Evening star., 1915-07-04
HO[T'S CONFESSION
DUE TO SUGGESTION
FROM WASHINGTON

Frank Holt, the man who shot ]. p
Morgan yesterday at Glen Cove. Long
leland, last night confessed to placing
the bomb which wrecked the Senate
-eceotisn room at the Capitol Friday
night
The confession was given to New
yoyk police authorities following
suggestion emanating independently
from the ONCE of The Star and from
INSPECTOR Boardman at police head
quarters here. where marked simi-
iarity was at once seen between ioeas
ana language in the letter to tne
editor Of The Star. signed "R. Pearce'
and the statement made by Holt IN
New York The suggestion was "feo
to New York, and not long after hoit
confessed to Justice Luyster OF 1ien
Cove and Capt. Thomas Tunney. heao
~ tbe bomb and anarchist squad OF
New York city.
Hollis own description OF the bomp
he made was surprising to Capt iun-
nav. but corresponded with one OF tne
theor,ex advanced by DR.. Charles MUM
roe the explosive expert OF the bureau
Of mines, who spent most OF yesteIua.
examining the effects OF the eNPiosaon
in the Senate RECEPTION ,oSW ~ com.
hinstion of match heads and suipnufic
acid. the latter substance eating ,ts
way through cork preciseiy IN tns
time calculated by Holt. Holt SAID IL
onn,asn.d three sticks of dynamite.
timed for action at midnight 4.
As stdeiIeht on the explosion II
was learned yesterday that CaplSoi ~. ~
iicem.n ors George s1ebanee Gnmm nao desk e which
Md the bomb just ten or hfteen
minutes before the sulphur dropped 70
the match heads and blew or the
charge.
Placed Bomb at 4 O'Clock.
Prank Holt placed the homemade
bomb in the window corner OF the SEN
ate receptton room at : o'clock Friday
afternoon, he told Capt. Tunney and
Justice Luyster. and timed 1t for mid
night. II actually exploded twenty
n,inutes ahead-of that time. During
the seven hours and forty minutes be-
tween the time he left the internal
machine hidden by the window and the
time the charge was fired. he says he
hung around" spending some OF the
time at the Union station.
He mailed the letter to The Star,
which proved the connecting link be-
tween the man. the assault on J. p
Morgan And the Capitol explosion,
some time before 10 o'clock Friday
night, while waiting to see the result
of his machinations- The striking
similarity between one of the ideas In
that letter and what he said in New
York is apparent. In several in
stances the phrases are quite similar
and in some the language Is almost
Identical, the only difference being q
transposition Of words.
In Glen Cove after being arrested
for the J. p. Morgan shooting. Holt
III Germany should be able to buy
munitions kere we would. of course
positively refuse to sell to her"
The writer to The Star. signing "R
Pearce." said:
we would. of course, not sell to the
Germans 4 they could buy here"
The reason that the American peo.
pie have not as yet stopped the ship
ments seems to be that we are getting
rich out OF this traf1c: but do We moi
get enough prosperity out OF non-con'
traband shipments, and would it mo-
be better for US to make what money
We can without causing the slaughte!
Of thousands of Europeans?"
Pearce wrote:
we want prosperity. yes. Blu
Europe needs enough non-contrabant
materials to give US prosperity. Le
US not sell her explosives"
Gave Newspaper Men Clues.
The similarity In language and idea,
noted In Washington and wired to New
York, opened q new line of question
ing for Newspaper men and detective
on the Holt case. Holt At first denie,
he had anything to do with the ex
<plosion In this city. even when con
- frentsd with the statement that tn
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