Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-09

meek as the mayor fell. Officer Fitz-
geering. one Of the guards Of the
North German Lloyd line, was stand
ing near at the time and felled the
assassin with a blow from his club.
The man was seized by the officers.
Goodbye Message to People.
In the meantime there was intense
excitment on the deck Of the steamer.
The mayors secretary, Adamson lift
ed the stricken executive to his feet
and with the assistance of others car
ried him to a state room. Later he
was conveyed to the hospital and i'm
mediate1y taken to the operating room.
AS the mayor was being borne by his
"Say goodbye to the people"
Say boodbye to the people"
Three shots Fired.
Three shots were fred at the mayor.
Two missed and the third lodged in the
deshy portion Of the left side Of the
neck. Blood gushed from the wound
ana the first hasty examinations led to
the BELIEF OF perhaps fatal conse-
Quences. Later examinations by the
physicians. when the mayor was taken
to hospital gave q more hopeful out-
tlook.
! The mayor boarded the steamer ac-
Icompanied by = number Of city officials
k
about to bid him .adieu. The party
gathered on the upper deck and there
were crowds Of other passengers about
the deck. The mayors party was just
about having a picture taken when
suddenly stranger pushed thru the
throng from the rear. He approached
the mayor and without word began
Ito fire.
Assailant 10 sulIen.
Gaynor fell to Athe deck. blood gush-
Ping from the wound in the neck. At
the same moment ships guard
sprang forward and dealt the assassin
a blow on the head with his billy,
telling him to the deck, where officers
quickly seized him: He was taken at
once to police headquarters. There he
gave his name as gallagher and in re-
sponse to inquiries as to why he had
committed the deed replied sullenly:
| "He kept me from earning my bread
and butter"
In the meantime the mayor had been
carried to state room and later was
placed on stretcher and carried to an
ambulance and then to st. Mary's hos
lpital. Hoboken, where the mayor was
Immediately taken to the operating
room. The hospital physicians made a
careful examination and concluded the
| injury was not necessarily fatal.
Intense Excitement.
The attempt to assassinate the mayor
caused intense excitement thruout New
York. The prominence Of the city exc
cutive in recent months in city affairs
and growing in extent in state and ma
tioual affairs, attracted widespread at
tention. Everywhere news Of the at
tempt on his life was received with evil
dence OF profound regret. In all public
places. hotels. the financial district.
clubs and subways, the affair was the
absorbing topic
companion Wounded.
Street Cleaning Commissioner Will
liam Edwards, Of New York, was
slightly wounded by one Of the bullets
intended Tor Mayor Gaynor. Edwards,
who was standing by the mayor, seiz-
ed Gallagher's arm. one of the bullets
passed thru the commissioners sleeve
and grazed the left arm. The wound,
however, was so slight that Edwards
Ionly discovered it after the excitement
had subsided.
Gallagher confesses.
Gallagher, in q signed confession,
says he went aboard the steamer and
asked a Clergyman to point out Gaynor.
The clergyman did so and Gallagher
says he Immediately opened hre. He
says he knew the mayor was going to
Europe to enjoy himself. and the fact
that he was deprived Of his bread and
butter irritated him to the point Of
committing the act.
President Mentt Witness.
President MONT. Of Chile was q near