The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-07-06
SHOT TWICE Bl
COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR
THE WOUNDS, HOWEVER, FAIL TO
HAVE DESIRED EFFECT
AssaiRlnt Issues Statement Saying
He Did Not Intend to Harm
Mt. Morgan.

Glencove, N. Y, July 81. P. Nor
gan. head of the banking house of
J. P. Morgan & Co., was shot twice
today at his country home near here
oy Frank Holt, native American, a
former student and Instructor at Cor
nell university, who was to lhave be-
come head of the department OF
French in the Southwestern Metno-
dist university at Dallas, Texas, next
fall.
Mr.. Morgan was said by specialists
at his bedside to be resting we'll to-
night. No vital organ, the PHYSICIANS
announced, had been involved in his
injury. TIE physician, however, de-
clined to state the precise location OF
Mr.. Morgan's wounds. Junius Spen-
Ger Morgan, eldest son of the fnan-
cier, was asked to define the exact
nature of the injuries. After confer
ring with the physicians young Mr..
Morgan answered they had decided
to add nothing to their previous bull
letins. At II o'clock tonight, how
ever, it was established, both bullets
penetrated the hip and neither en-
tered the abdomen.
Holt was oyerpowered by Mr.. Nor
gan and Henry Fiske, the butler in
the Morgan household. He was lock-
ed up in Jail here.
From his cell he issued a written
statement, saying that he had intend
ed no harm to Mr.. Morgan, but had
come to Glencove to persuade the
banker to stop the shipment from
this country of munitions of war. He
went into the Morgan home, he said,
with pistol in his hand and stick
OF dynamite in his pocket, intending
TO remain there till Mr.. Morgan "did
something"
another loaded pistol was found
in Holt's pocket. More dynamite was
In a suit case wnich he had taken to
the Morgan house. There were
numerous newspaper clippings, all
bearing on TIE European war, in the
suit case.
The True Story.
An authoritative statement obtained
here late today after many conflicting
reports had been circulated gave the
facts as follows:
''Holt called at the Morgan home
at 9 o'clock while Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
gan were at breakfast. Fiske, the
butler, answered Hollis ring at the
door. Holt handed the butler his
card, telling Tim to inform Mr.. Nor
gan it was from a friend. AS the
butler started back through the hall
way, Holt slipped a pistol from his
pocket and pressed it against the but
ler's stomach.
"See d2is gun?" he demanded. 81
have another one"
The butler, pressed by the muzzle
of the weapon, backed into the nall
way, Holt following. AS the front
door closed behind them, the butler
realized the determination of the
assassin and spoke in loud voice, so
Il. at iMr. Morgan might hear: "Mr.
Morgan is in the library"
Holt was not diverted by this, but
continued to press the butler back
ward down the hallway toward the
dining room. AS they neared the din
ing room door, the butler spoke again:
cup stairs, Mr.. Morgan! Up stairs!"
he shouted.
Alarmed by the Stout, Mr. Morgan
and his wife left the dining room by
another door, entered rear hall
way and went up stairs. They found
nothing amiss there and started back,
using the front stairway. Unwittingly
they walked almost into the assassin's
arms. Mrs. Morgan saw him first,
screamed and drew back.
Fired Two Shots,
Holt turned and fired twice before
Mr.. Morgan could seize him. Fiske,
the butler, no longer menaced by the
pistol, grabbed the assassin's right
hand. Mr. Morgan with two bullets