Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-01
CAYNOR FALLS ON
HANDS AND KNEES
Wounded Mayor Overexerts Him.
self in the Joy of His Home
Coming.
! THREE DISTRESSING SCENES
They Resulted from His Insistent
Plea to Be Allowed to Walk
Unaided-Bore Trip
Well.
THREE DISTRESSING SCENES

New York, Aug. 2s.-nlayor Gaynor was
removed from st. Mary's hospital in
Hohoken this morning to his country
place at ST James. l.. I. He bore the
trip well but his insistent plea to be
allowed to walk unaded resulted in three
Distressing incidents. once he sank to
his knees as he tried to enter an auto
'.olilc and in ascending tho steps of his
homc, he fell on all tours from over
,xertion. Despite his weakness. however
N maintained his cheerful mood and spent
lie afternoon reclining in chair on the
ycranda.
The mayor left the hopita at s:l5 o'clock
his morning. He had been there since
August 9 the day on which he was shot
| Drawn UP In the court yard OF the hos
/ ptal to give hin. q nnal salute were 80
orphans cared for by the institution.
Mayor Gaynor insisted On stopping to
speak to each one and several he patted
| on the head
He walked unaided from his room on
the fourth floor to the elevator, and from
the ground floor to the automobile in
Which he was driven to New York police
patrol boat. waiting for him at a pier
in Hoboken.
In entering the automobile however, he
overestimated his strength aud had diff
, ficulty IN climbing on the running board.
His step was feeble, and his knees bent
under him at every step. With him rode
Mrs. Gaynor his son. Rufus. Robert
Adamson, his private secretary, his fam
lily physician. and Luke Clark, hospi-
tai orderly to whom he had taken an es-
pc cial liking.
IMPLEMENTS THE CAPTAIN.
At the dock where the police boat was
waiting. lie walked across the gang
plank and aboard the vessel without help,
| saluting the crew which was drawn up to
receive him, After the boat got under
| way he called for Captain Mott to come
TO the cabin where he sat with Mrs Gay
nor, lie complimented Captain Mott on
the fine appearance of boat and crew.
| smiled and ordered that tine mayors flag
| be run up. He seemed insistent on this
| and inquired of Robert Adamson If the
flag was up. 1t had been hoisted i'm
| mediately
To Long Island city the mayor rode
| in the after-cabin. sitting up all the
way. Arriving there he walked down
| the dock and across the gangpank
| unassisted but took firm hold on
! the rail There was wheel chair on
the dock to receive him but he walked
to an electric cab. Here the mayor
again miscalculated his strength in
trying to get into the cab and sank
to his kness. Because of the ban
dages around his neck covering part
Of his face few people recognized tho
| mayor in the New York Central sta
ton There he was transferred to the
private car of President Ralph
Peters of tho Long Island railroad ana
this was attached to a special train.
He kept silent throughout the jour-
ney TO st. James which was without
particular incident.
! crowd of neighbors was on hand
TO greet the mayor but they respected
his wish for quiet and there no dem
/ onstration. But he smiled and greeted
those who were nearest him, then
whirled rapidly to his house, arriving
shortly after noon.
FALLS BUT is NOT HURT
Notwithstanding his two previous shows
! of feeblcness the mayor. In his joy at
reaching home demanded that he be al
| lowed to go up the steps alone. He got
| only part way, then fell upon his hands
and knees. He was not injured nor would
he admit that he had fallen because of
| lack Of strength. He insisted that he was
strong. He sat In the open ;~r drought
out the afternoon, reading and gazing at
the green country about.
Only two ncighbors were permitted to
see him. To one OF them, who comment
| ed upon the attempt TO assasaina<e him.
| Mayor Gaynor said: II am content. NV
| great hope is that the event will help to
make me a better man and more patient
and just"
The mayor still manifests disclination
to discuss the shooting and these words
practically TIE first statement of his at
titudc on the matter.
Secretary Adamson said tonight that
for the present no operation for the re-
moval Of the bullet would be performed.
The mayor Is still unable to make himself
| underst God except with great difficulty and
| no is still bothered with a cough. and
has trouble in swallowing, His physicians
do not appear alarmed, however, and as
crlbe his weakness to his enforced con
finement In the hospital 1t is probable
that his DrO iectC0 trlD to the A1irOn-