Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-10

! Adamson and Archibald R. Watson,
 corporation counsel for the city,
 flung themselves on the struggling
 two in an attempt to grasp the
 weapon When MT Watson hal ob-
 tained possession of it Edwards and
 Gala gher continued a bitter struggle
 about the deck. Edwards now crying
 and shouting in his anger anG eX-
 citement and Gallag gher pantirg as
 exhaustion began to grip his lini os.
 When completely subdued in the
 former football stars vise-like grip
 a pair of steel nippers were slipped
 aboard the ship and he was rushed through hOOting and threatening
 crowd off the vessel, into an automo-
 bile and arraigned before Recorder l McGovern of Hoboken.
 Wounded Man Removed to Hospital.
 During the struggle with the man who had attempted to take his life, Mayor Gaynor, though badly wounded and bleeding from the mouth and nose, did not once lose consciousness The impact of the bullet did not even throw him from his feet, but he raised his hands to his ears and with his face contorted with pain, he staggered in a daze and leaned Imply. across the 1 ships rail until Adamson came to his 1 assistance Then some one drew a | stea1Nr chair to his side, and into this the mayor sank with relief. A few 1 minutes later he was removed to his | stateroom where the ships surgeon
  1 paratory to his removal to St. Mary's 1, hospital. He was taken there in l special automobile.
 Mrs. Gaynor Hurries to Hospital. 1 Rufus Gaynor. son, was the only member of the mayors family present i when he was shot. His wife and three 1 other children were at the Gaynor country place at St. James, L. l. When MT. Gaynor was notified by telephone of the tragedy she made a spectacular | PIT HV ant h a1f a ia6 nxr her son Norman. crossed the-Queens- borough bridge to Manhattan, sped l across the island to the Hudson river, and was taken to Hoboken in a. police i patrol boat She was almost overcome l when she reached St. Mary's hospital, l and was permitted to see her husband i but for moment. She was joined l there shortly by Mrs. Ethel Ningut, a 1 daughter, recently married, and they ] bege~a their vigil by the bedside. Wounded Man Cheerful All Day. Rarely hs.zz~ wounded man evinced more fortitude ana cheerfulness than did William J. Gaynor today He evil dently thought as he was being car ried down the companionway from the ship on stretcher that his wound was fatal, for he smiled faintly and said to those near him: Tell the people goodbye" To his wife and his son, Rufus, he said at the hospital later: Tt is very strange, very strange I wonder why he did it.'
 Had Been Warned of Danger.
 But at no time did he express any i'll feeling toward the man who would l have killed him. And that he looked 1 calmly on the ever present prospect l of assassination is indicated in the | tone of recent letter to a citizen who | had warned him of the danger of go- l ing in the subway without an escort | To this solicitous friend, Charles 1 Weinblatt, a lawyer, he sWrote on l March g last:
 My Dear MT. Weinblatt: I thank i you very much for your letter, but | have no fear about going out alone. I | do not think anyone would do me any | harm unless he was lunatic, and it is | hard to guard against lunatics."
 GaIlapher Not Lunatic.
 Gallagher, judging by appearances and actions, is not a lunatic. His mind | is appa fently as sound any man of l fifty odd years but he has nourished i in his heart hatred for Mayor Gaynor ever since he was discharged as a | night watchman in the department of docks and ferries in July last for in competency Since then he has re- peatedly written to the mayor anony- mously and otherwise, harping on an obessession he had been persecuted and demanding redress. He has even written to the governor, so it became known tonight, and he went on board l the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse today ' ing the man whom he charges with having robbed him of his bread and butter
 Eve Got Him!" Shouted Edwards.
 You took the bread and butter out of my mouth,' he shouted as he ap- preached the mayor Then he levelled i the revolver and fired. The struggle about the deck ensued almost instant ly. As he grappled with the man. Commissioner Edwards was heard shouting: I've got himI I've got himl' as he pinned Gallagher to the floor and beseeched those around him to bring pair of handcuffs. He's my prisoner, he almost sobbed, and can hold him, but get some handcuffs" special officer of the North German Lloyd line. brought the nippers, and Gallagher was pinioned with steel.
 No Panic on Board Ship.
 There was no panic on board during the disorder. Many tried to belabor the prostrate Gallagher and the ex- citement of course was intense, but the ships officers used severe meas ures of discipline and effectually shielded the mayor in his stateroom from the crowd of ver-solicituous passengers.
 Statement by Gallagher.
 weighing close on to. 200 pounds. He smoked cigar cheerfulIy after his arrest and at no time expressed sor- row because of his deed. On the other hand. he repeated stolidly that the mayor had robbed him of a livelihood and that he had meant to kill him. He !. is 56 years old. It was clergyman, he said, in signed statement issued !: