The Washington times., 1915-07-05
SEARCHES CITY FOR CLUE
Tries to Locate Lodging House
Where Holt Stayed to Cor
roborate Story.

placing a bomb IN the Capitol last Fri
day night.
Major Pullman returned from New
York CITY to Washington early today
after having had two extended inter-
views with Holt in the Glen Cove jail.
Cant Remember City.
The most suspicious circumstance in
connection with the theory that Holt
was aided by one or more accomplices.
thinks Major Pullman. is his apparent
inability to remember anything Of the
appearance of the city of Washington,
though he was here more than twenty
four hours.
Another thing that points to an ac-
complice. the detectives believe, is that
there are details of Hollis story that
he persistently refuses to give until
tomorrow.
THAT looks like you are giving some-
body chance to get away" said Major
Pullman in his interview with Holt last
night.
make any difference. l will tell nothing
more until Wednesday. and then l will
make everything clear" answered the
man.
Tall, Gaunt Men.
Holt was described by Major Pull
man today as a TALL gaunt man, poor
ly developed physically and one of a
cold. austere nature. His complexion
is sallow. and this is accentuated by a
head Of unusually thick, dark brown
hair.
In spite of the position in which lie
finds himself, Holt maintains an air of
dignity. and any attempt at familiarity
or ull-dozing" tactics meets with a
frown and causes him to shut up like
q clam.
1t was this characteristic that led
in the Capitol when he was first qucs-
toned about 1t. In this connection he |
said his first questioners had insult !
ed him and refused to tell them any |
thing.
An incident that seems to have been
overlooked in the stories of Hollis at
tack on j. P. Morgan was told by Major
Pullman today.
Dynamite With Him.
Holt had purchased half a dozen !
sticks of 90 per cent dynamite, an un-
usually powerful kind. and three Of
these he used. he said. for the Capitol
bomb. The other three were found in !
his suitcase. along with other material |
for making a bomb.
The chauffeur who drove Holt to the !
Morgan residence said that his pas
senger said to him as they started:
~ am an old personal friend of Mr.
Morgan and he is anxious to see me. |
But | have but little time in which to |
talk to him. so If we meet him in his
machine on the road, you just throw
this suitcase into his car and then |
will climb in with him."
Had the chauffeur thrown the suit
case into Mr.. Morgan's car it would
probably have killed everybody in
sight said Major Pullman In telling Of
the incident.
Something Startling"
"A lot of people have been thinking
like I do and not saying anything, or
have been talking. but not doing any
thing" Holt said to Major Pulli,an.
Something startling was needed to
awaken them, so that is what l did" !:
III you had succeeded in getting
what did you intend to. do next" ask
ed the Washington police official
absolutely nothing. Any story that l
had a third mission is all wrong I
wanted to make a demonstration at
the Capitol, and then get Mr. Morgan
to help me. He is the man who could
stop this war"
And you were working all alone?"
Most certainly Who do you sup
pose l could get to help me in such a |
thing as this?"
Talked With Wife.
But you talked over your ideas of
shipping explosives to Europe with
your wife,"
How did you know that?" parried !
Holt suddenly
oh. we have been able to learn a
great deal"
Yes, l did talk with her. but that
was nearly two months ago Since that
tipe my ideas have developed very
much indeed" !
when did you first think of using
dynamite"
"In Ithaca about month ago That
was when I wrote the letters"
Did you decide then to blow up the
Capitol?"
mo. decided to do that about two
weeks ago when l was in New York
You know a great deal about han
ding dynamite, don't you. doctor?"
asked Major Pullman.
No Experience.
mo. never had any experience
with 1t at all"
But that seems to have been a very
scientific bomb that you set off in the
Capitol building"
"Oh, that was easy enough. | got
all of that out of the encyclopedia"
The Encyclopaedia Brittanics?'
Yes, | read that and the New Inter-
national, too"
officials of New York and Washing
ton, as well as for the Secret Service
men, is the source from which Holt
obtained his dynamite. On this point
the man has refused to say anything,
except that he had a hard time pro
curing 1t, and that wa/ what kept him
in New York city for two weeks.
To Major Pullman he admitted that
he had been in New Jersey and Penn
sylvania during that time. but would
give no hint as to where he got the
powerful explosive. 1t is hoped that
this point will be cleared up in the
statement which he has promised to
make tomorrow.
Major Pullman today made an un-
qualified denial of the story that Holt
had been given a rigorous third de-
gree" hY the nnlice nfficiala Of Nan, Ynrr