New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-08

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md when he was arrested had a con
siderable amount Of money on his per
son.
The question therefore srises-who
financed him? II the police can md
that they feel they will have gone far
towards finding his aids. =,
Holt has maintained that he talked
his plans over with nobody that he
had not discussed the idea OF stopping
Inc war with anybody, but these state,
ments are accepted with the tradiuoRal
grain Of salt. just as the beliet that ne
had at least one accomphee IN MS plo'
against the ships persists
IL was the plan OF Holt revealed III
Saxonia and the Philadelphia with their
AS6 messengers that led 70 the hurried
saU Of Police Commissioner Woods fos
I'M his deputies and heads OF bureaus
Ia meet him at the Harvard Club al
midnight: sent Guy Scull, ms Seere-
tarv and next TO the commissioner tne
most potent man IN the department,
Wit 3 staff Of men Aging IN automo-
bles over Long Island waking up ran
TOAD and express agents 10 md where
ana when Holt might have Shlpped
packages that would find their way on
hoard these or other ships; that had
dozens Of men overhaulng the contents
81 ,uilroad package rooms, and as many
E,cc,ing the efforts Of longshoremen,
Ef,iop and Juggling, they knew not why,
hundreds Of pieces Of freight IN sheds
and on docks: that caused tired postal
clerks 10 dig into the parcel post rec
ards for possible clews and made over
6ne necessary for express clerks.
Wireless Flashed Warnings.
it also caused Secretary of the Navy
Daniels 70 order the naval wireless plant
~ Arlington. Va, the most powerful IN
the world 20 fash out warnings 10 the
Ships at sea Of the danger that threat,
hrrd them. while from the commercial
station at Wellheet, on the tip OF Cape
God, similar warnings sent by order OF
the New York police were spanked.
Ashore the work of this army OF men
produced nothing. For a time the po-
lice thought they had the bombs dis
covered in two packages shipped from
Oyster Bay, but sleepy resident OF
that village acknowledged sending them
and explained their contents, and one,
left behind by chance. was found to be
entirely iunOcuOus.
Early IN the morning. just as the
business day was beginning, the Phua-
delohiG was heard from. All well' was
the message her commander sent after
searching his ship. Until afternoon
there was doubt about the SaXonla.
Her wireless is not as powerful as thst
Of the American liner, and 1t was nee
essaTv for her commanders report to
be 1elayed, but he, too reported all
serene.
The word that Holt had planned to
blow I'D ships at sea came from mis-
wife in Dallas, Tex. TO her he had
written that he had placed bombs on
vessels, that the whole world would
soon know of his act. They had been
fixed. he wrote. to explode yesterday.
Vrs. Holt. half distracted by the turn
affairs had taken. turned the letter over
10 Judge j. f. Cockrell, an old friend
o. the family, who telegraphed TO Gone
Johnson, Solicitor Of the state Depart
rlcnt
Johnson placed the information be
fore Secretary Daniels, who agreed that
The best the government could do was TO
-o.n6 wireless warnings from Arlington.
Trc suggestion of sending torpedo de-
stroyers. the fastest ships in the navy,
after the liners 20 give warning was
discarded as Unfeaslble.
Superintendent Pullman, also notified
By Johnson, passed the warning on TO
Commissioner Woods. Woods, Inspector
Fsurot and Captain Tunney were plan.
ming - worm from Holt the names OF
tho vessels on which he had caused eX-
Ylosives TO be placed when word came
ana, the man had killed himself. Then
began the wild search Of Long Island.
That territory knows something about
last driving, those who were abroad
Yesterday morning know more now
than they did before. The orders TO
the drivers OF the high powered police
cars were "full speed ahead and God
help US if we hit anything So at cup
race speed they flew from house to
house, sometimes finding the right
place easily, al others being miles out
OF their way.
Police Frankly Worried
Such state Of affairs as the twenty
four hours had developed tire oldest
man in the Central Office had never
heard Of The way development had
followed development was uncanny. FIX
uerience teaches the policemen to be
surprised al nothing, but Holt had sur
pl,sod the most blase of them. They
only feared that IN his plan 20 sink the
ships he had met with success.
Two things stood in the way of sue
cess. One was the network of vigil
lance the steamship companies had
thrown about their ships and piers.
The other was the uncertainty of the
bottle type of bomb Holt used il Wash
ington.
To get results with this type one as
10 be sure that the machine is kept in
one position, the position in which the
acid, falling upon the cork, would
gradually eat its way through to the
explosive. Upside down il would be
harmless, on one side practically so.
But one type Of bomb is dependable
under all circumstances That is the
machine exploded by clock work. Up
TO twelve hours such machines are fair
ly positive. Beyond that special mech
anism is needed. and there is no form
of clock work known 10 the police that
will operate after a lapse of several
days. 1t was possible, but only posi-
BILE, that Holt obtained some such
clocks.
Vigilance on Piers.
All day the Headquarters staff VS.
in touch with the shipping interests.
p. b. s. Franklin. Of the International
Mercantile Marine Company. owner Of
the Philadelphia, reported all clear on
their ships and piers and by a strange
coincidence reported that the two eX-
press packages from Oyster Bay, which
the police thought suspicious, had been
fixed upon by his men as the only two
on the long list of shipments that
looked badly
Postofice authorities early eliminat-
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