South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-05
Positive That Man Who Shot
Morgan is Harvard ProfeS-
SOr Who Was Accused of
Wife Murder.
VICTIMS CONDITION
IS NOT ALARMING
Detectives Keep on GriIIing
ASSaiIant in Hope of Finding
His ACCOmpIiCeS-Are Un-
successful So Far.

CHICAGO July 4.-"Frank Holt"
who shot j. Pierpont Morgan at Glen
cove on Saturday and set the bomb
that exploded in the capitol at wash
ington Friday night. was unidentified
here tonight as Prof. Erich NIuenter
of Chicago and Harvard universities
who murdered his wife with arsenic
at Cambridge Mass, in April 1906
fed with his two little daughters TO
Chicago. and thence to Mexico.
The identification by two sisters
of Muenter was made from a photo
graph of the would-be assassin Of
Banker Morgan taken at Glencove on
Saturday
Miss Bertha c. Muenter, younger
sister of Erich, is a public school
teacher IN the Mann school She lives
with her mother at GAS 5. Rockwell
ST. Her elder sister, Louise. wife or
Arthur +. Hughes Of Los Angeles. is
on a visit to Chicago with her little
daughter and is stopping with her
mother and sister.
As soon as Louise and Bertha saw
the photograph OF Frank Holtr the,
burst into tears. That is my brother
Euch, each said. There is no doubt
of it,
Keeps News From Mother.
Their mother Mrs. Joanna AIuen-
ter, widow of Victor Muenter. who is
SO years old and IN precarious health,
was m the house at the time, but the
daughters refused TO show her the
photograph, fearing that the shock
caused by the knowledge that he was
4 rff n in - icon IA
"She would know il as the photo
graph of her beloved SON" said Ber-
tina Muenter, 90 and il would cause her
needless sorrow. Indeed L am sure il
would Kill her. You cannot compre-
hend how much sorrow came upon US
nine years ago when Erich was in
dicted for the murder Of his wife. She
believed him innocent at that time be-
cause he was always a good son. but
what she would think now that he
has confessed 10 these other crimes /
dare not guess.
Neither my mother nor Louise nor
have ever heard a word from Erich
since he brought his two little daugh-
terS 10 CHICAGO April IS 1906. after
his wife had died from arsenic poison
ing i'm Cambridge, Mass. His daugh-
ters, Leona and Helen, are now with
their grandmother. Mrs. MOritz
kremDs, 2f64 Diana Ct, on the north
side.
None Of our family will 90 10
Glencove 10 see our brother or 10 take
part in his defense. The disgrace is
a heavy enough burden for Us 10 have
to bear without that. / have been a
teacher in the Chicago public schools
for IL years j do not know how /
shall have the courage to face my
with this disgrace hanging
over me. Fortunately it IS vacation
q
until September"
NEW YORK. July frank Holt.
j. =. Morgan's assailant and Prof
Erich Muenter, the fugitive Harvard
professor. are the same men, accord
ing 10 dispatches received here from
tonight
Miss Bertha Muenter OF that city
and Mrs Arthur j.. Hughes Of Los
sister OF Prof Muenter the
dispatches state this evening posi-
lively identified q photograph of Holt
as that Of their brother. who has
been "a fugitive since April. 1906
Muenter disappeared after il was
alleged he murdered his wife. Leona
NJ Muenter. 10y arsenical poisoning
just as her third child was about 10
be born.
Mrs J. p. Morgan and the Morgan
children were 10 be held as hostages
in their own home and killed with
dynamite ii J. Il. Morgan refused %
use his influence 90 stop the expOrta-
ton Of war munitions Holt revealed
today.
This fact became known when Holt
addressed "a letter 20 the Rev. O. r..
Sensa baugh. Dallas. Texas. his father
in-laW. outlining the scope of his IRA
tiOnal plans for bringing about peace
Ia Europe.
Morgan l. Better
C0incident with the news of HOlr's
daring plot came the announcement
from Glencoye that the wounded Mr
Morgan was making satisfactory
progress. His condition Was pro-
nouuced most favorable"
Georse Barnitz. a detective attached
% the anarchist squad asked Hor
what he would have done had Air
Morgan returned with the police tc
demand the surrender OF Mrs Nor
gan and the children
II had not thought of that" re-
piled Holt "It was simply my inten-
ton 90 hold them IN an upper room
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