The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-11
MAYOR GAYNOR SR0T
Discharged City Employee
Shoots and Wounds New
York City's Mayor.
WOUND is NOT FATAL

o1aaas Esasos lily E<as~
pIoyee-was Just Starting on Va
cation-Assassin In Not Insane and
Boasts Of His Deed-Shot Three
Times.
Hoboken. -. J.. Aug e.-Mayor
Gaynor. Of New York. while
standing on the deck OF the Kaiser
Wilhelm de Crosse, preparatory for
months tour abroad. was shot down
by a man giving his name as James
Gallaher, a discharged foreman in
the Department OF Docks and Fer
ries. Four bullets were fired. one
striking Maynor Gaynor, who Is crit
ically, though not necessarily fatally,
wounded.
The would-be assassin was over
powered by policeman and Big Bill
Edwards OF the Street Cleaning De-
partment. The bullet was fired from
behind. Mayor Gaynor was first
given medical attention on board the
ship. then rushed in an ambulance
to st. Mary's Hospital, where he was
operated upon. Surgeons say Gay
nor has a chance for recover Gala
her was rushed to the Hoboken police
station and arraigned before Record
er McGeven and remanded to Jail
without bond, pending the result OF
the mayors injuries.
The bullet entered back of the
ear in region of the mastoid bone,
where it buried itself
Gallaher fired three shots, the first
one striking the mayor. Big Bill
Edwards made a flying tackle and
hurled Gallaher to the deck with ter
rife force Then Edwards, weighing
$50 pounds, sat astride Gallaher's
chest.
Former President Roosevelt, after
he heard Of the shooting, telegraph
ed the mayors secretary, saying:
q am shocked and Mortified beyond
measure. Send me information con-
corning the mayors condition"
The police elected a statement
from Gallaher in which he said he
came over to Hoboken this morning
and went on the pier where he had
a clergyman point out the mayor to
him. He said he knew the mayor
was going to Europe to enjoy him
self after depriving him of bread and
butter and he was irritated to the
point Of committing the act.
President Taft Greatly Shocked.
Beverly, Mass, Aug. 9.-Presi-
dent Taft learned of the attempted
assassination of Mayor Gaynor while
playing golf at Myopia to-day
He was greatly shocked and ex-
pressed the hope that the mayor
might recover. Until further de-
tails of Gaynor's condition are re-
ceived he asked to be excused from
a formal statement
Wanted to Leave Quietly.
New York, Aug. 9.-Mayor Gay
nor had expressed a desire that there
be absolutely no fuss" about his de-
parture on his vacation trip abroad.
Yesterday when those who wanted to
bid him farewell called at the City
Hall he asked particularly that there
be no ceremony or demonstration
when he boarded his ship to-day.
The mayors projected solitary va
cation was in keeping with his epcu
liar character. Those who know
h al SC fo
tude, that is evidenced in his daily
life. He had planned to be all alone
during his months vacation.
New York State will probably
claim the right to try Mayor Gaynor's
assailant. Immediately after the
news of the shooting was received at
the Office Of the District Attorney,
Acting District Attorney Frank Moss
and Assistant District Attorney Per-
kins went into consultation. After
the conference it was announced that
they had discovered, under an an
cient law, that the New York State
courts had legal Jurisdiction over
the high-water marks on the New
Jersey shore"
Under this law. IL it is still avail
able, as the district Attorneys Of
flee believes, Gallagher would have
to be tried in the New York courts
for his crime committed on the Hud-
son river and well inside the water
mark OF the New York Jurisdiction.
AS soon as this law was discover
ed Moss sent Assistant District At
torneys Turnbul1 and Hamill to Ho-
Doken to investigate the crime as
well as to tender to Mrs. Gaynor the
condolences OF the District Attor-
ney's Office.
It was practically decided that
New York would make official de-
mand for the custody of the prisoner
and the right to place him on trial.
Gallagher Perfectly Sane.
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