Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-06
Shot Twice
Ceghorn.

Mr.. Morgan was shot twice by Holt
to improve today, so much so that
specialists in attendance announced
he was out Of all danger. A bulletin to
this effect was the only ono issued.
It said tho patients temperature was
normal. Mr.. Morgan spent a restful
day and members of his family and
friends were very much cheered by
his general favorable condition. To-
night Mr.. Morgan received w. H. Por-,
ter and Police Commissioner Arthur.
Woods, the latter an old friend Of the
family chatted cheerfully.
Hollis Condition Grave
The favorable turn in the condition
was in marked contrast to that:of Holt.
the financier's assailant Hollis. conQi..
ton became so grave that today ori
ders were given that he was not to be
disturbed and no one was to be per-
mitted to see him except his counsel
and the physician. Holt declined today
to discuss the theory that he might be-
Erich Muenter. the Harvard .profes-s
sor, who disappeared in 1906. after
his wife had died, it was charged Of
poisoning. by declaring most erpphat.!
ically that he had never been in Cam
bridge, Mass. Earlier in the day Holt
had told Sheriff Griffenhagen that he
could not remember where he was in
that year. Charles J. Wood, assistant
district attorney Of Nassau county,
who said he was in the German de-
partment at Harvard in 1905-06 in the,
same class with Muenter, visited Holt
today and then said he was unable to
identify the prisoner as his CLASSMATES.
Mr.. Wood said that Holt appeared to-
be in such a state of utter collapse
that he thought 1t best to look at him
again when he improved, in order to
satisfy himself that he is or is not
his former classmate.
Another Attempt '
Word was received at the jail to-
night that tomorrow morning an off,
Ger is expected to arrive from Cam.
bridge, Mass, who could positively
identify Muenter.
DR.. Cleghorn said that Holt was SUI
fering chiefly from lack of nourish-
ment. His condition also has been
weakened, he said. by loss Of blood
from the wound on his head received
rest.
Holt is very weak" DR.. Cleghorn
said, because l am sure he had not
eaten for several days before going to
the Morgan home. He is also suffering
from intestinal trouble so often ASSOC
ciated with an unsound mind" U.s..
For this reason, the physician said,
it may be found necessary to postpone
the arraignment. But Holt, the ply
stefan added. insists that he is all right
and wants to tell his whole story at
the examination set down for Wednes-
day.
William Hulse, warden Of the Jail.
substantiated DR.. Cleghorn's statement.
Doesn't Want to Live
Holt today wrote a letter to his wife.
who is stopping with her father in
Dellas, Texas. in which he told her
that he didn't care to live any longer
and hoped that she would bring the
little ones up to be God-fearing men
and women"
There was some mystery here re-
garding the identity Of the persons who
Mr.. Reidy to represent Holt
and in what capacity Allan Pinkerton.
Of the detective agency. who appeared
here today, is acting. At first, Mr..
Reidy told the newspaper men that he
had been sent here at the behest Of a
Of the Cornell University fac
ulty. Later, however, he denied this.
Reidy declared he has property In
Ithaca and that he knew the prisoner
while the latter was at Cornell.
Pinkerton said he was employed by
the authorities Of Nassau county. War
den Hulse said Pinkerton was employ
"a by the county ito look up few
little things" District Attorney Smith
said. however. that he knew nothing
II Pfnkerton being employed by the
county, He said he thought he had
been employed by the Morgan family.
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