Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-08-11
MAYOR CAYNOR IS
BEARING UP WELL
UNDER HIS WOUND
Man Who Fired Shots Regards
Himself as a Hero, but Faces
Long Term at Hard
Labor.

necessary.
Central office is investigating the
informed Inspector Russell that an in
toxicated patrolman told his sister the
night before the shooting that "Gaynor
is going to get his soon." Mayor Gay
nor has been active in police reform.
James J. Gallagher, the discharged
dock employe who shot the mayor, has
been placed under constant guard.
Fearing he may attempt suicide his
belt and suspenders have been taken
from him and he is denied the use of
knife and fork.
New York, Aug. ia consultation
of physicians over Mayor William ].
Gaynor, who was shot by a discharged
city employe yesterday, was held this
morning, after which the following
bulletin was issued:
III a. m.-The mayor continues to
do well. 1t is the unanimous opinion
of the surgeons that no operation is
necessary at this time.
wv. ]. ArlitZ, M. d.
George E. Brewer, M. D.
George D. Stewart, NJ. d.
Charles N. Dowd, M. D."
DR.. John J. Wagner, who visited st.
Marys hospital this morning said he
had learned that Mayor Gaynor's tenn
perature during the night was 103, and
that at present it was 100 15.
Brother at Bedside.
Mayor Gaynors brother, Thomas L.
Gaynor, of Springfield, Ohio, reached
here this morning and went with Mrs.
Vingut, the mayors daughter, and Mr..
Ningut to the hospital. The mayor
was asleep and the physicians would
not permit him to be disturbed.
Police Commissioner Baker was an
other visitor anxious to see the mayor.
He had just arrived from Vermont,
whence he hurriedly started when he
heard OF the attack yesterday.
kilograms of sympathy continue to
flow In from all parts of the country.
Acting Mayor Gundalach, of st. Louis,
telegraEhed the sympathy of the people
OF his city. Numerous churches in New
york held services today to offer prayer
Tor the recovery of the city's executive.
Much Better This Morning.
The following bulletin on the con-
dition of Mayor Gaynor was issued at
1880 O'Clock this morning:
THE mayor rested comfortably since
O'Clock. He has taken nourishment
and at the present time his condition,
In the opinion of the attending physi-
clans is satisfactory.
(Signed) Ernest J. Lederle."
The formal bulletin issued at 1880
o'clock was preceded by an informal
and equally reassuring statement by
DR.. William J. Arlitz, who left the
mayors bedside at 6 o'clock bringing
WORD that the patient had passed
good night and that no untoward
symptoms had developed.
Develops an Appetite.
An encouraging symptom displayed
by the stricken executive was the de-
Veloping of pronounced appetite. The
nourishment mentioned in the official
bulletin was chicken broth, which the
mayor took about 7:15 o'clock.
Il am going to have more OF that
later because / am hungry" the mayor
confidently told his secretary.
The patient had some difficulty in
swallowing the broth, owing to sore
where the bullet entered, but this
seemed to interfere little with his en-
Joyment Of the food.
While the mayors condition is ad-
.mittedly still very serious and the
physicians would not commit them
selves on any statement as to the out
come, Secretary Adamson, who was
one of those who remained with the
mayor all night, said he considered the
outlook very hopeful.
Mr.. Adamson however, was careful
to impress the possibilities of danger
from infection of the wound, which
will remain until the bullet is re-
moved. There is also the danger 1t
the case closely. that the shot from
Gallagher's revolver had passed so
close to an artery that hemorrhages
might be brought on from an atten-
uated artery wall The passage of
time lessons the probability of this,
however.
Mayor Gaynor has not been afflicted
with an attack of hemorrhage since
yesterday, shortly after he was first
brought to the hospital.
Course of the Bullet.
The x-ray examination last night
showed that the bullet had split short
ly after 1t entered the head Just below
the right ear, one section apparently
lying In the floor Of the mouth near
the left wing OF the jaw bone, while
the other remains near the entrance
point of the wound behind the ear.
The mayors physicians showed by
their course through the night that
they considered him in no immediate
danger Those who spent the night
near the mayors bedside were Mrs.
Gaynor and their son, Rufus; Or.
Charles N. Dowd and Secretary
AdamSon.
The mayors condition seemed to the
physicians so satisfactory that DR..
Dowd retired early in the evening to
q nearby room to get some sleep, while
Doctors Arlitz and Lederle, after sit
ting up with Secretary Adamson until
after midnight, also took occasion then
to get some rest, leaving the patient
In the care OF the nurses.
The physicians remained all through
the latter part of the night within call,
but there was no emergency which
demanded their ministrations. The
mayor slept internationally and when,
ever questioned as to his feelings de-
clared that he was feeling fine"
In the event of Mayor Gaynor's
death, John Purroy Mitchell, president
of the board of aldermen. will succeed
to the office of mayor, but the ques-
tion has arisen whether Mr.. Mitchell
would serve until January of next
year, or fill out the full three years
and five months that remain OF Mayor
Gaynor's term.
Mrs. Gaynor Sleepless.
Mrs Gaynor slept scarcely quarter
OF an hour all night. AT frequent IN,
tervals she stole quietly into the
mayors chamber and on several oc-
casions found him awake. He con-
versed cheerfully with her Mrs. Gay
nor is being closely watched by the
physicians through the fear that the
great strain on her in her constant