The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
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use Mr.. Morgan's wife and chill
as hostages. make him fear that
they would be killed unless he did ex-
actly as I wished him to do"
THAT Is the truth. Is It. uoltf You
really believed o could accomplish
anything like thatY" demanded the Com
missioner.
"As Goo Is my Judge. that was my
said Holt earnestly. II felt sure
II was feasible Inc that the plan would
I figured that II I could keep
them in front Of me MI. Morgan would
dare to shoot for fear Of hitting his
own flesh and blood. nor would he OF
any of the q dare to spring at
me. In that position I would be free
to make my terms"
what were they7" asked Mr.. Woods,
why" said Holt. Il was going to
say to Mr.. Morgan: Here you are a
of tremendous power In the bust
ness and financial world. Manufacture
ers and shippers will listen to you where
they would have the thrown downstairs
by their fiunkies. You must go to every
manufacturer. every shipper. every man
concerned In the murderous business OF
supplying arms and ammunition to
Europe and you must put a stop 10 the
u%nneutral traffic"
WELL" said Mr.. Woods. following the
narrative closely. suppose Mr.. Morgan
a. refused your demand. What would
you have doneT'
Ready for Violent Means.
Hon's eyes sparkled, He breathed
rapidly. The Adams apple which 50
prominently marks his gaunt neck
worked rapidly.
Had II come TO that point" re said.
II would have driven his lear wife and
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rooms Of the house. I would have held
him and his s~ervants back with my re-
volvers Until after I had the wife and
children securely In the rom. Then l
would have ordered Mr.. Morgan to has
ten about my business. our country's
business. I am sure he would have
obeycd me-"
but suppose he had not. what wuold
you have done? Would you have shot
Mrs. Morgan or the children"
Holt seemed to reflect over this Ques-
ton. Finally he said
81 am not sure. I anne say. Prob
ably I would have had 10 shoot the
children II Mr.. Morgan had proved In
flexible. l did not anticipate defeat. My
idea was that l could make a fortress
out OF an upper o ] would have
had a narrow slit cut in the door
through which I n the Morgan fam
lily could be supplied with food. And
there / would have held the fortress I'M
I'll Mr.. Morgan returned and told me
that everything was all right"
Meaning said the Commissioner.
thai the shipment Of war munitions had
been stopped"
Exactly said Holt. THAT is my
mission. 1t is a godly mission. Provi-
dence is with me. l am in the hands OF
God"
Commissioner Woods pondered over
this briefly while he studied the singular
figure so loosely draped in a chair.
He was asking himself whether or not
Holt could be actually considered a
l~unatic. whether he was afflicted with
~paranoia or whether indeed ne was
really an agent Of a conspiracy that
might nave far more important units
thar this obscure teacher of the Ger
man language.
Tell me- Mr.. Woods said finally.
exactly what did happen when you en-
tered the Morgan house"
Confused by Batter.
II set about putting my plan in OPP
Grafton said Holt. when ! forced the
butler from the door l looked in the
parlur and saw the three Morgan chill
dren. l ordered them to go upstairs.
They obeyed me without question. But
the butler shouted to Mr.. Morgan. My
ideas became somewhat confused. 1
made a fatal mistake. Instead Of driv-
ing the children upstairs ahead OF me
permitted them to follow me. That
was a great blunder because I lost the
strategic use OF them. There was moth
ing TO i~nterpose between me and Mr..
Morgan.
Il have already told the rest-that
| Mr.. Morgan saw me, flung himself upon
me: that Mr.. Morgan jumped at me,
hat we went to the floor and struggled
and that my pistols went of. don't
quite know how Certainly I did not
mean to shoot the man. He is very
brave. SO is his wife. They dared 10
rush at me. although they saw that l
carried a revolver In each hand"
Holt never once in the course OF his
| talk with Commissioner Woods asked
about Mr.. Morgan's condition. He re-
ferred to Mr.. Morgan only when II be-
came necessary to Introduce the centra|
figure OF the drama that was enacted
on Saturday morning. As Mr.. Woods
questioned him he did. II is true, express
sorrow that Mr.. Morgan had been hurt,
but he added quickly that the end justi-
fed the means that IL he had done
wrong he had erred In a noble cause,
cause approved by the Almighty. Ht
moaned over his state of mind, which III
described as ~"frightful." and OF his body
which was obviously bruised and sore
But throughout his talk ran a curious
vein of exaltation. as II he felt that hi
was a divinely appointed agent.
Woods Thinks Holt Was Alone.
Commissioner Woods questioned hin
very closely as to his possible connection
with anarchistic societies n became
fairly well satisfied that Holt worked In
d%ependently at the promptings OF his owl
mind. whether that mind Is disordered II
the medical sense or not.
Mr.. Woods left Holt with the i'm
preston that he had been. until re
Gently at least, a normal, sane person
but that o~verstudy, overinterest In thu
European war mad developed the obses
sion that God desired him to interfer'
to bring about an embargo upon con
traband trade.
Mr.. Woods ascertained that Holt had
labored hare to obtain his degree OF
Phi. ID. and that he had studied nigh,
and day for a long period after obtain.
ing the degree n the instructorship ir
the department Of languages at Cornell
Therefore the Commissioner was In,
clined to believe that :iolt's conduct wal
due. In part at least. to the results OF
mind strain. While the scheme he had
formed az to overawing Mr.. Morgan
was as wild a dream as could bs
imagined, he discussed the details with
clear intelligence. although admitting
that he had not worked out with him
self all Of the steps that might nav
been necessary.
munitions expectation and Mr.. Nor
gan. Holt COnyerHel with uncommon