The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

domen in the region described by sur
geons as the right quadrant Of the alb
domen. and ranged downward and back
ward until II came to rest at a point
near the spine.
According to reports from the Morgan
house last night. Dr. A. II. Lyle. with
DR.. J. w. Markoe. for years the Morgan
family physician, probed successfully
for the bullet yesterday afternoon and
removed IL.
The second missile struck Mr.. Morgan
in the thigh close to the abdomen and
travelling downward passed out at the
back Of the right leg. From this wound
blood poisoning.
II could not be learned last night
whether the bullet which pierced the alb
domen wall also pierced the lntestines.
but there was an optimistic feeling APP
parent among Mr.. Morgan's relatives
and friends.
Dynamite stick In Pocket.
When Holt fell from the blow a stick
OF dynamite. 60 per cent. and sight
inches long. dropped from one of his
coat pockets. The dynamite was of the
kind which is easily exploded.
The double report and the outcries
had alarmed Mr.. Morgan's guests and
they had hurried from the breakfast
room up the stairs. Ambassador Spring
Rice and Lady SPRING. Rice were wit
nesses. IL was said. OF the overpowering
Of Holt. Most OF this Mr.. Morgan at
tended To very e~rectually himself, al
though twice wounded. He threw his
weight Of ego pounds or so on the
struggling man and held him prone.
Mrs. Morgan seized from Hollis hand
one Of the revolvers and Resale Nc
Cabe. a nurse. seized the other. Mr..
Morgan held the man while servants
ran for ropes. Physick. the butler. had
done his part In subduing Holt. At the
moment the man seei-ed about to wrig-
gle from Mr., Morgan's grasp. Physick,
who had grabbed up a lump OF coal from
downstairs. hammered Holt over the
head with II. The blow stunned Holt
and rapidly raised on the right side Of
his head. above the temple, a lump the
size of an apple. Holt also received
several bruises and cuts on the head in
the short and desperate struggle.
Mr.. Morgan rose from Holt and
turned him over to the servants. They
trussed him neatly and rolled him into
"A corner to await the coming of the
police.
1t was a minute or two before Mrs.
Morgan and the guests We're aware that
Mr.. Morgan had been shot. At first he
gave no indication that he had been
seriously wounded. He smilingly reas-
sured Mrs. Morgan and their friends.
Then he walked to "A telephone and
called up Or. William X. Zabriskie at
Glen Cove. When the doctor nswered
Mr.. Morgan said in an ordinary tone,
very quietly
"Dr. Zabriskie. I have been shot will
you come here at once, please"
At the ins!stence of Mrs, Morgan and
others he consented to lie down, hut
not until he had ~telephoned to his office
and had seen to II that "A message went
to his mother. Mrs. j. Pierpont Morgan.
at Fort Montgomery They were quiet
ing. reassuring messages. They said
merely that Mr.. Morgan had been
slightly wounded.
When the news reached tho hnancier's
mother at Fort Montgomery she was
greatly agitatcd. She sent a crvan
M once to telephone to Glen Cove for
particulars. She was told that her son
was In no danger and the assurance was
supported later 10y a more detailed mes
sage she received from the office of
j. l.. Morgan.
It was reported last night that the
elder Mrs. Morgan was bearing up
hravely and cheerfully and that she did
not expect TO go to Glen cove unless
more serious news was received.
| br. Zabrislie got to East Island as
rapidly as his car could make the three
ani Il half miles from the village OF
Glen Cove, lie made n hasty eNamina-
ton of the wounds dressed them and
watched Mr.. Morgan's pulse and general
condition, lie remained by the bedside
until the arrival of DR.. Lyle. one of the
best known surgeons of New York. and
Or. Markoe, who has been for many
years the Morgan family physician.
These and other doctors and surgeons
held a consultation and decided, accord
ing to such information as was obtain
able from the Morgan home last night
that 1t would he safe to probe for tho
bullet which had lodged near the back.
After the operation II was Understood
that Mr., Morgan's splendid vitality had
enabled him to bear up under the shock
that he was resting easily and that In
the late afternoon he had fallen into q
refreshing sleep.
Clarence u. Nackny Arrives.
One of the first OF Mr.. Morgan's asso,
ciates to arrive from New York wa.
| Dwight w. Morrow. tina vonnUept NJ Mr.