Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-06
Police Of Washington and
New York Question Man
Who Shot Morgan
ADMITS EXPLODING
BOMB AT CAPITOL
planned to Hold Financler $
Family as Hostages to
Assure End Of War
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Glen Cove, l. l., July 81. r
Morgan, who was shot twice Oy
Frank Holt last Saturday, Is out OF
all danger. His physicians So
notified his family this morning
Mr.. Moroan's pulse was normal
his temperature was normal ana
he passed a restful night.
Holt, the wouId-be assassin, was
40 weak today that when his Keep
ers went to his cell to arouse MN
he could not sit up on his eoucn.
Unless his condition improves rap
,dIy-and there seemed to be no
reason to expect so radical
chanqe-it will be impossible TOR
him to be taken into court for ex-
animation next Wednesday.
All plans to submit Holt to
further questioning today were
abandoned.
New York, July 5. Efforts were
made here today, at Glen cove, l.. H.
snd in several other cities to clear up
the mystery said to surround the loeh'
titv of Frank Holt, who on SATURDAY
attempted to assassinate ]. P. Morgan
and who admits setting off the bomD
Fridav night at the national capltol.
Federal detectives throughout the
country we're following up clues Wnlcn
+hev hoped would reveal the ch1el
events in his life. '
One of the important questions
which they had to solve was that rals-
Cd Nv the police Of Cambridge, Mass.
regarding the possible identification OF
Holt as Erich Muenter, former Har-
ward Instructor who disappeared from
that city after the death OF his Wl1e
rom alleged poisoning in 1906. State.
rnents from relatives of Muenter ana
an who knew him as student in Chi.
ca9o. comparing descriptions OF Holt
with their recollections OF Muenter
we're read with interest by the detec-
tIves working on the case. Photo-
oraphs of Muenter were compared Win
those Of Holt.
Until a late hour last night Holt was
questioned by police officials from Ne"
York and Washington. Major Pullman
of the Washington po'
lice. the last Of the inquisitors, endeav-
ored to locate the room that Holt oc-
cupied while in Washington before ex'
nloding the bomb in the capitol put
was unable to do SO.
II was in the course of his exam1na'
tion by several police officials that Holt
disclosed his plan, entertained wnen
he entered the Morgan home, to mold
Mrs. J. P. Morgan and the Morgan
children as hostages in their home or
,,se his influence to stop the exporsa-
tion of war munitions.
Dispatches received here from Dali
las. Texas, stated that the Rev. Q. F.
sensabaugh, Hollis father-in-law, had
taken steps toward engaging Martin
w Littleton as counsel for Holt, but
Mr.. Littleton said he had not received
such request.
Mr.. Morgan's condition, according to
the latest official bulletin issued last
night. continued to be most favorable
and the physicians attending him had
stated that the bullets from Holt's re.
volyer did not penetrate Mr.. Morgan's
abdomen.
No Light From Wife.
DALLAS, Texas, July 5. Mrs. Frank
Holt was unable today to clear up the
mystery about the past of her husband,
who Is under arrest for shooting ]. P.
Morgan. Her father, o. r, Sensabaugh,
questioned Mrs. Holt specifically to
learn II she could recall anything
which might throw light on the mat
ter. Mrs. Holt said her husband was
borr In Wisconsin, but, while she be-.
1feved he might have told her his birth
place there, she was unable to recall
the name of the place.