The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-10
IS SHOT
POLITICIAN.

extended his hand to Joke the COM
missioner playfully in the ribs. Then
came the shot, a hand.to-hand strug.
gle between some of the mayors sub.
ordinates and the assassin there on
the deck of the steamer, more shots
sounding above the noise of half.
choked oaths and the trample of
feet, shrieks from passengers that
crowded the rails at the business OF
waving farewells. the believing of
orders in raucous German by deck
sfficers of the liner.
Events Transplre Quickly.
All of that within the compass of
a half minute. Then there was the
mayor of New York still standing on
his feet, but grievously wounded, the
victim of a man who tried to do mur.
der. And there on the deck at his
feet this Gallagher, writhing in the
grip of steel muscles that clasped
his wrists and swapping his Jaws at
the feet and hands of the men who
fat on him.
Secretary Adamson was the first to
grapple with the would.be assassin.
He threw his pistol hand up just as
Gallagher was in the act of cooking
the revolver, and the bullet whizzed
through the roof of the steamer shed.
Then Commissioner big Bill" Ed.
wards launched his tremendous bulk
full at the stunted figure which was
wrestling with Adamson. He caught
Gallagher about the waist and bore
him crashing to the deck boards.
There the two men rolled, Gallagher
making furious efforts to turn his
pistol which Adamson still held,
around into the face OF his antago.
mist. Edwards, gradually bending the
assassin's left arm down where he
could put one knee on It, with his
free hand jammed swift blows down
upon the upturned face beneath him.
Ralph Bloomer jumped forward.
want any help, Bill?" he cried.
Sure. sit on his head" painted the
big commissioner. Hes strong as
an OK"
Just then another shot sounded
Gallagher had twitched his pistol
hand around under the grip Adamson
had put on IL and he flcked the trig
ger in blind chance. The bullet tore
through the left coat sleeve of Com.
missioner Edwards, scared the biceps
of that arm in a long welt and buried
itself in the boards of the deck, three
feet away Gallagher cursed in bro.
ken breaths. II was then that Corpo-
ration Counsel Watson took a hand.
Gallagher had wriggled part way free
Of Edwards grip and when Edwards
caught him in this act he heaved
with his shoulders and half threw,
half pushed the raving man on the
deck beneath him against the lower
iron rail of the deck bulwarks. The
were then slipped on his
wrists and the rest was easy.
Discharged For Cause.
For many years Gallagher had
been a member of the dock depal,.
nent force, but was recently dis.
charged for neglect of duty. since
which time he has deluged the mails
with letters to city officials, Mayor
Iaynor included. He apparently |
Dlames the mayor for the loss of his
position.
The examination of the plates |
taken soon after the hospital was
reached showed that after the bullet
entered II struck the angle Of the
iawbone and then divided, one frag.
ment remaining near the point of en-.
trance and the other following down
the line of the jawbone to the floor
Of the mouth where II lodged on the
left side of the ramus. Surgeons said
that while such slight danger as
there was Of blood poisoning was
doubled because of the splitting OF
the bullet the likelihood OF such al
development was more remote than
In most cases because of the unusual