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HOL! ENS OWN LIFE. m\rn in s ms ski i.ii in lkav I HOM ?im l?< milt. Mm, i, t oufuftiou In Juli Follows Flnd In? of Hotly uml \ ai um . K< |>>.11 < ?rt ulatrsl a> in Method t'-a-d bv PrUoiior?l*>a*c? Note to l uinil). Mineola. N. Y.. July u.?Frank Holt, the Cornell university j?r.>frs eor. who shot J. IV Morgan In hin ho in*, near Glencove laat Sat anlas earamltted auictde In the Jail at Mineola tonight. While aavaral of the Jail authori? ties declare that Holt killed himself by climbing through the opening at the top of hi* cell door and then plunging to the narrow court below, Hott'a keeper aald ha waa positive that the prlaoner waa killed in Mi owD cell, where he said he found the body There ware many conflicting re* ports as to the manner in which Holt met hin death, but it wan definitely eatahliahed through Dr. Cleghorn. the Jail phvalcfan. that Holt died of a fractured ahull. Dr. Cleghorn found that death had been instantaneous. District Attorney Smith aearched Ho|t H r?tlI Immediately after arrivln-, at the Jail and found a letter written * on yellow paper. This letter, which H<dt must have written before he at? tempted suicide early this morning, when the pencil with which he tried to aever an artery was taken from hi in. was addeaaed to My dears" and follows. I must write onoe more. The more I think about it the more I see the uaeleaaneaa of living under cir cuDistances such as these. Hring up the dear babies In the love of God and man. God bless you my sweet. ?Affectionately, "Frank. ??p. S.?All pleaae pardon me fgf all the heartaches 1 have brought you. Fray with me that the slaughter will stop. My heart breaks. Good bye." At midnight there was still consid? erable eonfualon in the Jail and con? flicting stories as to the manner in which H<dt waa killed were told by thoae attached to the institution. The attendants dtaagreed as to the place where the bedy waa found. Jerernlab O*Ryan, the.keeper detailed to watch Holt's <?ell. declared that he was pos? itive the bodjy waa In a pool of blood to the cell When be first saw It. "It aounded to me like an explo? sion." aald O'Ryan, giving hla version of what occurred. "You will have hard work to convince me that It wasn't. The cell waa In partial darkness as the lights had not been fully turned on. "I was !? feet from the cell when It happened and my back wa* turned. 1 heard a noise and then run Into the cell and looked around. It was dark. I couldn t see at first. Then I found the body In a pool of blood In a corner of the cell. "Holt had been In remarkably good aplrlts. He had laughed und Joked earlier in the evening. That made me suspicious." Several of thoae about the Jull said they heard an explosion, the report coming from Holt's cell. This noise. It was believed, was due to the falling of boards from the top of the cell. The excitement that followed the noise brought Warden H?lse and other Jail attendants to the acene. District Attorney Lewis J. Smith and Dr. Cleghorn. together with sev? eral constables, were soon on the acene and Immediately begun an In? vestigation. It Cleghorn denied u report that M >lt had killed himself by chewing a peecuasion cap. He repeated thut death was caused by n fracture at the top of the skull. An explosion which would have blown hla head off would have fol? lowed an attempt by Holt to chew u t^erruasion cap, the physician suid. A thorough examination Of Holt's cell failed, uocordlng to the author), ties, to dlacloee any weapon or Im? plements of any kind which Holt could h iv. a-*-?I (., hlH himself. Coroner Walter R. Jones, after viewing the'body, suhl ?Tndoubtedly u suicide, und un? doubtedly the man Jumped. I can not glva an official version until an au? topsy la performed by the kill physi? cian. Rr Cleghorn." The body was then taken to the morgue In Hempateid. where Dr. Cleghorn waa prepared to perform an autopNV Immediately Dr. Cleghorn. after performing an ft lit ope* or. Holts body llempHlend Stated thit Holt had tiled of a hem orrhase of the brain caused by a de? preened fracture of the skull, I?r Clenh??rn said he found i In. contused wound. which extended from the top of the head to below the eye? and that both the top ,,rid base of the skull had been fractured. Dr Cleghorn said hi found no evi? dences of any explosion or bullet wound. Holt, u few hours before his death tonight h.id. admitted to det< < tlrgf that h?