The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-10


themselves on the struggling two, In
mn attemptgto grasp the weapon. When
81 Mr.. Watson had obtained possession
q Of II, Edwards md Gallagher, con-
4 iinucd a bitter struggle aboutsthe deck,
s Edwards now crying and shouting In
his anger and excitement, and Gala
CHER painting ms exhaustion began to
grip his limbs. When completely sub
dued in the former football stars WISE
{ like grip. pair OF steel nippers were
slipped on his wrists by a special
officer aboard the ship. and he was
rushed through hooting and threat.
ening crowd off the vessel into an aus
tomobile. and arraigned before Recorder
hicCsovern, OF Hoboken.
Does Not Lose Consciousness
During the struggle with the man
who had attempted to take his life.
Mayor Gaynor, though badly wounded
and bleeding from the mouth and nose.
= did not once lose consciousness. The
impact OF the bullet did not even throw
him from his feet, but he raised his
hands to his ears, and while his face
contorted with pain, he staggered In
n daze, and leaned Imply across the
ships rail until Adamson came to his
assistance. Then some one drew
steamer chair to his side, and into this
the Mayor sank with relief
a few minutes later he was removed
Z to a stateroom where the ships sur
Eeons temporarily bandaged the wound,
preparatory to his removal to St
Mary's Hospital. He was taken there
in special ambulance.
Rufus Gaynor, son. was the only
snember of the Mayors family present
when he was shot. His wife and other
children were at the Gaynor country
place. at st. James, L. I. When Mrs
Gaynor was notified by telephone of
the tragedy she made a spectacular
sun by automobile, accompanied by her
son, Norman, crossed the Greensboro
Bridge to Manhattan, sped across the
island to Hudson River. and was taken
to Hcbolzen in a police patrol boat
She was almost overcome when she
reached st. Mary's Hospital, and was
permitted to see her husband for but
q moment. She was ;oined there Short
ly by Mrs. Ethel vingut, a daughter
recently married. and they began their
Nigel near the bedside. =.
shows Rare Tortitudc.
Rarely has q wounded man evil
henced more fortitude and cheerful-
ness .han did William j. Gaynor to-
day. He evidently thought, as ne was
being carried down the companionway
from the ship on stretcher, that his
wound was fatal, for he smiled family,
end said to those smear him:
Tell the people good-by."
To his wife and his son, Rufus, he
said at the hospital later: 1T is very
strange. very strange. wonder why
he did it,"
But at no time did he express ILL
feeling toward the man who would
have killed him. And, that he
looked calmly oil the ever present
prospect OF assassination is indicated
s in the tone OF a recent letter to
citizen who had warned him Of the
danger Of going In the subway with
out an escort TO this solititous i:iend,
3 Charles Weinblatt, lawyer, he wrote
on Marcn 20 last:
II thank you very much for
your letter. but I have no fear
q about going out alone. l do not think
any one would do me any harm unless
he was a lunatic, and It is hard to
guard against lunatics.
Gallagher. judging by appearances
md actions Is not lur attic His mind
As apparently as sound as any mans
of fifty-odd years, but he has nourish-
ed in his heart hatred for Mayor
Gaynor, ever since he was discharged
as night Waterman in the depart
,nent of docks and ferries IN July last
for Incompetence Since then he has
repeatedly written to the Mayor anony-
mously and otherwise, harping on an
obsession that he had been prosecuted,
and demanding redress. He has even
written to the Governor, so it became
known tonight. and he went on board
y the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse to-day
with tho expressed purpose Of MUIR
6 hering the man whom he charges with
having robbed him Of his bread and
butter.
You took the bread and butter out
Of my moutt!" he shouted, as he APP
preached the Mayor Then he leveled
the revolver and fred. The struggle
about the deck ensued almost Instantly.
AS he grappled with the man, Com
missioner Edwards was heard shout
Ing: 1--WE got him! I've got hint" and
rs he pinned Gallagher to the floor he
besought those around him TO bring
pair Of handouts. 1t was then that
Henry Gering. a special officer of the
:, North GermanL Lloyd Line. brought the
4 nippers. and Gallagher was pinioned
with steel.
No Panic on Board.
There was no panic on board during
4 the disorder. Many tried to belabor
The PROSTATE Gallagher. and theexcite-
Inent, OF course. was intense: but the
ships officers used severe measures OF
discipline; and effectually they shielded
the Mayor in his stateroom from the
{ crowd OF over-solicitous passengers.
President Pedro Montt, OF Chile, en-