The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-10

mos most against the mayors back;
hand and held it upward.
then seized him around the
body and slammed him against the
railing. He continued to fight
furiously, but q blow or two took
the fight out of him.
1t took three or four minutes to
rush him down the gangplank and
into the automobile As we got
him into the automobile the fell
low looked about him and said so
that some of US heard him dis
tinctly: He robbed me of my
bread and butter and that's all
there is to it
FRENZIED SCENE
Adamson said that the picture of the
scene was too blurred to admit of de-
tailed description. He declared:
l recall only a frenzied scene of
men fighting and arms waving and
oaths, and through it ali the muz-
zle of that revolver pointed toward
US I do not remember any of the
rest except that when l looked up
Mayor Gaynor was half fAinting
in my arms and Gallagher was on
the deck beneath a crowd of
shrieking, screaming men. Some
one was dragging at Commissioner
Edwards arm.
Don't Kill him, Bin.9 was the
cry 1 heard. Through the seconds
of that scene, that seemed to pass
like hours. ] could hear that voice
calling. They tell me that Ed
wards big hand had closed about
Gallagher's neck in the grip of
wise. He would have choked him
TO death right there if others pres
ent had not restrained him.
Some one called out, Let's lynch
him." BY that time they had
dragged Edwards off and he had
regained some Of his calm.
Corporation Counsel Watson made
the following statement:
] was standing a few feet to the
right of the mayor and my i'm
preston is that l first saw an
arm and hand grasping a pistol.
The first shot was fired as ! saw
the pistol and it was this shot that
struck the mayor. The muzzle of
the weapon could not have been
more than few inches from the
mayor when it was discharged
recall that the mayor instantly put
up his hands to his neck and stag
gered slightly. Immediately all
Commissioner Thompson caught
hold of the mans pistol as he was
borne back toward the rail by the
force of Commissioner Edwards
onslaught and we all fell in heap
almost against the rail while the
assailant was underneath
The man made vigorous strug-
gle and held on to the pistol until
it was forced from his fingers by
Mr.. Mcmillan, reporter, and my
self. As we struggled on the deck
after Commissioner Edwards had
pinned the man down I recall that
Mr.. Mcmillan tried to remove the
cylinder of the pistol which the
man was still trying to discharge.
BY this time, however. his strug-
giles had lost all definite purpose
and the pistol was wrenched from
him
GALLAGHER CHEERFUL
Gallagher is a short thick set man
weighing close TO 200 pounds He
smoked a cigar cheerfuIly after his
arrest and at no time expressed sor-
row because of his deed. On the other
hand. he repeated stolidly that the
mayor had robbed him of q livelihood
and that he had meant to kill him.
Gallagher made the following signed
confession to Robert w. Bell, acting
chief Of police of Hoboken:
| came over to Hoboken at $40
this morning. / went to the steam
ship pier and | went ON board the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
/ met clergyman on board and I
asked him TO point out Mayor Gay
nor to me.
He did so and shortly after fired
shot at the mayor. I do not know
If / fred more than one shot or not.
Knowing that Mayor Gaynor was
going TO Europe this morning to
enjoy himself after depriving me of
my bread and butter, mot porter
mouse steak, L was 1rr1tated to the
point of committing the act
The revolver you show me, it was
the one 1 did the shooting with.
do not know how many shots
were in the revolver when used
It have had this revolver a long
time in my possession. I carried
1t when ! was in the employ of
the city.
Gallagher seemed remarkably cool
while making this statement, to which
he affixed his signature.
After his arraignment before Re-
corder McGovern this afternoon Gal
lagher was sent to the Hudson county
jail at Jersey City, where he sat in
his cell tonight contentedly smoking
a pipe and seemingly pleased with the
attention he has attracted.
HOSPITAL CRITICIZED
Commissioner Thompson, who went
to st. Mary's hispital with the mayor,
severely criticised the conduct of af-
fairs there.
When we arrived he said, we had