ATTEMPTED MURDER.
J. ]>. Mukcan dr. i'ii;i:i) AT. ATTACKED liV A CKIiMAN. By Cable—- Press As.-iocia litiu - - t. Received July 4, 3.35 p.m. X.-v. York, -Inly I''. Holt, an instructor at the Herman Carnell University, shot .Mr, J. J'. Morgan, junior, at tiis at !,..•>« [-hM,! The assailant arrived at Air. .Moroni's home in. a motor cur and a.-ked 111:■ butler, at the pistol's point, lo show hi'u Mr. .Morgan. The butler rilled for help. Mr. Morgan entered the hill, and Unit fired, wounding .Mr. Morgan twite in the hi]) and on the side. The butler seized a eoal scuttle and felled Tlolt and raptured him. Mr. Morgan'.; telephonic. reassurances to Xew York frl« i;iN )>rcM-iij.d them advertising the in„Uer on tiie Stock Kxchange. Holt confessed lo German nationality, aud said lie was anxious (o kill Mr. Morgan because Mr. Morgan's lirm was exporting war inunil ions • to enable his (Holt's) enemies to kill Germans, A satchel lull of dynamite was found near Mr. Morgan's hu.ue at, (Men Cove. ■Received .July 5, 12.5 a.m. New York, duly 4. 'Sir Cecil Spring Pico (British Ambassador* was vi.-iting Mr, -I. P. Morgan, and witnessed the shooting.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1915, Page 8
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192ATTEMPTED MURDER. Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1915, Page 8
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