The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-07-08
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why he had set the homh
He did this, he said, before the
bomb exploded and mailed the let
ters during the early evening. At
this point he refused to tell more.
Didn't you have an accomplice?"
he was asked.
NO" he muttered weakly, "none
whatever. / did the whole thing my
self! planned it, executed it, no.,
body knowing about it but myself"
Didn't you have an accomplice ir
the setting OF the bomb at Washing
ton?" the detective persisted.
II tell you,?' he, replied, "I didn't
Neither at Washington nor Glen
cove"
Capt. Tunney and Justice Luyster
listened with amazement to the re-
cital. They had remarked that no
percussion caps were found with the
dynamite Holt brought with him, and
they considered that the dynamite
played only a minor role in his plans
While Hollis assertion that he was
familiar with one of the rarest meth
ods of. exploding dynamite, a method
which Capt. Tunney said was used so
seldom as to be almost unknown, the
impression was strengthened that the
prisoner was gifted with knowledge
far beyond what he had seen fit to
display in earlier questioning. So
they went through his pockets again
to determine If they had overlooked
anything, and found a scrap of paper
on which were written the names Of
Junius Spencer (Mr Morgan's eldest
son is named Junius Spencer Nor
gam, Jane Norton Drew, Francis
Tracy and Henry Sturges.
Immediately below the name of
Junius Spencer was written Camp
Uncers, Hamilton county, New
York"
"There is not much doubt in my
mind" said Justice Luyster, "that
the writing on this paper fitted in
with Hollis plans to end the Euro
pean war. Whether he determined
to try his pistol and dynamite meth
DDS on the persons whose names are
On the paper is something which we
have not determined"
Investigation by the Washington
authorities of the explosion late Fri
day night, which wrecked the Senate
reception room Of the national capi-
tol, was interrupted by the confession
in New York of Frank Holt, the man
who shot J. p. Morgan at his home
in Glencove, l.. l., that he also had
been responsible for the Washington
crime.
Earlier in the day Washington
newspapers had received letter
signed "R. Pearce," in which the
writer stated he had planned the cap
itol explosion "as 'the exclamation
point to my appeal for peace
While experts were at work salts
wi - hnr aolx ,
machine had wrecked the Senate
room, the police were searching for
clues. They could find no trace of
the mysterious "R. Pearce," but they
sought to trace the movements of
Holt.
Hours before Hollis confession,
however. suspicion was aroused that
the assailant of Morgan and the man
who sought to wreck the capitol were
Identical. Holt had given utterance
in New York following his arrest to
| statements strikingly similar to ex-
pressions in the "Pearce" letter.
IF Germany should be able to buy
munitions here we would, of course,
positively refuse to sell to her." Holt
said after his arrest
1--WE would, of course, not sell to
the Germans If they could buy here"
is statement in the "Pearce" letter
Other portions Of Holt's interview
and the Washington writer's letter
also were similar. An investigation
to establish possible connection be-
| tween the two crimes was started.
The havoc wrought by the bomb
was terrific. In the reception room
telephone booths which lined the wall
near the window, where the bomb
nj 1@I,
switchboard, were blown.into splin-
ters. The Iron framework around
this window was shattered by the
Directly in front of the switch.
board, no~vestige OF which could be
found save few pieces OF the metal,
was mantle on which stood a large
gilt-framed mirror, admired by capt.
tol visitors for years. 1t was shatter-
ed in thousands of pieces, and souve-
mir hunters seeking these fragments
had to be restrained by the police
while the inquiry progressed.
An onyx clock was ground almost
into powder. Experts declare that
the explosion would have been more
complete had the reception room
been entirely closed. Notwithstand-
ing an open window and an arch
leading to the Senate hallway, how
ever, the explosion wrecked a portion
of the arched ceiling.
The doors leading to the office of
the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate
were wrecked and doors to the office
of the vice-president, which had not
been opened for years, were sprung
from their hinges. The floor of the
room was springled with bits of glass
from the great chandeliers. The
damage to these will be difficult to
repair.
Early in the day Elliott Woods,
superintendent of the capitol. was
convinced that the wreck was the re-
suit Of a bomb explosion. He sum
moned Prof. Charles Monroe, an
authority on explosives, who is con-
nected with the bureau OF mines and
geological survey. Prof. Monroe soon
satisfied bimanlf that tho ram, hal