- lied when he Muhl be mob the capitol U?mh out of Hiilphuic add and match heads. He also sui he did not Uli the truth About bit] WOTttntntl In Washington and New York. Ilolt made the admissions when run I rout eil l?\ t>\ul?-iue teiiilhlK to show he made the capitol homh in u bungalow which he icntcd Btttl hero ten days ago. Lewis Ott Identified Holt as Hl?' Uli w ho rented | bunga? low in which were found numerous bottle* with corks punctured in the centre, biiiall vials and pictures of a dozen public buildings throughout the country, tiirer of which were marked. Ki ink McCahlll, a constable, Who accompanied detectives on their search of the bungalow, said the marked buildings were the New York Public library and the capitol buildings at Albany, N. Y., und !larrisburg, Pa. Holt refused to say why Tie lied about the contents of the bomb and his movements. He refused also to admit tie was the man who under the name of Hendrick received a shipment of 120 pounds of dynamite at tfyosset, L. I., although deorge W. Carnes, sta? tion agent at that place, tonight iden? tified him as Hendrick. Throughout the day New York de? tectives were working on a clue which led them to believe Holt was the man who received Hie dynamite and who rented the bungalow and there mado a number of bombs. They were try? ing to trace a trunk full of bombs which they had reason to believa Holt had shipped from the bungalow to a New York address. The detect? ives learned that Holt left the bunga? low last Friday morning with the in? tuition of taking the hrst train t'o wa?d New York. He missed it, but got the next one. They recalled that it was last Fri? day that Holt went to Washington and set off the capitol bomb. They learned that when Holt boarded the train he had a trunk and a suit case which hs had checked to the Pennsyl? vania station in New York. The de? tectives were unable to learn if Holt took the trunk, which they believed to be full of bombs, with him to Washington or had it sent from the nation to some New York address, ft was said Holt's admission that ne had lied as to the contents of the bomb came after Captain of Detectives Tunny had told him he (Tunny) knew for a positive fact that fulmi? nating cups had been used in the making of the bomb. Capt. Tunney declined, however, to tell how he reached this conclusion. The rondition of Mr. Morgan con? tinued to improve. He felt so well that he talked over the telephone with some of his business associates in New York. NKWS It HA! HKS TEXAS. Dallas, Tex., July 6.?"Of course we are all terribly sorry, but there is so little 1 can say. I shall not tell my daughter until tomorrow." This was the statement tonight of l ?r. O. F. Sensabaugh, father-in-law \>f Frank Holt, when told that Holt was dead at Mineola. L. 1. Mr. Sensabaugh stated that his fam? ily physician had told him that it would bo unsafe to tell Mrs. Holt of the suicide until tomorrow. "I told her today of the Cambridge police theory that Holt was really i Erich Meunter. who disappeared af? ter the mysterious death of his wife, and my daughter is prostrated tonight as a result." Mr. Sensabaugh said. Hut I had to tell her ail. Tomor? row we t ill have to tell her of her I husband's death." THL'XK OF DYNAMITE LOCATED. New York. July tJ.?A trunk con? taining 111 sticks of dynamite with ! fuses attached was found by the po '? lice late tonight in a house at No. 342 west Thirty-eighth street. The police suid it was sent there by Frunk Holt and that it arrived three* days ago. The dynamite was packed in sawdust. The trunk was delivered by a New York transfer company and the bill of lading was made out in the name t Frank Holt. It was found on the top Boot of a live-story building. Hesides the dynamite the trunk < untamed I number of tin cans, a box of blasting caps and powder. m 'iiphuric MM and matches. Unto i the poltet motived word from Warden H?lse of the Mineola Jail that Holt bad admitted he was the ouner of Joo sticks of dynamite re? ceived at Kyosset, L. 1., lust week. Holt, according to llul.se. received ihe dyuomlte shipment under lbs it i me ol Hendrick and took it to a small house near Central Park, f.. I.. h- n nt proceeded te 'experiment" erltli if. Hop us- d about It sticks. be told Hit)*** keeping all but tit sticks of remainder in his trunk. This, the police said. Would seem to indi? te! 