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XTLANTA CA.-
-TTTE ATLANTA GEORGTAN-
-SATTTtTUY. JULY 3. 1915.
MORGAN FIGHTS
IT AS
rertions. Even the housemaid* took |
port In overpowering? the man.
Wounded Banker Collapsed.
The butler had picked up a heavy 1
braoa coal hod, which he hurled at I ’
Continued From Page 1.
*fi want you to tnk* ~ne there quickly,
for I am in a hi* hurry ”
The man was well dresaed and
Ford s suspicion* were in no wiae
aroused by the request.
The fare j?ot into the taxicab and
began to read a newspaper He
•howed no symptoms of nervousness
And wa* entirely self-possessed The
distance to “K&st Island " the Morgan
country place, wa* quickly covered.
When the Morgan place was
reached the Granger got out of the
cab. and, as he paid his fare, he re
marked to the taxicab driver:
"This Is the man who Is responsi
ble for the European war.*’ at the
same lime pointing toward the pala
tial mansion nestling among the
trees.
The chauffeur, believing from the
man’s appearance that he was a busi
ness acquaintance of the banker,
thought nothing of the remark and
made some commonplace reply as he
drove away.
Stranger Denied Admittance.
Passing up the driveway, the visi
tor rang the bell, which was answered
at once by a butler.
"t wish to see Mr Morgan,” aald
the man A* an aft^r thought he
added, as though to Insure his seeing
<*the banker. "It Is very important."
The servant disappeared, but after
a moment returned, saying:
* Mr. Morgan regrets to say that he
can not see you becanae he Is very
busy.”
This aroused the stranger’s anger.
“Won’t he see me?" he snarled,
drawing a .38-callber revolver from
his pocket. "He will s^e me. He is
responsible for this war and It has
got to stop. He Is tha man Avho can
stop It.”
The butler, upon seeing the weapon,
gave a shout of fear, and Mr. Mor
gan. who was reading in his library at
the time, hurried out to ascertain thfe
cauFe of the commotion.
Butler Grapples With Man.
As Mr Morgan appeared the butler,
mastering hfs f.*ar, grnprVd with the
assailant, who was shuotlmg: “I cun
ndt help it; I must see Morrgwn. This
war has jot to stop. It has gone too
far now I’ve come here to serve my
country."
In the scuffle the wenpon was
dropped, but the would-be assassin,
breaking the other’s grip, drew anoth
er pistol, a 38-caliber weapon.
“Help my country," he shouted at
the financier, who had stopped short
at the sight which greeted hi* eyes.
Before Mr. Morgan could say any
thing the man began to fire. One
bullet struck Mr. Morgan In the leg.
Inflicting a lieeh wound, and the other
hit him In the side. The financier re
tained his presence of mind nnd start
ed forward for his assailant. The
noise had aroused the household, and
servants were pouring in from all di-
tol and slightly wounded. Is doing
well."
Ona of the bullets which struck Mr. |
Morgan entered an oil painting that j
was upon the wall behind him. The
, „ . . . , man’s aim was bad and neither of the
■ the «tr*n*er, »trlkln* him In the for.- bullrt , came n „ ar a vltal * pot . Th ,. I
head anil knocking him down In the on „ wb )oh might have Inflloted a ?er
1 meantime Mr Morgan, not knowing
how badly he was hurt, staggered
Into his library and collapsed in a
chair.
Home of the servant* were tele
phoning for I>r. William Zabriski and
! for the puiioe; others were caring for
I the financier, and still others were I
trussing up the wounded man, who
j was now confidently believed to be an i
j anarchist.
When l>r. Zabriski arrived he madfe ing statement was issued at the of-
u hasty examination and immediately of j p Morgan & Co. at 10;35
reassured the family that Mr. Mor-
gan’s wounds were slight and that no I ° 8 or ng.
tears need be felt. ! “Mr. J. P. Morgan was shot by an
| <Constable Frank MeCahlll arrived j unknown man, presumably a crank,
and took charge of the prisoner. The j at 9 o’clock this morning at hi* home
ous, or perhaps fatal wound, was that |
which struck the left side.
