The Washington times., 1915-07-04

work on The Times clue and the first
edition of The Times was on the street
with fac-similies of the letter.
This letter was carried I'm the New
York newspapers and furnished an i'm
rredlate clue to the perpetrator Of the
two outraees when the news was
hashed OF the attempt to take Mr.. Nor
gans life.
Planned Both ,Outrages.
While Glen Cove and New York police
officials were obtaining the first dis
connected statement from the desperate
nssailant of the financier, the WASH
ington pclice we're working the wires
in an endeavor to clear up the Senate
explosion and the conviction strength
enea that one man had planned and ex-
AT hrst Holt denied knowledge of the
capitol explosion. insisting that he had
not been In Washington on Friday.
Isrsistent prodding finally brought the
admission that he had planned to strike
twice In his visionary attempt to bring
ABOUT world peace-one protest taking
The form of bomb outrage In the
United states Senate and another in
the home OF the financier clothed by
Holt with some mysterious power TO
stop the war.
According to Holt's confession made
before Captain Tunney. of the New
Glen Cove. he came to Washington
from Now YORK on Friday and set the
bomb in the Capitol building during
thc afternoon. He timed the explosion
for midnight and then waited around TO
hear the noise before taking the train
back to New York.
II had two or three sticks of dyna-
mite ts. left over in Washington" Holt
eekplalneo and brought them on to
Glen Cove II necessary"
Letter Read To Holt.
Asked why he wanted to blow I'D
the Capitol. Holt said this was ali
explained in his letter which was
published yesterday in The Times.
and a telegraphed copy Of which had
been read to the prisoner.
Il thought that was a good way TO
pring the attention of the American
people to the terrible murders being
committed in Europe" he added
The police official remarked that no
percussion caps were found with the
dynamite in Hollis suit case, and then
hoIt furnished a remarkable descrip-
bn, non OF now he made the Capitol
Domb. which was crude and yet ef-
pride: Win
Il made the bomb with three sticks
or dynamite, some match heads. and
sulphuric acid.
DefOFe
Not once. you know. but many times
! knew Just what l was doing ava
Just how to do IL. ] really didn't take
any chances; for all my observations
naa nae oeen checked up. and 1 knew
TO the minute: In fact. 1 waited in
Washington till heard II go on
Ihen l hurried away as fast as
could and caught the train for New
had to hurry" e' 'o
how did you make the bomb?,
Well, he answered. Il took three
sucks or dynamite and bound them To-
gether. Then ! took my knife and hoI-
Whe. 9ut pace In one of the sticks
W men l had cleaned 1t out deep enough
put some match heads into the hole
Ltnree or four, l don't know exactly
how many. e''
Timed Sulphuric Acid.
When the match heads wera MI, T.,
the hole I took a little bottle OF SUI
phuric acid out of my pocket and mn,
a regular cork in the neck. turned
the bottle upside down and ia astened
the cork in the hole in the dynamite
Just ABOVE the match heads. You see
l had timed the suIphuric acid in my
tests before, and l knew just how long
IL would take to eat through the cork
ohu get 10 tne match heads
When the acid reached the matcn
heads 1t set them on fire and caused
the explosion. There wasn't any guess
work about 1t. l knew how much time
l had. so / hung around while the acid
was eating its way through the cork.
l pulled out my watch and said to my
SELF that 1t ought to be going pretty
soon ana sure enough 1t did go pretty
soon. Then I hurried away"
These matches, Holt explained. were
Of the kind that exploded or popped"
was not prohibited for Fourth OF July
celebrants and so he had no difficulty
the tn stns mstebes 'hem ne .xn,1 The popping Of
Mantle ''S u'
Holt said that he left the house
%neee G,rna ne rented a room. taking the
the Capitol grounds. He then walked
up the steps leading to the main en-
trance OF the Capitol. and strolled
meeiins through the corridors without
spent about half an hour in the build
lns, ne aoded, looking for a spot to
place his bomb where it's explosion
would not ln1ure any one or cause great
damage to the building
Didn't Want To Kill.
Il didn't want to hurt anybody" he
said Il Just wanted to call the at
lention of the nation to the terrible
murders being committed in Europe.
ana didn't want to damage the Capt.
tol any more than was necessary"
After placing the bomb, Holt walked
slowly away. He went back to his
room. he said. and to the Union station.
he also walked about the streets for
awhile. Then he decided to write to
the newspapers and the President and
explain why he had set the bomb.
The letters were addressed to news
papers and to the President at the
White House. And at this point he
refused to tell more
Didn't you have an accomplice?" he
was asked.
No" he muttered weakly None
l did the whole thing my
self. | planned it. | executed it No
body knew anything about 1t but my
self"
Didn't you have an accomplice in the
setting of the bomb at Washington
the detectives persisted
Il tell YOU" he replied | didn't