The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-11

New York, Aug. 10.-lnterest OF
course centers on the mayors condi
: ton, but Gallagher. now protesting a
trace of penitence for his deed, com
m&nded further notoriety from his cell
in Jersey City this evening An an
onymous letter. vulgarly couched and
threatening the life of The street
cleaning commissioner, Edwards,
I whose powerful blows felled Gallagher
TO the deck of the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse yesterday, started per-
functory police investigation. The
communication, however is generally
attributed crank. Although it pre-
dicted for Big Bill" fate similar to
the mayors, the former football play
Ell seems to regard his chances of life
and death as good as ever.
Two young girls, who declared that
they overheard an intoxicated police
man remark on Monday night that the
mayor would be shot, either on his de-
/ parture or on his return from Europe,
| furnished the foundation for another
police inquiry, but nothing tangible
had developed tonight. The mayor
has been drastic in his police better
ment crusade and he has many enc
mics on the force.
Gallaoher's statement made this
evening was his first frank talk con
cerning the crime.
while | will not say that / am
sorry he said, Il now hope that the
mayor gets well. But / wanted to-
teach high officials to regard the
rights of subordinates. / consider thai
| had to shoot the mayor as lesson
to the country. ! did what | did for
personal principles and was not
prompted by any anarchist belief.
Il am sorry that Commissioner Ed
wards was wounded for | was aiming
only at the mayor. But even the
/ thought of killing him had not been
| long in my mind. In fact, | reached
no decision until | got up yesterday
morning. The papers said that Gaynor
was going to sail for vacation. That
made me angry-to think that he
should have vacation in Europe,
while ! did not even have a chance to
VI ~
took the 23rd street ferry and in.
quired my way to the Kaiser Wilhelm.
"My wrongs had proved more than
thought could bear Over and over
sized up my hard station in life and
contrasted it with that of some other
men-of Mayor Gaynor who had
wronged me in particular At length .
I determined to seek the revenge
which | concluded should be justly
intimated.
Had | heard of President McKin-
ley's assassination? OF course. and 1
y believe assassination is sometimes
right
Il had carried the gun for nine
years. feared the enemies l had made
by writing letters when / was trying
to reform the dock department"
There is marked determination
among the New Jersey authorities to
make Gallagher an example of quick
Jersey justice but it was definitely
determined tonight not to lay his case
before the grand jury pending the
outcome of the mayors injuries. If
the mayor RECEIVERS Gallagher will be
quickly tried. charged with assault
with intent to kill. for which he may
receive a maximum sentence of twen-
ty years. If his victim should die,
the charge would be murder in the
first degree. the penalty for which is
death
For man who narrowly escaped
instant death by an assassin's bullet
Mayor Gaynor spent cheerful day
With the ever.present possibility of
blood poisoning, those near his bed
side believe that the bulletins con.
'erning his condition were TOO opti-
nistic in tone. He conversed cheer
ully with those who saw him and
pleaded with his wife and physicians
o allow him a slice or two of bacon,
or which he has a great fondness.
lis brother, Thomas l.. Gaynor. who
ushed here from Ohio on receipt of
ews OF the shooting. was allowed to
pend only twenty minutes in the sick
Dom. The mayors only other visit.
rs during the day, aside from his
hysicians. were Mrs. Gaynor, who
as with him almost constantly; John
urroy Mitchell president of the
oard OF aldermen and now acting ]