Shooting Announced j
At Morgan’s Office
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, July 8— The follow-
Assailant’s
Own Story
stranger, his face and clothes covered
, with blood from the cut in hit fore
head, was In the hgJl of the Morgan
, home shouting at the assembled serv
| ants, who glared back at him. All
were armed with such nondescript
at Glencove. His physicians advise
that his w'ounds are not serious.’’
The news of the shooting of Mr.
Morgan caused a gensatlon in the
financial district, where Mr. Morgan
has been the leading financier since
weapons as shovels, canes, gardening | the deuth of his father in 1913. It
articles, and, in short, anything that j was expected that there would be a
could be found. . j big break in the stock market, but the
“I was sent by God to do this," j official statement from the company
nr reamed the man* “Nobody helped ! admitting that Mr. Morgan had been
me. i am an American citizen. I a:n shot, but stating that hlw wounds
‘What About Scandal?”
willing to pay with my life for what
I have done.’’
It was evident the man thought he
hAd killed Mr. Morgan.
Mr. MeCahlll hastened the man lo
the town hall, where he was ques
tioned.
“I won’t tell my name, *ut 1 am an
American citizen," declared the pris
oner.
“Mr. Morgan ought to stop this
war, He is the only one who can ao
it. I want the world to know my po
sition. My country will thank me for
this noble deed.”
Insane, Says Physician. •
When the prisoner learned that’Mr.
Morgan had been wounded only
slightly, he exclaimed with a.i oath:
“I failed, but God willed it should
be done.”
The prisoner further showed his
pro-German tendencies when he
talked about the position of J. P.
Morgan & Co. as the fiscal agents and
ammunition buyer* of the Allies In
this country.
Shortly after hi* arrest, the man
wa.h arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Luyster, on a charge of felo
nious ,assault, and held without ball.
Later he was removed to Mlneola and
placed in the Nassau Gounty Jail.
“Why did you do this?" asked Jus
tice Luyster
“Because I am true American cit
izen.’’ replied the prisoner. "I am
going to do all J can to end this war
w'ero not serious was issued as soon
as the first rumor was circulated.
This served to allay the excitement
and It was believed that the shooting
of Mr. Morgan would have no great
effect on the prices of securities.
A later statement issued by the
Morgan firm follows:
“Two shots were fired at Mr. Mor
gan, both of which took effect. De
tail* regarding the wounds have not
been received at the office of the firm.
A statement of the doctors will be
given out in about an hour."
At the banking house of j. p. Mor
gan A Co., Broad ar.d Wall streets,
the reassuring news from Olencove
that Mr. Morgan’s wounds were not
serious, prevented rny excitement.
Busings went on a* usual. A uni
formed attendant in the lobby frank
ly informed all inquirers of the shoot
ing and assured customers that the
banker’s life was not in danger.
Scores of Wall street men who heard
the report hastened to the Morgan
offices to learn the details for them
selves. but no information was forth
coming beyond that contained in the
formal statement.
Mr. Morgan, with his wife and
daughter*, went to “East Island,” his
summer home at Glencove. immedi
ately after the marriage of his son,
Junius Rneneer Morgan, In Boston,
about two weeks ago.
“East Island," where the shooting
occurred, is a wooded tract of land
in Europe. The only way to do It is I almost surrounded by water. It is at
to kill those responsible for it.”
Dr. Connally. who examined Holt,
declared ho undoubtedly was Insane.
The man is tall, thin and dark. His
age is about 30. In appearance he re
sembles a German Jew.
The pojlce made a thorough exami
nation of the two suit ca e* carried
by the stranger. They found evidence,
they declared, upon which they will
have no difficulty in having the man
indicted upon the charge of attempt
ing to murder Mr. Morgan. The
satchels revealed numerous rallroid
ticket* to all parts of the country, in
dicating he was prepared to use al
most any road to escape.
Morgan’s Mother Notified.
Immediately after the Bhooting the
following telegram was sent to Mrs.
J. P Morgan, mother of the wound->J
man. at Highland Falls. N. Y.:
"John attacked by lunntice with pis.
the falrhead of a tiny peninsula and
is an extremely isolated location. The
house is a magnificent structure, con
taining more than a score of rooms.
