicide he, Ryan. had oh
served that Holt was sleeping soundly
on the bunk in cell 2 OF the west tier.
Ryan says he heard Holt snoring. A
sound from the east tier disturbed the
guard, he told Mr.. smith, and he hur-
ried to the east tier to stop the noise.
As he turned back he heard a noise
like An explosion. He ran back, found
Hollis ceIl empty, searched around in
the gloom and finally stumbled over the
body where 1t lay outside OF the steel
cage.
Coroner Walter r. Jones. Under
taker G. Il. Cornell and Dr. Cieghorn
were summoned said Mr.. smiths re-
port. Dr. c%leghorn performed the au-
topsy at Hampstead and decided abso-
lutely that Holt had died from A frac-
tured skull caused by his fall from the
roof OF the cell cage TO the cement
Door OF the corridor.
That was AS far as the report went.
but Mr.. Smith, under questioning, said
that there could be no doubt thai Holt
had found an opportunity TO leave his
cell undeteoied, had opeIe ed the UNI
locked cell door and the unlocked cor
ridor door, had walked around outside
OF the cell cage, had climbed The natu-
raj ladder afforded by the regular
barring OF the cell cage, had gained the
roof Of the cell cage, fourteen feet above
the jail floor. and then had leaped head
drst to the floor, IL was Mi. Smiths
opinion that Jerry Ryan. weary from
overduty perhaps, had gone to sleep
while sitting in front of Hollis cell. Mr..
Smith said IL was nonsense to suppose
that Holt had shot himself or dynamited
himself or. in fact, that his death had
been caused by means other than off
ciaily reported.
But" he was asked. don't YOU in
tent to order a formal investigation!
Are you satisfied that It was all light to
leave both doors unlocked. all right for
Ryan to leave his post or 20 10 sleep
all right to have a hasty autopsy and
enforce such secrecy that everything
In fact, Was All right"
Quite satisfied said the District
Attorney. o course, Jerry viii not be
allowed to guard anybody else
Thtre were very angry people in
day, Nhen 1t became known that he
cause Of laundering methods Holt had
been permitted 10 XIII himself. Some
II the angry ones recalled that .Ieiiy
Ryan, "A man OF more than 30 Years
fray haired and not too VIGOROUS, wa
rot a regular jaii guurd, but merely a
court ba!lif,
Rs'o'" ~ - n'''~- - ra.ti, 10.
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ADRIATIC WITH 42O
NEARS BRITISH ISLES
Expected to Reach Liverpool
Some Time To-day: Large
Cargo of Munitions.

The White Star liner .tdriatic. which
inspired rumors that she WAS ma ked
for destruction by German submarines
because she had the audacity 20 carry
an unusually large cargo o! munitions
when she sailed hence for Liverpool on
June so, was supposed TO be passing
through the German war z ne on The
British Isles last night.
i. A. :. Franklin. vice-president 81
the international Mercantile Marine
Company. said yesterday that he eN-
pected the Adriatic TO reach Liverpool
at = O'Clock ihis afternoon, Greenwich
time. or about . A NJ. to-day. standard
time. 1t was not proper to tell her
exact position. but Mr.. Franklin had as
surances that she was ali right. Her
skipper, Capt Il. +. Hayes. L. a conn
mander in the Royal Naval Re-erve and
would take unusual precautions with
his ship.
Among her passengers. AGO in saloon,
second cabin and steerage. are i've
american chief among her voyagers
are Sir Robert Borden. Premier OF
Canada Capt +. Conway Jenkins OF
the British aviation corps the Rev.
IT. +. Hamilton +. H. Lyle, British Con-
sal at Siam Guy Nickdlls, Yale rowing
coach; Dr, charles Sarolea. Belgian
Consul a Edinburgh and ". +. Della
.DrCe.
She has among her munitions 1875
cases of cartridges, 3.9lS coils of wire.
1895 bundles OF wire. li,l5l plates Of
sp.lter. 1885 packages of steel fittings.
1897 cases Of empty projectiles, l5,s67
ingots OF copper, 2.lo3 bundles OF steel.
li5 cases Of steel forgings. 1870 cases of
fuses, % automobiles, tractors,
A. coils of wire rods. l3J packages
OF copper. s77 bars of copper. 75'
catholics, II aeroplan-s aud parts, 30
cases Of empty cannon shells, ~ cases
of empty shells. = cases of reviewers, I
cases Of rifles and 80 cases Of brass
rods
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VERSES HOLT WROTE
ON H | AM DEAD"

