The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-05

- don't worry about me. With much
:. love.
FRANK
Mad IN queer Channels.
The head OF the New York Police
Department questioned Holt for two
hours late this afternoon sitter the
prisoner had been inspectsds and ex
amined BY William r. Flynn, chief OF
the United States secres ssrytce., hy
Captain Thomas Tunney. commander
Of the anarchist squad, and by petec-
tive George Barnita, an expert on per-
sons who fncffna to spread their propa-
Eanda By violent means.
Commissioner Woods studied Holt
attentiwel1y when the man was led
from his cell to room where there was
plenty of bright sunshine. He OBJ
served that Holts mind was ~orkius
on queer bearings. At times IL hared
up sharply anG he spoke stream OF
words. At times II dropped 20 dun
level and he mambled stupidly. hal,
tncohersntiy Part OF this might have
been due TO his physical condition. he
was very weak from the punishment
he received from the Iorgan servacts
on Saturday YuornirG AID from lack II
food He admitted hat excitement had
kept him from Gazing for several days
Holt" said the commissioner. plac-
ing the man where the sunlight fell
souarely upon him, where he could
watch every change of expression or
shade Of glance. tell me frankly. was
ii your purpose To Kill Mr Morgan
Not to Kill. But TO Use.
"Mr. Commissioner said Holt
quickly. permit me 70 point out the
absurditv OF that idea My only rea-
son for going to see Mr. Morgan was
l.. 81 n IL at
influence. Way should I have desired
to xiii the man needed"
"pid you have an accompliee when
you exploded a bomb at the Capitol
in Washington and when you planned
to attack Mr.. Morgan?
NO. / worked entirely alone" Holt
replied "you must remember, sir,
that I have been a student, teacher,
and that my associates have been alto
gether different from that sort Of peo-
pie. II l had wanted an acconpiice,
/ would NOT have known where to go
to find one"
You say YOU did not intend to XIII
Mr.. Morgan What Was your actual
purpose? what did you expect TO ac-
complish?" pressed Commissioner
Woods.
.Tu tell you what my real plan was
Yesterday / said nothing about it.
That is the truth. My idea was to
And the Morgan children and Mrs.
Morgan as soon as ! entered the
: house and before / located MIR. Nor
gan. Then | believed | could herd
them in front of me and drive them
upstairs where | was sure MI. Nor
gan would go. | thought | could use
Mr. Morean's wife and csnildren as
hostages, make him fear that they
would be killed unless he did exactly
as ! wished him to DO
THAT Is the truth, IL is? You really
believed you could accomplish any
thing like THAR" demanded the com
missioner.
AS God is my judge. that was my
idea" said Holt, earnestly. Il felt
sure IL was feasible and that the plan
would work figured that IL | could
keep them In front OF me. Mr.. Nor
gan would not dare TO shoot for fear
OF hitting his own flesh and blood. nor
would he or any of the servants dare
to spring at me, In that position !
would be free TO make my terms"
what were they%' aswed Mr.. Woods.
Hoits Terms.
why" said Holt i was going to
say to SIR Morgan: Here, you are a
man of tremendous power in the busi-
ness and financial world. Manufac
eurers and shippers will listen to you
where they would have me thrown
downstairs by their flunieies, You must
go TO every manufacturer. every ship
per. every man concerned in the muir
derous business of supplying arms and
ammunition 10 Europe and you must
put a stop to the ubneutral traffic
We'll" said Mr.. Woods, suppose
Mr.. Morgan had refused your demand.
What would you have done"
.sffffs d -corr1e-tf f1rtrt74tEr Eatdy
II would have driven hts dear wife
and his dear children into one of thu
upper rooms of the house / would
have held him and his servants back
with my revolvers until after l had
the wife and children securely In the
room. Then I would have ordered Mr.,
Morgan to hasten about my business.
our country's business. am sure
he would have obeyed me"
But suppose he had not. what would
you have done7 Would you have shot
Mrs. Morgan or the children"
Il am not sure. ] cannot say. Prob
ably 1 would have had TO shoot the
children If Mr.. Morgan had proved
infiexible | did not anticipate defeat
MY idea was that ] could make T.
fortress out OF an upper room. | would
have had narrow slit cut In the door
through which and the Morgan family
could be supplied with food. And there
/ would have held the fortress until
Mr.. Morgan returned and told me that
everything was all right"
Meaning" said the commissioner.
that the shipment of war munitions
had been stopped"
Exactly said Holt, that Is my
mission. 1t is a Cody mission Provi-
dence is with me. / am in the hands
OF God"