Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-08
Suicides Letter Said the
Philadelphia or Saxonia
Would Be Destroyed.
HIS WIFE SENT MESSAGE
TO STATE DEPARTMENT
Commanders Of Both Steamers
Report by Wireless That
They Are Safe.
TENSION NOT YET RELIEVED
Case Of j. P. Morgan's
Assailant.

NEW YORK, July 7.-Fears for the
sa fety Of the Cunard liner Saxonia
we're dissipated late to-day when a.
wireless message saying no bombs
we're aboard was received from her cap
tain in answer to a warning sent out
that Frank Holt had asserted that this
boat or the American liner Philadelphia
were In danger OF internal explosions.
Earlier reply had been received from
the Philadelphia that no bombs were
found aboard her.
However. the tension caused by the
warning of the man who set OFF the
Capitol bomb, then shot J. p. Morgan
and finally killed himself was not en-
tirely relieved, because 1t was not
known that he had not left explosives
aboard other steamers.
Both the Saxonia and the Phladel-
phia left New York on July for Liver
pool. The Philadelphia is due to dock
on the other side July 10 or II: the
Saxonia should reach her destination
July 13 or IA. Both boats were in
midocean to-day. Holt had written
that Steamers leaving New York on
July 3 will be destroyed in midocean
by an explosion"
TO WIFE IN DALLAS
Hollis warning was contained in a
letter to his wife at Dallas, Tex. and
which was forwarded to the State De-
partment Mt Washington by her attor-
ney, j. f. Cockrell
The text of Hollis letter follows:
"a steamer leaving New York for
Liverpool should sink. God willing. on
the 7th. 1t is the Philadelphia or the
Saxony tSaxonia), but I am not sure,
as these left on the Cd or 3d."
On the margin Of the letter was writ
ten:
Tear this off until after this hap
pens"
Radio messages Immediately were sent
to the commanders of the two yes
sells Of the Navy Department, and Of
icials of the lines here were notified
1t was believed that Holt had written
the warning just prior to his attack
on Mr.. Morgan at the fnanciers home
near Glen Cove on Saturday.
The belief that Holt was Erich Muen-
ter fugitive Harvard instructor and
alleged wife murderer. was strength
ened here to-day by Identification of
the dead man as Muenter by three men
who knew Muenter. These men went
by detectives. who spent a busy day
delving into Hollis past in an effort to
trace his possible accomplice or accom-
plices and to learn the whereabouts of
dynamite owned by Holt still unac-
counted for i
UNABLE TO LOCATE
MORE OF EXPLOSIVES
Commissioner Woods, directing the
men had been unable to locate any
more OF the explosives.
The police learned to-day that Holt
had purchased 200 sticks of dynamite
here. and that these explosives con-
tanned 40 per cent dynamite. The dyna-
mite found in Holt's trunk here last
night was Of the 60-per cent variety
Late tonight Commissioner Woods
announced that he had learned that Holt
had travelled extensively through Mex
leo and Tennessee, and that there are
n number OF letters from various parts
Of the country now in Ithaca addressed
to Holt, which he has requested be sent
here.
WATT WITH GRAVE ANXIETY
FOR NEWS FROM LINERS
Especial to The Times Dispa tch]
WASHINGTON. July 7.-Oficials of
this government and the British en-
bassy were waiting all day with the
Eravest anxiety for news from the
SaXonia and Philadelphia. either of
which. according to Frank Holt's let
ter to his wife, might be blown IN
to-day by bomb
The Navy Department sent wireless
messages to the commanders OF the
two vessels. warning them Of their
through the South Wellsheet Station
at Boston. and the Siasconset Station.
The powerful radio station at Airing
ton was not employed because it uses
n different system.
The British embassy cabled the For
eiEn Office for the information Of The
British admiralty. 1t is presumed here
that the British government would
send out vessels to meet the two liners
inasmuch as they are now supposed to
be comparatively near the Irish Coast
Late this afternoon the Navy Depart
ment learned unofticially that the Phila-
delphia had acknowledged receipt of
the wireless warning.
Hollis letter TO his wife was tele.
graphed to Secretary OF the Navy
Daniels by ]. f. Cockrell, former Con-
gressman.
PULLMAN DISCUSSES
LATEST DEVELOPMENT
Discussing the latest spectacular de-
velopment OF the Holt case. Major Pull.
man said to-day:
The suicide OF Holt is most. untor-3
tunate. for now it will be most difficult
to determine whether ne was a member
OF gang OF organized bombmakers or
was working without accompljces
"Holts letter to his wife. stating that
one OF the steamers sailing on the ID