The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-11
RALLY GIVES
GAYNOR HOPE
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on the steamer. the mayor has shown
absolutely no curiosity on the subject
He has rot asked either of his physl-
clans. or his wife, or Secretary Adamson
the name Of the man who attempted to
assassinate him. nor has he seen any
newspapers which carry the name OF CAL
lagber in large type on their pages. In
the absence OF any manifest desire on the
part of Mayor Gaynor to learn this fact
nobody has told him.
AS for Gallagher. overnight reflection in
the Hudson County jail seems 20 have
tempered his sullen defiance Of Tuesday.
for to-day he retracted the statement he
had made Immediately after the shooting
In which he glorifed and justified his
deed. He told the assistant prosecutor Of
Hudson County and his lawyers who Wis
tied him in his cell that he was sorry
that he had shot the mayor. and that he
hoped the mayors life would be spared
But his obstinacy led him 10 qualify even
this exhibition Of contrition.
Gallagher Not RemOrsefuI.
L am sorry shot Gaynor, but I feel
no remorss," said Gallagher. Il had 70
do it as a lesson 10 the country-to teach
high officials to regard the rights of their
subordinates
The only complaint that the mayor had
TO make about his night, when he awoke
ar 4:Se o'clock this morning, was that
the heat bothered him. He said that he
did not have enough air in his room. and
that for time the nurse had to fan
hIm. BE was moved into a larger room
during the day.
Mayor Gaynor seemed ready and anx-
ious to talk He asked Secretary Adam
son all about who of hts Official family
had stayed at the hospital over night,
what accommodations they had. and how
did they sleep. He wanted to know
where Mrs. Gaynor bad slept and
whether or not her accommodations had
been comfortable. Then he ate a break
fast or chicken broth and begged to be
allowed a slice Of bacon
Acting Mayor Mitchell had five min
utes with the mayor about II o'clock.
When he came down stairs after his
visit he was all smiles. He said:
why, the mayor is in great spirits.
He seems as natural as ever. 1t is hard
to believe that he is anything except a
well man."
GaynOr's Brother Calls.
Before Mitchell saw the mayor there
was another and more intimate parsonage
who had access to the sick chamber.
This was Thomas L. Gaynor the mayor $
older brother. from Springfield. Ohio.
Thomas Gaynor hurried up 10 the hos
pital in a taxIcab Just as he was. all
travel-stained from a night in a sleeper.
He had received word Of the assault
upon the mayor at his home in Ohio at
noon Tuesday and had caught the fast
train East.
This Ohio Gaynor Is almost his
brothers double. He is eight years older
than the mayor OF New York. and he
has the same severe cast OF features,
the same close-cropped beard. and the
trick OF slow and deliberate speech.
The mayor had several htful maps dur
ing the day. What sleep he did get was
natural. and, as DIT. Arlitz explained. the
fact that none Of his sleeping periods
was long was naturally accounted for by
the mayors disordered nerves About ?
O'Clock in the afternoon ne awoke from
one OF these short maps, and Mrs. Cay
nor. who had left the sick room at lunch
time. again took her place by her hus-
bands bed and remained with him all the
afternoon.
Several times during the course OF the
day Mayor Gaynor was given a bowl OF
broth. He drank it greedily. and more
than once he complained that this soft
food was hardly filling. The physicians
looked upon his constant hunger as a
good sign Of increasing strength.
Plans Mountain Trip.
Although It was too early for any OF
Mayor Gaynor's family and his physl-
clans 20 make even tentative plans as to
his convalescence. Secretary Adamson
said later in the afternoon that the
mayor had referred several times in his
conversation with his wife and others to
plan he had made 10 spend his vaca-
ton in the Adirondacks. II was possible,
said the secretary. that If Mayor Gay
nor continues to improve. he Will spend
the period OF his convalescence in the
Adirondack camp. as soon as the physi-
clans give him leave to go there.
Mrs Gaynor and her son Rufus. feel
ing that the mayors condition warranted
no immediate fears, went out for a spin
around the boulevard in a closed L.
mousine at 4:45 O'Clock. They did not re-
turn for over an hour. At o'clock the
regular mathis service was conducted by
the sisters in the hospital chapel. and
the prayers for Mayor Gaynor's recovery
which had been read on Tuesday night
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