The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
Attack on the Mayor Brings
a Throng to Get News
and Show Sympathy.
OFFICIALS MUCH SHOCKED
Acting Mayor Mitchell Races to
Hoboken Hundreds of
3 kilograms Received.

of th. President nf the Beard IL Aldermen
almost a. the sam" tlmn and IN each in
sane. almost casually la the Mayor =
oftice Police Lieutenant Kennel who since
Mayor Strongs tim. hAs h--n ass gn'-d
oduty m the city Hail 40 Mayors orderly
Wa talking over the telephone la friend
&C Ary-rne hei wesn oio aud aG o'clock
S,nddcnly the Arverne connection was
sB1tohed INA al authoritative voice de-
IhsAdea 20 know particulars % the at
tempt upon Mayor Gaynor's life Ken
nell responded:
You mean that nd story - two or
three ws-sGos ago.
NO. | moan ia. story ~ this minute
Some ono tried 10 shoot IN" Mayor IN
Hobukon.- tho authnritativ" voic. said
and then that mysterious connection
was brrk-n Inv hautanant ~ onca
got in connection with IN" Hnhuken Offices
Of the North German IIoyd
A. the sam. minute. a. u Sft"rwRrd
appeared 10y onmpar,s"n 81 IN" time.
MIR Mitchell m his Office was talking over
the telephone with k1ra Prentice. Deputy
Attorney General. when MIR Prentice
interrupted the chat Nv asking sharply
whats this news m tn" ticker about
the Mayor h-Ing shot
Mr. Mitchell had heard nothing al that
time and told Mr. Prentice that tn" rumor
must he false. h'It MIR Prentice said that
news - such importance generally was
pretty carefully authenticated before ~
was put on tha tucker MIR Mitchell ~
once telephonrd 10 the Mayors otfice.
where deputy Comptroller Matthewson
was waiting for him. and heard from Mr.
MAtthswson the news that Kennel vas
At that moment receiving from H"hoken
Mr. Mitchell hurried over To- the Mayors
ONCE. arriving there at 10 O'Clock He
got into communication with some on
Gals on the steamship wharf and heard
confirmation 81 the news just "a CON
hrming word came into m" offir" from
Police Headquarters Mr. Mitchell. who
was greatly shocked. exclaimed
-Oh. this u AtrpsrOus' II L. an afro
cious dr~d' IL j. a1Shameful thing that
an OFFICIAL cannot do his duty IN New ork
city without meeting such an awful fate
a. this.
few minutes later reporters brought
in the naws that the Mayor was not dead
but was resting and conscious IN a state
room ON tho steamship. Mir Mitchell
then hurried ont " IN" office to the Broad
way side ~ City Hall Park and not find
ing a department automobile there. a.
be expected to. command"er'.d a Citl7"u's
automobile and hurried q Hpbok"n
When the President II the Bnari 81
Aldermen left IN" CIV Hall a. half past
10 O'Clock NEWSPAPER extras containing
the report Of IN" shooting IL N" Mayor
were heing cried on the streets. ard a
crowd quickly gathered IN front q w"
CITY Han The nur'har- g~rw 80 RAPIDLY
that fifteen minutes later q d"'l' -
polio" cleared n" t"rrac.' -ld.waik IN
front Il tna tlty Hall and adrrrr'-.d -
tho bulding only those having UI-lre--
th~re ~ crowd rauidlv gr".y. and q
Itti" later mounted ro,,c-. ,l"arra t'-
Ila7A h"tw".'u ~" -id"Wa.N and 'H.
fountain.
When more r"a~surlrg news came from
Hobok-n N" first crowd IN is-cp Part
Gn"ily dsVar-sd. ari tg'rC ~" rr-t
OF the tav the pohc. had rr t-.upI.. 'r-
a'th ough men AMI women CONTINUED
q come INTO 'ls PARK by thousands they
seemed '" 10 SATISFIED wh"u they SAW
AZ 'he F-g ov"r 'ha hall was not Al
~ mast and niu' ~ wont IN th".r wavs
BY II - cipc, the l"rrv lcadinc o. the
MAYORS u.i,c,, was crowded with news
pADsr men. MANY ot them r"pr-..ntIrT
toTei IN psJar- and news a-zpCla'ion-
Some of tn" latter even a. that tim. had
received urgent rahl' 'n"s-8 go Tor PROMPT
bulletins I-=id"- Nh" Newspaper men
many city nH'oaI- and rriya'' citil"ns.
VOL enough Hn.wn - Ua-- -" police
hnss. call'd ., Inumre FOR lar" news a. a
q l"avo their cards II sympathy
~ - o'ruCt Mr. N.ngr' m" reC@nty
.ddad daI,ht'r 81 Mayur Gaynor
rushed br"A thlcssly INTO tn" cry Hal
puAh"d open III" door - pa" Mayors
private pftica. crying
Whore - fa'har.-
In ~" Hubok"n Hospital some one
answered and hofpr" Tho sw lngrng dnor
had cio-..f Iron h"- '.u'ran." she rushed
out into N" han again = citv official
who racngni1"i h"r rgrr"i ~ a clerk
from N" "Hior NJ m" Corrnls-inner ~
Street Cleaning. vhp had a moment h~-
for" driven ~ m m" department auto
mobile and ordered IN" man 20 follow
Mrs VinRIt and oHer her the DEPARTMENT
automobl" for her TRIP 10 Hoioken
When the man oy"r'pok Mrs NIngI'
and directed her 20 his automobile she
entered u m dh1e apparently Her
husband was with her
Bv ~ ~ dozen or NOR" messenger
bows had joined the waiting reporters.
each ~ m" Youngsters having been
sent 'h"r" bv citiz"ns With instruct ions
- ohiaIn IN" latest n"W- II was at that
tine. ~ ~ that Lieut. Kennel vas called
"a by ~" MAYORS secretary. Robert
Adamson and m" first oFicial report -
IN" tragedy Was furnished This 'ele- .
phonIc message contained the s,IhStanc"
Of the news relating to the tragedy up
~ that hour and concluded with the
wurIs
"" have v~rv Cood hopes
WITHIN a minute after Kennel 70
p"at"i Vhuf IA" nnsslg" over 'h. 'ale-
phou" had slri . -,pr" ~ r"Ipr'"rz cor
respondents ant 'u"-S"ng"r- ran from
the ono" amt ,I.'rihuf.-i ~" hopeful
new 'hrouRrrI' ~" Wufi
Bots cen that hn.r ant u.rlnck per-
zonal AMI t"l"Erph,r inquiries POURED
into the NAvor pfiin'. Among ih. many
Who call"i m u"r-nn ard l"'' thor ,ar,is
we're Reginald Walsh. acting Brush