Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-07

1OiI, nanulng caro- TO the DuLl6r.
What is your business with him?"
asked the butler.
Il can't discuss that with YOU" re-
piled Holt. 81 am an old friend Of Mr..
Morgan. He will see me-"
you must tell me the business you
have with him." replied the butler.
Draws Two Pistols on Butler.
Holt, who had his hands in two
pockets, drew them out with a re-
volver In each and lunged against
the butler, who stood with enc hand
on the door knob. Holt forced his way
into the room, saying:
Don't dare try to stop me-"
The butler said in his statement to
Justice Luyster that he pretended for
q minute to have been stunned, and
held Hollis attention for the time.
Then he led Holt into the hall and
said:
you will find Mr.. Morgan in the
library"
Morgans Rush Upstairs.
When they heard the alarm Mr..
Morgan and his wife and some of the
guests ran up to the second floor.
Once upstairs, Mr.. Morgan, his wife
and the others went from room to
room to see what had happened.
Shouts Morgan, I've Got YOU"
Mrs. Morgan and her husband
rushed to the head of the stairs. AS
soon as Mr.. Morgan appeared the
man, who had a revolver in each hand,
exclaimed:
Nov, Mr.. Morgan, have got you"
As soon as Mrs. Morgan saw that
her husband was in danger, she
sprang forward and threw herself on
the man.
Mr.. Morgan pushed her aside and
rushed for Holt, who had reached the
second-f1oor landing.
Two shots were fired and the man
was continuing to pull the trigger.
Morgan Fights Assassin.
When Mr.. Morgan plunged against
Holt, the latter measured his length
on the floor. He fell with his feet to-
ward Mr.. Morgan, who threw himself
forward on Holt.
All the while Holt held in his left
hand another revolver which he had
not attempted to fire. During the
struggle for the first revolver he tried
to wrench out the second revolver,
which was pinned under Mr.. Morgan.
Mrs. Morgan Takes Pistol.
Before Holt could free the second
weapon for action, however, Mrs. Nor
gan and Miss McCabe were upon him.
Between them they wrenched away
the second weapon.
The butler, followed by other sery-
ants, came up the stairs.
The butler carried a lump of coal.
He put an end to Hollis attempts to
break loose by bringing it down on his
right temple. After that the butler
and the servants took charge of the
assailant.
Wounded Banker Calls Doctor.
After Mr.. Morgan regained his feet
the servants bound Holt hand and foot
with a rope. Mr.. Morgan watched this
and then went to the telephone. He
called by DR.. w. H. Zabriskie, who
lives three miles from the Morgan
place, and asked him to come at once
to attend to his injuries.
1t was not until after he had left
the telephone that anyone in the
house knew that any of the bullets
had struck him.
Servants called for the local au-
thorities and Justice of the Peace
William E. Luyster and Court Detec
tive Frank E. McCahill arrived and
took the prisoner and the suitcase
which he had left to the Glencove
Jail.
In the suitcase were found two boxes
of cartridges and two sticks of dyna-
mite. Morgan employees found on the
lawn in front of the Morgan residence
a third stick of dynamite, which Holt
had evidently dropped.
Holt Explains Motive.
Holt was locked in a cell. Il fired
to scare him." Holt said They tell
me hit him. l hope he is not badly
hurt"
The statement prepared by Holt, ad-
dressed to Justice Luyster, was signed
IF. Holt, Dallas, Texas, and Ithaca"
1t reads:
MY motive in coming here was to
try to force Mr. Morgan to use his in
fiuence with the manufacturers of
munitions in the United States and
with the millionaires who are financ-
ing the war loans to have an embargo
put on shipments of war munitions so
as to relieve the American people from
completely in the death of thousands
of our European brothers.
eff Germany should be able to buy
munitions here we would, of course,
positively refuse to sell to her.
1.-The reason that the American peo-
pie have not as yet stopped the ship
ments seems to be that we are getting
rich out of this traffic; but do we not
get enough prosperity out of noncon-
traband shipments and would it not be |,
better for us to make what money we |
can without causing the slaughter of !