'hat Holt used only siv sticks to m lue the OOpitol bomb, Those ill I h uge yt the ttOfOjmnet It which the trunk was found said the trunk ar? rived from Mlneole Moturday morn* ing, addrsttd le ? ,H, I lend* i son. knows PRANK noi/r. Sparlaiihui tf, July ?k?Lindsay Swntfunl. ;it present a proof reader on -Ii? Bportanbueg Journal. vva? ones a upll Of Frank Holt, the man who ? (??I tu blow up the national capitol *t Washington ami trbu later con Immen t<> have llred the shut which wounded .J. P, Morgan. Mr. SwoATord formerly attended Bmory and Henry college Virginia, where Holt waa a professor ot modern language*, In ?peaking of Hop, Mr, Bwoftord said that hi- was considered very queer and unreasonable by his students. Ac OOrdlng to Mr. Swoft'ord, Holt warn very reserved and sometimes reticent to the extreme. His method of instruc? tion w as very exacting. UOIil STILL A MYSTKHY. New York. July 7.?The police are searching for a second trunkful of dynamite left by Holt. Fifty pounds of the dynamite Holt is known to have had is missing and a wireless warning has been sent to all ships which sail? ed Within the last four days to look out for bombs, it being believed that he may have put an infernal machine on some vessel It is believed by the authorities that Holt feared identifica? tion as Erich Muenter, the wife mur? derer. His brain will be examined. His body is held awaiting disposal by his wife. Letters found in Holt's trunk show that he had planned to blow up the Aetna and DuPont explosive factories, the State capitols at New York and Pennsylvania, and the New l ? I York City library. A letter to this-wife stated that the liners Phila jdclphia and Saxonia, which left New York on Saturday would be sunk. Word from the vessels is anxiously awaited, The police are searching for his accomplice. The letters show? ed that Holt was born in Milwaukee. His mother was German and his father German-American. A Boston newspaper man who knew Muenter says that Holt is the same man. Keports Holt Intelligent. Mineola, July 7.?Dr. Guy Cleghorn examined Holt's brain and reported that it was excellently developed and the man was highly intelligent. The brain was then sent to alienists. IgfJtf Philadelphia Safe. New York, July 7.?A wireless from the liner Philadelphia states that all i baggage has been searched and no dynamite found. KNEW OF STF. AM Kit PLOT. Dallas, July 7.?Holt's family state that his body will be burled at Ithaca. They admit that Holt informed them of the steamer plot and they notified Secretary Daniels. ?'GOOD CHEER DAY PASSKs: Citizens of Plnewood. I dated at Its at various times during the day at ma no nt. Pinewood, April 7.?Amid sunshine and rain. Good Cheer Day at Pine wood, S. C, July 5th passed off most pleasantly. The crowd was estimated at various times during the day at from 1000 to 500. Some said more, some said less. There was abundance to eat and the day passed off most pleasantly. It is said that a similar meeting will be held next Fourth of July and "Good Cheer Day" for Pine wood will be made a permanency. The great success is largely due to the anitcd effort of the good people of Pinewood and the surrounding coun? try, and more particularly to the in? dividual effort of Mr. Walter Do things Epperson of the executive and publicity committee, with thanks to the press of Charleston, Columbia, Augusta and Sumter for their liberal co-operation in helping in giving pub? licity to this much heralded meeting. The candidates for State senator from Clarendon addressed the gather? ing. There were two games of basebuil during the day between Summerton jand Pinewood. Pinewood won one game from Summerton and tied for Iths other, or second game. The day opened amid sunshine and rain and the joy and gladness, and so ended the first "Good Cheer Day," which the progressive people of Pine? wood say will be a permanent meet? ing, once every year on July 4th. Continuous rains throughout this section are doing crops a great deal of damage and all the worse for the ! fact that these rains are general all over the cotton belt. The State Warehouse System idea is growing greatly in popularity, and is apparently the only hope for the farmer. Being operated on the basis of the private warehouse system, both the State and private institutions will moat likely do a considerable business In Storing cotton this season, so the [time is propitious for wart housemen everywhere in the cotton sections or centers Of the South to do a meal bus? iness. Even with money at X per cent interest and the Storage charges at 30 cents the bale the month, by the year, it will pay every farmer to store ins cotton and borrow money tto pay his obligation if such be in the respective cases neceaaary, and hold his cotton nop of 