Evening star., 1915-07-04

his wife left the dining room by another
door entered 2 rear hallway and went
upstairs. They found nothing amiss
there and started back. using the front
stairway Unwittingly. they walked al
most into the ssassins arms. Mrs Nor
gan saw him first. screamed and drew
back.
Holt Fires Twice.
Holt turned and fired twice before
Mr. Morgan could seize him. Fiske,
the butler. no longer menaced by the
pistol grabbed the assassins right
hand Mr. Morgan, with two bullet
wounds in his body. threw himself on
his assailant and the three men went
down in a struggling heap on the hall
way floor.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British am
bassador to the United States. an over
night guest at the Morgan home. was
with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan at the
breakfast table when Holt entered the
house
The struggle on the floor was short.
The pistol was torn from Holt's fingers
and he was beaten by the butler and
other servants, who came running at
the sound of the shots. until he orered
no further resistance. Then the Glen
Cove police and a physician were
summoned and Holt was placed IN
one OF the Morgan dutoitiooiieS anu
hurried at forty miles an hour to the
jail here.
Mr.. Morgan Is Calm.
Mr.. Morgan walked, calmly and col
lectedly feeling, he said, that he had
been shot, but experiencing no SEN
sation of weakness, up the stairs ana
went to the telephone. He called up
the doctor and afterward his office in
New York city and told the story OF
the shooting, asserting that he did not
regard his worfhds as serious Ihen
he went to his bed and lay down.
While the doctor was hurrying to
his bedside from Glen Cove, Mr. Nor
gan asked that the telephone pc
brought to him. Personally he OBJ
Utica, n. Y, and. through the exchange
with his mother. He told her that
she would hear reports that he had
| been shot, but that she was not to
worry. Then he told, for the second
time, of the attempt on his life. say
ing he did not regard the aHair as
serious
Holt was locked in a cell in the jail
here. To the dozens of questions which
| the local police volleyed at him he at
an hour he declined to give his name
or say anything about himself. Final
ly he became talkative and told JUS
tice of the Peace William E. Luyster
that he had gone to see Mr. Morgan
about ending the European war and
that Mr. Morgan had not given him a
chance to- say anything.
Fired to Scare.
II fired to scare him." Holt said.
They tell me I hit him. I hope he
is not badly hurt"
Soon Holt decided that he would write
what he had to make public on the
matter. He then prepared a state
ment addressed to Justice Luyster and
intended for the newspapers. In this
statement he repeated to great extent
what he had told Mr.. Luyster ver-
bally.
The extent and nature of Mr.. Nor
gan's injuries were not defined until
nearly 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when
specialists summoned from New York
had completed their examination of him.
In the meantime numerous conflicting
reports were circulated to the grav-
ity of his wounds. One of these re-
ports was that a bullet had struck Mr..
Morgan in the abdomen.
A line of deputy sheriffs was stretch
ed around the Morgan estate and all
callers were excluded. Attendant physi-
clans and surgeons kept in telephone
touch with the Office of J. P. Morgan
& Co. in New York city.
Pleads Not Guilty.
Late today Holt was arraigned before
Justice Luyster on a charge of assault
with intent at malicious killing. The
prisoner was brought from his cell into
the courthouse with white bandage
around his head, through which showed
dark red stain above cut on the
forehead. He appeared to have been
weakened by the loss. of blood and tot
tered as he stood before the justice.
You are charged" said Justice Luy-
ster. with assault with intent at ma
licious killing. How do you wish to
plead?"
appeared he would fall. He threw out
his arm and it circled the neck of a
county detective. Another detective
sprang to Holt's side and between them
they supported him during the rest or
How do YOU plead?" asked the JUS
tice.
"Take out all that about the malicious
killing" Holt replied. ut oughtnt to
be there"
Justice Luyster informed the prisoner
that the wording of the charge was ac-
cording to the legal code.
DO you want a preliminary examina-
tion? 2" the justice asked.
replied. but do want to object to the
part that tells about malicious killing.
That isn't right"
Case Is Postponed.
The Justice explained the meaning of
his question and again asked Holt how
he pleaded Finally Holt said he plead
ed not guilty. He appeared undecided
whether he wanted a preliminary ex-
animation Assistant District Attorney
Weeks stepped forward while Holt ap-
peared to be making up his mind and
told the court he would like to ask
for a postponement of all further pro-
ceedings until next Wednesday. July Z.
This was granted, Holt being held
without bail in the meantime.
Holt Describes the Shooting,
Saws Nh 0ne influenced Him.