Milford chronicle., 1910-08-12
AN ASSASSIN
GAYNOR;
Former City EmpIOy8 Attempts
to Murder Mayor Of
New York.

decided after an examination OF 81
X-ray plates, that an operation coul'
be postponed safely. The mayo
passed a good night in the Hobokel
hospital and slept well.
The examination OF the plates show
cd that after the bullet entered
struck the angle of the jawbone ant
then divided, one fragment remaining
near the point of entrance and th'
other following down the line of the
Jswbone to the floor Of the mouth
where it lodged on the left side Of the
raimus One of the surgeons. said that
while such slight danger asAhere was
Of blood poisoning was double because
Of the splitting Of the bullet. the like
lihood of such a development was
more remote than in most cases be-
cause of the unusual care the mayor
WAS receiving.
The mayor isn't suffering greatly at
present. He hasn't lost consciousness
since James j. Gallagher's revolver
was discharged into the back OF his
neck on the promenade deck of the
Kaiser Wilmelm der Crosse. He is
eeenly alive to the nature of the trial
he faces.
Insisting that the physicians should
tell him just how the score between
himself and death stood Mayor Gay
nor heard their report and seemed
satisfied. He knows that he must
match his strength against that of
death. and the issue grows tenser with
the passing of the hours.
X-Ray Locates Bullet.
The bullet entered Mayor Gaynor's
neck from behind, little to the right
Of the vertebrae and below the line
Of the ear, ranged downward and for
ward and lodged in a position near the
base of the tongue. which couldn't be
definitely determined until an X-ray
photograph revealed the lodgment of
the bullet
AS for Gallagher. the faded little
man with the shoulders of a bull and I
all the insolence Of past years of ex-
perience on the fringe Of political /
swamps in his eyes, he humps his /
shoulders and sneers when told that |
the mayor of New York isn't dead as
the result of his deed. He puffs on his
pipe in his cell at the Hudson county
fail in Jersey City, where he is i'm
INJURED without bail to await the action
Of the grand jury. and he says: "Well,
I'm sorry / didn't kill him right off.
hope he croaks. l had to get him, and
81 ! didn't really get him, that's not
my fault"
The shooting of Mayor Gaynor came
with terrible suddenness. He was
standing on the deck of a ship which
was to take him to Europe on a
months rest and vacation About him
we're many members of his official
family, there to bid him godspeed.
President Pedro Montt. of Chile. who
was to be fellow passenger, had not
q half minute before gripped the may
or's hand in friendly salutation, and
the distinguished South American ex-
ecutive was where the smoke cloud
from Gallagher's revolver swept across
his face.
Mayor Gaynor was just in the mid
die Of a passage at repartee with Dr.
Ernst G. Lederle his head OF the de-
pRrtment Of health. He reached a play
ful hand out and poked Dr. Lederle
gingerly in the ribs.
Placed Pistol Against His Neck. r
Just at that instant a hand reached
lp from behind Mayor Gaynor's back I
and the muzzle of a short bulldog re l
Volver was placed against his neck. i
There was a click the sound made by j
he dropping OF a hammer upon a dead c
percussion cap, then a report.
You've stolen my bread and butter. '
lAmn you!" h
Those were the words that were
,awIed over the mayors shoulder in Z
he instant between the clicking Of a
ne revolver hammer on the dead cap s
nd the explosion OF the she'll h
For just a hairs breadth Of time c
here was a silence. One of the pho v
who had leveled his cam
raH before the shot to catch the may a
RS farewell smile clicked his shutter l.
y the very Involuntary reaction that b
lgged his ginger o.
Then q cry from Secretary Adam II
on "Oh. God. he's shot the mayor" e'
Each of the men about the mayor al
'heeled and saw Gallagher standing al
Iere, with his arm just lifting with W
ie movement Of cooking his revolver G
gain. Adamson jumped sQuarely at of
In and threw up the revolver hand.
ist as he did so the weapon explod-
! and the bullet went whistling over
e roof of the steamer shed. ~
Commissioner Edwards landed his 80
emendous bulk at the stunted figure g
ho was wrestling with Adamson. He ~
ught Gallagher about the waist and Az
re him crashing to the deck boards. :,
lere the two men rolled. Gallagher pi'
aking furious efforts to turn his pis. Nv Nv
hand, which Adamson still held
ound into the face Of his antagonist ia'
wards. who was gradually bending ue
e assassins left arm down where he
uld put one knee on it. and with his ~ ~
.e hand tanning swift blows down 'n'
on the upturned face beneath him. Gu
Ralph Bloomer jumped forward