The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
HOLT POISONED HIS
WIFE, SAYS SISTER
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to her third child when her death oc-
CURED. Muenter ran away from Cam
bridge with the two children and
| brought them TO Chicago, where he
turned them over to Mrs. Muenter's
parents. And then still undetected by
the authorities he went to Mexico.
He worked for a while in Mexico
City as a stenographer. He shaved his
full beard and wore a soft hat instead
of the derby he had affected as Muen-
ter. A reward of $1,000 for his arrest
has never been claimed. While a
fugitive he issued badly printed
statement of his case couched in sar-
castle terms and mailed it to some OF
his acquaintance.
Under the name of Holt he showed
up at the Agricultural and Mechanical
School at College Station, Tex. He
graduated there. He married a class
mate in the Texas school and has chill
dren by her.
He later taught German in Wander
bit University at Nashville. Tenn. and
attended Cornell University, where he OBJ
tanned his Phi. d. degree. He was elect
ed head of the department of German
Of the Southern Methodist University OF
! Dallas. Tex. and was to begin his work
there next fall.
Il always considered him odd but to
, talk with him you would not suspect his
cCcentriC!tieS."
Muenter's sister. Miss Bertha Muen-
ter. is a teacher in the public schools
here. She lives with her aged mother
and said she had never heard from her
brother since his disappearance nine
years ago
His poor mother is 81 years old" she
said. She has nearly forgotten the ter
rihle times of his disappearance in 1896
/ hope he has not turned up to bring 1t
all to the surface again."
Mrs. Muenter died in Boston on April
%, 1906. Only her husband was present
at the time of her death, as the Muen-
tiers did not believe in doctors, it was
said. The undertaken was suspicious
and the internal organs were sent to
Prof Whitney. of Harvard, for analysis.
but Muenter was allowed to leave for
Chicago with the body. Prof. Whitney
found traces of poison in the stomach,
and a warrant was issued for Muenter.
Before the Chicago police were notified
he disa appeared.
As to the shooting of J. T. Morgan
Hollis written confession gives an en-
tirely new aspect to the affair. In first
accounts of his attack upon MIR. Morgan
the names of the three Morgan children
were left out.
1t was Hollis intention to lock Mrs
Morgan and the children in an upper
room of their home at East Island while
Mr.. Morgan used his influence to stop
the shipment of arms to Europe.
Il found the three children in a parlor,
and asked them to come upstairs with
me. They came without objection.
walked ahead. That was my mistake
If l had been behind them. all might
have been different now.
Mr. Morgan jumped at me. although
held revolver in each hand. This
physical courage overruled my moral
courage l tried to shoot in the air, but
some one grabbed my hand and pressed it
down. That is the only reason for Mr..
Morgan's being touched. Il learned to my
sorrow that Mr.. Morgan was hurt, for
he was to so out and do the work could
not do
Holt insisted to visitors throughout the
day that he had no accomplices, and that
he had planned no other outrages.
though he admitted having written a
letter to President Wilson.
IT had nothing to do with the placing
of a bomb near Mr.. Carnegie's home"
declared Holt. Il did not intend to
shoot President Wilson"