The Hartford republican., 1915-07-09

BOMB EXPLODED
IN CAPITAL
Crank Also Shoots J.P.Mor-
gan At His Home.
Frank Holt Would -Be-ASsassin Is
OF German Parentage
And Has Hobby.

Holt. who shot J. Pierpont Morgan
today confessed to Police Captain
Tgnney that he attempted to blow up
ihS senate wing of tn capitol in
Washington last night.
Holt said after wrecking the pub
lie reception room he took a mid
might train for New York and went
Immediately to Morgan's house.
An attempt to assasinate J. p. Nor
gan was made at Mr.. Morgan's coun-
try esta;, near Glen Cove. l.. l., to-
day
Mr.. Morgan was shot but surgeons
who reached him first said he is not
seriously. wounded.
The public reception room in the
senate wing of the capitol OF the
United States was wrecked just be-
fore midnight by an explosion.
Physicians attending J. Pierpont
Morgan issued bulletin declaring the
patient continues excellent" and
that the bullet did not involve any
vital organ. Both OF the shots were
fred b. Frank Holt. Cornell uni
versity instructor in German. took
effect in the body of J. Pierpont Nor
gan. The bullets lodged in the re-
gion of the hip.
Morgan's personal bravery and the
promptness of Henry Fiske. Nor
gan's buttler. it was said. probably
saved the bankers life. se
Holt made full confession declar-
ed that the bomb that caused the ex-
plosion at the Washington capitol
Friday night was his work.
He said he planned to blow up the
capitol as a protest against the fail
ure of the United States to main
tain neutrality and then to kill Nor
gaR
4 confession unpublished as yet
intimates a plot also that included
the assination of a distinguished man
whose death would startle the world.
At Morgan's breakfast table was
Sir Cecil Springrice. British ambas
sador to the United States, who was
an overnight guest at the Morgan
residence.
Henry Fiske. Mr.. Morgan's butler.
doubtless saved his employer from
more serious injury by telling the as
sailant with a blow from a coal hod
and overpowering him. Holt was
locked up in the Glen Cove Jail. and
from his cell issued statement as
serting that he was impelled to go to
Mr.. Morgan's to persuade him to
stop the shipment of munitions of
war from this country and abroad.
The attack on Mr.. Morgan was
staged in the dining room of the
Morgan home. The assailant. refus-
ed admission at the door. pressed a
pistol against the buffers body and
pushed past him through the hall
wa0 and into the dining room where
Mr.. Morgan had just finished break
fast,
Mr.. Morgan was shot through the
groin. Whether he was shot once or
twice was not made clear. Two
shots were fired by the assassin. One
OF these shots 1t was reported, cut
through the fieshy part of the breest
and passed out through the arm. An
other report was that one of the
shots went wild.
Several specialists from New York
City arrived here on II. p. Davidson's
yacht this afternoon. and with physi-
clans from Glencove, went to the
Morgan home for a consultation.
Soon after Mr.. Morgan was shot he
insisted on having a telephone ex-
tension brought to his side and over
the wire he talked with his mother.
assuring her he was not dangerously
wounded, and telling her she need
not worry about his condition. He
wished her to hear the news from
=. L.. rot