1016 and plant none in |S19. That seems to be the idea HOW to hold all possible and plant none in 1910, Of course that would US applicable more to large planters, who arc financially able to do so, ai well as lawyers, doctors, hankers and merchants who are to a large degree rowing much of the cotton that Ik ttruwn In the Southern States. FIFTY TO SIXTY LIVES LOST.' si Ullis OF TOIWIADOEH AND I LOO OS DO GREAT DAMAul). Swept from Nebraska to Ohio Last Might. KHIIng Hair Hundred and Leaving Hundred Injured ill its . Wake?Cincinnati und Kentucky Towns Buffet Mom. Chicago, July 8??Between fifty and sixty Uvea were lust and mure than a hundred persona were injured by the series of tornadoes which swept the cuuntry from Nebraska to Ohio last night. Cincinnati and Kentucky towns Jacruss the border suffered worst. ! Thirty-three lives were lust In that section. In Missouri 7 were killed at St. Charles, three at Dardennes and une at Wentsville. Four were killed in Midiana, and three in Illinois. It Is expected that the death list will grow when communications are restored. i Chicago, July 7.?Tornadoes and cluudbursts sweeping eastward from the Missouri river valley today caused heavy damage and loss of life. Mis? souri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky were In the track of the storm. Three persons were reported dead at Dardenne, Mo., and Wentz ville and Gilmore, Mo., each reported one killed. Five or more persons were believed late tonight to have been killed at St. clharles, Mo. Cincinnati was cut off from wire communication, for several hours to? night. When communication was finally established it was said that meagre advices Indicated much prop? erty damage there and in Kentucky cities across the Ohio river with pos? sible loss of life. Tornadoes swept districts north of St. Louis, blowing part of Wabash railroad train from the track and de? vastating St. Charles, Mo. The wind at St. Charles blew 80 miles an hour. Similar storms were reported to have struck St. Peters, Mo., and Lawrenceville, 111., the latter place be? ing a few miles west of Vincennes, Ind. First reports said two persons were killed at Lawrenceville. Exceptionally heavy rains were re I ported from all section of the affecr. j ed territory, especially at Rock Is | land, 111., and Cincinnati, Ohio. At the former town merchandise stocks were damaged when water poured into basements and rose in some in? stances to floors on the street levels. The rains extended over agreator territory than the wind storms. Val? entine, Neb., reported a fall of more than four inches, Terre Haute, Ind., 3.7 inches and Chicago, 1.64 inches. Official forecasts for the storm swept territory promised a cessation of the disturbances by tomorrow. ATTACKS ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Ringing Denunciations Mark Conven? tion of Anti-Saloon League of Amer? ica. Atlantic City, N. J., July 7.?Stir? ring addresses were delivered against the liquor traffic today before tho convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America and predictions were made that national prohibition would be I achieved by 11)20 If the sentiment for ja saloonless nation continued to grow as in the last two years. Forty State superintendents of the anti-saloon league addressed two meetings held simultaneously on an ocean pier here and told of the cam? paign to stop the liquor traflic. The national board of directors to? day adopted resolutions urging con? gress to submit a constitutional amendment to the people of all the States so they may determine whether they want national prohibition. William H. Anderson, superintend? ent of the league In New York, charged that, attempts had been made to have the new constitution now in process of construction in New York framed to protect the liquor interests. ? GOOD CHEER DAY"' OBSERVED. Spirit of Occasion at Pi no wood Rise* High Above Merc Matter or Uu propltious Weather. Pinewood, July 0.?Monday was ushered In With weeping skies, which possibly kept a few at home, but those who fortified themselves with raincoats, overshoes and umbrellas spent a "good cheer day" in full 24 hours. The visitor.