Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-08-12
MAYOR GAYN0R
IS SHOT DOWN
DISCHARGED CITY EMPLOYE
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDS NEW
YORK EXECUTIVE.
WAS JUST SAILING FOR EUROPE
Crowded Deck on an Ocean Liner Is
Scene of Attempted Assass-
nation by Man Named
Gallagher.

New York, Aug. 10.-Mayor VIM. J.
wounded, at 9:45 a. m. as he stood
On the deck of the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse at the steamship
pier in Hoboken, N. J., about to start
On a months vacation in Europe.
The shooting was done by a man
who gave his name as Jules James
Gallagher. Gallagher later was iden-
titled as a former city employee, re-
Gently discharged. Three shots were
fired at the mayor.
Two of the bullets missed and the
&bird lodged in the fleshy portion of
the left side of the neck. Blood
yushed from the wound and the first
oasty examinations led to the belief
Of serious and perhaps fatal conse-
quences.
The mayor retained consciousness
ard later examination by the physi-
cIans when the mayor was taken to
the hospital gave more hopeful out
look.
| Street Cleaning Commissioner Will
liam Edwards was slightly wounded
by one of the bullets intended for
Mayor Gaynor. Edwards, who was
standing by the mayor, seized Gala
shers arm. One of the bullets passed
through the street commissioners
sleeve and grazed his left arm. The
wound, however, was so slight that
| Edwards only discovered it after the
excitement had subsidized
Shooting of Mayor Is Dramatic.
The shooting occurred under cir
cumstances Of the most dramatic
character
Mayor Gaynor came aboard the
steamer, accompanied by a number of
prominent officials, who were about
10 bid him adieu on his trip abroad.
Suddenly a stronger pushed through
the throng from the rear He ap-
preached the mayor, and without a
word began to fire.
Mayor Gaynor was seen to fall to the
deck and the gushing wound told that
he had been hit.
Ships Guard FeiIs AssaiIant.
At the same moment a ships guard
sprang forward and dealt the assassin
blow on the head with a billy, fell
ing him to the deck, where officers
quickly seized him. He was turned
over to the Hoboken police and taken
at once to police headquarters. There
he gave the name of Gallagher, and
in response to inquiries as to why he
had committed the deed he replied,
sullenly:
''He kept me from earning my bread
and butter"
Meanwhile Mayor Gaynor was driven
to ST. Mary's hospital, Hoboken, where
he was still conscious and occasionally
spoke to those about him. To the city
officials who accompanied him to the
hospital he indicated the gravity with
which he viewed the shot by saying:
"Say goodbye to the people,"
It was found that the bullet had en-
tered the mayors neck back of the
ear, burying itself in the region of the
mastoid bone The bullet was not To-
Gated and no effort was made to probe.
His chief difficulty came from the
gathering of blood in his throat. AT
ter the ministration of the physicians
Mr.. Gaynor expressed himself as feel
ing reasonably comfortable.
The attempt TO assassinate the
mayor caused intense excitement
throughout New York. The promi-
months in city affairs and to grow
Ing extent in state and national af-
fairs, attracted widespread attention.
Everywhere the news of the attempt
on his life was received with evidence
of profound regret.
President Montt of Chile was near
observer of the attempt to assassinate
Mayor Gaynor. The Chilean executive
and Nine Mont were sailing on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse for Eu-
rope. AS Mayor Gaynor first came
aboard pleasant greetings were ex-
changed between him and the Chilean
president The mayor then went to
his cabin and later joined his political
assistants on deck.
She Noticed Woud-Be Slayer.
While thus engaged Nine. Mont
first noticed the assassin approaching
the mayor. She describes the man as
looking rather old, with grizzled
mustache and gray hair. He stood
diagonally behind the mayor as the
shots were fired.
Assassin Confesses.
Gallagher made the following signed
| confession of his act to Robert w
Bell, acting chief of police of Ho-
boken:
81 came over to Hoboken at $3.50
o'clock this morning. l went to the
steamship pier and l went on board
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. l met clergyman on board
of the steamer and | asked him to
point out Mayor Gaynor to me.
He did so and shortly after / fired
shot at the mayor. / do not know
If | fired more than one shot or not.
Knowing that Mayor Gaynor was
going to Europe this morning to en-
| Joy himself after depriving me of my
bread and butter, not porterhouse