New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
MAYOR QUITS HOSPITAL;
NOW IN HIS OWN HOME
Stands Trip to st. James. L. l.,
Well and Spends Long Time
on Front Porch.
TO THE ADtRONDACKs NEXT
Avoids Making His Departure
from Hoboken on a Business
Day for Fear of Causing
Excitement.

Excitement.
Mayor Gaynor left St Mary's Hos
pitaI. Hoboken. Yesterday. and is now at
his country home DeepweIls. at St.
James, Long Island.
He stood the journey well. ard spent
considerable portion of the day on his
front porch. He is rather weak, how
ever, and his voice is still husky and
low. He does not speak with ease,
coughs frequently and has difficulty in
swallowing He considers himself fully
recovered. and refused assistance all
along the route. though at times he
clearly overtaxed his strength. He viii
spend ten days or two weeks at his
home and then will go to some quiet re-
sort. proba bly, in the Adirondacks, to
complete the period of convalescence.
The Mayors removal from the hos
pital yesterday came in the nature of
surprise 1t was determined upon. ac-
cording 70 his secretary, Robert Adam
son. only on Saturday night The plans
for his removal We're completed some
days ago. but il was intended that he
should leave the hospital to-day. He
had come to that decision on the advice
of his surgeons. but on Saturday night
ne took matters in his own hands, and
said his passage through the city on
business day would probably become
known and would create some excite
ment He wished to avoid this. so he
insisted on making the journey yester
day.
His decision was probably largely in
spired through the discovery which he
made on Saturday night that the news
paper men were still keeping a close
watch on the hospital, that anything
which happened there would be quickly
flashed TO New York. He had been up
q good portion of the day Saturday. but
on Saturday evening was lying quietly
in his room shortly before s o clock when
Mr. Adamson went TO him with a book
While the Mayor had not done any read
ing at night p to that time, Mr., Adam
son remarked that he might like to read
that night.
Trip Through the Hospital.
Instead of taking the book. the Mayor
expressed desire to see something OF
the hospital. and. TO Mr.. Adamson's sur
prise. he started out in the hall and
looked into the vcrious wards and ex-
pressed his approval of the surgical
equipment Of the hospital which is of
the best.
When they reached the elevator Mayor
Gaynor said he would like to give the
people downstairs surprise and he
stepped on and was brought down TO the
ground floor. He walked to the dining
room, where the man from Detective
Headquarters and a fireman from New
York We're getting dinner. They were
very much surprised to see him, and he
g@s surprised to learn that men from
tie New York department had been con-
stantly on guard since he was shot on
August 9 on the deck of the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, by James ]. Gallagher,
a discharged empIoye of the Docks and
Ferries department.
After he had visited the various de-
partments on the ground floor the Mayor
started for the elevator. but he made a
mistake in the doors and headed for the
doors leading TO the street AS he dis
covered his mistake. he also saw on the
steps leading up to the hospital a group
of newspape men on watch. He prompt
" retreated before the neWsgatherers
had had an opportunity of getting a
look at him. He expressed surprise that
the newspapers should take such an in
terest in him. He had not heard up to
that time Of the constant watch that
was kept at the hospital since he was
taken there.
When he returned to his room Mayor
Gaynor said he believed his removal on
Monday would cause considerable ex-
citement, and might mean interruption
10 traffic He therefore thought it would
be well to arrange matters SO that he
could go home on Sunday. Mr. Adam
son. after consulting the surgeons and
getting their approval. telephoned TO the
Police Department to have the Police
Department boat Patrol at Hoboken
early on Sunday. and then got into touch
with the Long Island Railroad officials.
who told him they could place a train
at his disposal on Sunday instead of on
Monday
Reception Before Departure.
There was reception in the Mayors
room before his departure. The Rev.
Sister Superior of the hospital, the
Mother Provincial of the Order of ST.
Francis and the Mayors two nurses,
Sisters 4 Aprada and Rita assem- hlad
The Mayor was dressed in his street
clothes for the first time since he had
entered the hospital, nearly three weeks
ago. Mrs Gaynor and their son Rufus
were with him Luke Clark. the male