The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
AS HOSTAGES,
WAS Hollis SCHEME

known there and was supposed 10 pe u
lecturer.
Hollis confession to Mr.. Woods
which was somewhat more detailed a
description of his real plan TO frigAien
Mr.. Morgan thas ~ ravaaied in the
letter to his fs~Suer-in-law. ~ utterly
at variance with The information a. to
what actually happened when he en-
tered the Morgan house. The informa-
ton given out by Mr.. M%organ's asso-
ciates made no mention of the Morgan
children being In danger or being con-
nected In any way with Holts !nva-
SION Of the house. II was thought
possible that while he may have had a
plan TO force the children to go upstairs
he did not actually carry out that part
of the plan as he now says he did.
The letter. to his father-in-law. the
Rev. o. +. Sensabaugh of Dallas. Is a
queer document. Holt wrote with a
pencil upon a long sheet OF ordinary
yellow scratch paper. but folded the
sheet in such a way as TO make "A four
page letter. His handwriting is extremely
minute and has the popularity Of
s~lanting upward more and more as the
end of the letter approaches. Not only
do the lines slant increasingly. but the
words and even the letters in the words
veer from the horizontal and twist more
and more TO the right and upward. until
some OF the letters are running almost
sidewise. There are a few grammatical
errors in the letter. but the punctua-
ton Is uniformly good and the compost
ton. FOR the most part, Ia not bad.
The man has some gift FOR narration.
He tells the story OF the struggle very
wildly.
Justice Of tho Peace William E. Luy-
gsay aH t
made a moro careful examination OF
Hollis suitcase tonight and found In a
concealed pocket between two thin
sheets Of leather the following typewrit-
ten letter addressed to His Majesty the
German Kaiser:
Letter 60 the Kaiser.
June 6. 1915.
MY DEAR Sin l hope that you will
listen to my plea in the same spirit in
which II is made. Let me assure you
that l represent the ideal American.
|. e., the real American as he Is in his
heart OF hearts. My name IL either
known to you or will be In "A day or two,
SO don't brush this letter aside as OF nc
importance.
w Americans have your best In
%terests in mind M are striving to aid
the unfortunate European belligerents,
but In order hat we may be able 70
work for you effectively we must find
you reasonable and exhibiting the spirit
of humanity and not Of land grabbing. IL
you will pardon the expression.
Recently. when we went into Vera
Cruz to help the Mexicsns settle their
troubles. many OF the representatives OF
your nation. who were over here at the
time. could not understand our move ex-
cept In the light OF Liant grabbing. We
could not explain to them that we were
unselfish in our motives. that we merely
wished to help the unfortunate parties
In Mexico settle their difficulties. We
Americans. therefore. In order TO sym
pathize with any European nation. mus,
not get the impression a she Is con-
templating the seizure of land that
does mot belong 90 her by nature. II
for instance, France should ask for the
French speaking portions OF Lorraine
or Italy for her Italian population. OF
Austria or Serbia for adequate seaports
that would seem reasonable to us and
we would sympathize with such de
mands. But when we hear Of Germany
contemplating the annexation OF Bel.
gium, or OF England wishing to taxi
German South Africa. then we get I'M
patient. And all Of these things have
nothing to do with the question OF who
will be victor in battle.
w feel here hat the gigantic strug
gle Is not TO be laid at the door Of any
body in particular. II is the outcome
of the natural growth OF the nations ant
OF commercial rivalry. which Is perfecti,
legitimate and healthy. That the fric
ton caused by such rivalry was no
eased of by mutual understanding, W,
think. was caused by the fact that tn,
men at the head instead OF applying thei
private Christianity to public affairs arr
icebound by a long tradition of lynn
diplomacy. so called.
THE people. fortunately. are not re
sponsible for such diplomacy TIL,
diplomat must be annihilated. mus
disappear from the Governments of dh
world and in his place must come
Christian statesman who Is big enougl
to see the needs of the other ountr
Why does n Christian business man ge
along without war? Because ne is ser
sible enough TO know that peace an,
generosity pay better in the end.
If. then, the American heart and min,
and means are to help you We beg )
you not to allow any reports OF SELLS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT come 40 our ears. w
feel that such an attitude would nc
lead TO n real settlement, but merel,
lay the foundation for more war. Al
fectonately X. PEARcE.
Holt spent much OF the day unde
questioning. Detective George Barnit
quizzed him for three hours yesterda
morning and \ the first. really I
obtain from Holt the story that he ha
planned to use Mrs. Morgan and IN
Morgan children as hostages. In tn
afternoon Chief William +. Flynn OF IN
secret service travelled down to Mlneol
and interviewed Holt. Chief Flynn
main purpose was to find out II Hol
had dangerous connections; to learn /
fact. II there had been any plan I
attack the President OF the Unite
States.
Mr.. Flynn questioned Holt for a
hour. Holt admitted that he mad poste
a letter to President Wilson on the sam
day, July 2. that he had sent a letter I
the Washington Times about the shir
ment Of war supplies. m that tn
letter TO the President was in about tn
same language AS the W~ashingto
Times letter. He denied that he ha
intended going to Cornish. n. H.. t
call or the President, or that he ha
ever thought OF attacking Mr.. Wilson
He denied to Mr.. Flynn that he had ha
any associates or that he had conspire
with any one to wreck the Capitol. XII
Mr.. Morgan or commit other desperat
crimes.
Mr.. Flynn was keenly anxious 10 knoy
where Holt had stopped while In Wash
ington, The man was not able to Civ
the street number OF the house, but h
furnished a description OF the hous
which was not far from the Capitol. an
Chief Flynn was fairly sure he coul
find the place,
When Holt was asked II he had lcf
any dynamite or other belongings in tn
room, he said no, that what sulphuri