Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-10
New Series No. 5i2.-volume LNI.-No. 30.
ATTEMPTED ASSA ASSlNATION.
Mayor Gaynor Shot While Standing
on Deck of Steamship.

New York, Aug. 9.--Mayor Will
liam j. Gaynor, Of New York was
shot in the neck and badly wounded
this morning by James J. Gallagher,
dock department. The shooting took
place on the dock OF the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse, lying at
her pier in Hobbken, N. j., on which
the mayor was on the point Of sail
ing for months vacation. Gala
gher was at once arrested.
Mayor Gaynors condition Is scri-
Gus. The bullet has not yet been
located. A consultation Of physi-
clans Will be held at 4 o'clock this
afternoon when N-rays probably will
be used TO locate the missile.
Mayor Gaynor was taken to st.
Mary's hospital in lloboken.
Gallagher evidently has a fancied
grievance against Mayor Gaynor.
He declared after the shooting that
the mayor had deprived him Of his
bread and butter"
Gallagher was mobbed aud his II.
was threatened before the polit 3
could lodSe MIN IN Jail.
Mayor Gaynor's Condition.
New York, Aug. AT 3.I5 Mayor
Gaynor's condition was reported to
be unchanged. The mayor now en-
presses confidence that he will re-
cover.
Secretary Robert Adamson came
from Mayor Gaynor's bedside shortly
after 4.l5 O'Clock bringing word that
the wounded executive was progress
in% nicely. Preparations were then
under way to take an N-ray photo
graph Of the mayOr's wounds.
AT 2.i5 o'clock this afternoon DR..
sullivan, one OF the house physicians
OF st. Mary's hospital, said:
Mayor Gaynors pulse is normal
and patient is strong and cheerful.
The bullet probably has lodged under
the tongue"
Physicians Bulletin.
The following bulletin was issued
by the surgeons attending Mayor
Gaynor after q consultation Just fin
ishod: r "
''The mayor was shot on the right
side of the neck, the bullet entering
the postcrior and upper part and
ranging downward and forward.
The position Of the bullet has not
been definitely located, but will be
determined later by X-rays. Is.
''The mayor Is conscious and Is
now resting quietly, and there seems
to be no immediate danger"
Three Shots were Fired
at the mayor Two of them missed
and the third lodged in the neshy
,ti, >f l,r lrri .,t Il ,,f I,n a.,
Blood gushcd from the wound and
the first hasty examinations led to
the belief of serious and perhaps
fatal consequences. The mayor re-
tanned consciousness, and later eX-
preston by the physicians when the
mayor was taken to the hospital
gave hopeful outlook.
The bullet entered the mayors
neck back of the ear, burying itself
in the region OF the mastOid bone.
AS far as observations so and in
the opinion Of physicians the injury
Is not necessarily fatal.
Mayor Gaynor's Record.
William j. Gaynor was born In
Whitcstown, n. Y, in 1851.
Worked on New York and Brook,
lyn newspapers while studying law.
Admitted to the bar in 1875 and
began practice.
Judge advocate on star Of Second
Brigade, New York National Guard,
1890.
Became nationally known for his
work in breaking up rings I'm the
Democratic party and his work in
| securing the conviction of John Y.
Kane for election frauds.
Judge Of New York Supreme
| Court. elected by Republicans and
| Independent Democrats, 1898. In
national politics q Democrat
Declined nomination by Democrats
| for Governor and for Judge OF Court
| OF Appeals in 1894 and 1897, and
| for mayor Of Brooklyn in 1896.
Elected mayor Of New York In
November, 1909, over Hearst and
Barnard. Was Tammany candidate,
but only man on Tammany ticket to
| be elected