Evening star., 1915-07-04
Pullman in New York
Has Talk With Holt
On Bomb OUTRAGE Here

On Bomb Outrage Here
issioner Brownlow. who has su-
pervision of the police department, was
at police headquarters in conference
| with Inspector Robert Boardman, act
; ing chief of police. and several detec-
tives when a newspaper message told
of Hollis confession.
Commissioner Brownlow had been in
conference with Inspector Boardman
many times during the day and even
quarters. taking personal interest in
the Investigation. He saw the several
| copies of the letters that had been re-
celved by The Star and other Washing
ton newspapers, and had made COM
parisons to determine upon what make
| of typewriters they had been written,
! and last night he expected to put in
| several more hours, when the message
come telling of the confession.
! inspector Boardman has aided in this
good work, said Commissioner Brown
| low
Hes been doing such work for the
past twenty-five years" volunteered
! Detective Pratt, who had worked on
! the case since l O'Clock Saturday morn
| ing
| The Commissioner explained that
paragraph in the letter bearing upon
the explosion al the Capitol and one
love made it appear to Inspector
Boardman that one individual was re-
sponsible for both crimes and it was
because @ OF this that Inspector Board
Cove and Mai Raymond w Pullman
IN New York, suggesting that point.
Maj. Pullman was in New York as
| guest of Police Commissioner Wood
First Response Not Reassuring.
|
to message of inquiry sent to Chief
McCahill al Glen Cove was not reas-
suring. 1t merely stated: Fl Holt in
Glen Cove Thursday. July l, p. M"
| An hour later came a second and
more hopeful message 1t was Fl.
Holt is at Glen Cove; Washington,
Friday am and pm Will wire more
| particulars later.
| Commissioner BrownIow and Inspec-
| tor Boardman felt much more en-
| couraged when the second message was
| received
| It's coming all right the inspector
! remarked. and I'm satisfied the con-
| fession will come during the night
| Shortly after the newspaper report
| told of the prisoners confession Com
| missioner Brownlow heard from Maj.
| Pullman. His message to Maj. Pull
| man read; Ascertain from F. Holt, IN
| custody in New York for shooting j. p.
| Morgan, his whereabouts Thursday and
Friday last, as he may have placed the
bomb in the Capitol here Friday night. "
! Commissioner Brownlow telephoned
to Maj. Pullman and had him get in
touch with Police Commissioner Wood
| in New York. and it was not long be-
| fore the Washington chief of police
the confession. and following receipt
of Mai. Pullman's message came the
definite statement from Chief Nc
Cahill of the Glen Cove force of Holts
| ctual confession.
! The message read: Frank Holt
placed dynamite at Capitol building 4
pm. yesterday; left Washington on
midnight train for New York. Confess
sion $50 pm. this evening"
| Detectives on Case.
Detectives Pratt. stringfellow Evans
and O'Dea worked on the case yester-
day afternoon. Inspector Boardman
was anxious to learn where the several
letters were written and where they
were mailed. Anxious inquiries were
made to learn if any suspicious persons
| had been seen in and about the Capitol
| grounds. and one report was that a
| man. resembling Spaniard, had been
seen passing through the grounds
| Friday night.
| Detectives were sent in every direc-
| tion yesterday afternoon to round up
the supposed Spaniard. and he was
found on the street by Detective Ber-
| man. He willingly accompanied the
detective to headquarters and quickly
| satisfied him that he was in the Capitol
| grounds Thursday and not Friday. He
remained at police headquarters only a
few minutes.
| The course Of the investigation of the
explosion led the police and Star re-
porter to Congress Heights about noon
| yesterday. After the person sought had
been located and taken to police head
| Inspector Boardman. chief of detectives
| Pullman Saw Holt.
About IL o'clock last night Commits
sioner Brownlow. at police headquarters.
spector Wood in New York. The New
York inspector had been in communica-
ton with Maj. Pullman at Mineola, the
seat of Nassau county. where he saw
Holt in the county jail.
| Inspector Wood related the story as
| told him over the telephone by Mai. Pull
man. Holt told the latter that he reached
| this city from New York early Friday
morning and went to a rooming house at
Delaware avenue and c street northwest
| where he rented room. paying IS cents
| for it.
| About o'clock in the afternoon. ac-
| cording to the information transmitted
by the New York police inspector, Holt
went to the Capitol and placed dyna-
mite under a window near an entrance
to the building and left there
! At night he returned to the room
ing house, obtained his grip and went
to Union station. where he boarded
a train and went to his berth in
| Pullman. He said that while waiting
for the train to depart at midnight
he heard the explosion.
Holt remained aboard the train when
he heard the explosion. he told Maj
Pullman, and did not leave to ascer-
tain what damage the dynamite had
done.
This story Is not in accord in details
| with an earlier statement told the
New York authorities.
Commissioner of Police Woods of
New York last night requested Com
missioner Brownlow to send him a
copy of the letter alleged to have been
I written by Holt to The Star
| Detective Charles Evans, acting night
chief Of detectives, at midnight, mailed
by special delivery a copy Of the letter
and also the photograph reproduced in
The Star Of yesterday of the wrecked
Senate Office room.
Could Be Given Ten Years i,
For Capitol Vandalism
Prosecution for the vandalism, should
Frank Holt be brought here, will be
brought under section s25-a of the
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