The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-11
WouldBc Assassin Of Mayor Gaynor Coolly
Talks of His Hideous Crime
CONDITION Of WOUNDED man STILL FAVORABLE
Fragments Of Fends Bullet Have Not Yet Been Removed
But Unless Blood Poisoning Develops, Chances for
Recovery Arc Cood--- Physicians Hopeful.

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over the outcome.
Interest ccnters on the mayors con
dlticn, but Gallagher. now processing q
! trace Of cnitcncc for his decd. com
manded further notoriety from his cell
In Jersey City this evening. An anony-
nous letter. vulgarly couched ant
threatening the life OF Street coninis-
| sloncr Edwards, whose blows fcllcd
Gallagher to tic deck Or .ae kai,,i
Wilhelm der Crosse started per
| functory police Investigation, but gen
cnoraliy the communication is at.
tributcd TO a crank.
| Although II predicted for Big Bit
fate similar to that OF the mayors.
the former football Player seemed to
regard his chances Of life and dealt
as good as ever.
| Two young girls who declared tho,
overheard an intoxicated policeman re-
mark on Monday night that the inuy1,
would be shot either on his departure
for or on his return from Europe fur
nishcd the foundation fer another po-
lice inquiry. but nothing tangible had
developed tonight The mayor has
been drastic In his police bcttermcnt
crusade and he has many enemies on
the force.
Policeman Joseph r. Hook OF the
Madison street station, whose num-
ber 7.446. the number given by the
girls, was suspended from duty tonIgh,
pending investigation. Hook has been
on ths force three years.
Gallaghcr's statement this evening
was his first frank talk CONCERNING
the crime.
While l will not say that I am
sorry" he said. Il now nope that the
! mayor gets well. But wanted to
teach high officials to regard tho rights
Of subordinates. / consider that /,
mad to shoot the mayor as a ;css, N "a,
thc country. did wat did for per.
sonal principles and was not prompted
by any anarcbistlc belief.
i am sorry that Commissioner Ed
wards was wounded, for was aiming
only at the mayor But even. IN,
thought OF killing had not been long
IN my mind. In fact. reached no de-
cision until l got up yesterday morn
ing. The paper 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 chance to work.
much less get a vacation. SO hur.
r'ed over to the Twenty third street
Terry and inquired my way to thu
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
NY wrongs had proved more than
thought could bear. over and over
sized up my hard stations In luu
and contrasted 1t with that Of some
other men--of Mayor Gaynor, who had
wronged me In particular. At length
: determined to seek tho revenge ,.....
concluded should be justly mine.
was not drunk. as has been intiiDateu.
mad heard Of President McKin-
leys assassination? or course, aud
Deiicvc that assassination is sometimes
risht. had carried gun fer n,nc
years. feared the enemies had
made by writing letters when I was
trying to reform the dock deput,-
ment" ~
There Is marked determination
among the New Jersey authorities to
mako Gallagher an example of quick
Jersey justice" but II was definitely
determined tonight not to lay his case
before the grand jury pending the out.
come of tho mayors injuries. IL the
mayor recovcrs, Gallagher will be
quickly tried. charged with assault
with intent to kill. for which he may
receive maximum sentence OF ~
years. II his victim should die, the
charge will be murder IN lie lrs,
degree, the penalty for which is death.
For man who so narrowly escaped
instant death by an assass;n's bullet,
Mayor Gaynor spent Cheerful day.
With the ever present possibility OF
blood poisoning. the anxiety of those
near his bedside remains tense, but
every bulletin OF tn. Gay concerning
his condition was optimistic.
Mayor Gaynor conyersed clleerruIIy
with those who saw him and pleaded
with his wife and his physicians to al
low him Il slice or two Of bacon, for
which he has great fondness. Ills
brother, Thomas i. Gaynor, who
rushed here from Ohio on receipt Of
the news of the shooting. was allowed
TO spend only 20 minutes In the sick
room The mayors only other visit
ors during the day. aside from his
physicians, were Mrs. Gaynor, who was
with him almost constantly; John p.
Mitchell, president of the board of al
dermen and now acting mayor: Com
missioner Edwards. Robert Adamson,
the mayors secretary. and Mrs. Harry
x, vingut. formerly Miss Edith Gay
nor.