Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-07
LINER TO BLOW Up
ONATlANT|C TODAY,
HOLT WROTE WIFE
Suicides Letter Said Either
Saxonia or Philadelphia
Was to Be Destroyed.
MAJ. PULLMAN INFORMS
THE NEW YORK POLICE
Former Gov. Cockrell of Texas
Transmits Information to State
Department Here.
SHIPS WARNED BY WIRELESS
Philadelphia Replies "All Well"; No
Reply From Saxonia-Other YES
sells Also Get Radio
Caution.
MAI. PULLMAN INFORMS
THE NEW YORK POLICE
SHIPS WARNED BY WIRELESS

The dead hand of Frank Holt,
assassin, bombmaker and alleged
wife murderer. reached out over
the Atlantic today and menaced
with dynamite two transatlantic
liners with nearly 1000 men,
women and children aboard.
Somewhere on the ocean, Holt
wrote his wife, the liner Saxonia
or the Philadelphia-he was not
sure which-would be destroyed
today. A dynamite bomb con-
tanning thirty pounds OF explosive,
which Holt is known to have re-
ceived, and which has not been
accounted for, is believed by the
police to be the means Holt had
chosen to destroy the ship.
Wireless Warnings.
Wireless warnings that the Saxonia
and Philadelphia are in danger of
being blown up in midocean today by
bombs placed somewhere in their holds
have been sent out broadcast across
the Atlantic by the Navy Department
based on a message to a State Depart
ment official
The message gave the substance Of a
letter received in Texas by Mrs Frank
Holt. 1t was transmitted by telegraph
. By j. E. Cockreil. formerly Governor
nf ovx1
"A steamer leaving New York for
Liverpool should sink. God willing, on
the 9Th. 1t is the Philadelphis or the
Saxony tSaxonia), but / am not quite
sure. as these left on the I'd or Sd"
On the margin of the letter was
written:
Tear this of until after this hap
pens"
The substance Of Hollis letter was
sent by radio to the commanders of
the two vessels as well as the de-
partment's report that 1t had been un-
able to verify that explosives had been
put aboard one ship or the other.
Two other transatlantic liners left
New FORK about the same time and
navy officials expect that they also
would pick up the message and make
investigations. The vague nature of
Hollis message made it possible. off,
cials thought, that some steamer other
than those he named had been marked
for destruction.
Maj. Pullman Notified.
As soon as this telegram was re-
ceived by the State Department off,
'cial. who wishes his name withheld
from publication. he called on Maj.
Raymond Pullman. superintendent of
police. That was before 3 o'clock last
night. Maj. Pullman Immediately called
Commissioner Woods of the New York
police department on the telephone and
read the message.
Hundreds of detectives were imme-
diately placed on the new phase of the
case and the water front was swarm
ing with officials, he was told. Every
possible trail was followed; every
shipping officer notified. and a general
roundup of all suspicious characters
begun. The drastic and quick action
taken may lead. 1t Is said in police cir
cies. to some possible accomplice weak
~<nlng as he sees the dragnet closing in
OIL him.
What strikes Mai. Pullman as ex-
tremeiy Significant is the date of the
Holt had said many times that "all
would be known Wednesday," This
being Wednesday, the date for the
steamship explosion and also the date
set by DIR. Holt as the day on which
every one would know all there was to
know. Is a circumstance which makes
xne s case even more INTERESTING to those
Following Maj. Pullman's talk with
Commissioner Woods the Navy Depart
ment here was Immediately notified.
and every one put to work getting ont
wireless calls. The Saxonia and the
Philadelphia. now four DAYS out. were
advised to steer toward one another
\ New York dispatch said fha, To-,
: naval vessels had been ordered to ftnd
The Saxonia and Philadelphia. bu; Sec
fetary Daniels today denied this
A copy OF the message from former
Gov Cockreil was given out by Mai
Pullman. who also said he understood
that Mrs. Holt and her father wanted
the State Department to know what it
contained Almost at the same time
news dispach from Dallas, Tex. stated
that Mrs. Holt had denied receiving
any such letter from her husband but
FORMER Gov. Cockrell insisted il was
true.
The Philadelphia Notified.
The Philadelphia had been caught by
wireless at noon. and had replied that
everything aboard her had been iden-
thed and that no explosion was
feared The Saxonia had not replied
up TO late hour this afternoon. but
the off1cfals of the Cunard line said
that the vessel might be out of the
airect wireless zone and that it might
be some time before a wireless reply
could be relayed to shore
The Philadelphia has 6l1 pas
eengers aboard. OF these 20S were
frst cabin, 205 second and 200 steer
age. The Saxonia has 324 passengers,
OF which lis are in the cabin
The officials of the American line,
which owns the Philadelphia. as well
g. the Cunard officials said that in
would he practically impossible for
7Sny one to pass the many lines of
guards at the piers and TO place ex-
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