The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-14
FAMILY DEMANDS
BODYGUARD FOR
new YORK MAYOR
Wounded Official Wants Would
be Assassin Examined as
to Sanity
Dry Cough Is the Only Symptom
That Gives the Physicians
Any Trouble
Patient Rests Well and Laughs
and Jokes With His
Callers
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

NEW YORK, Aug 1s.-with utter
VI disbelief that any man in his
right mind would deliberately
seek his life, Mayor Gaynor to-
day announced through his son Rufus
that he did not wish James ]. Gala
CHER prosecuted on charges of at
tempted murder or even assault
The mayor appeared confident of
his own recovery and charitably said
that inasmuch as the attempt had
failed he merely wished Gallagher to
be examined as to his sanity
Thinks Gallagher Insane
1T is my fathers belief, as well as
my own" said young Gaynor, that
Gallagher is insane, and father would
rather have the man adjudged luna
tic, if he is, than to prosecute him for
the shooting
4 know that my father never
wishes to see Gallagher, and that he
viii shrink from appearing against
any sane man would strike him down
in so cowardly a manner.
May Have Bodyguard
When father gets well. as we are
sure he will, we are going to insist
that he has bodyguard If neces-
sary I'll go to Commissioner Baker
myself and insist that the mayor have
a bodyguard- If one had been with him
on the ship he would never have been
attacked"
He said that his mother and the
entire family had the utmost conf
dence in the physicians reports
Father is better now than when he
went aboard the steamer. His face
was white and haggard then and he
was worn out, now his face has plenty
of color. He is resting and getting
the vacation he needed"
Favorable Bulletin
Bulletins issued from St Mary's hos
pital in Hoboken throughout the day
continued to be most optimistic. For
the first. time the mayor manifested an
interest in outside affairs and was par
ticularly anxious about conditions at
the city hall. He appeared strong and
was talkative to such an extent that
the attendants had to caution him not
to overtax himself. He ioked with his
nurse, sister. and with his private sec
rotary, Robert Adamson
When l read to the mayor a teIe-
gram from the City Hall reporter asso-
citation expressing qualification at his
provement and adding: We hope you
will soon be back with u.s. he fairly
beamed''
Sympathy for Dog
Mayor Gaynor inquired of his secre-
tary how things were going in the ex-
ecutive offices, asked after Commission
er Bill" Edwards and again inquired
about commissioner Mel Smiths dog.
a little animal which had been run
down by an automobile at ST. James,
the mayors country home some three
weeks ago.
Mayor GaynSr expressed sympathy
for the dog because, he said, the ami
mails injury was right behind the ear
where he couldn't even lick it."
Irritating Cough
The only symptoms that Mayor Gay
nor has developer since he was taken
to st. Mary's hospital, Hoboken, has
been the dry cough that affects him.
This he bears cheerfully enough, but
nevertheless it is feared as a possible
agent for producing Irritating effects
on his wound.
Except for this the mayor spent
day gratifying to his physicians But
they do not attempt to disguise that
this cough is an enemy Even were it
simply that it disturbed Mayor Gay
nor's repose, it would be disagreeable
feature. But as it really threatens to
delay if not impair the healing pro-
cesses, it is a grave handicap to the
distinguished patient. To relieve this
cough he inhales menthol and the
fumes of benzoin.
May Prove Serious
Just how serious matter is this
cough is certified by DR.. Edward Wal
lace Lee, one of the physicians who
operated on President Mckinley and
who was one of those who held a mi
nority opinion that the president would
not recover. In Mayor Gaynor's case
Doctor Lee holds a different opinion.
'All signs said Doctor Lee today,
Indicate that Mayor Gaynor will re-
cover. But this insistent dry cough is
by no means a, trivial matter. 1t is, TO
be frank, a bad symptom. 1t must be
fought all the time. The creation of
cough will produce dangerous fea-
ture in a case of this kind"
FORMER CONVICT IN TRoUBLE-George Sea
bury, former convict. was found acting
piciously al a tooibox in Eddy street yesterday