Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-20
Ready to Do His Share mi
Stamping Out Papers That
Make Specially of Character
Assassination,
WAS NOT SURPRISED AT
ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE
For Weeks He Had Been Re-
ceiying Anonymous Com
municatioDS Threatening
Death or Bodily Harm,

IBy Morning Jotrpai special Leased wire
New York, Sept. 19.-Mayor viii
liam } Gayna. in letter to his Sis
ter, Miss May f. Gaynor OF Utica,
\. Y, which is printed this afternoon
in the Evening Post, tells of his i'm
pressions at tile time he was shot on
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse The mayor said he had not
read a line OF what has been pub
lished of the Shooting nor did he re-
member the rhme OF the man who
shot him MAJOR GaYnor wrote:
Il was standing on the deck talk
ing with Commissioners Thompson
Lederle. Edwakl Corporation Goun-
sci Watson. my secretary. MIR. Robert
Adamson and several friends who
had come aboafl to see me off. Mr.
Montt, presiden of Chile, and Mrs.
Montt had Just passed by and | had
spoken Few words with them.
"Mr Adamsoi pointed out that the
ship was dressed with flags for me,
but ! said did mot think It could be
for me My nyxt consciousness was
a terrible metallic roer in my head.
II flled my held which seemed as
though il wodd burst open. II
swelled to the hkhes pitch and then
fell, and then rost again and so alter
mated until 1t suhi0ed into a contn-
ucus buzz. 1t wB siekening but my
stomach did not give way. | was
meanwhile entirel slghtless
Il do not think l fell, for when |
became conscious was on my feet,
suppose they savd me from falling,
and they We're Supporting me. My
sight gradually returned So that after
while T. could sc the deck and the
outlines of the cpwd around me. |
became conscious that I was chok-
ing. Blood was coming from my
mouth and | triedall I could to swal-
low il SO those apund me would not
see it, But | foud | could not sWal-
low and then Knew my throat was
hurt / struggled to breathe through
my mouth but cold not, and thought
was dying Of stangulatlon. ! kept !
all the inc the best thing |
to do.
an some way happened TO close |
my mouth tight and found | could |
breathe perfectly Through my nose. |
| then believed / could keep from |
but kept choking and |
my mouth kept opening to cast out |
the blood
II was not it ifraid 20 die II
that was Gods VII n me. said TO |
myself, just as 'ell now as rev
years from now. Nd one who con-
the tmaentty Of Almighty
God and Of klis unitersc and His
works and realize whit an atom he Is
in It all, can featto (ie in this flesh, |
yea. even thought WIRE true that he
is to be digsolvd iPrever into the
infinitv of matte AID mind rom
which he came.
Though the ting bad not entered
my head that mcnine I was not SUR
prlsed when eali1-d that ! was
shot. 1 had hat feeling for some
wee ks that | mint le assaulted on
account OF the nontmous threats +
was getting by ian. | had not re-
ceiVad so many or 50 regularly since
J was opposing ne ting control and
the McKane ccditldns in Brooklyn
b nd Gravesend hen | was young !
man"
Mayor Gayno IN thc letter scored
certain neWsDaprs ibr the manner in /
which they had .ttatked him, saying
. such iournasm IL. Of course, in
absolute defiane OF the criminal law
snd il did entefmJ mind TO publicly
call on the grad Jury and the dis
.rict attorney protect me from
II. but WIS caF ana reared peo-
pie would stN f"S tH4l-ThiHh'u' q
But the time / aq hand when these /,
journalistic gcdndlels have got TO 1
stop or get outani / am ready no" I
10 do my yhar Il that end They 9
ere absolutely Nitlput souls II de- 1
'cnt people weild refuse to look ~ ! d
such newspapers, be thing would +
light itself az Jnce The Journalism
" New York 'ity has been dragged I
% the lowest dept Of degradement q
md fair discussion nave gone on un- d
.heoked one cannot help sympa 4
hizinu with tie deent news papers. 4