The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-20
GAYNOR FELT
NO SURPRISE
Had Been Receiving Threat
ening Letters Weeks Before
He Was Shot-Mayor Is In
clined to Blame Newspapers

NEW YORK;. sept. Ia.-Wayor Cav
~ DOE IN letter 10 his sister. Miss
=, hnry ID tsaynor Of Utica. =. y
.lch - printed in the Evening Pest
s"ans. tells 81 bis Impressions nt the
zine ne was shot ON the ~f~nrrs-lsfr y uf-
ser Wilhelm der Crosse.
. t1e mayor said he had not read n
ilne - What hrs been pubIf-hr.i Of fhc
rnontinE. nor did Ne rcni~rrs her the name
OF The nian who -hot him.
was standing on the deck talking
- .eI'if9 ,.issloners Thompson. Lederle
l-l"aFds. Corporation Counsel Watson
Hiy eecrctarv. Afr. Robert Adamvon and
several friends who had came aboard
, ~ sec me 9fE Mr.. Mont. president Of
nih. and Mrs Mouft had just passed
of and had spoken a Few words with
MON. wrote Mayor Gavnor.
Mr. Adamsou pointed out that the
snip was dressed with flags for me. hut
2 said did not think BE- could be Tor
nie. MT next consciousness was or n
tcrrinlc metallic roar in my head. 10
Iiiled my head. which seemed as though
% would burst open. TO swcilcd % the
highest pitch and then FELL and thea
rose again ana so alternatcd until 20
tnsiacd INTO = continuous buzz tt
was slckcning. but my stomach did not
give way. was meanwhile entirely
sighucsg
Conscious 81 Choking.
% do not think I FELL Tor when be-
came conscious was on my feet. I
suppose they saved me from falling.
and they were supporting me. Nv sight
gradually returned so that after IN while
could see the deck and the outlines OF
tne crowd around me ] became con-
acious that I was choking. Blood was
coming from my mouth and I tried az
could To- swallow 10 so those around
me would not see f. But J found
could not swallow and then knew my
throat was hurt. 10 seemed as though
a. were dislocafed. I struggled 20
breathe through my mouth but could
not. and thought 7 was dying Of stran-
4 ina al 10
the best thing 20 do.
n was not n bit afraid 60 die n that
was Gods will of me. 7 said 90 my
self. just az well now ms a few years
from now. No one who contempt
the immensely 81 Almighty God and ~
His universe and His works and real
ICES what on atom De o. On 10 all. can
fear 90 die in this flesh. yea. even
though 90 were true that De is 60 BE-
dissolved forever into The iufiuity ot
matter and mind from which be came.
In some way I happened 20 close ms
mouth tight and found ] could breathe
perfectly through my nose. / then be-
iicved 7 could keep from smotherinG.
hut 7 kept choking and my mouth kept
opening TO cast out the blood
Realized H~ Hrd Been shot.
Though the thing had not entered
my head that morning. 7 was not sur
uriscd when ] realized tnot ] was anoL
j had had n feeling for some weeks that
] might be assaulted on account or the
ANONYMOUS threats was getting ny
mail 7 had not received so many nor
49, regularly since ] was opposing the
rfnr corruptiong and the Mckanc CON-
dffione fn Brooklyn ana FraFesehu
when r was n young man
Ma~or Cnvnor tn the letter. scored
certain newspapers Tor the manner IN
which they had attacked him. saying
aet-~H Journalism is. OF course. In an
r,f,ifc defiance 81 the criminal law. ang
Sc did enter my mind 20 punllclF ~
~. 49, s-~and frriea and the district at
+o-n-v a. protect mo from ~. but i Va
r~cak and feared people Woulo Say
hand when these journalistic scounaI y.
nave r-of 20 stop or Eet out ana -
r~adv now 10 do my share 20 tnat enc, =,
T-nrv are absolutely without SOUS. =.
F-~c-t rconfe would refuse TO look n.
,-rr~b rorvsrapcrs the thing Woula I..sl'
ft-.rr I'd once The journalist OF NeN
vo,ic cff- has been dragged 90 the low
- fcnth 81 degradation me Ero-s-
-. ~.fff.-~fea and 1fhclr. instead OF non
80 -fafencnta and fair discussion. naEe
r-r-~ On unchecked. One cannot nell
svmpathizinE with the decent neWepa'
UcrE.