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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1915
Page
2
A Chicago informant links Holt to the long missing Cambridge murderer Erich Muenter now aged about 44, suggesting Muenter hid as Holt, studied in Texas, and remarried. Cambridge detectives weigh an extradition to face an old murder charge while noting Muenter’s Harvard ties and wartime disguise details.
A Chicago associate of Erich Muenter, alias Frank Holt, asserts Muenter used Holt as an alias in Vanderbilt and Cornell periods and later fled Cambridge after his wife died. The informant links Holt to the J. P. Morgan assassination plot, citing a rehabilitated life and various teaching roles. a Cambridge autopsy shows inflamed stomach and intestines, prompting renewal of police warrants for Muenter.
Mrs. Frank Holt, wife of the man who wounded J Pierpont Morgan, pleads that Holt was devoted to his family and an aspiring educator. Family friends guard her as legal adviser Martin W Littleton handles matters. Holt reputedly suffers nervous strain and possible tuberculosis. Rev. O F Sensabaugh notes health concerns and temp insanity possibilities amid sensational headlines.
The article notes Frank planned a textbook on conversational German and worked intensely on it, feeling proud. It reports his letters showed no mental illness, though he appeared low due to ill health, and mentions a sensabaugh family scene in Texas with Shriner ties and a pending delegation to Dallas.
Chicago sources claim Frick Muenter, who killed his Harvard wife in 1906 and vanished, is the man living as Frank Holt. They allege Muenter traveled to Mexico, then Texas, adopting new names and blending into society while pursued by relatives and authorities.
Frank Holt, questioned at Mineola, New York, tonight vigorously denied being Erich Muenter the former Harvard instructor sought since 1906 for the murder of his wife. He insisted he was not Muenter and offered details on his life and whereabouts at the time.
The missing man was an instructor in Harvard University’s German department at the time of the murder. Mrs Muenter’s body was taken to Chicago for burial, then to her parents' home at 474 Fullerton Avenue. At the husband’s request the body went to Graceland for cremation, ashes buried at Rosehill. Muenter left Chicago two days after the funeral, leaving his two daughters with their grandparents.
Police scoured over 200 hotels and lodging houses in the Capitol area seeking Frank Holt, the would be Morgan would be assassin. Detectives showed photographs around Union Station and the area around the Capitol searching for a rented room Holt claimed a room at a large lodging house at Delaware avenue and C street the proprietor denies recognition.
Dr H B McIntyre attended Mrs Muenter in 1906 and said Holt’s face resembles Erich Muenter. He noted eyes closed and head bandage limit certainty but cited points of resemblance in nose lines chin neck and build. He would not say positively but told reporters Holt looks like the man Cambridge police seek.
Captain Hurley of the Cambridge detective force identified a recent Ithaca photo of Frank Holt and said Holt is Muenter if not. He expects corroboration from New York police before acting and noted little reliable data on Holt before nine years ago.
The Reverend O F Sensabaugh defended Holt amid murder allegations, stating he has known his son-in-law since 1908 and found no signs of violence. He described Holt as Tolstoi-like in non resistance and a devoted husband.
Witnesses including Hillier of 107 Oxford Street Cambridge and undertaker A E Long noted strong likeness between Holt and Muenter in photos. Hillier had known Muenter well and described past ties to Cambridge, while physicians and friends acknowledged resemblance but declined certainty.
The engagement opened with inaccurate gunfire as German ships retreated. German Albatross mine layer wore damage and went ashore near Oestegarn lighthouse, while Russian forces pursued and pressured the German squadron until the enemy retreated into fog. The Russians reported no fatalities and 14 wounded among their crew.
Four members of a single family died in Farmington NJ when their car was struck at a crossing by a New Jersey Southern Railroad engine. Robert Mayer 52 a Trenton pottery foreman his wife Mary 62 and daughter Elizabeth were killed instantly. Son Herbert 13 died minutes later.
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