The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-04


Holt, and. with the assistance Of SER
wants, tied him and trussed him attei
the Morgan butler. Henry Phystck
had thumped him 'soundly over the
head with the first handy weapon
available, lump of coal. Then Mr.
Morgan, after calmly assuring his
house guests, the British ambassador
and Lady Spring Rice, who had wit
messed the desperate struggle on the
second floor landing, that he was NOT
badly hurt, and after teiephoning 70
his mother and TO william ID. Porter,
one of hts partners, himself teie-
phoned to DR.. william I'll. ZabrisKie,
of Glen Cove, simply telling him, DIR.
Zabriskie. that he had been shot and
asking DIR. Zabriskie to come at once
to the house.
Confesscs His Grimes.
Holt. who had been roughly hans
died by the Morgan servants in the
business of subduing him and tying
him up, was taken first to the Jail at
Glen Cove, whese he was questioned
by Justice of tia Peace William A.
Luyster and by assistant District At
torney, Charles K. Weeks, of Nassau
county. To Justice Luyster he made
the following statement, made 1t
without any approach to agitation or
regret, and speaking with the utmost
precision and calmness:
II, Frank Holt, of Ithaca, New
York. and lately professor of German
at Cornell. do hereby freely make to
William e. Luyster justice of the
peace. the following statement of the
facts concerning my visit TO the home
of J. p. Morgan. at East Island, Glen
Cove, N. Y.
Il have been in New York city
about ten days. and had made pre-
vious trip to the home of Mr.. Morgan
last week. My motive in coming here
was to try TO force Mr.. Morgan to use
his influence with the manufacturers
of munitions in the United States.
and with the millionaires who are
financing the war loans to have an
embargo put on shipments of war
munitions so as to relieve the Ameri-
can people from completely in the
death OF thousands of our European
brothers.
IF Germany should be able to buy
munitions here we would, OF course.
positively refuse 10 sell to her. The
reason that the American people have
not as vet stopped the shipments
seems to be that We are getting ricn
out OF this traffic, but dove not get
enough prosperity out of noncontra-
band shipments? And would IL not
be better for us to make what money
we can without causing the slaughter
of Europeans?
II am very sorry that / had to
cause the Morgan family this UNI
pleasantness but / believe that II Mr..
Morgan would put his shoulder TO the
wheel he could accomplish what l
have endeavored TO do. l wanted him
to do the work could not do. | hope
that he will do his share anyway We
must stop our participation in the
killing of Europeans, and God will
take care of the rest"
Enters Plea of Not Guilty.
While the surgeons in the great
house on East Island were working
over Mr.. Morgan, and automobiles
carrying the financiers and relatives
were spinning along the beautiful
road from Glen Cove to the Morgan
home, Holt. the would-be murderer,
was being arrigned for assault with
intent to kin in the Glen Cove Court
house. Whether from the effect OF
the buffers mighty blow. or whether
ne was pretending mental and
physical weakness, he answered
stupidity and had to he coached by
Assistant District Attorney Weeks
and the Justice. He finally pleaded
not guilty and was remanded to the
fail at Mineola to await further ex'
animation at Glen Cove on Wednes-
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
1t was after he was taken to
Mineola that Captain Thomas Tunney
of the New York detective bureau
who hurried to Glen Cove after tne
washington police had intimated that
"A Ia &C
Tried to wreck the Capitol on Friday
night obtained from Holt A confess
sion that he set oft the Capitol bomb
From what was gathered by Captain
iTrnney. the deliberate purpose OF
Holt was to kill and terrorize In
cam paign to stop or discourage ths
exportation of war munitions. EVERY
/ act the man performed was done De
liberately. shrewdiy. cunningly. He II
highly educated, of course, and all the
resources of an. unusually keen mino
were brought to bear in numerous
and destructive purpose:
| Not only, it appears, mao ne piau'
ned to blow up the Capitol at WASH
ineton. to kill Mr.. Morgan, and, pre-
sumablv to assassinate President VIII
son. but he had procured list OF
members of Mr. Morgans family: Z
scran of paper was found in hi:
tpocket which bore these names ano
addresses:
"Junius spencer Morgan, CamI
! Uncas."
Jane Morton Drew"
Jane Norton Drew"
Frances Tracy.
Henry Sturges.'
Junius Spencer Morgan Is the sor
| of j. p. Morgan. Jane Norton DREW
was the maiden name OF Mrs, j. L
/ Morgan. Frances Tracy is close
relative. Henry Sturges Is nephew
of j. p. Morgan. The only inference
that could be drawn by Captain Tun'
new and the Glen Coove police wa,
that Holt had made death list ane
| had planned to kill these members
| OF the Morgan family as well as MT
Morgan himself.
Man of singular Appearance.
Holt is a man of singular appear
ance. so much 80 that possibly ~
would be singled out of any crowd
He gave his age as forty, but he looks
| II anything, to be slightly younger
He is tall. about five feet clever
Inches. and so thin as to seem almos'
eu,aciated For all of his height NJ
weighs less than $50 pounds Hs
stoops somewhat, and carries his long
thin head Just forward. which makes
him seem TO peer curiousiy as M
walks or talks. The long, thin head
carries a high. forehead over whicf
there is heavy growth OF DARK nalr