The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10

After these first two disappointmeniS
the Mayors secretary succeeded IN getting
into communication with three New York
physicians through DR. Bensel Of tn"
Health Department. They were Dr.
George f. Brewer Of 81 West Forty -ei ghth
street. DR.. George Il. stewart who lives
al 81 West Fiftieth street. and Or Charles
NJ Dowd whose home IL at i2I Nest
Seventy second street. These physicians
appeared at the hospital before noon and
before their arrival the house physician
had received the assistance Of DIR. William
Jerome Arlitz. who il a police surgeon Of
Jersey City. and who was the local alienlst
retained 10y Judge Charlton Of Washington
Immediately after the arrest OF Porter
Charlton to observe the latter IN the in
terests OF the family
DIR Minford did nothing except 20 dress
Mayor Gaynors wound Immediately after
the Mayor had been placed IN bed and to
stanoh the fiow Of blood He used strong
antiseptics. which hs injected into the
opening Of the wound Under his minis
trations the Mayor kept perfectly cool
and he did not complain OF much pain.
When be had irst arrived at the hos
pital and while the house surgeon was
dressins his wounds Mayor Gaynor had
suffered from the influx Of blood into his
throat He called the house surgeon :
attention to his difficulty by feebly point
ing to his throat
i arm choking he said: kindly get the
blood out OF my throat as soon as pos
sible-
Even this effort at speech cost the Mayor
considerable discomfort He gagged SOW
eral times and tried TO raise the blood from
his throat DIR Milford swabbed out the
Mayors throat Immediately and for -
time the sufocatlon was relieved From
time TO time thenceforward the same rem
edy was applied and in this way Mayor
Gaynor's breathing was rendered more
easy.
A few m .utes after tho Mavor had
been put IN bed az the hospital some
body from the ship brought up a great
spray Of lilies and ferns which had been
sent To the Mayor a. q bon voyage wirh
by some friend The donors card WAS
Lost in the transfer from the steamer
dock to the hospital. hut the horal offering
was set in front 81 tho 81 Johns room.
wherein the Mayor Of New YORK lay suf
fering IL stayed there all day
The news Of the tragedy on the Kaiser
wilhelm der Crosse had spread through
all downtown Hobok en even before Mayor
Gavnor was removed to the hospital
When the ambulance arrived IN front of
81 Mary's the street was block 81 from
curb 10 curb There we're many women
and little children in the crowd A. the
stretcher was lifted from the anbulanc"
and carried up the steps three women
knelt in the drilling rain and murrnur~d
prayers From that hour on until long
after dark the crowd in front Of the hos
pitAl shifted. but its size never changed
The physicians from New York ar
rived within a few minutes n ono an
other AZ I2:iS Secretary Adamson ap-
peared AZ the door 81 the hospital and
rad the first bulletin 81 the physicians
20 the assembled reporters.
Before the phyricians had had their
CONSULTATION a visitor appeared At the
81 Mary's Hospital. man who sad
that % all mon he was that day the most
unhappy. He was a priest Of the Roman
Church He would not tell hls name
When the sisters met him az the door
he said that he must go to Mayor GAY
nor's bedside and there. II necessary.
render what ecclesiastical services he
could He wished 20 pray for the soul OF
Mayor Gaynor II il was near passing
Pointed out by a Priest.
The priest said he had been the man
who had betrayed tho Mayor TO the
assassln. lie had booked passage on
board the Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse and
he was standing on th. deck just at the
time that the warning whistle blew Fifteen
minutes before sailing time A little
broad shouldered man who kept one hand
under the tail Of his coat had approached
him on the deck there. the priest said
and had asked him to point out Mayor
Gaynor The priest had remembered
having s~~n tho Mayor standing on the
port side % the deck forward. 50 he led
tho way around the front Of tho dcckhouse
from tho gsngplank and poIn'ed out
Mayor Gaynor. who was then standing
with his back toward tho priest and this
stranger.
Tho priest had seen this man step up
behind Mayor Gaynor. place the pistol at
hts neck and shoot him
steamer Crowd Looks at GALLAGHER
Whils physicians were caring for the
wounded Mayor n series OF "a pad and
forcsful events had desc ended upon tho
head Of Gallagher. ths wielder OF the
revolver
~ soon a. OmnlsstOnNr EDWARDS had
slipped tho ships officers nippers on
Gallagher's wrists he pulled tho man to
his feet. and for the frat time tho excited
group on the dock had good look at
tho asssilant. They saw a squat. broad
shouldsred man with great depth Of chest
and knotted hands which indicated
strength. gray headed and partly bald.
narrow st eyes that stared from their
sockets. a loose mouth under a dropping
white mustache He was dressed in a
shabby blue serge suit. with a blue cotton
print shirt Of sone cheap material and a
low white collar 81 tho old fashioned wing
variety. beneath which there was a gap
in place 81 a tic.
lie had on q cheap imitation Panama
hat. heavy silver watch cham was hoped
from a watch pocket To n susp~nclcr sup
port. He wor" 4 plain gold wedding
ring on a finger Of his right hand Ito
was such n man a. one would find lounginC
in tho reading rooms of a Bowery lodging