The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-09
DOCK
READYiTO.START
ON VACATION
MAN DISCHARGED FROM cITrs
EMPLOY SHOT THE MAYOR
IN BACK OF THE
HEAD.
IIlJURIES1N0T THOUGHT FATAL
5cHiEF EXECUTIVE FELL INTO
THE ARMS OF HIS SEcRE.
-TARY WHO WAS STAND.
d: 81 ING NEAR.

NEW YORK, Aug. "a crank shot
Mayor Gaynor this morning as he was
about to board the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. His condition is serious. The
mayor was starting for a months va.
cation In Europe. The crank said his
name was James Galieher, SIS years
Sold, discharged as foreman of the
dock department. He was arrested.
At the time Of the shooting Mayor
4Gaynor was conversing with Presi.
dent Montt;; Of Chile, and the lattcr's
wife. Without warning, the man
fired. Gaynor staggered into the
arms of his secretary, Robert Adam.
! son. He was wounded in the back Of
the head. He was carried to his suite
OF rooms on the same deck he was
standing on and the ships physician
was called. His wounds were band.
aged and he was hurried in an ambu-
lance to st. Mary's Hospital. Mayor
4 Gaynor had planned the trip for rest.
sHe intended landing at Bremen,
thence probably TO the coast of Nor
way. At 1o:25 Adamson emerging
from the operating room said he
didn't believe Mayor Gaynor was fa-
tally wounded.
One bullet hit Gaynor and entered
back of the mastoid bone region. It
siburled itself, James j. Gallagher was
3arralsned Before Recorder McGovern
and tremanded to JAIL without bail.
Y The police attempted to get Gallagher
TO reveal his motive. The mayor did
not lose consciousness, but remained
calm and quiet during the transfer to
the hospital. Arriving he asked the
physician to clear his throat Of blood.
Ether was administered. Surgeon
Melville probed for the bullet. The
liner sailed after thirty minutes de.
lay. His son Rufus accompanied the
mayor to the hospital. At the time
Of the shooting, the mayor, Secretary
nBig Bill", Edwards, head of the New
York street cleaning department and
D. K. Kelley, of the Hoboken police,
J were chatting with President Montt.
Gallagher fired four times. Edwards
! and Kelley seized him and hustled
him down the gang plank and gave
!: him TO the police.
8 In the unlikely event that Mayor
Gaynor dies, John Purroy Mitchell,
\ president Of the Board Of Aldermen, a
Republican will succeed him.
Spectators declare Gallagher fired
thrice, once at eaynor and twice at
Adamson. The latter was uninjurcd.
Edwards, former football player at
Princeton, made "fIyins tackle"
caught Gallagher by the knees and
hurled him to the deck with terrific
force. He sat on Gallagher while
y SsAdamson assisted Gaynor to chair.
Roosevelt wired Adamson: "l'm
shocked and Mortified beyond meas.
sure. Please send information con.
cerning the mayors condition"
Gallagher told the police: al came
3 tosHoboken at e:2o this morning, went
to the liner, met a clergyman and
asked him to point out Gaynor to me.
4 He did so and shortly after fired.
don't know II fired more than once,
Knowing Gaynor was going to Europe
/! to enjoy himself after depriving me
OF my bread and butter, not porter
house steak, was irritated to the
point of committing the act"
People identified the revolver as
one he had owned for long time. He
didn't know how many shots he had
fired. He talked reluctantly. He Is
! dissipated and gave the impression
that he Is crank. He was bitter to-
wards the mayor.
Gallagher is widower with nc
children. He was employed by the
city for four years but was discharg
ed for intoxication. Edwards was
shot in the fieshy part Of the left arm
near the shoulder. He received 4
slight flesh wound. He didn't know
n he was shot until he saw the blood
dripping from his sleeve at the hos
) pltal.
Before noon, Gallagher In an auto
mobile was taken to the hospital. PLY
sieians refused admittanee, declaring
his presence might excite the mayor
Since there were.a number Of the ey,
witnesses, 'the prisoner was returned
to jail. One Of Gaynor's daughters
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