Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04

at forty u, niles an hour TO the Jail here.
y Mr.. M organ. calmly and collectedly,
feeling b he said, that he had been shot.
but OK II perioncinS no sensation of weak
meas Ewalked up :hc stairs and went TO
the telephone. lie called up the doctor
anZA afterwards his Office in New York
Cf/ey and told the story of the shoot
Nig, asserting that he did not regard
H. his wounds as serious. Then he went
TO his bed and lay down awaiting the
doctor
While the doctor was hurrying TO his
bedside from Glen Cove. Mr.. Morgan
asked that the telephone be brought
to him. Personally he obtained long
distance connection with Utica, and
through the exchange with his mother.
He told her she would hear reports
that he had been shot, but that She
was not to worry.
Holt was locked in cell in the Jail
here To the questions of the local
police he at first made no reply. For
moro than an hour he declined TO give
his name or say anything about him
self. Finally he became talkauve and
told Justice of the Peace William T..
Luyster that he had gone to see Mr..
Morgan about ending the European
war. and that MIR. Morgan had not
given him n chance to say anything.
Il fred TO scare him. Holt said.
They tell me ] hit him. l hope he is
not badly hurt"
DECIDES TO WRITE
STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC
Soon Holt decided he would write
what he had TO make public on the
matter. He then prepared n statement
addressed to Justice Luystcr. and in
6aJ Fnr no
statement he repeated TO great extent
what he had told Mr.. Luyster verbally.
The extent and nature of Mr. Nor
Ean's injuries were not defined until
nearly o'clock in the afternoon, when
specialists summoned from New York
had completed their examinations In
the meantime, numerous conflicting re-
ports were circulated as to the gravity
of his wounds. One report said bull
let had struck Mr.. Morgan in the abdo-
men.
A line OF deputy sheriffs was
stretched around the Morgan estate
and all callers were excluded. At
tendant physicians and surgeons kept
in telephone touch with the Morgan Of
flee In New York.
Late to-day Holt was arraiGned be-
fore Justice Iuystcr on n charge of as
snult with intent at malicious killing.
He was brought from his cell into the
courthouse with white handage
around his head, through which showed
dark red stain above n cut on the
forehead. He appeared TO have been
weakened by the loss of blood, and
tottered as he stood before the Justice
You are charged" said Justice Luy-
ster, with assault with intent at
malicious killing. How do YOU wish
TO plead?"
Holt swaycd forward far that It
appca red he would fall. He threw out
his arm, and it circled the neck of n
county detective. Another detective
spranE to Hollis side, and between
them they supported him during the
rest Of the proceedings
How do you plcad?" asked the Jus
tice.
Take out all that about the ma
licious killing" Holt replied 1T
oughtn't TO be there"
Justice Luystcr informed the prisoner
that the wording of the charge was
according TO the legal code
DO you want preliminary exam
inauon?" the justice asked.
II don't know what you mean" Holt
replied, but do want 10 object to
that part that tells about malicious
killing. That isn't right"
The justice explained the meaning OF
his question. and again asked how he
!, pleaded. Finally Holt said he pleaded
not guilty. He appeared undecided
whether he wanted n preliminary cX-
animation. Assistant District Attorney
Weeks stepped forward while Holt APP
peared to be making up his mind and
told the court he would like to ask for
postponement OF all further proce ed :
This was granted, Holt being held
without bail in the meantime.
BULLETINS LEAVE
MANY THINGS IN DOUBT
The exact. location of the spots where
tho bullets went homo when Mr.. Nor
gan was shot. the gravity of his wounds
and the seriousness OF his condition,
whether sufficient to cause concern or
otherwise. were points which Mr.. Nor
gan's doctors failed to clear up in their
bulletins Of the patients progress.
Junius Spencer Morgan, Mr.. NIorgan's
son, was asked by newspaper men to
make a statement on these features
1t was pointed out young Mr.. Nor
gan that more than twelve hours had
elapsed since his father had been shot,
and that rumors OF serious import and
conflicting nature had been published
in the. meantime, and that the exact
location OF Mr.. Morgan's wounds re-
manned yet matter that only the
physicians and the members OF the
family knew. One OF tho rumors.
young Mr.. Morgan was told was that
Mr.. Morgan had been shot in the
stomach. and that the bullet had pcne-
tratcd the abdomen.
I'll see what the doctors say" he
f,yc
later and read the bulletin issued at
Gas, which stated that the bullets did
not involve any vital organ" and thet
Mr.. Morgan's condition continued cx-
cellcnt.
This is all that the doctors care
to say at present" Mr. Morgan asserted.
J an earlier hMlletin statnd Mr. A1nrran