Soon after the noted banker
was shot urgent word was sent *.o
Dr. J. W. Markoe, a New York spe
cialist, that Ills services were re
quired. Dr. Markoe made the journey
from Manhattan to Glencove by auto
mobile, at some times traveling at a
speed of nearly 60 miles an hour.
Bankers Hold Conference.
Extra editions of the evening pa
pers announced the shooting of J. P.
Morgan to the financial district, and
within a few minutes the entire sec
tion of the city of which Wall street
is the center was seething excitement.
A crowd began to gather about the
offices of ,T. P. Morgan & Co., at Nas
sau and Wall streets, and special po
licemen w'ere called to the scene.
(By Intsrnstional Nows Servloe.)
GLENCOVE, N. Y„ July 3 —Three
I hours after he had been arrested for
shooting J. P. Morgan, the would-be
assassin gave his name as F. Holt,
stating that he was a resident of Itha-
! ca, N. Y., and a former professor of
lYench at Cornell University. He
! made a signed statement before
(Judge William E. Luyster, of Glen
cove, setting forth the reason why he
; shot the financier. The^worn state
ment follows:
“I. F. Holt, of Ithaca. N. Y., lately a
professor of French in Coritell Uni
versity, do hereby testify to Judge
William E. Luyster, of Glen<^>ve, to
tell fully the facts of my attempt to
assassinate J. Pierpont Morgan July
3, 1915, at ‘East Island,’ Glencove,
N. Y.
“About three days ago I decided to
come to Glencove, the country home
I of Mr. J. P. IVlorgan My previous trip
to the home of Mr. Morgan was to
find out where he lived and study the
surrounding country.
“This morning, July 3, I decided
again to come to Glencove. I caught
an early train out of New York to
Glencove. The purpose of my coming
here was to catch Mr. Morgan before
he went, away for the day. I ar
rived at Glencove at 8:30. I walked
up to a gentleman who runs a taxi
cab at the station, and asked him to
take me to the home of Mr. J. P. Mjr-
g£tn. The purpose of my visit to Mor
gan was to see If I could Influence
him to stop sending ammunition to
European countries,
“After entering the grounds of Mr.
Morgan’s estate. Mr. Ford, who was
driving the taxicab, drove up to the
door of Mr. Morgan’s house. The but
ler asfced me what I wanted to see
Mr. Morgan about. I told him that
it was very important—that it con
cerned the European war.
“The butler told me that Mr. Mor
gan wa* busy; that he was in confer
ence with the British Ambassador to
the United States, and that he couldn’t
see me. I Insisted upon seeing Mr.
Morgan. The butler continued to tell
me he was busy and couldn’t see me.
“Then I drew a revolver, pointed It
at the butler and told him I had to see
Mr Morgan. The butler backed into
the main ball, and I followed after
him Mr. Morgan, hearing the com
motion. came to the door leading into
the hall, and I fired two shots at him.
One hit him In the leg, and the other
hit him in the side.
“I am very sorry to cause this In
jury to Mr. Morgan, but I waqted to
ask him If he would stop this slaugh
ter of our European brothers.
“I do hereby testify and swear to
the above statement to Judge William
E. Luyster.
“F. HOLT."
Cotton Cargo From Newport News
Lost With British Steamer Tor
pedoed Off Sicily Islands.
mine layer and cutting away her
masts.
Official intelligence from the fall
operations Is lacking, but the Gef-
man Admiralty denied the Russian
report that a cruiser of the Magde
burg type lad been sunk off Win-
<Jau.
From ths various dispatches re
ceived from Stockholm, openhagen
and Petrograd It is indicated that
there Is great naval activity in more
than one sphere of the Baltic, ind
that considerable damage was inflict
ed by the guns on both ddes. The
German oattleship Wittelsbaoh and
another battleship of the Kaiser class
are reported to have put in*o Kiel
with many shell renls under the wa
ter line.
Stockholm reports that the sound
of heavy gun fire wa* heard off Goth
land for many hours on Friday.
SUES HIS JEALOUS WIFE.
