The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-29
Wounded Man Is Able to
Walk a [itt|eon His Trip
to Long Island
MAYOR STILL UNABLE
TO TALK VERY MUCH
VIII Be Performed Yet But the
Mayor still Suffers With
Cough and Weakness

New York, August 2S.-Mayor Gaynor
was removed from st. Mary's hospital
in Hoboken this morning to Deep
Wells" his country place at st. James,
Long Island. He bore the trip well but
his insistent plea to be allowed to walk
nnaided resulted in three distressing incl
dents. Once he sank to his knees as he
tried to enter an autombile, and in
| ascending the steps of his home he fell
on all fours from over exertion. Despite
| his weakness, however, he maintained
| his cheerful mood. and arriving at Deep
Wells" spent the afternoon reclining in
| chair on the veranda.
| The mayor left the hospital at $50 a.
m. He had been there since Tuesday,
August 9, the day on which he was shot
by James G. Gallagher, a discharged city
employe, on the deck of the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. Drawn up In
the court yard of the hospital yard to
give him a final salute were 80 orphan
children cared for by the institution
Mayor Gaynor insisted on stopping to
speak to each one and several he patted
on the head. He walked unaided from
his room on the fourth floor to the ele-
vator and from the ground floor to the
automobile In which he was driven to a
New York police patrol boat waiting for
him at pier in Hoboken. In entering the
automobile, however, lie overestimated his
strength and had difficulty in climbing on
the running board. His step was feeble
and his knees bent under him at every
step. With him rode Mrs Gaynor, his
| son Rufus. Robert Adamson. his private
secretary, DR.. Paris, his family physi-
| clan. and Luke Clark. hospital orderly,
to whom he had taken an especial liking.
Walks to the Boat
| At the dock where the police boat was
waiting he walked across the gang plank
and aboard the vessel without help. salut-
ing the crew which was drawn up to re-
ceve him. After the boat got under way
he called for Captain Mott, in command.
to come to the cabin where he sat with
Mrs. Gaynor He complimented Captain
Mott on the fine appearance of boat and
crew, smiled and ordered that the mayors
nag be run up. He seemed insistent on
this and inquired of Robert Adamson If
the flag was up. 1t had been hoisted i'm
mediately. To Long Island City the
mayor rode In the after cabin sitting up
all the way Arriving there he walked
down the deck and across the gang plank
unassisted, but took a firm hold on the
rail. There was a wheel chair on the
deck to receive him, but he asked DIR.
George D. Stewart. who was waiting. II
he might walk and he and the doctor
walked to an electric cab. Here the
mayor again miscalculated his strength in
trying to get into the cab and senk to
his knees
Because Of the bandages around his neck
covering part OF his face, few people rec
ognized the mayor in the Long Islaffd City
station. There he was transferred to the
private car of President Ralph Peters
or the Long Island railroad and this
was attached TO special train He kept
silent throughout the journey to ST. AL
bans, which was without particular inter-
est. crowd of neighbors was on hand
to greet the mayor, but they respected his
wish for privacy, and there was no dem
onstration. But he smiled and greeted
those who We're nearest him, then was
whirled rapidly to Deep Wells arriving
shortly after noon
Weakness Is shown
Notwithstanding his two previous shows
OF feebleness. the mayor in his joy at
| reaching home demanded that he be al
lowed to go up the steps alone. He got
only part way, then with a visible show
of weakness. fell upon his hand and
knees. He was not injured nor would he
admit that he had fallen because of lack
OF strength. He insisted that he was
strong.
Safe at home the mayor asked to be al
lowed to sit on his plaza and DR.. Parrish
consented. So he sat in the open air
throughout the afternoon reading and gaz-
ing at the green country about.
Only two neighbors were permitted to
see him. To one of them, who comment
ed upon the attempt TO assassinate him.
Mayor Gayner said
| II am content. My great hope is that
the event will help to make him better
| man and more patient and just
The mayor still manifests a disinclina-
| ton TO discuss the shooting, and these
words are probably the first statement of
| his attitude on this matter.
| Secretary Adamson said tonight that for
| the present no operation for the removal
| OF the bullet in the mayors throat would
| be performed
The mayor is still unable to make him.
| self understood except with great difficult
| ty, and he is still bothered with a cough
and has trouble in swallowing. His phy-
slcians do not appear alarmed, however
and ascribe his weakness to his enforced
confinement in the hospital. It is prob
able that his projected trip to the Adj
| rondacks will be abandoned, at least for
| the present.