The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-09
GAYNOR SHOT DOWN.
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patient was bearing up bravely. Mr..
Thompson was standing within two
feet of the rnayor when the shots were
fired.
when the mayor was shot" said
Commissioner Thompson, The placed
his hand over the wound and said 7.l l. !;
asked to be taken to his state room. -
Starting for Europe.
Mayor Gaynor was about to start on
a months vacation abroad. He was to
go unaccompanied for trip of two
weeks in northern Europe.
He was looking forward to well
earned rest, for he has been at his
desk in the city hall from 10 to IL
hours day for many months.
The bullet entered the head just be-
hind the left ear and apparently plow-
ed its way straight in. The mayor was
bareheaded and standing the fore
part of the cabin deck bidding goodby
to friends. The assailant was appar-
emily a foreigner and appears to be
dementad.
Detectives were Immediately rushed
in numbers from Manhattan headquar-
ters to the scene of the tragedy.
Mayor Gaynor was carried from the
ship on a stretcher and placed in an
undertaker's ambulance, which had
been summoned by the police He was
carried to st. Mary's hospital in Will
low avenue, Hoboken. When he reach
He was taken Immediately to the oper-
ating room. where he now is.
Three Shots Fired.
Three shots were fired, two of which
missed
1t is ascertained that Gallagher was
employed as a Waterman in the de-
partment of docks up to June 1.
Mayor Gaynor and city officials
were standing in a group about to
have their photographs taken when
the shooting began Blood spurted
from the wound in the neck as the
mayor fell to the deck. officer Fitz-
germ, one of the guards of the North
German Lloyd line. was standing near
at the time. He had in his hand a
small police club with which he hit
the assailant blow on the head fell
ing him to the deck. The man was
seized bY officers. In the scuffle his
hat fell off, disclosing the initials II.
c. G." Throughout the struggle the
man retained a pipe in his hand
Meantime there was intense excite
ment on the deck of the steamer.
The mayors secretary. Mr.. Adam
son, lifted the stricken executive to
his feet and with the assistance of
others carried him to a state room.
Later he was conveyed to the hospit-
al. The revolver used by the assassin
was found to contain four empty
shells.
AS Mayor Gaynor was being borne
by his friends he remarked simply:
Say goodbye to the people"
At the city hall 1t is believed Gal
lagher is the man who had been MOTTO
eral weeks apparently trying to see
Mayor Gaynor. The attendants at the
city hall, however, prevented the man
from reaching the mayor.
Made Many Enemies.
Mayor Gaynor's administration,
which began on January 1 last, had
been so drastic in its reform and he
condemned so many persons and par
ties in such strong terms that he be-
came the subject of many threats. In
municipal official circles he made
manv bitter enemies and a number of
powerful political organizations were
uncompromising against him.
Several months ago an. armed visitor
at the city hall was found trying to
approach Mayor Gaynor. He was re-
moved. Robert Adamson, secretary to
the mayor, was quoted as saying he
feared a crank some time might at
tempt to kill the mayor.
Mayor Gaynor was sailing on the
first vacation he has had since taking
Office on January 1. He has been at
imperatively felt the need of a rest.
In order to be out of reach of the af-
fairs of his Office it was his intention
to avoid all the European cities and to
take a jaunt through the North sea to
the coast of Norway. He expected to
be absent about one month.
Mayor Gaynor was rather secretive
about his preparations for the journey,
which was so tragically interrupted.
To friends who saw him at his office
yesterday afternoon, he said his prin-
cipal object was the sea trip and he
had no intention of touring the con-
tinent or stopping in any of the larger
English cities.
Il want a rest he said. 1T may go
to Sweden and possibly to Denmark"
He added that he desired to be at sea
as much as possible and to rest thor
oughly after the hard work of the last
seven months and to get himself in
shape for the many difficult problems
that faced him on his return.
At 10:45 o'clock Manhattan police
headquarters received word direct from
| St. Mary's hospital that Mayor Gayno-
! had been shot in the back of the neck
and his condition did not appear seri-