The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-07-16
MAN WHO shot M0RcIl
TAKES HIS OWN N
FRANK HOLT DIES IN Mvs,.
GUS MANNER IN HIS CELL ', q
MlNEoLA PRISON
SAYS he BOMBED cAD'l
Told Officers Of His Plan N O..
European War by Forcinu n,
Morgan to Use His ,ntI, VII
ence for Peace.
Mineola, N. FRANK HoN

Mineola' N, Frank Holt NJ
Cornell University professor WIN :,
J. P. Morgan in his home pp,r ~
Cove last Saturday, commjttaa
eide in the jail at Mineola 49,
night.
While several Of the jail autboss
believe that Holt killed bimps.
climbing through the opening .,
top of his cell door and then Druns''
to the narrow court below, HST
keeper said he was positive tn, '
prisoner was killed in his own u
where he said he found the bodv
There were many conflicting
ports as to the manner in which ~
met his death, but it was dpfi,.s
established through DR.. Cleghorp 4
Jail physician, that Holt died ~
fractured skull,
Several of those about the III, :,
they heard an explosion, the RON.
coming from Hollis cell. This nj.
it was believed, was due to tho +,
ing of boards from the top Of tha j
Jeremiah Organ, the keeper u
was detailed to watch Holt said
was fifteen feet from the cell MI
he heard a loud report. He looks,I
the direction of the cell, but il =.
dark. Entering he found Hollis MI
in a pool Of blood in the corner
DR.. CleghOrn denied a report NJ
Holt had killed himself by cbeTs|
a percussion cap. He repeated M
death was caused by a fracture At nj
top of the skull. An explosion ybisI
would have blown his head off vu1gl
have followed an attempt by Holt |
chew a percussion cap, the physiea
said.
A thorough examination Of HofI
cell failed to disclose, according \
the Jail authorities, any weapon /
implements of any kind which Ha
could have used to kill himself
Glencove, N. Y.-Frank Holt, hi
mer Cornell University instructor, ID
we'll known in educational circles i
Texas and Oklahoma, attempted 1
kill J. P. Morgan at East Isle, III
Morgan's summer home, Saturill
He confessed he was the man Who's
the bomb which exploded in the Uli
ed States capitol at Washington FL
day night. Mr.. Morgan, the yedl
Of the bullets, is said by specials
not to be dangerously wounded. \
vital organ, the physicians announDa
had been involved in his injury.
Holt, by his confession and the Y
tailed description of the bomb he uis
in the capitol outrage, stamped hl
self as an expert on the use o. !
plosiVes, the police assert.
my plan" said Holt, was to 8
hold of Mrs. Morgan and the horg'
children and take them into an :
stairs room and then send Mr. N
gan out to see his Influential tflsD
to stop the expectation of amnulll
from this country.
Il planned to take the dnan
into the room with me and cut d
in the door and have the food sho'
In through it. planned to keep tn'
there until Mr.. Morgan returned
gave me his promise that the exp
tation of war munitions would s.
Unless he stopped it ! would tell
of my intention to kill Mrs. MOT
and the children and myself Oy
ploding the dynamite
Holt then tried to tell ConIllssl
er Woods about the terrible slausl
resulting from the war. He sslu
knew Mr.. Morgan could stop inc
and that Is the reason he Wsl'
him. He insisted he did not nV
to harm him, but Just wanted nln
"see his Influential friends ana ~
facturers and get them to put al
barge on arms from this couhui'
He said he took the dynaml.e ~
with him to show Mr.. morgan
very material that was Kinns
many people.