Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-03


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Assailant VIII Not Talk.
No Identification of Mr.. Morgan's
asssiIsnt has been made and the man
will not tell his name nor what mo-
tive actuated him in making his at
tack on the financier. He did say later
that Ire was Of German descent.
Mr. Morgan with his wife and daugh-
tiers went to their summer home in
Glen Cove after the marriage recently
Of his son, Juntus Spencer Morgan, in
Boston.
Matnicock Point, where the Morgan
home is located. is almost surrounded
by water and is about two to three
miles from the central part of the vii
lage of Glen Cove.
Carried Explosives.
AS soon as the man had been over
powered after firing on and woundtng
the fnancier. some of the servants in
the Morgan home procured rope and
tied him securely. Then they took
him out on the lawn near the mansion
to await the arrival OF officers from
Glen Cove for whom they had tele-
phoned.
Judge William Luyster and Consta-
ble Frank McGill took him in an auto
mobile to the courthouse at Glen Cove,
where the contents Of tive suit cases
that he had brought with him from New
York were examined. One Of these was
found to contain three large sticks OF
dynamite and the other a large bottle
OF nltr0-gIyCerine There were also
two large boxes Of cartridges for his
Tevolvers.
The prisoner. g tall, lanky man Of
The rawboned type, claimed to be an
American citizen although court offic-
ials said he spoke with marked for
eign accent,
Think Prisoner Irrational.
When asked by the officials who in
spired the plot against Mr.. Morgan, he
denied that anyone had done so.
1t came to me from on high" he
declared.
The man seemed to lack complete
comprehension Of what had happened
in the Morgan home and of the effects
Of the shots he had fired. He could
not be persuaded for some time that he
had wounded Mr., Morgan, insisting
that he had not wanted TO kill or even
hurt him When asked why he fred
the shots he said he did SO to brighten
Nr Morgan.
Told that he had endangered his own
life by his act. because he might have
killed Mr. Morgan. the prisoner said
he did not mind that. as he was wiling
70 die. as he could not stand the Eu-
ropean war any longer.
i did nav duty; you do yours, he
told Judge Luyster.
The court house officials concluded
after the completion of their examina-
ton that the man was not rational. He
persisted in declining to tell his name.
Dased hy Buffers Attack.
Matthew Cramer, the taxicab chauf-
fear who had driven the assaiiant
three miles from the Glen Cove sta
uon to the Morgan home, was stlii
standing with his car in front OF the
gate when the shots were fired era
msr ran around to the garage in the
Morgan house and sounded an alarm
BELL, summoning the servants.
With three guards, the assailant was
placed in one of Mr.. Morgan's auto
mobiles and hurried at top speed TO
Glen Cove. The satchel which was
isft by the hedge by the man also was
thrown into the car. When 1t was
opened, the dynamite inside was found
10 be Of the 90 per cent nitro-glycerine
The Kind which explodes more easily
than the 40 per cent kind commonly
used by contractors.
The man was searched at Glen Cove
IN his pocket was found second pls-
tol, the latter of % caiibre, while the
weapon which was used in the attack
was IS calibre.
The terrific force OF the blow the
assailant received from the coal hoo
had caused him to bleed profusely and
ne appeared TO be weakening as the
Gay passed. Although he had appear
cd to be but little hurt at first. he be-
came or feigned to become dazed about
Icon. It was thought that possibly