The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-07-07
MORGAN SHOT {
BY WAR CRANK
Wounded Twice Before His As
sallant Is 0yeTpOWeTed.


]. P. Morgan, the banker, is responsi-
Bile for the continuation of the Euro
pean war, man, who is believed to
be insane, shot the financier at his
summer home at Glen Cove, Long
Island. Two wounds were inflicted,
both of which were slight, one in the
breast and the other in the leg.
The prisoner is believed to be of
German nationality, although he
claims to be an American citizen. He
speaks with a marked German accent
The prisoner was brought here and
locked up, pending his removal to the
county Jail at Mineola. After his ar
rest he raved about the war, declar-
ing over and over that Mr.. Morgan
could end the war if ne wanted to.
The police declared that the would
be assassin had brought, besides two
revolvers, a satchel containing six
sticks of dynamite, bottle OF nitro.
glycerin and several Eliminating caps.
The man, who later asserted that
his name is F. Holt and that he lately
was an instructor in French at Cornell
university, arrived on an early train
upon the Long Island railroad and ap--
preached NJ +. Ford. who operates Il
taxicab service i'll Glen Cove.
81 want to be driven to the resi-
! dence of ]. P. Morgan" said the man
II want you to take me there quickly.
for 1 am in big hurry"
The man was well dressed and
Ford's suspicious were in no wise
aroused by the request. The distance
to East Island" the Morgan country
place, which is almost surrounded by
water, was quickly covered. When
the Morgan place was reached the
stranger got out of the cab and as he
| paid his fare ne remarked to the tax
/ icab driver: This is the man who is
responsible for the European war"
at the same time pointing toward the
ralatial mansion nesting among the
trees.
Passing uu the 6diveway the visitor
rang the bell, which was answered at
once by a butler 81 wish to see Mr..
| Morgan at once,' said the man. As
an after thought he added, as though
to insure his seeing the banker; 1T
is very important"
The servant disappeared, but after
| a moment returned, saying: "Mr
Morgan regrets to say that he can not
see you because he is very busy"
This reused the strangers anger.
Wont he see me?'' he snarled, draw
ing a 3S-caliber revolver from his
/ pocket. "He will see me. He is re-
sponsibIe for this war and it has got
/ to stop. He is the man who can
stop it,
Hits Morgan Twice.
The butler upon seeing the weapon
gave a shout of fear and Mr.. Morgan
who was reading in his library at the
time. hurried out to ascertain the
cause of the commotion. AS Mr.. Nor
gan appeared the butler, mastering
his fear, grappled with the assailant,
who was shouting: Il can not help;
/ must see Mr.. Morgan. This war has
got to stop. 1t has gone too far now.
| I've come here to serve my country"
In the scuffie the weapon was drop
| ped, but the woUld-be assassin, break
ing the buffers grip, drew another
| pistol, a 32-caliber weapon. Help my
country" he shouted at the finaEcier,
who had stopped short at the sight
which greeted his eyes.
Before Mr.. Morgan could say any
thing the man began to fire. One bull
! let struck Mr.. Morgan in the leg, in
flicting a flesh wound, and the other
struck him in the side. The financier
retained his presence of mind and
started forward for his assailant The
roise had aroused the household and
servants were pouring in from all di-
/ no oi
part in overpowering the man.
The butler had picked up a neavy
brass coal hod, which he hurled at the
stranger, striking him in the forehead
and knocking nim down. In the mean
time, Mr. Morgan, not knowing how
badly he was hurt, he staggered into
his library and collapsed in a chair.
While some of the servants were
telephoning for DR.. William H. Sea
briski and for the police, others were
caring for the financier, and still 9TH
ers were trussing up the prostrate =
man, who was now confidently be-
lieved to be All anarchist.
When DR.. Zabriski arrived he made
hasty examination and Immediately
assured the family that Mr.. Morgan's
wounds were slight and that no fears
need be felt.
Constable Frank McCahill arrived
snd took cnarge of the prisoner. The
stranger, his face and clothes covered
with blood from the cut in his fore.
lead, was in the hall of the Morgan
l,ome shouting at the assembled ser
wants who glared back at him. 81 was
cent by God to do this screamed the
man. Nobody helped me. l am an
American citizen. am willing to pay
with my life for what / have done.
1t was evident the man thought =
lad killed Mr.. Morgan.
Holt resides in Ithaca, n. Y. He is
native OF Dallas. Tex, and a son-in-
law of F. S. Sensabaugh, presiding
elder of the Dallas Methodist church
Holt was former professor of French
at Cornell university.
The stock market suffered only
slightly from the news of the attempt
on the life Of Morgan Prices slumpe6
when the first news was received, but
they quickly recovered.