The Harrison times., 1915-07-10

New Yorl1.-By his own confession,
Frank Holt, the former Cornell IN
structor in German who shot j. T.,
Morgan, was the man who set the
bomb that wrecked the Senate recop'
ton room in the Capitol at Washing
ton. Waiting in Washington be-
tween the Capitol and the Union
Station until he heard the explosion
of his Internal machine Holt caught
a Pennsylvania Railroad train reach
ing New York Just in time to get a
train to Mr. Morgans home at Glen
Cove.
This man, until two weeks ago an
educator with a reputation, among his
associates as an easy-going man, one
elevated TO high position In his pro
fession because Of his close attention
10 study sat in cell In Minoola iaiI
and told Justice of the Peace Luystor
and Police Captain Thomas TunneN
head of the Bomb and Anarchist
Squad Of the New York City Detec
tive Bureau, how ho had practiced for
months the making Of a bomb TO blow
up tho Capitol, and how after the ex-
plosion he raced back to New York
and on TO Glen Cove TO the kill tho
banker whom he accused Of aiding
the Allies
HQ pictured in detail his fashionln%
OF the missile OF terror, the like OF
which has seldom como to the atten.
tlon OF tho police, Tho method OF
exploding dynamite used by Holt, tho
police say, was one 80 seldom employ.
cd and 80 ingenious that they believe
Holt had doop knowledge Of moro
scientific secrets than he displayed
In Cornell class rooms Detectives
worked trying TO connect him with
the placing Of n bomb IN front of the
homo Of Andrew Carnegie two weeks
ago.
Similarity Of Language,
Early In the day the similarity Of
language used In the notes sent to
Washington newspapers concerning
the bomb IN the Capitol ard the writ
ten confession Of shooting Mr. Nor.
gan made by Holt were noted, In
tho lottors mailed In Washington and
signed "R Poarco," tho writer said
"Wc would OF course, not soil 10 the
Germans II thoy could buy here" In
his confession, Holt wrote: "If Ger,
many should be able TO buy munI.
tons hero wo would, Of course, posi-.
lively refuse TO sell to her"
Thoro were other points Of similar
ity IN language and doaa
II was after Major Raymond Pull.
man, superintendent OF Police In
Washington, had advanced the theory
that the man who shot Mr. Morgan
was tho man who Rct the bomb I'm
the Capitol that Holt made his con,
fesslon,
~ made the bomb and eet Il In the
Capitol" Holt confessed u made II
out OF three sticks Of dynamite, some
match heads, and n bottle OF ulphuric
acid"
"Protty oloyor" commoqted CapNIn
Tunney, oncouragIngly 81 don't sop
how you did t."
"Wcll you gcN" Holt continued, HIS
eyes gllatoning with onthuslNsm, ~
had cXporImented, not once, but
many tlmos | knew just what | was
doing, and how TO do t. really didn't
take any chances, for all my obserya.
tlons had been checked up, and |
know when tho bomb would 20 of al.
most to the minute. In fact, | waited
In Washington until ! heard Il 20 OF,
Then | hurried away as fast aA |
could, and caught tho train for New
York didn't have much time, 20 |
had 10 hurry"
How aid YOU mako tho bomb
Captain Tunnoy asked,
Construction Of tho Bomb,
We'll" ho answered, "i took three
eticks OF dynamite and bound them
together Thon took my knife and
followed out place In one Of IN,
sticks When had cleaned II out
deep enough put Bomo match head,
into tho hole=three or four, don't
konw exactly how many When the
match heads had been put In tho
holo took little bottle Of sulphurle
acid OUT Of my pooket and put regu
lar cork IN tho neck turned the
bottle upside down and fastened the
cork 10 the hole In the dynamite lust