Milford chronicle., 1910-09-23
HOW GAYNOR
FELT WHEN SHOT
Mayors Own Story of His Sen
SatiOnS and Thoughts.
WAS NOT AFRAID TO DIE.

ne was Not Surprised When He Real
lied He Was Shot, as He Had Ex.
pected to Be AssauIted-Scores Yel-
low Papers.
Mayor William ]. Gaynor, in a letter
TO his sister, Miss Mary E. Gaynor, of
Utica, N. Y, which is printed in the
New York Evening Post, tells in an
interesting manner of his Impressions
at the time he was shot on the steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
The mayor says that he has not
read line of what has been publish.
ed of the shooting, nor does he now
remember the name of the man who
shot him. Going over the incident of
the shooting, Mayor Gaynor wrote:
Il was standing on the deck talk
ing with Commissioners Thompson,
Lederle, Edwards, the corporation
counsel, Mr.. Watson; my secretary. |
Robert AdamsOn, and several friends, |
who had come aboard to see me off. |
Mr.. Montt, president of Chile, and
Mrs Montt had just passed by..A I'D
had spoken a few words with \ en- |
Mr.. Adamson pointed out that the shipl
was dressed with flags for me, but
said l did not think it could be for
me.
My next consciousness was of
terrible metallic roar in my head 1t
filled my head, which seemed as
though it would burst open. 1t swelled
to the highest pitch. and then fell,
and then rose again, and so alJernated
until it subsided into a continuous
buzz. 1t was sickening, but my stom-
ach did not give way. l was mean
while entirely sightless.
q do not think fell, for when l be-
came conscious 1 was on my feet;
suppose they saved me from falling
and they we're supporting me. Ny
sight returned, so that after a while
could see the deck and the outlines OF
the crowd around me. l became con
scious that | was choking Blood was ,
coming from my mouth, and l tried all ,
could to swallow it so those around :
me would not see it. 2
But I found l could not swallow, S
and then l knew my throat was hurt. {
1t seemed as though l was dislocated ?
l struggled to breathe through my 7
but could not, and thought .
was dying of strangulation. | kept
all the time the best thing h
to do. n
Near to the Infinite. II
Il was not a bit afraid to die if o
that was Gods will of me l said to h
myself, Just as well now as a few
years from now No one who contem-
plates the immensity of Almighty God
Ind of his universe and his works, and II
'ealizes what an atom he is in it all, -
an fear to die in this flesh, yes, even ..
hough it we're true that he is to be ~
dissolved forever into the infnity Of NJ
natter substance and mind from which
e came. =.
In some way I happened to close tr
ny mouth tight and found | breathed 81
erfectly through my nose. l then be -
eved l could keep from smothering. ~
tut / kept choking and my mouth 20
ept opening to cast out the blood o~
Mayor GaynOr in the letter scored u,e
ertain newspapers for the manner in Cd
hich they had attacked him, say
lg:
such journalism is, Of cour in
1solute defiance of the criminal aw, .s'
Id it did enter my mind to publicly W ''l'
Ill on the grand jury and the district 49,
torney to protect me from it, but -,
as weak and feared people would say eoe
was thin-skinned. But the time is at CiT
md when these journalistic scoun ~
els have got to stop or get out, and 49,
am ready now to do my share to Nj Nj
at end. They are absolutely without
uls.
IF decent people would refuse to
)k at such newspapers the thing -
,uld right itself at once The jour oul ~
lism of New York city has been eve
lgged to the lowest depths Of degre Len'
rien. The grossest railleries and Soo. ~ .
els, instead of honest statements roO, IVo,
i fair discussion. have gone on un. ga
ecked." oI