The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-10
MAYOR GAYN0R is SHOT
BY W0ULD-BE SLAYER
Continued From Page One,

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| Mayor Gaynor today. He evidently
thought as, he was being carried down
| the compan nionway from the ship on
| stre.cher that his wound was fatal. for
| he smiled falBtly and said TO those near
| him.
Tell the people goodbye"
To his wife and son. Rufus. he said
| at the hospital:
cit is very strange, very strange I
wonder why he did it
But at no time did the mayor express
ill-feeling toward the man who would
have killed him.
Not Deed of Lunatic.
Gallagher. Judging by appearances. Is
not a lunatic. His mind IS apparently
as sound as any mans OF fifty odd years
but he has nourlshed In his heart hatred
charged for incompetency last July as a
nightwatchman in the department oi
docks and ferries. Since then he has re-
peatedly written 10 the mayor anon on
| session that he had been prosecuted and
demanding redress.
He has even written to the governor
so II became known tonight, and he
went on board the Kaiser Wilhelm der
| Crosse today with the express purpose
OF numbering the man whom he charged
with having robbed him OF his bread ana
butter.
my mouth" he shouted as he approached
and fred. The struggle about the deck
cnsued almost instantly. AS he grappled
with the man Commissioner Edwards
and as he pinned Gallagher to the floor
he beseeched those around him TO bring
a pair OF handouts.
Hes my prisoner" he almost sobbed
There was no panic on board during
the disorder. Many tried 10 belabor the
PROSTATE Gallagher and the excitement
was intense. but the ships officers used
severe disciplinary measures and effec-
tually shielded the mayor in his state
| room from the crowd of over-solicitous
passengers
President Montt a Witness.
President Pedro Montt Of Chile. en-
| route TO Europe after his visit to this
country. was spectator OF the tragedy
He had been talking with the mayor just
before the shooting occurred.
81 saw the whole thing" said Presi-
| dent Montt. The man was hanging
around for several minutes. 1 noticed
| that he carried one hand under his coat
as II in the neighborhood Of his right
| hand hip pocket. but ] was not suspicious
| of this and paid no particular attention
| to the fellow
Commissioner Edwards said.
''We were wishing the mayor bon voy-
age. AS we chatted l heard shot di-
followed by another we turned about
and saw this man waving smoking re-
feet away. He had the revolver almost
against the mayors back. Mr.. Watson
grabbed the fellows pistol hand and held
| 1t upward.
81 then seized him around the body
and slammed him against the railing. He
| continued TO fight furiousy. but a blow
or two took the fight out OF him.
Quickly subdued.
1T took three or four minutes to rush
| him down the gang plank and into the
automobile. AS we got him into the
| machine the fellow looked about him and
said SO that some of us heard him dis
| tInctly;
He robbed me of my bread and but
| ter and that's all there is to tt
| Mr.. Adamson said that the picture Of
the scene was too blurred TO admit OF de-
tailed description.
Il recall only a frenzied scene, of men
fighting and arms waiving and oaths,
volver pointed toward US he said, Il
do not remember any OF the rest except
that when L looked up Mayor Gaynor
was half fainting in my arms and Cal
| of shrieking. screaming men. Some one
was dragging at Commissioner Edwards S
"'Dont kill him. Bill was the cry !
heard Through the seconds OF that
scene. that seemed to pass like hours, |
could hear that voice calling, They tell
me that Edwardss big hand had closed
about Gallagher's neck In the grip OF a
Vice He would have choked him TO
| death right there II others present had
not restrained him.
Lynching Threatened.
Some one called out, Let's lynch him.
BY that time they had dragged Edwards
or and he had regained some OF his
J calm"
| Corporation Counsel Watson made the
following statement:
II was standing a few feet TO the right
of the mayor and my impression IS that
| / first saw an arm and hand graSping
| a pistol The first shot was fred as
saw the pistol and it was this shot that
we weapon apo could In not have been more than IA a
few inches from the mayor when IT was
discharged. l recall that the mayor in.
stantly put up his hands TO his neck and
staggered slightly. Immediately all was
Commissioner Thompson caught hold
of the mans pistol as he was borne back
toward the rail- by the force OF Commis-
sioner Edwards's onslaught, and we all
fell In, a heap almost against the rail
with the, assailant underneath,
THE man made a vigorous struggle
and held onto the pistol until II was
forced from his fingers by Mr., Mcmillan;
on the deck after Commissioner Ed
wards had pinned the man down. 1 re-
call that Mr.. Mcmillan tried TO remove
was still trying To discharge. BY this
time. however. his struggles had lost al
definite purpose and the pistol was
Criminal Is Unmoved.
Gallagher is a short thick-set man
weighing close TO 200 pounds He smoked
cigar chcerfuly after his arrest and al
no time expressed sorrow because Of hi:
|. deed. On the other hand. he repeated
stolIdly that the mayor had robbed him
Of livelihood and that he had meant TO
kin him.
Commissioner Thompson who went tt
ST. Mary's hospital with the mayor. Sc
verely criticised the conduct or affair.
| there,
When we arrived he said. I'VE hat
10 ring the bell for four or five minute:
before any one responded Then a nurse
came to the door and said that there was
/, no doctor In at that time. little latei
an inferno came out, smoking pipe ant
seemingly not much concerned"
a The New York physicians attending the
mayor are DR.. George z. Brewer. DIR
. George y. stewart and DIR. Charles y