The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-12
BULLET S IN NECK
Two Other Shots Fired by As
sai|ant Go Wild.
DEED OF DISCHARGED EMPLOYE
Would Be Slayer Blamed Execu.
tive for Lost Position.

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New York, Aug. 1O.-Mayor William
]. Gaynor was shot and dangerously
wounded as he stood on the deck Of
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse at the steamship pier in Hobo
ken, N. j., about to start on a months
vacation in Europe.
The shooting was done by a stranger
who later gave his name as James ].
Gallagher. He was later identified as
a former city employee who was recent
ly discharged.
Three shots were fired at the mayor.
Two of them missed and the third
lodged in the f1eshy part of the left
side of the neck. Blood gushed from
the wound and the first hasty
ination led to the belief of serious
and perhaps fatal consequences. The
mayor retained consciousness and
later examination by the physicians,
| when the mayor was taken to the hos
pital, gave a nor hopeful outlook.
Victim Posing for Picture.
The shooting occurred under cir
cumstances OF the most dramatic char
! acter. Mayor Gaynor came aboard the
steamer accompanied by a number of
city officials who were about to bid
him goodby or his trip abroad. The
party proceeded to the upper deck and
was assembled in a group, giving final
greetings. Crowds of passengers were
about on deck and with friends waving
adieu from the pier. The mayors
party was about to have a picture
taken.
Suddenly a stranger pushed through
the throng from the ear He ap.
preached the mayor and without a
word began to fire. The shots rang
out in quick succession. Instantly
there was the greatest excitement and
confusion. Mayor Gaynor was seen to
wound told that he had been hit.
At the same moment a ship guard
sprang forward and dealt the assassin
a blow on the head with a billy, fell
ing him to the deck, where officers
quickly siezed him. He was turned
we to the Hoboken police and taken
at once to police headquarters. There
he gave the name of Gallagher and in
response to inquiries as to why he had
committed the deed he replied sui.
lenly:.
Gives His Reason for Act.
HE kept me from earning my bread
and butter"
Meantime Mr.. Gaynor had been a
ried to a stateroom. He remained
conscious, but breathed heavily. He
was calm. but apparently a%pprehen-
sive that the wound vas grave. An
ambulance was summoned to the pier
and the wounded man was placed on
a stretcher and carried to the ambu-
lance. The vehicle was driven to st.
Mary's hospital, Hoboken, where the
mayor was still conscious and occa-
sionally spoke to those about him.
To the city officials who accompa-
MED him to the hospital he indicated
the gravity with which he viewed the
shot by saying, Say goodby to the
people," 81
The hospital physicians made a
careful examination of the wound.
Their conclusion agreed with that Of
the ships surgeon that the injury was
not necessarily fatal.
1t was found that the bullet had en-
tered the mayors neck back Of the
ear, burying itself in the region Of
the mastoid bone. The bullet was not
located and no effort was made to
probe until the arrival of a New York
surgeon.
Gaynor Calm and Collected.
The mayor remained calm and col
lected. His chief difficulty came from
the gathering of blood in his throat.
After the ministrations of the ply
sicians MI. Gaynor expressed himself
as feeling reasonably comfortable.
It was learned later that Street
Cleaning Commissioners w. O. Ed
wards was slightly wounded by one
of the bullets intended for Mr.. Gaynor.
Edwards. who was standing by the
mayor, seized Gallagher's arm. One
Of the bullets passed through the com.
m%issioner's sleeve and grazed his left
arm. The wound, however, mas SO