Mrs. Mary Inglis Berry, who is said
now to live in Holyoke, Mass., was
insanely jealous of her husband, and
made life unbearable for him, accord
ing to a divorce petition filed Satur
day In Superior Court by Attorney
Carl Hutcheson in behalf of John
Steele Berry.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, July 3.—The British
Steamer Craigard, from Newport
News for Havre, with a cargo of
cotton, was torpedoed and sunk
by a German submarine off the
Sicilly Islands Thursday. The
crew landed here to-day.
The British steamer Richmond
has been sunk in the English
Channel by a German submarine.
Her crew was located to-day.
The Belgian steamer Boducnat,
1,141 tons, was torpedoed by a
German submarine off Falmouth
early to-day. The steamer sank
but the crew was rescued and
landed at Falmouth.
A German submarine, believed
to be the U-30 is reported sunk
off the mouth of the River Ems.
The River Ems flows into the
North Sea from Germany. Divers
report they found life aboard the
submarine, but it is impossible to
rescue any of the crew. Three
are said to be dead.
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager of Internationa!
News Service.)
LONDON, July 3.—With more than
30 Russian and German warships tak
ing part, a great naval battle Is rag
ing in the Baltic, according to re
ports received here to-day from Co
penhagen. The battle began off the
Swedish coast on Friday morning
with ten cruisers and twenty torpedo
boats participating. The Russians
opened the attack, and some of the
German ships were reported to have
been badly damaged and forced to re
tire. In the meantime, however, other
German cruisers arrived on the scene,
and the Russians were forced to re
tire northward under the heavier fire
of their opponents’ guns.
Further details have been received
of the attack upon the German mine
layer Albatross, which, upon being
chased by four Russian cruisers, was
beached upon Gothland Islajid wkh
27 dead upon her decks. A Stock
holm dispatch says that the Swedish
Ambassador at Petrograd has been
ordered to make a protest against the
alleged violation of Swedish neutral
ity In the attack upon the Albatross.
Among the 27 killed upon the Alba
tross w r ere Captain Lowenherd and
the ship’s doctor. Thirty-three others
were badly wounded. The 165 un
wounded seamen were interned by the
Swedish Government at Roma.
The Albatross had put to sea under
the convoy of four cruisers of tne
Augeberg type. She carried 225 men
and was under orders to mine Rus
sian ports. .While lying 1n a fog, a
flotilla of Russians cruise s came up
and opened fire, 25 shells raking the
Czar’s Fleet Victor,
Petrograd Claims
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PETROGRAD, July 3.—Russian and
German warships have met In their
first big naval battle In the Baltic Sea
and the Czar’s fleet has won, accord
ing to an official statement issued by
the Admiralty to-day.
A German cruiser was badly dam
aged by the fire of the Russian gun
ners and was run ashore to escape
sinking, the official statement says.
The battered warship lowered its flag
Derore it was beached.
The battle took place off the Island
of Gothland.
a Jtussian submarine has sunk
three Turkish vessels in the Black
Sea, the Admiralty also an
nounced to-day. The destroyed ves
sels wer* a steamer of 2,500 tons, a
sailing ship of 1,500 tons and a steam
er of 400 tons. All were sunk near
Ke«ken. The Turkish vessels were
laden with coal and provisions w'hich
they were transporting to Constanti
nople.
The text of the Admiralty’s report
follows:
“Friday morning our cruisers en
countered during a fog two light
cruisers of the enemy and some tor
pedo boats on a line parallel with
Oestergarn lighthouse on the east
coast of the island of Gothland, and
engaged in battle with them.
“A German cruiser at 9 a. m., being
badly damaged, lowered its flag and
ran ashore. The other, cruiser and
torpedo boats retired.
“At 10 a. m. our squadron en
countered the armored cruiser Roon,
one light cruiser and one torpedo
boat. The battle was renewed.
“At 10:30 a. m. the enemy began to
retire southward. During his retreat
the enemy, who had now’ been joined
by another light cruiser, was at
tacked by our cruisers The enemy’s
warships then fled hurriedly and the
pursuit ceased at 11:30 a. m.
“After the battle our squadron w'as
unsuccessfully attacked by subma
rines. The damage inflicted upon our
cruisers was Insignificant."
The official report upon the opera
tions of the Russian submarine in the
Black Sea follow’s:
“A Russian submarine In the Black
Sea torpedoed and sank a steamship
of 2,500 tons and set fire and sank a
sailer of 1,500 tons, as well as a small
steamer of 400 tons near Kesken.
