The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
LITTLETON ASKED
TO DEFEND HOLT
Wife and Fathpr-in-law Again
Say Man Was Insane
Temporarily.
STUDY HIS SOLE AMBITION

DALLAS, Tex. July 81 can't believe
that Frank did all the papers say"
cried Mrs. Frank Holt. wife Of the man
who wounded J. Pierpont Morgan. 20
friends at her home to-day. ut was
moi his trait of character. lie was a
devoted husband and father. n his
only ambition was to make a name for
his children as an educator"
All day at the home Of her father, the
Rev. o. r. S~ensabaugh. presiding elder
Of the Methodist Church South. the wife
OF Prof. Holt was guarded from reporters
and friends did their best to shield her
from the notoriety that has come to
one Of the States most widely known
families.
Martin W. Ltttleton has been reached
by telegraph and asked to look after
Hollis comfort n legal status. How
ever. II is not believed that the Sensa-
baugh family will go to large expense
to hire lawyers. Mr.. L!ttleton II a
personal friend of Thomas X. James.
a Fort Worth lawyer. who was Hollis
classmate at Polytechnic College. u
legal adviser Of the Sensabaugh family,
Mr.. James said to a reporter:
II have never found any Indications
Of ~socialistic or anarchistic tendencies
In Holt. I a been with him numerous
times on fishing and hunting trips in
west Texas and he never by act or word
indicated that he possessed al abnormal
brain. Ills only fault. II you can call II
a fault. was his ambition to succeed
as an educator. He worked nearly all
the time at his studies. lie has just
broken down under the nervous strain"
The Rev. o. +. Scnsabnugh said that
Holt had been Informed that he had
tuberculosis and that of late he has not
been in the best Of health. The clergy
man also said that Hollis wife was ready
and willing to 20 to New York TO her
husband. but that he had not deemed 1t
advisable.
'The poor girl couM do nothing
there" he said. He then asserted again
that he believed that his son-in-law was
suffering from temporary insanity.
prank was recently very proud OF
his thesis. which was praised by the
German professor at Cornell" said Mr..
S~ensabaugh. 1T was the basis Of his
degree. A German nrm offered to have
II published free of cost to him. I do
not know what II was. but he often
wrote about II. Frank was also about
to publish q textbook On conversa-
tional German. n method OF teaching
German that he had planned. He
worked night and day on this book and
he was very proud Of II.
His letters gave no evidence hat he
was OF unsound mind. although he
seemed depressed over his Ill health.
The whole thing is terrible. Our COM
fort is that our friends v been kin
to us"
Mr.. S~ensabaugh Is a Mystic Shriner
and high In Masonic circles in Texas.
There were many callers at the Sensa-
baugh home to-day. but Mrs. Holt re-
manned In her room with her two hill.
dren. one q boy aged 2 years ana a
girl Of less than ten months.
There Is talk in Dallas Of sending a
delegation OF prominent business men &c
see Mr.. Morgan and explain the cause OF
the shooting. Cttixens generally feel
that Holt was not an anarchist and tina,
he should be treated as a temporarily
insane man, As he has q clean record
in the past.