Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04
HOLT ALSOPLACED
BOMB IN CAPITOL
Morgan's Assailant Confesses to
Attempt to Blow Up Mann
moth Structure.
WANTED TO IMPRESS PEOPLE
Thought It Way to Bring to Their
Attention Horrors of War
in Europe.
WANTED TO IMPRESS PEOPLE

GLEN COVE. y. Y. July 3.-Frank
Holt. who shot J. p. Morgan to-day. Is
the man who set the bomb that ex-
ploded in the Capitol at Washington
last night, In statement to Justice
Luyster and Thomas Tunney. head of
the bomb squad Of the detective
bureau, Holt confessed setting the
bomb. and described it, AS missile
of terror it was said to be unique in
the annals OF the New York Police De-
partment
II made this bomb" Holt Is quoted
as saying In his confession, with three
sticks of dynamite. some match heads
and bottle OF sulphuric acid"
Pretty slick" commented Tenney.
y don't see how you did It,"
We'll. you see." Holt answered, IT
had experimental on II before. Not
once. you know. but many times. I
knew just what 1 was doing. and just
how to do 1t. I really did not take
any chances. for all my observations
had been checked up. and I knew when
the bomb would go OFF. almost to the
minute. knew how much time had.
so I hung around while the acid was
*. i
pulled out my watch and said to myself
that 1t ought to be going pretty soon.
And sure enough II did go pretty soon.
Then I hurried away"
CONFESSION COMES FAST
ON HEELS OF DENIAL
Hollis confession Of the Capitol out
rage came fast on the heels OF his
denial to newspaper men. OF the same
charge.
Don't you know anything about
this?" they asked him.
NO, I don't" he answered. 1T was
not in Washington yesterday at all.
was in New York. I had my breakfast
and my luncheon at the Mills Hotel. at
Thirty-sixth Street and Seventh Av-
enue. So. you see. 1 could not have
been in Washington.
What were you doing all day?"
Il was walking around the streets
In New York. trying to make up my
mind to come out here to-day and do
my duty. That was all. was think
ing 1t over"
Hotel clerks had not recalled seeing
him there yesterday. he still stuck to
his story.
asked after reading tho Washington
story for the second time. 1T seems
that the man who did that thought
about like I did. too. doesn't 1t? 1t
was rather odd that he used almost
the same words as I did. I can't ex-
plain IT."
When the newspaper reporters left,
Justice Luyster and Captain Tunney
began to question him. They soon OBJ
tanned his confession. they asserted.
THIRD-DEGREE METHODS
EMPLOYED BY DETECTIVES
Captain Tunney intimated that So
called hird-degree methods were en-
ployed when Holt denied the charge,
and Justice Luyster said:
We had to go after him good and
strong before he would tell us what
he knew"
According to Hollis confession, he
went to Washington from New York
yesterday. arriving there about noon
He went to the Capitol and set the
bomb at o'clock He had timed the
blast at midnight. After setting the
explosive, he strolled about Washing
ton for several hours. In the evening
he went to the Union Station. n few
for the noise OF the explosion.
II had two or three sticks Of dyna-
mite left over that 1 did not need in
the Washington job" he explained. 80
I brought them along to Glen Cove,
and intended to use them here IL
had to-"
why did you want to blow up the
Capitol?" Captain Tunney asked
Well" Holt replied. "I thought that
was a good way to bring the attention
of the American people to the terrible
murders being committed in Europe.
But why do you want to ask me
that for? ] explained the whole thing
in my letter TO the editor of the WASH
ington Times. 1 understand my letter
was printed to-day. Well. my reasons
are all in that letter"
LISTEN WITH ABATEMENT
TO HOLT'S RECITAL
Captain Tunney and Justice Luyster
listened with amazement to the recital
They had remarked that no percussion
caps were found with the dynamite in
his suit case. or with the stick that
was found on the lawn of the Morgan
estate-apparently the stick that he
had carried In his pocket into the Nor
gan mouse, ana thrown away when the
police hurried him to tho automobile
and they considered that the dynamite
played only minor role in his plans.
Dynamiters almost Invariably use a
percussion cap. Captain Tunney said
With Holt's assertion that he was
familiar with one OF the rarest methods
OF exploding dynamite. method which
Captain Tunney said was used so sell
dom as to be almost unknown. the i'm
preston was strengthened that the
prisoner was gifted with knowledge
far beyond what he had seen At to dis
play In earlier questioning. So they
went through his pockets again to de-
termine II they had overlooked any
thing, and found a scrap Of paper on
which were written the names OF
Junius Spencer (Mr. Morgan's eldest
son Is named Junius Spencer Morgan),
James Morton Drew and Henry Sturges.
Continued on Third Page.)
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