-, numbered 500. The ball game In the morning had to 'be called In the sixth inning tin ac? count of rain with a tie score, 2 to 2. Batteries: Butnmerton, Martin and Walker; I'inewood, DuBoaC and (Jed dings. The afternoon game was interest? ing from the start and brimful of Spectacular bail playing. The mis? judging of a high fly that fell Into some telephone Wires and a tumble at short with men on bases were re? sponsible for the three runs made by the visitors. The final count was f. to :; in favor of Pinewood, Batteries: Hummerton, Brallsford and Walker; Pinewood, Duliuae, Rich and Mlms. Tarry town, .inly s.?John 1>. Rocke? feller is 7n years old today, He is in gOod health and spirits. mm how in gawp. SI XON I) REGIMENT SETTLED AT GREENVILLE. Heady for summer Mauoeuvcrw Under Charge of CDft, II. B. Springs?Site of l amp i> Well Chosen. Qreenvllle, July 7.?The Second reg? iment, .\ tlonul Guard of South Caro? lina, arrived here this afternoon and went immediately into camp neat* j Sans Souci club. Including olilcers, j there are between 550 and 000 men who have taken up their abode in tent for ten days. The camp site is pronounced by Col. 11. B. Springs of Georgetown to be excellent, particu? larly on account of the sanitation, the water ami lighting facilities. Manoeuvres and drills will begin tomorrow, the former to be held on Paris mountain. The railway accom? modations were ample for the trans? portation of the troops. One company will go ? the rifle range of the P 'tier Guards each day and each afternoon the three battal? ions will have dress parade. Prob? ably on Thursday of next week Gov. Manning with his staff will review the regiment, this grand parade to be held in the city of Greenville. The camp site is about one mile from the outskirts of the city. Officers present on the site this af? ternoon were: Adjt. Gen. W, W. Moore, Col. H. B. Springs, Lieut, Ool. Claffy, Maj. Sllcox of the First bat? talion; Maj. Marchant, Second bat? talion; Maj. Bradford, Third battalion, and the captains of the several com? panies, together with the other regi? mental officers, including Capt. Meyer, the adjutant. Capt. W. D. Workman of the But? ler Guards has been assigned the command of Company F during the encampment. WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE. J. C. I)unbar Says That he Appre? ciates Compliment, but Cannot See Way Clear. ; From The Daily Item, July 8. Mr. J. C. Dunbar of Dalzell, whose name has been suggested by a number of citizens and whose card was placed in the Item a few days ago, was in town today, having been called here by the special session of the grand jury. He stattd while in the city that while he appreciated the compliment I very much, as well as the very com j plimentary vote given him in the pri i mary last summer, he did not see his way clear to offer for the position of i representative from Sumter county and would not be a candidate in the election on next Tuesday. BIGGEST CHOP ON RECORD. Cotton Rales of 1914 Crop Number 1(1,1 ?1,9:10. Washington, July 8.?The 1914 cot? ton crop was 16,134,930 bales, accord? ing to revised ligures which show it to I be the largest crop on record. ONE DEAD; FIVE HURT. Augusta, July 5.?Mrs. Fannie Poole, a widow of Warrenton, Ga., is J dead and live others are more or less seriously injured as the result of an uuiomobile accident a tew hundred yards this side of the eight mile post on the Milledgeville road about 10 o'clock this morning. All are of Warrenton. Mrs. Fannie Poole's neck was broken. The Injured: L). D. McGregor, Warrenton, attor? ney, left collarbone broken, ribs fractured and internal injuries; Mc? Gregor's URla son, fractured ribs, bruises about head and internal in? juries; Mrs. Mattie Wicker, sister of Mrs. Poole, left eye injured and bruises; Mrs. Neal, aunt of Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Wicker, left collar? bone broken; Robert Gunn, driver of automobile, dislocated shoulder. The injuries to Mr. McGregor and his little boy are the most serious It is not known as yet how they will terminate. The case of the State against Delia and Frances Weeks was completed on Tuesday afternoon when the jury re? turned a verdict of manslaughter against Delia Weeks and of not guilty as to Frances Weeks. Frances Weeks was accordingly discharged and Delia Weeks was sentenced to a term of six years in the penitentiary. The wo? men were defended by John B. Duffte and Raymon Schwartz, by appoint? ment Of the court. Columbia, July 7.?In a rear-end collision between an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train and a Southern freight train just south of the union station this morning A. J. Andrews, of Sumter. negro mail clerk, and J. II. Caughman, of Columbia. Mrs. Mary E. Osborne, of Darlington, and Mrs. B. O. Lucas of Brookland, white pas? sengers, were slightly injured. The track was cleared in