The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07
FRANK HOLT
(continusd Prom First P.gsJ

give an official version until an
autopsy Is performed by the Jail ply
stefan, DIR. Cleghorn."
Taken TO mor9ue
The body was then taken to the
morgue in Hampstead. where Or. Cler-
horn was prepared to immediately
perform an autopsy. The autopsy is
expected TO dispose of a report cur
rent here Immediately after the find.
ing of Hollis body that he had been
killed from the outside. This was
only one OF a number of reports reach
Ing the authorities.
Keeper Organ declared that Holt
appeared unusually cheerful early IN
the evening. He couldn't understand
why Holt should write a letter which
was found after his death. in wE.cn
Holt addressed presumably his wife
and children. as follows:
My dears:
Il must write TO you once more.
The more / think about 1t the more
l see the utter uselessness OF living
under these circumstances. Bring up
the dear babies in fear Of God and
man. Good bye. my sweet,
"Affectionately,
FRANK"
Admitted He Lied.
Holt admitted to detectives in MS
cell in the jail tonight that he leo
when he said that he made the capitol
bomb out OF suiphuric acid ana
match heads. and said also that ne
did not tell the truth about his move
ments In Washington and New YORK.
Holt made these admissions when
confronted by evidence tending to
show that he made the capitol bomb
in bungalow which he rented near
here about ten days ago. They foI-
lowed the positive Identification by
Lewis OFT. OF Holt as the man VINO
had rented the bungalow and found
numerous bottles with corks pune
tured in the center. small phials ana
pictures of dozen public buildings
throughout the country, three OF
which were marked
Frank McCahill. a local constable.
who accompanied the detectives in the
search of the bungalow said that the
marked buildings we're New York pub
lie library and the capitol buildings at
Albany, y. Y. and Harrisburg. Pc.
Holt refused TO say why he lied in
the first place about the contents OF
the bombs and his movements lie re-
fused also TO admit that he h. the man
who. under the name OF Hendrick. re-
cciyed a shipment Of 100 pounds OF
dynamite al Syosset. l.. T.. although
George w. Carnes. station agent al
that place tonight identified Holt as
Hendrick
Working On Clue.
Throughout the day detectives from
y % a. H.
the detective bureau were working on
a clue which led them to believe that
Holt was the man who received the
dynamite and who took IL to the bunga-
low and there made a number of
bombs. They were trying to trace
trunkful Of bombs which they had rea.
son 10 believe that Holt had shipped
from the bungalow TO some New York
address
The condition Of Mr. Morgan con
unued to improve. SO encouraged
we're the physicians by his progress
that they announced they had vlrtu.
ally decided not TO issue any more buI.
lctins on his condition Mr. Morgan
felt 20 vol that he talked over the
telephone with some 81 his business
associates in Ncw York
An evidence Of the great confusion
which followed The report and the
finding ~ Hollis body was second
statement made hy Keeper O'Ryan 10
the eject that DO was not sure 10
Hollis body was found FRI bic cell or
In the corridor This tended 10
strengthen the theory % District A..
torney Smith and Warden HuIse that
Holt had killed himself by Jumping
from tho top of his cell into the court
below and thar while doing so he had
d.fiodErd couple OF boards which
fell tu The door with n loud report