Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-21
.CAYNOR TELLS
IMPRESSIONS
RELArES NOW M IELr WHEN
M WAS SHOT.
SCORES The NEWSPAPERS
Remembers He Wa. Talking ng-lhcn
Bcumc Aware Of Metallic Roar
Inc in Head.


ham j Gaynor ia letter o. DIS sr-
Ter. Miss Mary Gayuor 10 uuc1.
'N. s., tells lu au interesting
LOT his Impressions Ht thn time Doc was
.hot 90 the steamer * ktlsrr Wilhelm
Der Crosse The mayor =. that Dee
has not read % lue of what has been
lpuhlI-ho of the shooting nor does
he now remcmhr. th, name of tHo
man who shot hm Mayor Gayuor
wrote.
% wls etandii on tine deck talking
no Commissioner Thompson, Lcdcr-
lie and Edwards Corporation Cuun-
sell Watson. my .rDrcDry Mr. Robert
| AdnmHou. and several friends who
'hJd come oblurd tD see me 0ff Mt
Mont president of Chile and Mrs.
| Moutt had just passed Ny and / had
|Fpokcu few words with them Mr.
Adamson pointed out that the ship
Twas dressed with flags 'lr mo. hut
, / said did not think 10 could bc for
me My next consciousness was uf "a
I terrible metallic roar lU my head
Ilt filled nay head, which seemed as
though It would burst open. n swell
ed 10 the highest pitch and ,hen fell,
and then rose asun, and so alternntcd
,uutil II subsidized into continuous
buzz II was sickcuiug but my stom-
Zach did MT give way. was iu the
meanwhile entirely s.ghtloss
! u do not think ] lcll, for when
became CONSCIOUS was on my feet
] supposed they .ayod me from fall
ing and they We're supporting me.
/ Ny sight gradually returned. so that
Infter awhile ! could see the deck ana
the outlines Of the crowd around me.
| ! became conscious that / was chok-
Inns Blood was coming from my
mouth and ! tried all ! could to swal-
low It so those around me would not
see ID But I found J could not swul-
low aud then knew my throat was
Ihurt II seemed as though ii was
Idislocltcd I struggled to breathe
through my month. but could not, and
thought ! was dying of strangulation
i Kept thinking an the time II was
the best thing 10 DO ! was not hlt
Iairaid 10 die 81 that was Gods win
IfCr me. ! s1ld TO myself just ms we'll
lnow as few years from now. so
lone who contemplatcs the immcnsl,y
Iof Almighty God and Of his unlvor q
land his works and realizes what an
atom he Is In 1t an can fear to die
, boz this flesh, yea, even though II
were true that he is 10 be dissolved
forever ln'o the infiuity of matter
land mind from which hc came
In some way I happened to close
Imy mouth tight and found I hrcIthcd
perfectly through my nose. I then
believed I could keep from smother
ling, but I kept choking apd my
Imourh kept openinn * cast out the
blood
Though the thing had not entered
my head that morning / was not sur
Ipriscd when ! realized that ! was
Ishot had had feeling for some
weeks that ! might be assaulted on
account of the anonymous threats
was getting 10y mail / had not re-
IceiNcd so many nor So regularly since
! was opposing the ring corrouptioa
'and the McKane conditions IN Brook
lyn and Graycsend when ! was a
young man
/ Mayor Gaynor in the letter, scored
certain newspapers for the manner
in which they had attacked him say
ing:
such Journalism Is. of course in
absolute defiance Of the criminal law
and 1t did enter nay mind to publicly
call on the grand iurcs and the dis
trict attorney to protect me from II,
lhut ! was weak aud feared people
would say / was thin skinned. But
the time is at hand when these jour
Inalistic scoundrels have got to stop
or get out, and ! ann ready now 10 do
lmy share 10 that end They are ABB
ISolutely without souls. II decent peo-
,plc would refuse to look at such
newspapers the thing would right IT,
Iself at once.
The journalism of New York city
has been dragged 20 the lowest depth
'of degradation The grossest railler-
lies and hhels instead OF honest state
ment, and fair discussion have gone
ION unchecked