The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-06
IDLI N STATE Of
GREAT DEPRESSION
nsunzble onscer Declares Man Has
Been Wcll-Nieh Talked
81 20 Death.
pExrEs HE is NuENTER
3Drsres wife That He Doesn't Care TO
:. law Longer and Hopes she VIII
. Bring Children Up 60 BE God-Fcar-
ing Men and Women.

New York, July s.---Frank Holt, who
atxempted 10 Kill J. r. Morgan ias'
saturday morning. and who is suspect
!. ssAsa OF being the Professor Erich Muen-
! Ter vsao was indicted for the murder
Z OF hts wife, Leona, at Cambridge
Mass. in 1903. has fallen into a state
or such mental depression that he Is
watched every minute of the day or
] night for fear that ne will commit sui
4 eide
Early this morning the warden OF
the Nassau county jail, at Mtneoia-
was aroused by Hotts frenzied cries.
The man was pacing the floor OF ms
cell. waving his arms and shouting
over and over asain;
'-Ch. Gcd want to die. show me
way TO die"
Several hours later he wrote let
ter 10 his wife in which he said that
he did not care 10 live any longer,
ii am through with lie. he wTote
don't care to live any longer l
hope You will bring the iittle ones UP
TO be 65od-fcarinx men and women.
Faslmc Causes Depression.
Ii is not renorse for the injuries he
inflicted upon Mr. Morgan that causes
Holt To moan as he lies upon his col
or slowly PAGES the floor OF his cen.
His melancholy results from the fslI-
ure Of his fantastic schemes and the
= grief he has brought upon his family
and friends In Texas That and the
siisa ppointrnvat ne undoubtedly feels
because il was not given TO him, APP
pointed by Providence to stop the
shipment NJ war supplies tn Ger
naany's enemies, to succeed in his vio-
lent endeavors.
AT all events the fear that Holt will
Try TO take his own life is a very real
one among the jail guards. and extra
ordinary pTeca utions are taken TO see
thai nothing falls into his hands which
might be put TO lethsI use. One frou-
bic with the man. apparently, is that
he has been questioned too fengthfiy
and continuously I'm his present mental
and physical condition. The big chief
of the secret service, Bill Flynn. a per-
son OF hard-headed common sense.
flung a remark over his shoulder on
leaving Holt:
Being Talked 90 Death.
The man Is being talked TO death
I'm going to wait until he lis in a III
condition TO answer questions"
Ever since ne was arrested there has
been a procession of inquisitors e
Hollis cell. Police Commissioned
Woods, Captain Tunney, numerous de-
NEEJlNE&e A&&SNldHN ukSLfNt hAADEHGJG ~
Nassau County. Sheriff Grifenhagen, o.
New York County, persons who be
iieved they could identify Erich Muen
ter In Frank Holt. have talked to tn
man for hours at a time. Today
however. steps were taken to shorter
methods DIR. @. r. Cleghorn. who !
looking after Holt. warned the war
I den that the prisoner was being forces
to talk too much, and tina THE straIl
was not likely TO benefit the man o
serve the ends of justice.
Lawyer Is Retained.
Holt retained a lawyer today. Thorn
as D. Reidy, of the law Arm OF Ciocks
Koch 4 Retdy, who was instructed b
Holt 10 appear for him at the exami
nation to he conducted by Justice o
the Peace Luyster in the courthous
NJ Glen Cove Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. Reidy said that ne had been ask
q ed. in the first instance. by friends o
Holt in Ithaca and by members Of tn
faculty of Cornell University tod
S&what he could for the former teache
~ OF German at Cornell. Mr.. Reidy ha,
known Holt in Ithaca.
ss The first thing the lawyer did afte
getting Hollis permission to represen
him was TO instruct the warden no
y to permit detectives from New Yorl
issffo question Holt. Reidy insisted tina
i the New York police had no right 4
uuesticn the man, The warden prom
Used 10 bar them from the cell. an,
IN Detective Coy, of the New York blu
rsaa,. who wanted TO question Hol
toby was refused permission.
II had a long talk with Holt,
i said Mr.. Reidy this evening, Il An,
& that he Is physically weakened ant
!. mentally unsettled. My opinion i
\ that he is temporarily deranged from
!. TOO much study and from hroodini
over the European war,s 1t Is prada hl
y that ] shall urge that in his defens
s.ssAt the examination on Wednesday af
II k&rnoop.
'.rersonalIy. | am sure that he I
what he represents himself to he. II
tells me that he is not the Ericl
Muenter who is wanted by the Bosto OF
police for murder, and that he was Il
Germany at the time Muenter is saAt
ss 70 have murdered Mrs. Muenter. Ill
telis me. also. that he was never II
n cambridge or In Harvard University.
W. Harrying Must Cease.
These matters will work them
SELVES out naturally in tame. At pres
mt. however. il is absolutely reces
%@oery that the man should not b.
III hArriedby eeaseIess questioning H
80 badly hurt on Saturday and he 4
u now greatly depressed. The chance
~ that any physician who examine,
HIM would protest against such sever
as he has been subjected IL
III have asked Holt II he had an &C
b0mpifce or accomplices, anh he In
n S16ted he worked alone. Hit story /
ST borne out by the opinion of persons II
#s TfAaoa, who knew him well, and b,
Al ~ Judgment of Chief Flynn. OF tia
eret service. His mind gave ava,
n1er the strain of work and worry
&NA he went out and committed 1
<<4td act But there was no plot o
&1mpiracy of which Holt was tn
Uxkestt0ns multiplied today tina
~ Holt. or Eugene Frank Holt, a
Sfusi name seems To be, is reail,
long missing. ardently sough
fch Mnenter. The Boston authori
leaning to the belief, sent photo
Hhs and memoranda of Muenter'
cktption to Justice Luyster an
lrtcf Attorney Lewis j. Smith. Dis
IN attorney William j. Corcoran, O
kon. autographed to District Al
115Ay Smith that he intended I
VA man familiar with Muenter'
to scruthininze Holt.
Did Not Identity Him.
xaiEfAnt District Attorney Charlie
f6od of Nassau County, who kne,