Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-14
HOLT AND MUENTER WE'RE ONE.
Identification Positive-Suicides by
Jumping from Cell Door.

to-day was identified as Erich Muen-
ter, the Harvard instructor who dis
appeared after being indicted as the
murderer Of his wife, Leona in
Cambridge, Mass, in 1906.
The identification was made by S.
p. Smith, State detective Of the Dis
trict Attorneys office Of Middlesex
county, Massachusetts; Theodore
Hitler, an automobile man, Of Cam
bridge, and A. T. Brown, Boston
newspaper man.
Guard Tells Of Suicide.
Jeremiah Organ, the keeper who
was on guard at Holt's cell when
Holt committed suicide, had recover
ed his composure to-day sufficiently
to tell connecting story. O'Ryan
said he had been employed by the
sheriff to guard the prisoner from
p. m. to a. NJ. Last night at 8
O'Clock O'Ryan went to the entrance
OF Holts cell. Holt seemed to be
cheerful
81 had some food to-day and man
aged to retain it in my stomach"
Organ says Holt told him. 81 feel
much better, but | must get some
sleep. Those detectives have been
coming in and asking me all kinds Of
questions and they have been both
ering me day and night. I must get
sleep. have got an important
statement to make Tomorrow and I
must be able to convince people that
what l say is true"
Organ said Holt turned over on
his side and remained there for
about an hour. At the end Of that
time Organ heard noise i'm the
next corridor. He glanced at Holt
and saw he had changed his posi-
ton SO he was facing the door, but |
apparently was sleeping. Organ |
then crept, he says, on his hands and |
knees down the corridor to check a |
disturbance so Holt might sleep He
looked into the other corridor and |
found there was nothing there. AS
he was about to start back Organ
said he heard noise that sounded |
like revolver shot.
81 ran back to the cell and said to !
myself, He's done it, Somebody |
slipped him gun. | looked into |
his cell and did not see him. Then |
/ thought that maybe he had been |
shot from the outside. | said to my
self, He might shoot me- so | drew |
pecting him to jump at me. 1t was |
dark and I could not see him. 7 |
triDped and fell. When | looked |
down l saw that had fallen over
his body"
Prof. G0uld's Identification.
Chicago, July 7.-Identification of
Frank Holt, the assailant Of ]. p.
Morgan, as Erich Muenter, the miss
ing Harvard professor suspected of
having caused the death of his wife,
was made to-day by Prof. Chester n.
Gould, of the University of Chicago.
Prof. Gould issued a statement ad-
mitting he had identified Muenter,
who was a former student at the
nell University last November. He
said he decided for several reasons
not to expose the man, "as he seemed
to be getting along so nicely, and I
thought it was better to let we'll
enough alone"
Prof. Goulds statement, in part,
follows:
when | arrived at Cornell Uni
versity last November to engage in
research work. | was introduced to
DIR. Frank Holt, but paid little atten-
tion to him at the time He asked
me how Cutting and Allen, two Uni
versity of Chicago professors, were
getting along. / told him, and asked
him If he knew them. He said he
did not, but had heard Of them.
'Holts carriage and speech had
rather stayed with me and reminded
me of some one, but could not re-
member whom. Then my mental as
Sociations began to work and | said
! know who it is. 1t is Muenter'
The next time | saw him he
looked squarely at me and said,
Hello, Gould. His words had the
attitude of man stepping back into
an OLD familiarity. He never avoid
ed me except on one occasion when
] saw him with his wife and family.
Il had every opportunity to OBJ
serve him and heard him speak Ger
man and English, and there can be
no douht that Franz JJnlt .,. r,.,,L