Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-10

| NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-William j
Gaynor, mayor of New York city. was
shot in the head and seriously wounded
| today, as he stood on the promenade
deck of the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, by James ID. Gallagher, a
discharged city employe.
Gallagher was overpowered and ar
rested.
The shot was fired at 9:15 o'clock this
morning, fifteen minutes before the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse was due to
leave her pier at Hoboken,. n. j., and
the mayor was receiving godspeed from
group of friends, preparatory to a
vacation trip to Europe.
The bullet struck him behind the
right ear and ranged downward, in
flicting a critical though not necessar-
lily fatal wound And unless blood
poisoning develops surgeons are hope
full of the mayors recovery, although
at his age, So years. such wound Is
grave.
Tonight the mayor is at ST. Mary's S
hospital, Hoboken, surrounded by spe-
cialists, with members of his family
near. All early reports from the hos
pital were hopeful, and this evening six
X-ray negatives of the wound were
taken to facilitate an operation for the
removal of the bullet.
ASSASSIN INCARCERATED
Gallagher, the would-be murderer. is
locked in cell at Jersey City, held
without bail. He expresses no remorse.
The big liner was gay with flags and
ringing with shouted goodbys when
the tragedy occurred. Most of those
who had been aboard the ship to say
farewell to friends or relatives had
gone ashore, but a little group re-
manned to talk with the mayor.
They were standing on the port Side
of the vessel, near the promenade
deck, forward, and were in the act or
posing for a group photograph when
Gallagher, unnoticed, pushed his way
almost to the mayors side and fired
point blank at his head. He used a
38-caliber revolver, and an examina-
ton later disclosed the first cartridge
had missed fire. This probably saved
the mayors life, for Gallagher, when
he first pulled the trigger, was less
than two feet away.
Backing off slightly in his excite
ment, he pulled the trigger a second
time and sent bullet crashing into
the mayors neck below the ear.
STREET COMMISSIONERS WOUNDED
William H. Edwards, commissioner
of street cleaning, and Adamson, the
mayors secretary, struck Gallaghers
arm. AS he did so, a second shot
pierced Edwards sleeve, inflicting a
flesh wound on the commissioners
right arm, which in the excitement re-
mained undiscovered for hours.
Unmindful of his wound, Edwards
hit the man a crashing blow in the
face and they fell to the deck together,
Gallagher struggling with the strength
of desperation and pulling at the trig-
ger in an attempt to fire another shot.
Edwards rained blow after blow In
Gallagher's face, while Adamson and
Archibald r. Watson, corporation
counsel, flung themselves on the strug-
Cling two in an attempt to grasp the
weapon.
When Mr.. Watson had obtained pos
session of the gun Edwards and Gal
lagher continued a bitter struggle about
the deck, Edwards now crying and
shouting in his anger and excitement
and Gallagher painting and exhausted.
When Gallagher was completely sub
dued a pair Of steel nippers We're slip
ped on his wrists by speclal onlcer
and he was rushed through threat
ening crowd and off the vessel.
GAYNoR REMAINS CONSCIOUS
During the struggle with Gallagher.
MAYOR Gaynor, though badly wounded
and bleeding from the mouth ana nose'
did not lose consciousness.
The impact Of the bullet did not even
throw him from his feet, but ne raised
his hands to his ears and with his face
contorted with pain he staggered In