Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-07-07
ONE SHIP SAYS
ALL IS WELL;
STAYS HIMSELF
Would-be Murderer of Nor
gan Killed Himself
in Jail. :-..a.. :: :.
WRITES LETTER
ON BOMB CAMPAIGN
il
Niissive Received in Texas Said to have
Revealed Campaign That Included
the Destruction OF Two Great Ocean
Vessls.
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WRITES LETTER
ON BOMB CAMPAIGN

New York, July Frank Holt.
who attempted last Saturday to assas-
sinate ]. P. Morgan. after placing q
bomb In the capitol at Washington,
which exploded Friday night and who
Killed himself In the Jail at Glen Cove
last night, planned to destroy the
Transatlantic liners saxonia and
Philadelphia. by dynamite. which IL
Is believed. he had placed aboard the
before they sailed from New
York for Liverpool on July 3.
Holt 80 advised his wife in. = letter
which. was received by her at Dallas
Texas. on or before yesterday.
This letter. Police Commissionex
Woods Of the New York City police
department announced was taken by
Mrs. Holt and her father to q former
Governor of Texas. The former gov
ernor, whose name is withheld, COM
of the Washington D.. c.. police. the
United States navy department and !,
police headquarters here Yr
Warnings by wireless were, sent
broad-cast over the Atlantic fr6m
On the eastern GbexboArd. sd
visinE the Saxonia and Philad6lphis
to steer toward each other. The navy
department arranged to send q fast
crusier after the liners Immediately.
Both vessels were reached by Wireless.
The Philadelphia replied that. every
thing aboard had been identified and
that all was we'll. The Saxonia also
received the message, but did not re-
ply. f
Mineola, N. Y, July Frank Holt,
who shot ]. P. Morgan At his homo
here last Saturday, after placing .
bomb in the national capitol. which
the senate public reception
room Friday night. committed suicide
jail window to the concrete floor Of
the court yard, about so feet below.
Holt was under tho guard Of Jere.
miah Ryan. a Jail attendant. Tho
prisoner was apparently sleeping
when Ryan. hearing a noiss
on the other side of cell tier. left
his place in front Of Holt's open door
heard a noise. which he said resem.
bled an explosion. and hastily returned
to Holt's cell. only to find 1t empty.
Holt had slipped through the open
cell door, climbed to the top of the
cell tiers to an open window through
which he plunged to the narrow court
yard below.
Writes Letter.
DIR. Cleghorn. the Jail physician.
and District Attorney Smith were
DR.. Cleghorn examined
Death was instantaneous. Mr.. Smith
Holt's cell Immediately after
arriving at the Jail and found letter
written on yellow paper. This letter
which Holt must have written before
he attempted suicide this morning.
when a pencil with which he tried to
sever an artery. was taken from him.
was addressed ITO My Dears." and
read as follows:
Il must write once more. Tha
more I think Of it, the more SEQ the
of living under circum-
stances such as these. Bring up tha
dear babies in love Of God and man.
God bless you my sweet.
"Anfectionately,
Frank"
"P. s. All please pardon me foy
all heartache brought you. Pray with
me that slaughter will stop. Ny heart
breaks. Goodbye"
Confusion In Jail.
At midnight there was still conSid.
cradle confusion in the Jail and con.
fiicting stories regarding tho manner
Holt was killed. While several Of
the Jail authorities declare he plunged
from window. Holt's keeper.
O'Ryan, said he was positive the pris-
he said he found the body.
However. it was definitely estab-
lished through DR.. Cleghorn that Holt
died of a fractured skull. Holt ad-
mitted to the detectives that
he lied when he said he made his
capitol bomb from sulphuric acid and
match heads. He said also that he
ments in Washington and New
York