The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11

Patient In Hoboken Hospital Makes
No Inquiry as, to Name Of Man Who
Sought His Life and Friends Hest.
tate to Volunteer Informa ion.
Brother From Springfield, o., ush'
cred Into Sick Room Covered With
Stains Of Travel.
New York Aug. IL. - The. physl'
clans who have been constantly in
attendance upon Mayor Gaynor at st.
Mary's hospital in Hoboken since an
hour after he was shot in the neck
by James j. Gallagher, on the deck
of the Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse,
note nothing but improvement in
their patients condition. SO favor.
able is his case that the surgeons
have decided not to attempt an oper.
Stion for the removal of the split
bullet that has lodged in the mayors
neck.
Such was the condition of Mayor
Gaynor that after consultation the
three New York specialists who had
been In continuous attendance at the
bedside. together with the hospital
staff OF surgeons and other physi.
clans from outside the institution,
went back to New York, leaving the
mayor in the care of only two watch.
ers. They did not return to the hos.
pital until eight hours later.
do ha
ors secretary, the specialists gave
to the newspaper men an unofficial
view OF the present status of Mayor
GaynOr's case and of the existing
plan Of procedure which has beer
adopted by the physicians, predicated
as II is upon the continued favorable
progress of the patient.
I'VE have ascertained that the bul.
let's fragments do not lie among any
OF the major vessels" said the ply.
sicians' statement. at is not neces.
sary to get IL out now while the
wound is sore. because II would be u
useless irritation and 1t would tax
the mayors strength unnecessarily.
Unless complications arise the re.
moyal OF the bullet will not be at.
tempted for the present"
Physicians Talk Frankly.
The physicians also stated frankly
Just what dangers still had TO be
guarded against. There are two con-
tingencies which might bring about
a serious relapse in the mayors con.
dition. The first of these is sept.
cemia due To infection Of the wound
If no trace of this complication ap.
pears by this evening the physicians
may reasonably dismiss the fear OF
blood poisoning. The second factor
that would weigh heavily against the
mayors chances of recovery, II It
should appear, is the weakening and
breaking OF an artery with the con-
sequent hemorrhage. There is a pos.
sibility that one or the other sections
of the bullet might have grazed an
artery, tearing the wall slightly, but
enough to cause break unde- any
strain of physical effort or through
the sloughing off Of the blood clot
over the abrasure. This rupture OF
an artery might occur at any time
during the next 10 days or two
weeks, and II would come without a
minutes warning.
Under these circumstances IL was
generally conceded by all OF the ply
sicians attending the mayor that to.
day must be somewhat In the nature
of crisis If it passes without any
H. nf ;rrik IN tba xun,,pd
the doctors will believe that they
have Mayor Gaynor fairly on the
road to recovery.
A startling conjunction Of facts has
come about. While Street Commits.
sioner Edwards, Corporation Counsel
Watson and John Purroy Mitchell,
the acting mayor Of New York, were
in consultation with Assistant Pros.
ecutor j. w. Mccarthy of Hudson
county, concerning the steps which
are to be taken in bringing the may.
or's assailant to speedy test Of jus.
tice, word came from the sick room
that of all whose interest has been
aroused by the attempted assassina.
tion. the people in America and be.
yond the seas, Mayor Gaynor was the
only one who does not know that
James j. Gallagher was the man who
fired the shot on board the North
German Lloyd steamer.
Those who came from the sick
room said that, aside from the may
or's first query, who did this?"
which was voiced Immediately after
the shooting while he was being led
to his stateroom on the Kaiser vii.
helm, the mayor has shown absolute.
ly no curiosity on the subject. He
has not asked either OF his phys-
clans, OF his wife or Secretary Adam
son the name of the man who at
tempted to assassinate him, nor has
he seen any newspapers which carry
the name OF Gallagher In large type
on their pages. In the absence OF
any desire on the part OF Mayor Gay
nor to learn this fact. nobody has
told him.
As for Gallagher. reflection in the
Hudson county Jail seems TO have
tempered his sullen defiance, for he
retracted the statement he had made
Immediately after the shooting in
which he glorifed and justified his
deed He told the assistant Drosecll-