New Britain herald., 1915-07-03

| Holt was held on an assault charge.
There was no formal arraignment.
( Activities In War.
When the news of the shooting Of
Mr.. Morgan reached financial circles
here. the question was raised as to
whether the financier's activities in
connection with the European war
had anything to do with the motive
Of the attack upon him. The house
of =. p. Morgan & Company was the
purchasing agent Of the British gov
eminent for munitions and supplies
bought in this country. 1t was daly
this morning that the anounceme emit
had been made prominently In New
York newspapers of details OF plan
Of a group of bankers. OF whom Mr..
Morgan was one of the leaders. for
the flotation IN this country Of $780,
100000 OF the new British war loan.
In March last Mr.. Morgan crossed
the ocean on q mission which he
himself did not disclose, but which
was generally supposed to be the ar
ranging Of credits in this country for
the powers at war with Germany.
Holds Morgan TO Blame For War.
Glen Cove, July Sit is unofncially
stated that one bullet took d glancing
course after striking Mr.. Morgan in
the breast and passed out through the
arm. The other wounu was said to
be In the hip.
Mr.. Morgan's assailant is declared
by officials at the coure house here.
where he was taken, ,c have said
he was Of German descent and that
he was willing to give up his life at
any time to end the var. It was
added that he declared Mr.. Morgan
was responsible for the war and for
the shipment Of arms abroad, and
that he could stop the conflict II he
wished
Justice of the Peace Luyster ques-
toned the prisoner.
am a christian gentleman" was
the only reply the man would give
when pressed for his name. He de-
clined also to- say where he CAME
from. As to his reasons for shooting
Mr.. Morgan, however, he was more
communicative.
No Quarrel With Morgan. i
Y He lolu 1 he 1usllc that l.o Lad no
quarrel with Mr.. Morgan personally
but felt that the time had come for
the war to end. It was becoming morc
and more unbearable, he said, and |
1T was his firm belief that he should /
go to Mr. Morgan and ask him to END /
Ill. This, he knew, Mr.. Morgan could |
accomplish because Of his great In
f1uence
Il wanted to see Mr.. Morgan and
to reason with him. the man said. |
# have nothing against him.
Cut Over Eye.
The assailant was cut over the eye
by the blow from the coal hod and |
had been bic eding freely. He also
was limping as the result of his en-
counter with the Morgan servants.
Mr.. Morgan, apparently did not
consider himself seriously wounded.
When it was reported that he was
shot, the Morgan house was the tas-
get Of volley Of telephone INQUIRIES
from New York. The first Of these
himself, who calmly told Of the
think 1t amounted to very much.
Holt Makes Statement.
Holt made the following statement
g The Associated Press this after
noon: My home is In Dallas. Tex. / /
nave a wife and children and ara 40 /
years old. was born in this coun-
nv, and, so were my father and
mother. My ancestors were French
Ind German; it was all mixed up I 4
received degree of Doctor Of Phil
,sophy from Cornell in 1914, but be-
ore that I was an instructor in
french. was formerly an instructor
h Vanderbilt University
d Il came to New York two weeks
ago from Ithaca and put up at the
Mills Hotel at 36th Street and. Seventh
Avenue. I took no pains to conceal I
ny identity and registered under my
Conceived Idea Month Ago.
About a month ago conceived the
dea to see J. p. Morgan and get kim
% use his influence in stopping the
Of arms, which make you
ind me responsible for the murder
which is going on over there.
Il could not go from manufacturer
% manufactures myself hut thought
hat Mr.. Morgan's banking conr ec-
ions would render it more easy for
him to accomplish this.
Not Influenced BY Anybody.
IT have not been Influenced to do
this by anybody else. / think Presi-
dent Wilson's notes were fine. but they
did not seem to anything to stop the
war.
came down here from New York
this morningf to put my idea before
Mr.. Morgan, but I depended upon him
TO formulate the plan. OF coure did
not mean to shoot Mr.. Morgan, but
to say there until something
was done.
7 had stick Of dynamite In my
pocket; ! thought it might come in