Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-14

CONTINUING MUENTEws WORK.
"Pe,rcc" Writes Letter to New Or
leans Paper-Glories in Crime.

New Orleans, July 11..-A written
threat to assassinate j. P. Morgan,
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambas-
sador to the United States, and to de-
stroy by bombs British vessels clear
ing from American ports was receiv-
ed to-day by local newspaper from
person who signed himself as
"Pearce.'
Pearce declared that he had come
to New Orleans to complete plans for
the destruction of British mule trans
ports sailing from this port and
said the steamers Howthhead and
Baron Napier, which cleared from
here July 8, and sailed from Port
Eads the following day, probably
never would be heard from again.
The Howthhead sailed for Dublin and
Belfast via Norfolk for coal, with
general merchandise cargo, while
the Baron Napier had on board 967
mt is for Avonmouth, Eng, direct.
Neither vessel carried passengers, it
is said, but the Baron Napier has
aboard a large number Of muleteers,
| many Of whom are residents Of New
Orleans.
Local government officials, on be-
ing notified of Pearce's threats, i'm
mediately attempted to get in touch
with the Baron Napier by wireless
and notified Washington authorities.
The vessel had not been heard from
at late hour ton ght. The Howth-
head is not equipped for radio COM
munication. 30 h vessels should
now be somewhere off the Florida
or Georgia coast, the Howthhead
near the coast and the Baron Napier
well out to sea on her way toward
British waters.
Hans Halle, mentioned by Pearce
| in his letter, who was arrested here
last December havin g in his posses
sion at the ti."e a bomb containing
40 pounds of dynamite, which the
police say he confessed he had pre-
pared with the intention of blowing
up a French line vessel, bound from
New York. to France, was arrested
| la.e tonight and will be held until
the HOwthhead and the Baron Ma
| pier have been heard from, police
officials said. Halle recently was
acquitted in Federal court here on q
charge Of having conspired to ship
/ explosives on an interstate carrier
without property marking the pack
age containing the shipment.
! "oFkcu "ltn ftOIt.
| Frank Holt, who several days ago
shot and wounded Mr.. Morgan, and
who later killed himself, had been
working with Pearce in an effort to
prevent the United States from TAX
| ing any part in the European con-
! fict'ever since the war began, Pearce
wrote. Muenter, the writer de-
ciared. was the person who warned
| passengers who had booked passage
on the LuSitania not to make the voy-
age on the vessel. He personally
called on Charles Frohman, who lost
ms life in the catastrophe, and en-
| deaVored to persuade him not to
make the trip, Pearce said.
While in some official quarters il
is believed that "Pearce" is of un-
sound mind: others are Of the opinion
that the writer probably is a person
who has sympathy for the Germanic
| allies and who has become obsessed
with the idea of following the exam
| pie or Muenter through reading Mu-
enters published letters and state
ments.
Pearce's letter, which was dated
New Orleans, July 10. and which was
typewriter, follows in part:
''Holt's my partner, and glory in
the thought OF his comradeship. We
worked together ever since this
cursed war began. Holt is gone,
but am still here. and i am going
| to carry on the work with redoubled
| fury.
"The statement that Holt intended
to wreck libraries and other such
public buildings is a lie. The Capi-
tol is the only building that we plan
| ned to wreck, and we partly succeed
ed in our plan. But what we did
plan, and what | am going to carry
out, is the just idea, to stop this
country from contributing to the
damnable, hellish, barbaric slaughter
across the ocean. British mule ships
are daily leaving New Orleans laden
with live stock for the enemies of
Germany, just as ships laden with
guns and ammunition to slaughter
Germans are almost daily leaving
New York. Therefore this city fur
nishes a promising field for the work
that lies before me. / may succeed
in blowing up but one British ship
leaving this port may succeed in
destroying ten--but | am going to
carry out this work, and whatever |
achieve will be satisfactory to me.
A1d then | will be ready for Morgan.
And after / get through with Nor
gan, ! will be ready to share my
pals fate. l consider it a glorious
fate.
"And Sir Cecil Spring-Rice Do
You want to know who Muenter was
after when he went to Glen Cove?
Morgan? Partly. The real reason
for going to Glen Cove was Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice. We have trailed