ITHACA, n. Y. July Tn 1908
Frank Holt sent to Miss Leona SEN
sabaugh, nov his widow, a poem that
he had written several years before
on the occasion of the death of "A
friend. The poem. which he called
when I Am Dead" in part follows:
when I am dead,
Will those I've led In VISIONS path
And taught to seek for truth divine
Tho often faulty was the hand
My life and work on love enshrine'
q Lord. my God, for this l pray,
TO he a light along the way
But what a strength 'tSould be to
know
This greatful love before | go.
when I arr dead.
And broken. heartless sods Of earth
VIII mark where last I seemed to be.
Perhaps cannot ~know-there will
BE heard the voice of praise for me.
q Lord. my God. help me he strong
In trials great. In iabors long;
For me. who lives in hunger great.
All praises then will come too late.
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Many strange facts Immediately came
to light as 10 the missing German in
structor. Analysts determined that
Mrs. Muenter had died from arsenical
poisoning two weeks after the death OF
her second child. II was learned that
Muenter was then working s~trenuously
on n thesis on insanity for his doctors
degree at Harvard. The theory arose
that Muenter had lost his mind while
absorbed in this work.
Muenler was known favorably al
Harvard. Ills departure from Cam
bridge with the body Of his wife was
known by all his friends. Mrs. Muentei
just before her death had written hei
parents hat she WA well and happy
When Muenter's Harvard friends. no
ticinE his pale and worn expression, ad'
monished him not to work 50 hard. hs
replied. IL have my woik cut out fol ms
and | must 30 it."
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POLICE GET NEW BOMB CLUES.
Woods Expects Arrest 0f DSna-
mtt.rs to Re Made saon.

The Police aud detectives at Head
quarters have discovered several new
clues which It is believed vii! lead to
the arrest OF the d~ynamiters who placed
the bomb at Police Headquarters last
Monday night, Police Commissioner
Woods yesterday made u statement to
this effect, but declined to go into any
details. saying that nothing could be
told until matters have reached "A
further development.
The wreckagc caused by the explo-
sion continues to attract large crowds.
The windows IN IN. detective bureau, as
we'll as those ON the basement floor. have
not been replaced yet, and many of the
buildings for a bloch OF more around
stlll exhibit panes of broken glass as
~nuveNirs of the bomb.
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SAYS HOLT WAS MUENTER.
suicide admitted His Identity,
lornrn Professor

ITHACA, y V. July 7.-Taat Prof
Chester y. could "g the University of
Chicago told him last winter that
Frank Holt ard Erich Murnter were
the same man WAS tn, statement to-
day Of Prof 9 ", Bennett of Cornell
University. Iiol, odd rgof, Rcuuc.t
that he would like 10 join the Masonic
lodge and the Acacia Fraternity, tlr
latter an organization of students Who
are MaSorn In looking up Hollis
record Prof Bennett says he spoke "a
Prof Gould, who knew Holt.
Holt WAS an assumed name and that his
real name was Erich Musrter," said
Prof. Bennett to-day Holt told ms
that he wanted to establish a chapter
Of the Acacia Fraternity IN Texas, hut
believe rls real reason was to estab-
lish Documentary evidence as to his
adopted name and hide his old iden,
tity."
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rhen county medical authorities OBJ
taiued the consent OF Muenter to remove
the tomac ami intestlnes of the dead
woman for analysis. AS soon as this was
done. Muenter, without the knowledge
Of the authorities. took the body OF his
wife to Chicago. her nome city. n had
1t crema;ed there. IL was not until
two weeks after Mrs. Muenter's death
that the Cambridge authorities learned
OF Muenter's departure and attempted
TO ARES, him. Efforts were made to
locate him through his wife's parents
in Chicago, The latter thought he had
returned to Cambridge. He was new, I
seen again.
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FREsCHI GETS BOMB THREAT.
writer Declares Brooklyn Court
DuiIdtmg VIII he blown ~.

Magistrate Freschi. sitting in the
Rrooklyn Court of Special Sessions, re-
celved an anonymous letter yesterday,
in which the writer threatened to blow
up the court building AT Atlantic avenue
and Clinton street, The Magistrate
turned the letter over 10 the Brooklyn
detective bureau.
The letter very seriously, since in recent
bomb outraGes, notably the attack on
the Manhattan Police Headquarters, no
warning was given beforehand Never
theless detectives are watching the
building,
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for Holt's purposes could scarcely have

for Hollis purposes could scarcely ave
been found.
Tnomas J. Re.dy. a Bronx lawyer,
VINO once rented a house to Holt in
lthaca and VINO on Monday volunteered
20 defend him.. except this afternoon in
Hampstead making ARRANGEMENTS for
the removal OF the suicides body from
Cornell's Undertaking establishment 10
his hone IN Texas. The body will be
shipped to Dallas tomorrow.
Re!dy sent to Dallas for data con-
corning Holt that were required for the
oficlal death certificate. He received a
teles-am setting forth that Holt was
bonn near Milwaukee, Wis, on March
IS. 1875. and that his fathers name was
Frank Holt. Ills mothers name WAS
mot known"
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exposition he asked Ryan to do guard
service at the jail Ryan didn't know
much about Jail duty. but consented TO
serve to 'oblise Steve" He went on
duty last Saturday at 10 r. NJ. went
on duty Sunday at 10 \. NJ. returned
at s r. ~. watched till ! AS A. NJ Mon
day. returned at 5 p. VI. Monday and
served until 5 \. N. Tuesday and tner
too up his guardianship at 5 p. NJ
Tuesday.
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MORE FIGHTING IN HAYTI.
Admiral G~Rperton Reports Re-
newai of HOsttIttirs h! Rebels.

