Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-11

| VIEW loik aug. Wv tlllhm u. Gay
nor, mavor of New York, lies in st.
Mays hospital tonight with two seq
merts of a split bullet fired yesterday
by James ]. Gallagher. who shot to
assassinate him. still buried in his neck
and mouth, has shown no alarming
symptoms. 1t is beyond human power
to say whether he will recover for NOT
even the most renowned specialist can
say whether blood poisoning will be the
aftermath. but as yet the mayors teri
perature has given no cause for alarm
on this score. Every indication is that
the wound is healing well.
Bulletins issued today and tonight did
not vary in their tone of optimism and
so cheerful was the patient and so
hopeful his attendants that Mrs. Gay
nor after an almost Seepless vigil at
| the bedside left the mayors side late
today fer 40minute spin In an auto
mobile
CHARTERED in a larger and better
| lighted room in the hospital the may
or chats pleasantly with those who are
allowed to see him and confidently
| predicts that he will be out in a few
DAYS. AS yet he has not discussed in
y
| is he even aware of the identity of
| his assailant 1t was reported yestcr-
| day that he inquired the mans name
soon after the shooting but this proved
| t. he an error And although familiar
with Gallagher's annoying letters and
| his persistent attempts to obtain re-
| inStatement as a night Waterman in
| the dock department the mayor does
not know that it was he who fired the
shot Aside from deploring that he
should have been fired upon for doing
| his duty. he has in no way criticized
| his assalant and maintains marked
aversion to discussing the incident
| The mayors highest temperature
during the day was 100 3-5 AS septi-
Caemia. or notwithstanding. invariably
indicates it's beginning and spread by
| a rise in the patients temperature, the
nearly normal standard maintained
| was one of the most cheering signs to
| his physicians. His appetite is good. al
| though his diet is necessarily limited
| to broths and liquid foods: he has
shown great stamina of body and mind
and, so far as those who talked with
| him can learn. he is not worrying
| greatly over the outcome.
| One of the most extended consulta-
| tons on the MAYORS condition was
| held tonight but at it's conclusion there
was issued merely a brief bulletin and
| 70 announcement was made as to
| when. if at ALL an operation would be
| performed. In this respect it is point
ed out that many persons have lived
with bullets in their bodies.
New York. Aug. 10.-The following
| bulletin on the condition of Mayor
William J. Gaynor, who was shot and
dangerously wounded yesterday by
James J. Gallagher on board the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse.
was issued at 7.3O A. NJ. today:
THE mayor rested comfortably since
| 5 o'clock. He has taken nourishment
and at the present time his condition
| in the opinion of the attending ply
| sicians is satisfactory.
| (Signed)
| ERNEST J. LEDERLE'
The formal bulletin issued at. 100
A. M. was preceded by an informal
and equally reassuring statement by
DR.. William ]. Arlitz. who left the
mayors bedside at 8 A. NJ. bringing
| out word that the patient had passed
good night and that no untoward
| symptoms had developed.
| An encouraging symptom displayed
by the stricken executive was the de-
velopment of a pronounced appetite.
| The nourishment mentioned in the of
fetal bulletin was chicken broth. which
the mayor took about lis A. NJ The
| mayors secretary. Robert Adamson.
who was with his chief at the time,
said that the mayor relished greatly
the limited quantity of the broth which
the doctors allowed him. saying that
! it tasted fine.
L am going to have more of that
| later because / am hungry" the mayor
confidently told his secretary.
The patient had some difficulty of
swallowing the broth owing to sore
ness of the muscles of deglutition near
the point where the bullet entered,
but this seemed to interfere little with
his enjoyment Of the food.
| Continued on Page Ten.)