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EVEN WOULD
HAVE SLAIN, HE
TELLS WOODS
Wanted to Force Mr.. Nor
gan to Stop Munitions by
Threat of Harm.
UPSET BY BUTLER'S
CALL TO HIS MASTER
Find Secret Letter. Signed
F. PeaWe. Prisoner Wrote
to Kaiser.

FRANK HON tne tOrneiI t'dcHcr VI
German descent and German sympa-
thiee who did his best on Saturday
morning to kill J. r. Morgan. confessed
10 Police Commissioner Arthur Woods
yesterday in the Nassau county Jail at
Mineoia the real plan he had formed to
overawe Mr.. Morgan to stop the ship
ment OF war supplies to the Allies
IL was as harebrained scheme as
ever bubbled In the brain Of fanatic
as Holt. calmly and with an obvious
desire for sympathy and praise. revealed
Il to Mr.. Woods. This doctor Of phi
losophy and cultivated scholar had be-
lieved II possible 10 seize Mrs j. +.
Morgan and the three Morgan children.
drive them before him until he found
Mr.. Morgan. keep them between him
and Mr.. Morgan until he had made the
terms he desired and then lock himself in
a room with them and hold them as
hostages until Mr.. Morgan returned with
the assurance that no more arms and
munitions would be shipped to Europe.
Even Mr.. Woods, a fairly keen Judge
Of all sorta Of men. couldn't be quite GER
tain that Holt was talking seriously as
he unwound the fantastic scheme he had
formulated 70 use Mrs. Morgan and the
children. Henry Sturgis Morgan. Fran
ces Tracy Morgan and Jane Norton
Grew Morgan. And yet the man seemed
to be utterly serious and entirely cha
grined that the plan had not been sue
cessful.
Letter 20 Family Reveals II.
An indication that he had hoped to
carry through some such plan as he con-
fessed to the Police Commissioner yes
terday was found In a letter which he
wrote to his father-in-law. the Rev. o.
F. Sensabaugh. Dallas. Tex. shortly be-
fore he had his talk with Commissioner
Woods. In this letter. which is printed
in an adjoining column, he gave the
general notions OF the plan. To Mr..
Woods he exposed II in complete detail.
The head OF the New York Police
Department questioned Holt for two
hours late yesterday afternoon. after the
prisoner had been examined by William
F. Flynn. chief Of the United States
secret service; by Capt. Thomas Tun-
ney commander OF the anarchist squad.
and by Detective George Barnitz. an
expert on persons who incllne to spread
their propaganda by violent means.
Commissioner Woods studied Holt at
tentively when the man was led from
his cell to a room where there was
! plenty OF bright sunshine. He observed
that Hol,s mind was working on queer
bearings. At times 1t fared up sharply
and he spoke a stream of words. Al
times It dropped to duh level and he
mumbled stupidly. half incoherenty.
Part OF this might have been due TO
his physical condition. lie was very
weak frcm the punishment he received
from the Morgan servants on Saturday
morning and from lack of food. He
admitted that excitement had kept him
| from eating for several days.
Holt" said the Commissioners, plac-
squarely upon him, where he could
watch every change of expression or
shade of glance, tell me, frankly. was
! 1t your purpose To kill Mr. Morgan
| "Mr. Commissioner" said Holt quickly
| permit me to point out the absurdity
! Of that idea. My only reason for going
1 to see Mr.. Morgan was TO use hm--to
make use OF his great influence. Why
should I have desired to kill the man
! ] needed
/ mid Won have an accomplice when
YOU exploded bomb at the Capitol in
Washington and wheh YOU planned to
attack MIR. Morgan"
/ NO; | worked entirely alone Holt
replied. "You must remember, sir. that
| have been student, teacher and
that my associates have been altogether
that sort of people. II ! had wanted an
accomplice ! would not have known
where to go to find one"
You say you did not intend to kill
MIR. Morgan. What was your actual
purpose? What did you expect to ac-
complish ?" pressed Commissioner Woods.
Holt had slumped forward In his
chair seeming mere rag Of man
t,st then. with face white as chalk, eyes
rolling, hair dishevelled, long thin body
| quite inert. II was one OF the moments
during the interview that his brain
seemed to dull, 1t may or may not
have been pretence. The Commissioner
couldn't be quite positive about that.
Finally Holt answered the rapid ques-
tions, gradually showing more anima-
ton.
"I'n tell you what my real plap was,
Yesterday I said nothing about IT,, This
is the truth. My idea was to find the
Morgan children and Mrs. Morgan as
soon as ! entered the house and before
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