Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-12
ASSAULT ON MAYOR GAYNoR.
Act of a Dssruntled City Employe
Who PLAYED For Even,

Act of a DssruntIed City Employe
Who Played For Even.
William j. Gaynor, mayor of New
York, who was assaulted by a would
be assassin on the deck of the Kaiser
Wilhelm De Crosse, as he was about
to set out for Europe last Tuesday
morning. was not so seriously injured
as was at first feared.
Mayor Gaynor had been talking to
and introducing some of his friends to
President Monte of Brazil, who was
also going to Europe, and as he turned
away for a moment was attacked by
James ]. Gallagher who had been
standing by all the while with his
hand on his pistol awaiting his chance
Gallagher fired three shots in rapid
succession. The first missed entirely
the second struck Mayor Gaynor back
of the ear and the third made a slight
flesh wound in the arm of William H
Edwards, street commissioner, who by
this time was able to strike up Gala
gher'S arm.
Edwards, former football star at
Princeton and powerful man, struck
Gallagher a stinging blow in the face
and together they fell to the deck OF
the vessel, Gallagher still lingering the
assisted by Archibald Watson, counsel
for the city, and others and after Gal
lagher had been completely subdued
nippers were put on his wrists, and he
was taken on shore.
News Of the attempted assassna-
ton spread like wild fire, and crowd
of people on the dock wanted to lynch
Gallagher but the police beat the mob
back, put the fellow in an automobile
and hurried him off to the police sta
ton.
The wounded mayor, who was bleed
ing from the neck and mouth. was CIV
en- prompt attention by the ships sur
geons and was then put on stretcher
and conveyed to st. Mary's hospital.
AS he was being carried down the
companion way from the vessel, he
said to those near him: Tell the peo-
PIE good bye" and later he said to his
wife and children, who had gathered
around his bedside at the hospital:
1T is very strange. | wonder why he
did it,"
Examination at the hospital showed
that the bullet had split during it's
passage, one bit of lead remaining in
the flesh near the opening Of the
wound and the other penetrating to
the lower part Of the mouth. The at
tending physicians were agreed that
the wound was very serious, especial
ly on account Of the age of the pa
tient, who is 50, but at the same time
held out considerable encouragement
as to prompt recovery.
At the police station, Gallagher made
no hesitation in giving a full state
ment. He said that he had been en-
ployed as a night watchman on the
docks until July last, when he lost his
Job as the result Of one of the mayors s
sweeping orders, and he had come on
the vessel for the purpose of killing
the man who took the bread and but
ter out of my mouth Gallagher is de-
scribed as a short, thickset man
weighing 200 pounds and is Sc years of
age He did not appear at all worried
by what he had done.
Mayors Condition Yesterday.
New York, Aug. 11.-Mayor Will
liam J. Gaynor may be making sat-
isfactory progress as his attending
physician persistently maintained to-
day and tonight, but there Is an un-
dercurrent Of anxiety evidenced to-
night that runs contrary to the Of
fetal bulletins.
His surgeons say that he had a
udy, lIldl He 10 tHcCi III
and stronger and was resting quietly,
more than holding his own against
the pistol shot wound inflicted on
Tuesday by James ]. Gallagher. AS
opposed to this attitude Of optimism,
those who read the 1890 bulletin
thoughfully noted reference to com
plete photographic" examination, in
dicating that it was necessary to take
a second set of negatives In order to
find the position of the bull
let. That an additional set of mega
tiyes was taken has been reported
but the rumor lacked con-
tirmation.
Nothing is said in the bulletin of
the "split bullet" mentioned as indi-
Gated in the first pictures; instead the
lead is now said to be lodged in the
roof of the mouth. Whether the other
shadow as indicated in the first pic
ture is a split none Of the physicians
would say. A sample of the patients
blood was examined carefully this
evening and pronounced satisfactory,
the relation Of the white and red blood
having been found so near
normal as to cause no alarm. Al
though rumors are afloat that his
are in the midst of dis
agreement, Robert Adamson, his sec
retary and F.. J. Lederele, health com
missioner Of New York, gave out
statement discrediting the reports OF
friction among the medical advisers.