The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-03
WOULD-BE SLAYER.

The <assailant reached Glencove on
an early train, carrying suit case ard
drove by automobile to the Morgan
estate, three miles from the station
He left his suit case near hedge on
the estate. Later the suit case was
opened and found to contain dyna-
mite.
A second pistol. fully loaded, was
found in the prisoners pocket when
he was searched at GlencoVe. The man
also carried two sticks of dynamite in
his inside vest pocket and had a bottle
which officers said contained nitr
glycerine.
Stock Market Not. Affected.
The effect of the shooting on the
stock market was negligible. The
market, which opened irregularly, re-
sponded to the news of the shooting
with a loss of about a point on So
called Morgan securities, including
United States steel stock.
The would-be assassin was identi-
fled as the man who visited Glencove
yesterday and inspected the Morgan
estate from hired automobile
Holt was badly bruised and cut
about the head so that when Con-
stable McCahill came he was smeared
with blood and his clothes were torn.
Morgan Springs on Man.
Morgan had scarcely felt his wound
when he Sprang upon the man, but
after the struggle he sank in a chair,
evidently exhausted from the pain of
his injury. The constable had been
summoned and soon arrived on the
scene.
After examining the injury DR..
Marcoe said it was not serious and
there was no danger except from in
lection. Careful precautions were
taken to prevent infection.
DIRECTED by God
"I was directed to do this by God
Almighty and He was my only accom-
plice,' said the prisoner when ar
raigned. 1.-The war must be stopped
and Morgan is the man who can do it
whenever he desires. 1 am an Ameri-
can citizen and 1 acted at the direction
of God"
Local physicians who examined the
prisoner said he undoubtedly was
mentally unbalanced.
When the justice pressed him for
information regarding his identity, he
said:
II am a Christian gentleman, and I
resent your questions"
In his pockets were found several
railroad tickets from points in Texas
and the northwest. From the testi-
nony of the chauffeur, who drove him
to the Morgan estate today, it seemed
certain that he had carefully planned
the attack in advance and that he had
made preparations for the attack af-
ter a visit to the Morgan estate on
Thursday. He was held for further
questioning, although officials were
convinced that his mental weakness
was not feigned.
Several of the railroad tickets found
in his pockets were from New York
and various points, INDICATING that he
had provided means of escape by
whatever route might have been con-
venient.
DIR. w. S. Lyle, head physician at st.
Luke's hospital, came here this after
noon to consult with other physicians
as to the possibility of infection.
Servants Bind Man.
AS soon as the man had been over
powered after firing and wounding
the financier, some of the servants in
the Morgan home procured a rope
and tied him securely. Judge William
Luyster and Constable Frank McGill
took him in an automobile TO the
court house at Glencove, where the
contents of two 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 bottle
of nitroglycerin.
There were also two large boxes of
cartridges for his revolver.
The prisoner, tall, lanky man of