Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-07-08
Assassin Overpowered BY FL
nancier's Servants, Tells
Court He Is Prof. F.
Holt of Cornell.
BOTH BULLETS EFFECTIVE
Denies Others Were In Plot
and Maintains He Hoped
to End War BY His
Tragic Act.

New York, July 81. P. Nor
gan, head of the big banking
house of his name and financial
agent in this country of the Brit
lsh government, was shot twice at
his country home near Glen Cove,
l.. L., by a man who entered the
Morgan home shortly after 9
o'clock today.
1t was said that Mr.. Morgan
Vas not seriously wounded. One
OF the shots, it was reported, took
effect in his hip, the other in his
breast, tearing the flesh and pass
ing out through his arm. The as
sallant was overpowered by sery-
ants, placed in the Morgan auto
mobile and rushed to Glen Cove.
There he refused to say who he
was or where he was from, but as
serted hat he was ga Christian
gentleman" and had felt it his
duty to persuade Mr.. Morgan to
end the war.
The effect on the stock market
was hardly noticeable.
Mr.. Morgan's assailant asserted
this afternoon that his name was
F. Holt and said that he was. an
instructor at Cornell university.
The Cornell university faculty
list contains the name of q Frank
Holt, who has been an instructor
III German at the university since
1912. He holds the degree Of
bachelor Of arts. There is moth
ing in the list to indicate where
he received his degree.
Tells His Motive.
The statement prepared by Holt was
addressed to William E. Luyster. the
the man about the shooting. Holt
signed the communication. IF. Holt
Dallas. Tex. and Ithaca" Tn state
ment reads:
MY motive in coming here was
to try to force Mr.. Morgan to use
his influence with the n%1anufac-
turers Of munitions in the United
States and with the m~illionaires
who are financing the war loans to
have an embargo put on shipments
Va wal liuljlllollS SO as TO !ellpNe
the American people from COM
plicity in the death of thousands of
our European brothers.
If Germany should b. able to-
buy munitions here, we would. of
course. positively refuse to sell to
her. The reason hat the American
people have not as yet stopped The
shipments seems to be that we are
getting rich out of this traffic but
do net get enough prosperity out OF
non-contraband shipment and
would it be better for us to make
what money we can without caus-
| ing the slaughter Of thousands Of
Europeans?"
Il am very sorry that 1 had to
the Morgan family this UNI
~pleasantness, but ] believe that il
Mr.. Morgan will put his shoulder
to the wheel he could accomplish
what ! have c~ndeaVored to. OF
course. I did not want to iniure Mr.
Morgan as | wanted him to do the
work 7 could not do. I hope that
he will do his share anyhow. We
must stop our participation i'll the
killing of Europeans n God will
take care of the rest"
Hold for Assault.
Holt was held on an assault charge.
There was no formal a%rraignmcnt.
Mr.. Morgan apparently did not con-
slder himself seriously wounded. When
~ "dS ASPti 'Cu nat IS was SIlOJ, EtlG
Morgan house was the target of a VOL
ley of telephone inquiries from New
York. The first of these calls was am
swered by Mr.. Morgan himself. who
calmly told of the shooting and added
that he did not thinl it amounted to
very much.
The man who shot Mr.. Morgan came
to Glen Cove this morning on the S.5S
train. hired an automobile n went to
the Morgan home on M%atinicock Point.
He rang the bell and when the butler
answered called for Mr.. Morgan. He
said that he was a. old friend of Mr..
Morgan. but was refused admission to
the house.
The man then pressed a pistol
against the stomach of the butler. who
screamed, and pushed his way past the
servant into the hall. Mr.. Morgan was
approaching the front door through the
hall at the time. He asked what the
trouble was. The answer was a shot
which took effect in the hip.