Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-09
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN
GALLAGHER CONFESSION


Gallagher made the following
Bell, acting chief of police Of
| Hoboken: Il came over 10
| Hoboken at ego this morn
| ing. ! went 10 the steamship pier and
| went on board the steamer Kaiser
| Wilhelm der Crosse. / met a clergy
man on board and ! asked him to
| point out Mayor Gaynor to me. He
| did so and shortly after fired shot
at the mayor. ] do not know II !
fired more than one shot or not
knowing that Mayor Gaynor was
| going to Europe this morning to
| enjoy himself after depriving me of
| my bread and butter, not porterhouse
steak ! was irrtated to the point
Of committing the act.
THE revolver you show me, Il was
the one / did the shooting with T. do
not know how many shots were in the
revolver when used It. have had
this revolver a long time In my pos
session | carried It when was i'm
the employ Of the city"
GALLAGHER WAS COOL.
Gallagher seemed remarkably cool
while making this statement to which
ne affixed his signature.
Detective Sergeant a. b. Closter ar
rived at Gallagher's boarding house
at about q quarter to IL and ac-
com panied by Mrs. Sophie Johnson,
the landlady. went at once to Gala
gher's room.
The room. which Is a small one on
the third floor, was much Uttered up.
number OF medicine bottles were
In evidence and II was clear that
Gallagher had spent much of his
time recently in reading the news
papers. It was said In the neighbour
hood that Gallagher had been drinking
a good deal OF late and rumor had il
that he had lost $500 on the Jeftrles-
Johnson fight, Inspector Russell Is to
take charge Of the case against Gal
lagher.
TO HOLD CONSULTATION.
II was announced that all the ply
sicians I'm attendance ON Mayor Gay
nor would hold a consultation late this
afternoon. when IL would be determined
or not II the mayor was able To stand
the strain OF an X-ray examination. DR..
r. W. Caldwell of New York city has
been directed 20 bring the necessary
apparatus to the hospital at Hoboken.
DR. w n Milford of the house stan
OF 81. Mary's hospital, said the mayor
showed great fortitude.
II gave the mayor strychnlne when
he came first 10 the hospital SAID
DR. Milford. because ne was suffering
from shock and 10 remove the blood
from his throat, The bullet had en-
tered back OF the right ear, passing
through the mastoid The shot was
straight from right TO left and slightly
downward. The mayor did not com
plain Of pain. lie said:
Try and discourage me Don't tell
me it's all right II the wound IL serious.
want to know the worst
The hemorrhage from the mayors
throat had ceased at II o'clock"
President Montt Of Chile was a near |
observer Of the attempt to assassinate |
Mayor Gaynor. The Chilean executive |
and Nine. Montt were sailing today on |
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse for /
Europe. As Mayor Gaynor first came
aboard pleasant greetings were ex-
changed between him and the Chilean
president The mayor then went To-
his cabin and later Joined his political
on deck.
SAW THE ASSASSIN.
While thus engaged Nine. Montt
first noticed the assassin approaching
the mayor from the rear. She was
he stood diagonally behind the mayor
as he fred.
According To one Of the accounts IL
was Commissioner William IA. Edwards
who first grapplcd with the assassin
while Corporation Counsel Watson as
sisted The two held the man while
an officer disarmed him. The man
struggled 10 continue the firing up To
the time he was disarmed. The
weapon taken from him was "A bulldog
81 caliber revolver.
Mrs. Vingut. Mayor Gaynors daugh-
ter who was recently married. was al
most I'm a state OF collapse when she
reached the hospital. Attendants had
10 carry her TO the elevator to be con-
veyed 90 the floor where her wounded
father lay
Shortly after Mrs. Vngut arrived.
was brought by the police
TO the hospital TO have him Identified
by his victim The police had heard
that the mayor was In a dying condi-
ton and that speedy Identification OF
Gallagher was imperative. Commits
sioner Edwards and uriler officials and
friends of the mayor, however. backed
by the physicians. issued prompt
veto.
Gallagher was taken back TO the pO-
lice station and later was brought be-
fore Recorder Mcfiovcrp. where he was
formally srraigped. The recorder |