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

ceal my identity and registered un-
der my own name.
About q month ago | conceived
the idea to see j. p. Morgan and get
him to use his influence in stopping
! the expectation Of arms which make
you and me responsible for the muir
der which is going on over there
Il have not been Influenced to do
this by anybody else. | think Presi-
dent Wilson's notes were fine, but
they did not seem to do anything to
stop the war.
II came down here from New York
this morning to put my idea before
! Mr.. Morgan, but | depended upon
him to formulate the plan. OF
course | did not mean to shoot Mr..
Morgan, but intended to stay there
until something was done. | had a
stick Of dynamite in my pocket; |
thought it might come in handy
somehow"
With a pencil borrowed from
newspaper man, Holt addressed this
telegram to his wife at 1Ol Marseil-
les street, Dallas:
Don't come here until yon get my let
ter. Be stror%
The .ciegram was signed "Frank."
Inspiration from on High.
against Mr.. Morgan. the prisoner de-
nicd that any one had done so.
1T came to me from on high" he
declared.
The man seemed to lack complete
comprehension OF what had happen
ed. He could not be persuaded for
some time that he had wounded Mr..
Morgan.
Dynamite and Nitro-GlyCcrine.
Holt was hurried to the Court
House at Glen Cove, while the con-
tents Of two suit cases was exam
ined. One was found to contain
/, three large sticks of dynamite and
/, the other a large bottle of nitro
glyccrine. There also were two
large boxes Of cartridges for his re-
vOlVers. The prisoner, a tall, lanky
man of the rawbone type, was ex-
tremely reticent at first, but after
wards was persuaded to talk, al
though he would not say much about
himself.
1t was said the assailant was seen
yesterday in the neighborhood of
Mr.. MOrgan's home.
Morgan Out of Danger.
Glen Cove, y. Y, July 5.-J. p.
Morgan, shot twice by Frank Holt
last Saturday, is out of all danger
his physicians announced this morn
ing. Mr.. Morgan's pulse and tenn
perature are normal, they said, and
he passed a restful night.
Holt, Mr.. Morgans assailant. was
so weak to-day>that when his keeper
went to his cell to arouse him he
could not sit up on his couch. I'm
less his condition improves rapidly
and physicians say there seemed no
reason to expect so radical a change
it will be impossible for him to be
taken into court for examination
Wednesday.
All plans to submit Holt to a fur
,her questioning to-day were aband-
Oned because Of his serious condition.
Holt Badly Injured.
DR.. Guy Cleghorn, the Jail physi-
clan, said Holt's injuries were graver
than at first thought. His extreme
weakness was due, Dr. Cleghorn said,
to the great loss of blood from the
wound over his eye. Two stitches had
been taken, but when the wound was
dressed to-day il still evinced ten
dency to bleed. in addition. Holt
sustained a black eye, his 81 oulder
was severely Wrenched and he was
struck powerful blow in the sto-
mach which left black and blue
mark.
Holt is very sick" Dr.. Cleghorn
said sick physically and mentally
He is apparently exhausted and IS un-
able to answer questions.
Mr.. Morgan awoke this morning
much refreshed and seemed cheerful
The X-ray examination yesterday had
dispelled fears that one Of the two
bullets had entered the abdomen or
shattered bone. Both bullets pass
ed through the muscles of the hip
and out through his clothing. The
only possible danger, it was asserted
was from blood poisoning, and this
lnSr NI,ith