The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-11
MAYOR GAYNOR IS NOT YET
 OYER THE DANGER LINE
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 ing, in fact. The papers said Gay nor was going to sail for a vaca- tion. That made me angry to think he should have a vacation in Europe while I did not even have a chance to work, much less get a vacation 50 1 hurried over to the Twenty third street ferry and inquired my way to the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse"
 Gallagher repeated time and again that life had treated him roughly, and he entrusted his own with that of other men and especially that of Mayor Gaynor.
 Gallagher's Revenge
 ''He wronged me- said he in con- clusion, and l determined to take re- venge which I though was justly mine. l was not drunk when 1 went aboard the steamer yesterday morning, as had been intimated. On the contrary I had not taken a drop of liquor since last Saturday My drinking on that day was limited to a single glass of beer. Had l heard of presidents being as- sassinated? Of course I did. I had car ried the gun for nine years I feared the enemies I had made by writing letters when 1 was trying to reform the dock department would turn on me-" There is marked determination among New Jersey authorities to make Galla- 8her an example of quickened justice. It was definitely determined tonight not to lay the case before the grand jury until the injuries of the mayor are known definitely. If the mayor recovers the charge will be that of an attempt to kill Should the mayor die the charge will be murder in the first degree, the penalty for which is death
 Mayor Is Cheerful
 For man who so narrowly escaped death by an assassin Mayor Gaynor spent cheerful day With the ever present possibility of blood poisoning, the anx- 1ety nf those near his bedside remains tense, but every bulletin of the day con corning his condition optimistic in tone. He conversed cheerfully with those who saw him and pleaded with his wife and his physicians to allow him a slice or two of bacon, for which he has grea. fondness. His brother, Thomas l.. Gay nor, who rushed here from Ohio on re- ,ceipt of news of the shooting, was al lowed to spend only 20 minutes in the sick room. The mayors only other visi- tor during the day aside from his physi- clans were Mrs. Gaynor, who was with him almost constantly; John Purroy Mitchell, president of the board of alder men, and now acting mayor; Commission CT Edwards, Robert Adamson, the may ors' secretary. and Mrs. Harry K. Vingut formerly Miss Edith Gaynor.
 MT Mitchell, on leaving the sick room this afternoon gave one of the best de- scriptons obtained of the mayors con- dition. at least in Mitchel's opinion.
 While 1t would be extreme,' he said, ''to say that the mayor Is out of danger, I regard his recovery from what l have learned as assured He talks as plainly almost as any one, although he has a slight hoarseness. There Is a sort of rattle in his throat and he keeps putting his hands to his throat as if an irritation existed there. In the course of our talks l remarked that the shooting was one of the most surprising of incidents. The mayor answered. Don't let's talk about 1t don't like to talk about 1t. We have to take what comes to us. l am satis- ned."
 The day in the sick room was devoid of any especially distressing incident.