Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-07-09
Acts OF An Insane Man.

ended his life by EU-iOOt plunge III the /
prison that smashed his skull against the |
cement floor.
Asked why he wanted to blow up the |
Capitol. Holt said. before his death:
Il thought that was good way to bring |
the attention of the American people to /
the terrible murders being committed in |
Europe"
The police official remarked that no
percussion caps were found with the dyna- !
mite in Holt's suit case. and then Holt
furnished remarkable description Of how |
he made the Capitol bomb. which was a |
crude and yet effective weapon. Holt said.
with pride:
Il made the bomb with three sticks Of
dynamite. some match heads. and sui
phuric acid.
4 had experimental on it before. Not
once, you know. but many times. ] knew
lust what was doing. and just how to do
IL really didn't take any chances. for
all my observations had been checked up.
and knew when the bomb would 60 of.
almost to the minute. In fact, waited
in Washington till heard it 60 of. Then
| hurried away as fast as ! could and
caught the train for New York ! didn't
have much time. so had 10 hurry.
! How did you make the bOmbF
well" ne answered. Il took three sticks
of dynamite and bound them together.
Then took my knife and followed out a
Mace in one Of the sticks. When had
cleaned il out deep enough put some
match heads into the hole-three or four.
don't know exactly how many.
when the match heads were put in the
hole took little bottle Of sulphuric acid
out Of my pocket and put regular cork in
the neck. turned the bottle upside down
and fastened the cork in the hole in the
dynamite, just above the match heads
You see, | had timed the sulphuric acid in
nv tests before, and knew just how long
it would take to eat through the cork and
get to the match heads.
when the acid reached the match heads
il set them on fire and caused the explosion.
There wasn't any guesswork about It.
knew how much time had. so ] hung
around while the acid was eating its way
through the cork pulled out my watch
and said to myself that il ought to be
Going off pretty soon. And sure enough It
did 10 pretty soon. Then hurried away.
These matches. Holt explained. were
Of the kind that exploded or popped
after they were lighted. Their sale was
not prohibited for Fourth Of July celebrants
and so he had no difficulty in obtaining
them. The popping of the matches. he ex-
planned, furnished the conclusion which
exploded the dynamite.
Holt said that he left the house where
he rented a room. taking the dynamite
with him, and walked around the Capitol
grounds. He then walked up the steps
leading to the main entrance Of the Capt.
tol, and strolled around through the CORR
doris without meeting guard or police
man. He spent about half an hour in the
building. he added. looking for spot &c
place his bomb where its explosion would
not injure any one or cause great damage
to the building.
J. Pierpont Morgan, head Of the inter
national banking firm of j. p Morgan &
Co. was shot twice last Saturday morning
at his home. at Glen Cove. Long Island
New York. by Frank Holt. an instructor il
German at Cornell University.
Ii was definitely established that boil
bullets fired at Mr.. Morgan had penetrated
his hip. and that neither had pierced tn
abdomen.
The first shot struck the right hip ant
went through in line almost horizontal
DETECTING and slightly downward. Tn
second shot struck nearer the groin, AM
was DETECTED much more sharply down
ward. This shot came out Of the upper les
Henry Physick the butler, who admitted
Holt only to become convinced momen
later that he had opened the door to
mailman, said;
Holt arrived here in a hired machine
He rang the front door bell. When an
swered it saw him standing there, look
ing fairly presentable in a new blue serg
coat and light trousers. He handed me
card and said he wanted to see Mr.. Nor
gan. On the card was name which d.
not recall. and the name Of some recrea
ton association which he was supposed 4
represent.
~ want to see Mr.. Morgan. he said.
am an old friend Of his When said
would take his name in and asked him Il
wait. he replied:
"'No. | won't: am going in now ant
he pushed by me at the same time taking
a revolver from his coat pocket and point
ing it at me. said. Mr.. Morgan is in thu
library to the right. although Mr.. Morgan
was really in the breakfast room to The
left. Both rooms are in the front Of thu
house. Mr.. Morgan was at breakfast
There were several guests, including Am
bassador Sprine-Rice.
THE man pushed into the hall before
could stop him and walked through tn,
library. ran into the breakfast room ant
shouted to Mr.. Morgan to 60 up upstairs
lie didn't know what meant, but fearinI
something was wrong. he went up a bach
stairway accompanied by Mrs. Morgan
They looked around from room to room
and finding everything all right walked &c
the front and started to come down the
front stairs. walked behind Mr.. and Mrs
Morgan, and with me was Miss McCabe
and Stuart.
las Mr.. Morgan reached the top Of the
stairs he met Holt coming up. Holt
shouted: Mr.. Morgan. have GOT you +
and pointed two revolvers at Mr.. Morgan.
Mr.. Morgan threw himself upon the man.
Mrs Morgan also jumped forward and
grabbed him. In the scuffie two shots