Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-11


mayor Of New York city, was shot In the
head and seriously wounded to-day, as
he stood on the promenade deck of the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, by
James j. Gallagher n discharged and dis
Rruntled city eniploye. Gallagher was
almost instantly overpowercd and ar
rested.
The shot was Cred at 9;s5 o'clock this
morning Is minutes before the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse was due 10 leave her
pier at Hoboken, \. j, and the mayor
was receiving Gcdspeed from Il group OF
friends preparatory to a vacation trip to
Europe Tho bullet struck him behind
the right ear and ranged downward. In
f1cting a dangerous though not neces-
sarily fatal wound Unless blood poison
ing develops. surgeons are hopeful of the
mayors recovery, although at his age,
60 years, such n wound IS essentially
grave.
Tonight tho mayor Is at St. Mary's
hospital. Hoboken, surrounded by spc-
calists, with members of his family
gathered near All early reports from
the hospital were hopeful In tone and this
evening X-ray negatives of the wound
were taken 10 facilitate an operation for
the removal Of the bullet.
Gallagher. the would-be assassin, IS
locked in n cell at Jersey city. held with
out bail. He expresses no remOrse.
WAS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH
ne Dig inner was gay with flags and
ringing with shouted good byes when
the Tragedy occurred. Most of those
VINO had been aboard the ship to say
lareWeil TO triehds or relatives had
,cl-,
gone ashore put htf!e group remain
Gu 10 taIh Win the mayor Ihey were
stahulhs on the por' SIDE or the yes
sci near the promenade oeck forward
ana were posing Tor group photo-
E'"PH wien 'aIlaSher' uhho'lced
'''n 'I.'I'1 " s.'' ,'''So'
IIo rso1 81 o.co,,hro ro,.ol,.or o,d q,
cxa,ninatinn lator disclosed ,hat ~,
first cartridge had missed fire Thi.
rrobobN, saved tho ravor's life for
C;allacho, was less than TWO feet ,yhc,
ne ors+ nulle1 tho trigger pockinl
o,rov slfel1v &, bie cxcitouant II,
ru,1ad tho tr,ggor a sacord tir,e an,
con, q l,1lo, crosbinr, into tl,o Wort,
neck below the ear.
yvil1,o,n II f"r2tr r,il1", Edwards
o,,,,,,seio,,or ~ etr.nt clooriug an,
+,,. Common. prircotor footboI, e+or
,rnoa, rorv.ora with hts 9oo ,ound
iu.t ms Robert Adan}son. the mayor
sscrot,rv struck Galarher's arm. A.
y. d,d ca n SECOND shot ,,ierced Ed
,roras.s e,aovo inricting y slIgh
eosb wound on the commissioner
r,ebt arm which remained undiscov
erred for hours because of the excite
mon+ I-nr,ndsu, Of his wound. Ed
w. faoo and ,hov crashod "a the decl
toeetber GALLAGHER struggling wit
.,o s.rarrth 30 dosneratton ana null
,na ,,,ciore,v ar the trigger in an at
80. 80 80 e., arotbar shot
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Rf-No4'FF 'i'
EDWARDS was 100 huch ioi MN
rained blow after blow on GaliaSher
now bleeding race, while A"a'Hs"" "a"
Archibald 4. Watson. corpora'io
counsel for the city nuhS 'ne''I.o.
on tho struggling TWO IN an at'el'l
to grasp the weapon "heh n'
son had obtained possession or H. ro
wards and GallaShcr con 'ni"'u ~
ter struggle about the deck E'u"uro
NO" ."s &C. a,,r,
ana eheiten'e''. ou' r,,Io,o,
.,.s,,a1 Nv +bo ,orrner football sta
,oo, ,,rnora ,rere s,innod O
r,s.. y, y snoc,al officer aboar
49,. ,t, ord 10 was rushed throug
,oot,,o ana threatening crowd o
.i ,r+o an outomobil. and a.
ho,ora pocorsar McGoyern
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