The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-07-10


ten, Camp fingers, Hamilton County.
N. Y" The younger Morgan is said
to be spending his honeymoon az
Camp fingers.
There is not much doubt In my
mind" said Justice Luyster, that the
writing on the scrap of paper fitted in
with Hollis plans to end the European
war. Whether he determined to try
his pistol and dynamite methods on
the persons whose names are on the
paper is something we have not vet
determined"
Captain Tunney was puzzled to
know where Holt bought the dyna-
mite, which was manufactured in
Pennsylvania A record Of all dyna-
mite sales in New York City is kept
by the Police Department. From an
examination of this, the dynamite hal
not been bought in New York City.
Captain Tunney and Justice Luyster
said that in his talk to them Holt
seemed to have abandoned his earlie"
declaration that he had not meant To
do bodily harm to Mr.. Morgan. and
had said in reference to his hurry to
catch a train back to New York that
he had to return ito kill Mr.. Morgan"
District Attorney Weeks Of Nassau
County also heard the confession.
which was made between the hours
of five AID seven in more or less
piecemeal fashion.
, Two Weeks at Mills Hotel.
At the Mills Hotel No. 3. Seventh
| Avenue and Thirty-sixth street, il
t was said that Holt registered there
: about two weeks ago and was assign
4 ed to a 30-cent room. for which he
paid III advance, as the rules require.
e A guest is a number rather than a
parsonage at the Mills Hotels and so
S the clerks couldn't say much about
y Hollis movements. He is supposed to
y have stayed there intermittently most
8 of the last two weeks.
Early this week he called at the ho-
i tel desk for his mail and received sew
:, eral letters and packages from Phila
delphia- From this the police arc
f. working on the theory that Holt got
II the dynamite from Philadelphia
e Marks on it showed the explosives
It had been manufactured in Philadel
Il phia It Is believed that Holt carried
I. On his experiments in bombmaking al
the Mills Hotel, but a search Of the
q room Holt occupied showed no trace
lr of any experiment.
j. Clerks at the hotel said an averagt
IA Of 1,5O0 men stopped there ever,
night They recalled Holt only be
ID cause of the large amount Of mail h
:" received. Two men in the lobby -e
called a Mr.. Holt, and said that h
had become involved in an altercatiol
le in front Of a newspaper war bul
* letin. The crowd was quieted by tn
1T police.
ne Staying at Mills Hotel No. 8 is
ne large party Of Germans, said to be -
to servists, who arrived there about tw
Ell weeks after the war started and VIII
In have been there ever since. Employe
al of the hotel said most OF them al
he peared to be doing nothing in part;'
ad ular and that they were to be SEQ
to about the lobby at all hours. The
ed daily bills they paid in advance.
it ]. L. Riland, conductor. and Jane
rd N. Purcell, head brakeman in tn
in. employ of the Pennsylvania Railroa
ed and on the New York-Washingtn
ey run, identified a picture of Holt Q
ell that of a man who came to Nc
DIT York from Washington on their trail
to 81 remember the man perfectly
re said Purcell, while Riland nodded n
he head in confirmation. HE occupie
MS a seat in the 'cubby-hole' by the was
stand in the smoking car. 1t was II
IA pressed upon my mind because l wo
in dered why a traveller should sele
7 such a seat and ride backward wht
I there were plenty of other seats
ad his disposal.
"Our passenger appeared to have
he crouch. He did not speak a word, Al
when Mr.. Riland came to collect Il
yht tickets the fellow handed his o
az. without a word. Just as silently Il
the conductor took the ticket and aft
in he had inspected 1t, I stepped forwa
lsk and placed an Identification ticket
ole the band Of his straw hat
ton "The man was sprawled out on Z
vas seat, and l could see that he W
in tall and thin. His hat lay on the sc
beside him. All the way to NJ
un. York he sat by himself and appear
or. to be half asleep"
Dlc- Mr. Riland added that he seemed
Tor. want to avoid conversation. He 4
yho not smoke, although he rode in {
re- smoking car
,ad The brakeman said the passene
in wore a cheap suit Of light mater
OF with a stripe running through it.
;te wore an ordinary stiff-brim straw h
Il. Holt wore such a suit
, n The two trainmen were ask
Mo. whether Holt had travelled with tn
on any other trip. They said he mis-
have, but they did not remember a
,,, such occasion.
,ho The police said that Ho
,,a methodical mind probably led him
,on, the capital to make plans before
-, execution Of his plot
the
, Of On the Curve.