The Elbert County tribune., 1915-07-09
VICTIM OUT OF DANGER
HOLT ADMITS SETTING OFF BOMB
THAT WRECKED ROOM IN
U. S. CAPITOL.
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nell University, VINO was 10 nave pe-
come head of the department of
French in the Southwestern Methodist
University at Dallas. Tex, next fall.
Both shots took effect in the region
of the hip. A bulletin issued by spe-
cialists at his bedside stated that
there were no unfavorable symptoms,
and that Mr.. Morgan was resting
easily
Late Saturday night it was definite
ly established that both bullets fired
at Mr. MorCan had penetrated his
nip and that neither had pierced the
abdomen.
The first shot struck the right hip
and went through in a line almost
horizontal. DETECTING slightly down
wards. The second shot struck nearer
the groin and was DETECTED much
more sharply downward. This shot
came out of the upper leg.
No vital organ, the physicians an
nounced had been involved in his in
jury.
Junius Spencer Morgan, eldest son
of the financier, was asked to state
the exact nature of the wound After
comforting with the physicians young
Mr. Morgan asserted that the doctors
had d.cided to add nothing to their
previous bulletins.
Holt was overpowered by Mr.. Nor
gan and Henry Fiske, the butler in
the Morgan household. He was jailed
here, where he issued a statement say
ing he had intended no harm to Mr..
Morgan, but had come to Glen Cove
to persuade the banker to stop the
shipment abroad of munitions of war.
An authoritative statement OF the
shooting was obtained after many
conflicting reports had been cir
culated
Statement on Shooting.
This account is as follows:
Holt called at the Morgan home at
8 o'clock, while Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
were at breakfast Fiske, the butler,
answered Hollis ring at the door.
Holt handed the butler his card, tell
II him to inform Mr.. Morgan it was
from a friend. AS the butler started
back through the hallway Holt slipped
pistol from his pocket and pressed
1t against the buffers stomach
See this gum" he demanded. T
have another one"
The butler backed into the hallway,
Holt following. AS the front door
closed behind them the butler realized
the determination of the assa sin and
spoke in loud voice. so that Mr.. Nor
gan might hear: "Mr. Morgan is in
the library"
Holt continued to press the butler
backward toward the dining room. AS
they neared it the butler spoke again:
"Upstairsi Mr.. Morgan upstairs." he
shouted
Alarmed by the shout, Mr.. Morgan
and his wife left the dining room by
another door, entered the rear hall
way and went upstairs They found
nothing amiss there and started back,
using the front stairway They.
walked almost into the assassin's
arms. Mrs. Morgan saw him first,
screamed and drew back.
Holt turned and fired twice before
Mr.. Morgan could seize him. Fiske,
no longer menaced by the pistol,
grabbed the assassin's right hand
Mr.. Morgan, with two bullet wounds
in his body, threw himself on his as
sailant and the three men fell on the
floor
The struggle on the floor was short.
The pistol was torn from Holt's fin
gers and he was beaten by the butler
and other servants>who came running
at the sound of the shots. The Glen
Cove police and physician were sum-
moned and Holt was placed in one of
the Morgan automobiles and hurried
to the jail here.
Mr.. Morgan walked. calmly and col
lectedly. feeling. he said. that he had
been shot, but experiencing no sensa-
tion of weakness. up the sairs and
went to the telephone He called up
the doctor and afterwards his office
|. in New York city and told the story
of the shooting. asserting that he did
not regard his wounds as serious.
Then he went to his bed and lay down,
awaiting the doctor
Butler Saves Morgan's Life.
Fiske. Mr. Morgan's butler. doubt
less saved his employer from more Sc
rious injury by telling the assailant
with blow from coal hod and over
powering him. Holt was locked UP in
the Glen Cove jail. and from his cell
issued a statement asserting that he
vas impelled to go to Mr.. Morgan to
aersuade him to stop the shipment of
munitions OF war from this country
abroad.
Holt later confessed the placing of
a bomb in the Capitol building at
Washington.