Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
SECOND ATTEMPT
AFTER ARREST TO
COMMIT SUICIDE
Many Conflicting Reports
as to Manner of Self
Destruction.
PHYSICIAN GIVES CAUSE
AS FRACTURED SKULL
Authorities Say He Jumped From
Top of Cell to Court
Below.
DENY PERCUSSION CAP THEORY
Admitted Earlier in Day He Lied
About Movements in WASH
ington and New York.
DENY PERCUSSION CAP THEORY

GLEN COVE, n. Y, July 6-Frank
Holt. the Cornell University professor,
who shot J. P. Morgan in his home near
Glen Cove last Saturday, committed
suicide in the jail at Mineola tonight.
While several of the Jail authorities
declare that Holt killed himself by
climbing through the opening at the
top OF his cell door and then plunging
to the narrow court below, Hollis
keeper said he was positive that the
prisoner was killed in his own cell,
where no said he found the body.
There were many conflicting reports
as to the manner in which Holt met his
death. but 1t was definitely established
through DIR. Cleghorn. the Jail physician.
that Holt died of fractured skull.
Several of those about the Jail said
they heard an explosion, the report
coming from Hollis cell. This noise,
1t was . .lieved. was due to the falling
of boards from the top of the cell.
Jeremiah oRyan. the keeper detailed
to watch Holt. said he was fifteen feet
away from the cell when he heard n
loud report. He looked in the direction
of the cell, but it was dark. Entering,
he found Hollis body in a pool of blood
In the corner.
JAIL AUTHORITIES
HAsr To SCENE
The excitement that followed the
noise brought Warden Hulse and other
jail authorities to the scene District
Attorney Lewis ]. Smith and Dr. CleE-
norm. together with several constables,
were soon on the scene, and immedi-
ately began an investigation
DE- CleEhorn denied a report that
Holt had killed himself by chewing a
percussion cap. He repeated that death
was caused by a fracture at the ton of
the skull. An explosion which would
nave blown his head off would have fol-
lowed an attempt by Holt to chew a
percussion cap, the physician said
A thorough examination OF Holt's cell
faiied, according TO the Jail authorities
10 disclose any weapon or implement,
OF any kind which Holt could have used
to kill himself
Coroner Walter r. Jones, after view
ing the body, said:
Undoubtedly a suicide and undoub+
eniE the man jumped. I cannot p,ve
IL" oincial version until an autopsy ia
performed by the jail physician. DR..
Cleghorn.''
me body was then taken to the
morsue In Hampstead. where DR.. cler-
norm was prepared to perform an all
topsy Immediately
Inc autopsy Is expected to dispose or
report current here Immediately after
the hnding of Holt's body that he had
oeen shot and killed from the outside
ms WIS only one OF a number of re-
ports.
AN evidence of the great confusion
""'cn ioiio"ed the report and tho fnd-
ing of Holts body was a second st.ts
ment by Keeper O'Ryan to the effect
was round In his cell or in the corridor
This tended to strengthen m. th
OF District Attorney Smith and warden
Hulsc that Holt had killed himself
jumping from the top Of his cell into
the court below. and that while doing
so he had dislodged a couple OF boards
"nich fell to the floor with a loud
report
LIED ABOUT MOVEMENTS
BEFORE MORGAN ATTACK
Holt admitted to detectives early to-
night that he lied when he said thar
he MADE the Capitol bomb out of sui
phuric acid and match heads. and said
also that he did not tell the truth ,hou,
his movements in Washington and Nev
York
Holt made these admissions when
confronted by evidence tending to show
that he made the Capitol bomb in
bungalow which he rented near hare
ABOUT ten days ago. They followed the
positive Identification by Lewis Ott. Of
iolt as the man who had rented the
bungalow and who found numerous
bottles with corks punctured In the CEN
ter, small vials and pictures OF dozen
puonc buildings throughout the coun-
try. three OF which were marked
Frank McCahill, a constable. who ac-
companted the detectives in the search
of the bungalow, said the marked build
inEs were the New York, Public Library
and the Capitol buildings at Albany.
N. Y. and Harrisburg, Pa.
Holt refused to say why he lied In
the frst place about the contents of
the bombs and his movements
He refused also To admit that he was
the man who. under the name OF Hem
drick, received shipment of lao
pounds of dynamite at Syosset. Long S
Island. although George w. Carnes. sta
ton agent at that place. to-nigh. iden-
tilted Holt as Hendrick.
Throughout the day New York de,