WAsHINGToN. July I.--Rear Admiral
capcrton, on board the cruiser Washing
'uu at Cape Hayden, reported 10 the
Nayy Dep Itmeit to-day thai lighting
has been esumed between Hayti4n rbeels
and Government troops in that vicinity
order was maintained In the town
during the hGhting,
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Holt and Nuentcr One.

Mr.. smith had lived in the same house
with Muenter and he was sure he could
not be mistaken, Mr., Hitler. who keeps
a livery stable at lO9 oxford street.
Cambridge. had often talked with Mueu-
ter. He had noticed that Muenter had
gold bridgework in the upper right side
OF his mouth, dental work Of "A peculiar
construction, He found a gold bridge OF
similar construction in Hollis mouth. He
had noticed on Muenter's nose a lump or
wart, II he found a similar growth on
Hollis nose, He said that Muentel's
hair, eyes and nose were like Hollis. He
asked II Holt had had a way of running
his fingers through his hair and OF draw
ing in his breath when he spoke ear
nestlv. Persons who had observed Holt's
peculiarit!es told him his WAS the
case. He asked about Hollis walk, loose
and shambling Hollis manner OF dress.
slouchy and careless. and Hollis manner
of speech, slow when not excited, rapid
when excited, and said that these peculi-
arities were Muenter's, Mr.. Hitler said
too that Muenter had had "A number OF
hobbies, one OF which was TO combine the
German and Gaelic languages into a new
world language,
Mr.. Wn.tman, hest fitted perhaps "a
make a certain Identification. was ~
lfSS lpSitlNt IMAM MI. Slllltn tndt Holt
and Muenter had been one and the same
man. Mr.. Whitman lived some years ago
In Lawrence, Kan, where Muenter was
"A student at the University of Kansas.
They knew each other intimately. Then
Whitman went to Harvard to take M
sociological studies. He received a let
ter from Muenter which said that Muen-
ter was coming to Harvard to study for
a special degree and hat he had already
written "A thesis on Insanity and Litera
ture." When Musnter arrived AT Cam
bridge. however, the thesis had been lost
on the train. Mr.. Whitman sad that
Muenter's wife, who was a Christian
Scientist, Joined him within "A month
A baby was expected. Ten days after
her arrival Mrs. Muenter died unde,
very suspicious circumstances and Mueu,
ter disappeared.
II had "A peculiar way OF drawing IL
his breath when he talked said Mr.
Whitman. There was "A noticeabl,
growth on his nose. They tell me thar
Hollis had these peCuilarities. fin,
that Holt is remarkably like the man
knew. Hair, eyes, teeth, the shape o.
the head, the chin, the long. thin legs
all are alike. an perfectly c.rtaiI
that Holt was Muenter and that tn,
mystery OF Muenter's disappearance ha,
finally been solved.
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known Immediately FOR a rev minutes
they listened in the ~darkness' ihey
heard from inside the jail a cnorus OF
excited rcices. one mafi--sofne ~thoush'
II was DR.. Guy V. Cleghorn-shouted'
why. he has blown the whole top Oh
his head on -
Another cried. reproachfully or an
Urily:
How did he get ity'
A few minutes later Jerry Ryan. the
keeper who had been especially detailed
to watch Holt every minute. told a re-
porter that. having left Hollis cell door
for a minute or two TO trace the origin
OF a disturbance in the east tier OF cells.
ne heard what sounded to him like an
explosion, and when he ran back he
found Holt dead on the floor of the cell.
A little later Ryan. who vas excited and
upset. changed this stvry completely and
said that on returning to the west tier
Of cells where Hollis was located he
found Hollis cell empty and finally
stumbled upon Hollis body entirely out
side OF the cell block and in the narrow
corridor between the Jail wall and the
cell block.
No newspaper man or independent in
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Muenter Called Insane.

Mr. Whitman recalled thai many per
sons had considered Muenter unbalanced
The man had written \ book dtNOuncing
newspapers after he got into trouble AT
Cambridge. He sent u copy to President
Eliot of Harvard and to other university
heads and teachers, Several of those
who discussed the subject with Mr..
Whitman told him they were convinced
that Muenter was insane.
Even the handwriting OF the two men
r"''9""d Yesterday and n wa" "'i I