Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-10

Gallagher shifted uneasily and said:
II hardly know what to say, as
have no counsel"
I'm that case" said Recorder Nc
Govern, "I will hold you without bail
to await action of the grand jury and
the outcome of Mayor Gaynor's in
juries."
Gallagher was again locked up, but
not before he had been repeatedly
photographed by a large company of
camera men who crowded the, court
room. He seemed rather pleased than
otherwise by the attention he was at
tracing, and in getting ready to pose
before the camera Strengthened his
collar and necktie and stood erect and
complacent while the light was flashed,
GALLAGHER CONFEssEs
Later Gallagher made the following
signed confession to Robert w. Bell,
acting chief of police of Hoboken
Il came over to Hoboken at 9:20
this lAorning. l went to the steamship
pier and went on board the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. L met
clergyman on board and asked him to
point out Mayor Gaynor to me.
He did so, and shortly afterward l
fired shot at the mayor. 1 do not
know if l fired more than one shot or
not.
knowing that Mayor Gaynor was
going to Europe this morning to enjoy
himself after depriVing me of my
bread and butter (not porterhouse
steaD. l was irritated to the point of
&C uniting the act.
"The revolver you show me was the
one l did the shooting with. I do not
know how many shots were in the re-
volver when l used it. 1 have had
this revolver a long time in my pos
session | carried it when / was in
Il. employ of the city"
Gallagher seemed remarkably cool
while making this statement, to which
he affixed his signature.
Detective Sergeant A. b. Closter ar
rived at Gallaghers boarding house
at 10;45 and accompanied by Mrs.
Sophie Johnson, the landlady, went at
once to Gallagher's room.
The room, which is a small one on
the third floor, was much Uttered up.
A number of medicine bottles We're in
evidence and it was clear that Gal.
lagher had spent much of his time re-
Gently in reading the newspapers.
AsSAILANC DRANK MUCH
1t was said in the neighborhood that
Gala CHER had been drinking a good
deal of late and rumor HAD 1t that
he had lost $500 on the Jeffries-John-
son fight Inspector Russell is TO take
.
Commissioner Thompson of the de-
partment of water supply, gas and
electricity who left the mayors side
during the noon hour, said tnat the
patient was bearing up bravery. Mr..
Thompson was standing within two
feet of the mayor when the shooting
occurred.
'When the mayor was shot, said
Commissioner Thompson, "he placed
his hand over the wound and said:
Isn't this a pity?' then he calmly
asked to be taken to his stateroom."
The mayors assailant shows the
marks of the struggle which took place
on the liners deck. His face is badly
swollen where some one hit him
powerful blow with bare knuCEies, and
black and blue finger marks can be
seen on the throat.
In GallagheT's possession was found
letter which doubtless was the di-
rect incentive for the shooting. It is
dated August 4 at the mayors office
and was addressed to Gallagher at
his Third avenue residence. IT reads:
CONTENTS OF LETTER RECEIVED
"Dear sir: The mayor has instruct
ed me to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 1st inst, and TO state
that be can do nothing for you in
the matter of which you write"
The letter is signed by Secretary
Robert AdamsOn.
Many telegraphic messages were re-
ceived at the city hall during the day
expressing sympathy with Mayor Gay
nor and asking for word OF his condl-
ton. To all these messages Acting
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell sent the
following reply:
II thank you for your kind message.
Surgeons say the mayors condition is
hopeful, but are unable to give definite
news until after an examination has
| been made"
There were many callers at the city
| hall to make anxious inquiry after
! Mayor Gaynor's condition. Among
them were Reginald Walsh, acting con-
sui general of Great Britain, and
George B. Cortelyou, former secretary
of the treasury.
| Although Gallagher is still in the GUS
tody of the state of New Jersey, where
the crime was committed, the New
| York authorities declared they expected
to raise the question of jurisdiction and
would make an effort to bring the
prisoner to New York and try him here
! The New Jersey officials however, de-
clared that Gallagher's trial undoubt-
edly would take place in that state.
CONSERVATION SPREAD
CONSERVATION was widespread as
| news of the attempted ASSASSINATION
flashed about the city. Friends of the
mayors administration were by no
means alone in their expressions of
horror. Former political opponents
were among the first to express such
sentiments and appreciation of the
mayors services as the city's chief
executive. When Cyrus c. Miller, pres
ident of the borough of the Bronx,
heard that the mayor had been shot he
| said:
He is the best mayor New York
ever had. We men who were opposed
to him at the election have learned to
appreciate almost more than anyone
else his true worth and ability"
"It seems incredible" said Lloyd c.
! Griscom, chairman of the Republican
county committee, that such an out
rage should be possible. 1t almost
seems idle to expires our sympathy and
sorrow. The news that he will recover
! is more than grateful"
The prisoner was transferred this aft
ernoon from the Hoboken police station
to the Hudson county Jail in Jersey
! CITY. The crowd which was gathered
about the court house door made
mild demonstration against Gallagher
as he was passed from the patrol
wagon into the Jail.