These vessels were laden with coal
and foodstuffs.
“The submarine shelled another
steamer moored jiear the shore. Sev
eral coal-laden barges, towed by tugs,
were driven ashore.
“Near the entrance to the Bosporus
the submarine began an action with a
small schooner armed with a gun and
rifles. After an exchange qf shots
from machine guns and rifles, the
schooner fled inshore. Two other sma*l
vessels of a similar type also fled to
the coast."
The armored cruiser Roon is a
sister ship of the Yorok, and car
ries a crew of 615 men. Her dis
placement is 9,350 tons, and her
armament consist* of the follow
ing:
Four 8.2-lnch (40-caliber) guns
in pairs in turrets fore and aft;
ten 5.9-inch guns, six in main deck
battery and four in turrets on the
upper deck; fourteen 3.4-inch (24-
pounders), four machine guns and
four 18-4nch torpedo tubes, sub
merged fore, after and amidships.
The Roon is capable of 20 knots,
and Is protected by Krupp armor
throughout.
Italians Shatter
Austrian Attack
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ROME. July 3—While the official
reports from Italian general head
quarters were confined to details of
local successes of the troops of King
Victor Emmanuel, Italian correspond
ents at the front to-day send dis
patches in which they ieclare that the
Austrian offensive on the Plava-Gra-
dfsca line has been completely bro
ken.
“For the first time since the Ital
ians began their campaign of inva
sion,” says one, “large forces have
been ehgaged. The Austrian forces
have been driven back everywhere
with severe casualties, losing strong
positions at Plava and east of Sagra-
do.”
The statement further reports the
capture of Austrian positions and nu
merous prisoners on the Gorizia-Plava
road, the Austrian* desperately resist
ing, but failing to stem the Italian
advance.
A dispatch from Udine states that
Italian aviators blew up several am
munition convoys witn bombs drop
ped from a height of 2,000 feet, thus
cutting the enemy off from much-
needed supplies.
Teutons 33 Miles *
From Ivangorod
AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
GALICIA (via Vienna, Berlin and
Amsterdam), July 3.—Rapid strides
by the Austro-German forces along
the Vistula River have brought them
to a point only 33 miles from Ivaa-
gorod. The Russian defense appears
to be growing steadily weaker, and
the Indications now are that the great
Russian fortress on the Vistula will
be besieged within a short time.
Having captured Josefow, the Teu
tonic troops are pressing forw’ard to
ward Kamlen, on the east bank of the
Vistula, while other forces are moving
northward on the west bank.
Josefow was taken In a night at
tack after the Austro-German troops
had crossed the Wyznica, five miles
from its junction with the Vistula.
The crossing was effected under a
heavy fire from Russian machine
guns, but when the Teuton troops
captured these they found that they
were manned by only a. handful of
men. the main Russian forces in that
region having withdrawn.
Belgian Civilians
To Get Grain Crops
LONDON, < July 3.—Herbert C.
Hoover, chairman of th» American
Commission for Relief in Belgium,
has concluded an agreement with
General von Blsslng. military gov-
ernor of Belgium, providing that tin-
wheat and rye crops In the zone oc
cupied by the Germans shall be re
served for the civilian population.
Central Bank and Trust Corporation
Tesla Sounds Knell of
Wire Communication
NEW YORK, July 3.—Nikola Tesla,
electrical expert and pioneer In th.
field of wireless telegraphy aqd teif
phony, sounded the death knell of
wires as a means of communication
to-night. "Wireless telephone Is th«
Instrument of the future," he said. “It
is practical. A few mechanical de
tails noed to be improved; that is all.”
Jury Holds Kisses
Worth Less Than $1
WICHITA, KAN'S., July 3.—IClssss
sent through the malls are worth less
than $1 each. Such was the value of
a mailed kiss placed by a jury here In
the breach of promise suit of Mrs.
Mattie Burkholder against George W
Wi3ntt ror $5,000.
A number of letters were Intro
duced with x’s marked on them.
There were 340 x’s and Mrs. Burk
holder said they meant kisses. The
Jury gave her $323.
“What About Scandal?”
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