threo hours. The committee from the Grand Jury was engaged Tuesday In checking over the auditor's books, a Job which they completed in one day this year, where it took them two days last year. TUE DALZELL MEETING. Big Attendance, Much Interest, Excel? lent Address and Hall Game arc Features of General Siunter Agricul? tural Society Meeting. State burg, July 8.?The meeting of the General SumUr Agricultural So? ciety at Dalzell on Saturday was an eminent success. The attendance was largest ever had since the establish? ment of the society and as the meet? ing was the tlrst ever held in the Dal? zell community it proved not only an encouragement to the work of the Society, but aroused enthusiasm for the further progress of the work in all present. Col. Watson, the only [invited speaker, who was able to be j present, was certainly at his best and equal to the large demands made up ! on his talents and acquirements. He J had two subjects to handle on the ! occasion of an agricultural society 'celebration of the birthday of our na I tion and the present conditions of all 'countries in the world gave tremend? ous significance to the peculiar fea i tures of our government. Suffice it to I say, he was ready for his mighty task and performed it admirably?not over I looking Sumter's grand part in the es? tablishment of our institutions and ' the fame of his name in all parts of the world. His appeal for the inspira? tion of such a name was very fine and effective. ' The address of welcome by the young student of the Bailey Institute ?of Greenwood, a Dalzell boy, a son of ' one of the best workers of the society, iln conception, expression and delivery, it was of the highest order of excel? lence and a great delight indeed to those members of the society who are trying to live up to the motto of society "Cultivated Farms for Culti? vated Farmers." We shall be able to point to Ernest S. Dunbar with pride and effective appeal when we are offering proofs of what high type of man our society is deevloping for future work in its special field of "Cultivated Farms for Cultivated Farmers." The abundant and excellent dinner was taken in a beautiful grove Just across from the very handsome school house, where the exercises of the day were conducted. Dalzell had the things there and the people to enjoy them, so this was a success in all particulars. Then came the baseball game be? tween Oswego and Hagood teams and a fine fight it was for victory, when after a long struggle in the laurel crown for Oswego. The best thing about this part of the program of the Society was that nearly everybody stayed and saw the game through, j Xow everybody, everywhere is hur i rahing for Dalzell and looking for j ward to the next meeting of the so i ciety in this progressive community, (assured that profit and pleasure will in large measure be bestowed again upon all Pttendants. INJURED IN BALL GAME. Leslie Griffin Brought to Tourney Hos? pital for Treatment from Injury Re? ceived lroni Ball. Leslie Griffin of Pinewood was brought to the Tourney Hospital on Tuesday evening for treatment for an injury received in a game of baseball between Summerton and Paxville on that afternoon. He was hit in the forehead by a foul ball, the blow ren? dering him unconscious. After re? ceiving the injury he was at once placed in an automobile and brought here. Since he has been in the hos? pital he has been getting on well and today he is reported to be very much better. At first it was thought that the blow would probably be fatal, but he is now said to be out of all danger. SOUTHERN OFFICES MOVED. IM vision Headquarters of Transporta? tion Department to be Moved From Columbia. Spartanburg, July t>.?W. N. Fore acre, general superintendent of the Southern railway lor the eastern dis? trict, gave out the official announce? ment today that the division head? quarters of the transportation depart? ment of the Southern will be moved from Columbia to Spartanburg as soon as the Southern's BOW freight terminals are completed. This was given out by Mr. Forcacre at a con? ference held here today with EC I*. Hungerford, division agent, and other officials of the road. PEAS?For sale at Ducker &- Bult man's. DEATH"VER RAT CORN Best rat and mice exterminatormade. Kills qnlckty andsbsotuteljr without odor. Muauntfei?ihui preventing deeomi>osi lion. better than all the traps in lint world. Insist on Genuine RAT CORN. 2.H*, 80c, $i ul dealers or Itf until, postr Paid. BOTANICAL MFC. CO. 4th ? Hac9 Aft i Philmdtimhia* Pm