New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-07

and Guerin into an automobile and
took them to Mineola, where they were
turned over 20 District Attorney Smith.
After Smith had talked with them they
saw Holt, identified the prisoner as the
man they knew in Central Park and,
under the wing Of McCahill, important
| and mysterious rs only country con
stables can be, returned TO their homes.
Accomplish Theory Persists.
Search was then resumed for the
! dynamite that Holt is known 10 have
/ obtained from Syosset and which rs be
| lieved Ia have been the load OF stuff
that came covered with oat bags. IL
/ was not cached on the premises, and
/ the conclusion reached was that the
stuff was In the trunk he took when
he left for Washington on Friday
| The discovery OF the Central Park
house clears up much Of the mystery
! as TO where Holt spent his time after
? leaving Ithaca, and shows THAI he took
the place TO complete his experiments
/ in bomb making and to qualify in the
use Of revolver. From this place u
/ is not far to the Morgan estate. .
Hollis destruction Of evgry scrap OF
paper on the place is an indication OF
the care he took 10 cover up his ac-
/ completes, il he had any. The belief
/ that he was in receipt of aid, particu-
larly in the matter Of money. persists
with the authorities. As an instructor
AT Cornell he got n very small salary
not more than enough 70 support his
family properly-and neither he nor
Mrs. Holt was the possessor OF private
means.
Recently the expenditures have been
4 large for an instructors purse, lnclud-
ing the transportation OF his family TO
1 Texas, and other large outlays. In his
travels about the country since leaving
Cornell Holt spent considerable money.
/ Dynamite in large lots is not inexpen-
sive, and Holt was well supplied with
funds when he shot Mr.. Morgan. His
finances is one of the things that he
refused to discuss, asserting that he
earned whatever money he had or spent.
While the search was being made in
Central Park, District Attorney Smith,
Martin W. Littleton, who was retained
by the prisoners relatives in Texas
/ and Thomas J. Reidy and Edward r.
Koch, counsel for Holt, who came into
/ the case on Monday, were in confer
ence in the courthouse at Mineola. With
/ them for a time was DR.. Guy r. Cleg-
horn.
He Was Mentally Ill.,"
At this conference it was practically
agreed that the defence would offer no
resistance to the commitment Of Holt
! to an insane asylum. provided that he
| should not be sent away as afflicted
with disease that would make his dis
charge later impossible. 1t was agreed
by the lawyers for the defence that
Holt was mentally unwell and in need
of treatment, but they were inclined TO
fight the government II il set up that
he was a paranoiac.
The argument Of Messrs. Littleton,
Koch and Reidy was that no one knew
exactly what Hollis trouble consisted Of;
that It was quite possible that his dis
ease might be cured, and if that were
the case, no obstacle should be set up
that would prevent his taking his place
in society if he were cured.
Dr.. Cleghorn told the lawyers that it
would take time to prove to a certainty
what was the trouble with the man,
and advised that as there was no need
of haste in the matter a careful OBJ
servation should be made.
MIR Littletoh agreed TO this and APP
proved Of Holt being examined by Or.
Carlos Macdonald and DR.. Austin
Flint. Just now under retainer in the
Thaw case as witnesses for the state.
1t was thought that they might visit
Mineoia yesterday. but their engage
ments in New York prevented.
The proposition was made that the
hearing scheduled for this afternoon
before Justice Of the Peace Luyster
be postponed FOR week. Holt AZ first
would not agree to this He insisted
that he was entitled to his day in
court and to the chance of examining
Mr.. Morgan and mis- wife under oath.
He was told that neither of these
would be in court and that probably
the only witnesses who would be called
against him would be the butler, Phys
ick; Bernard Stewart, Mr.. Morgan's
valet, and Resale McCabe. a nurse in
the Morgan house. Then he agreed to
a pOstponement.
Leaving the jail Mr.. Littleton said
there was no doubt in his mind that
Holt was mentally wrong.