The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-06
HOLT ATTEMPTS
TO KILL HIMSELF
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Holt was believed in such II serious
physical condition from loss OF blood
and refusing to eat that fOrclble feed
INK and his removal to the Nassau
county hospital at Mlneola We're con.
sidercd at Il conference Of county of.
ficuls.
He May Die.
Holt is very weak" said District
Attorney Lewis J Smith, and should
not III. surprised II he dies. d" not
knowtsNhpther he IL trying to stnrre
himseff III not hut do know that he
is not eating aud that he hus lost much
blood
Charles X. Apted. assistant supcrn
tendent Of buildings ut Cambridge
Mass, who knew Muenter at Harvard
nearly ten years ago reached Mlneoia
tOlay to see If Holt and Murntcr were
the same man Mr. Apted visited Holt
and remained there few minutes, hut
did not attempt. because of HoIts
weakened condition. 10 question him.
There is remarkably striking re
semhlance between this man aud Muen
ter" Mr. Aptcd said But 1t has
been nine years since I saw Muenter
aud | can not say positively that Holt
Is the man"
Charles r. Wood, an assistant dis
! trlct attorney uf Nassau county who
knew Muenter at Harvard visited Holt
again today In nm effort To establish
| his Identity II possible Mr wood
/ said he was still unable 10 Sny whether
Hot aud Mucutrr were the same
NEW YORK. July e. Frank Holt
who dyunmitcd the cuWiul at Wash
iugton and shot j T. Morgan, lay In
| physical aud mental collapse today In
| his cell at the MIucum, Long lslaud
| JAIL lie had promised 10 tell the
/ whole story OF nj, life when he wa,
arrnigned before Il Justice at Glen
cove tomorrow. but his condition was
such that there was grave doubt
whether he could appear In court
Dr Guy +. Clrghorn. the Jail physi
elan, was quoted today ~ saying that
Holt was unsomd when he attacked
Mr.. Morgan and he is msound now.
The only place fur the man Is the
Mnttenwun asylum The intestinal au
stomach trouble hr * having ARE often
present In cnsc> uf mcntul disturb
anCe, He Is highly nervous.
To prevent an uggraati0n of his
mental condition, virtually all Ques
tioners were excluded temporarily from
IIolts cell.
Holt was, nevertheless described M
Qupler than Yesterday, when he
paced his cell. CRYING that hc wanted
10 die aud asking that he be- shown
a way to do ~ Precautions were
taken 10 prevent him from attempting
suicide.
Exhaustive inquiries were made b,
detectives to trace Holt's career Fed
erul authorities who had tried tu us
certain n he had bought dynamite "a
make more bombs hcsides The one he
'NlN'Iii III lil' 'WIllhlt l'Nl l''l l''hN
that railroad freight agent nj SyuS
set. ten miles from Glen Cove. had
notified the police that man VIII,
, ! he believed might have been Holt hnd
received cascS containing l2O pound.
NJ dynamite fuses caps and eNplud
pIs at the SyoSsrl station ON June 2S
In Rn attempt IN settle the question
. whether Holt Is the Erich Mnentcr
wanted by the police NJ Cambridge
Mass. an assistant custodian NJ llnr
p ward university and a Cambridge de
tctlyr were expected w Mlneola to
day. 10 his counsel mud others Holt
Z has denied that hc Is Mnenlcr ar that
hc was ever mt Harvard
LATEST official reports as to The
condition NJ Mr. Morgan placed hin
b ont NJ danger Additional evidence OF
cnnfldcuc,em his recovery was seen IN
the fact that Mr. MorGnn's mother
had returned to her home In Highland
, Falls. y. Y.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.. July q. IN,
, Rev 4. NJ Bennett today declare.