New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-10
MEMBERS OF CABINET
ABOUT HIM WHEN SHOT
Street Cleaning Commissioner
SEXES AssaiIant and Puts
Stop to His Work.
WATSON SECURES REVOLVER
This Is a Pity Commissioner
Thompson Says Mayor Ex-
claimed as He Was
Hit.

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of his cabinet who were there to bid him
goodby Some of then, grappled with
the Mayors assailant, while others as
sisted the Mayor to his stateroom, and
later went to ST. Mary's Hospital. Ho-
boken, where they remained as long a.
they could be of service.
Commissioner Edwards Of the Street
| Cleaning Department, who oyerpoWerec
the would-be murderer, tells moving
narrative of the scene
ct was about $50 o'clock this morn
ing said the Commissioner, when
Commissioner Lederle of the Health De-
| artment and I arrived at the North Ger
man Lloyd pier to say goodby ana DOH
voyage to the Mayor. I soon found the
| Mayor in a group upon the forward
deck, engaged in conversation with Cor
poration Counsel Watson, Commissioners
| Thompson and Robert Adamson, his sec
rotary. The Mayor seemed most cheer
| full"
Commissioner Edwards added that
while he was talking with the Mayor ne
suddenly heard loud report He SAID
! there was some confusion at the time
and he thought at first perhaps some
| body was taking a moving picture or
something of that kind.
Il turned around Immediately. said
| Commissioner Edwards, and saw man
| with a revolver behind the Mayor The
| gun was not more than eighteen 1nches
| from the Mayors head. The man mold
| ing it was a short and thickset, ABOUT
forty-five years old, and he was waving
the pistol as if about to shoot again
Realizing that ne was the person who
had injured the Mayor, 1 tackled him
and carried him up against the rail OF
the deck We fell in a heap on the
floor
Shot Hits Edwards in Struggle.
Commissioner Edwards was shot in the
arm as he fell, but did not realize it until
several hours later.
The revolver was discharged again as
we fell said the Commissioner, and
the shot pierced the sleeve of my coat on
the left arm It went through the shirt
sleeve and burrowed it's way through
the fieshy part of the arm l did not re-
alize this until a couple Of hours later,
when It was called to my attention by
Deputy Police Commissioner Bugher.
The third shot went off after we fell to
the deck I don't know where it went
Commissioner Edwards modestly tells
Of the struggle he had with the man, as
follows:
.',The Mayors assailant put up a fierce
fight. but with the assistance of others
I was able to get a. handeuf on one Of
his hands Ralph Bloon1er, the former
CAPTAIN of the Yale football team. who is
one of my personal friends, was near by.
and I asked him to take care Of the
mans head. as he was trying to bite me-
We soon had him on his feet, and. with
the assistance of some officers there, we
got him to the automobile outside the
pier and took him to Police Headquar-
tiers in Hoboken- Later he was ar
raigned before Judge McGovern and
committed to await the action Of the
grand jury
Commissioner Edwards did not get the
impression that Gallagher was insane
He appeared perfectly rational and
sane" he declared He would not give
me his name on the way to the police
station, saying that It was none of my
business. He did say, however, that the
Mayor had taken away his bread and
butter. He told me that the revolver he
used, a Harrington & Richardson 50
calibre, was one he had used on duty IN
the Dock Department"
Adamson On the Scene.
Mr.. Adamson said that Mayor Gaynor
turned to give him a last word Of in
struction when the shooting occurred
I'VE were standing near the compan-
ionway, and just under the bridge" he
added ct heard the first shot. I was
looking at the Mayor. I saw him start
under the impact of the bullet. I leaped
to get him in my arms, and in doing so
I turned and came face to face with the
assassin
I'm the excitement Of the moment it
seemed to me that the second shot was
aimed at me- But 1 do not know. All
was confusion, and recall only a scene
Of frenzied men in a struggle, and
through il all the muzzle of that re-
VOlVer pointing toward us. IN any
event. the crowd near by had so leaped
on the man that his aim was impaired.
II do not remember any of the rest,
except that when 1 looked up again
Mavor Gaynor was half fainting in my
arms. and Gallagher was on the deck be-
meath a crowd of shrieking, screaming
men. Some one was dragging at Com
missioner Edwards arm.
Don't kill him, Bill was the cry
heard.
Through the seconds Of that scene
they seemed like hours-I could hear
that voice calling. They tell me that
big hand had closed about
GalIagher's neck in the grip of a wise
and that he would have choked him to
death If he had not been restrained
him BY that time they had dragged
Edwards off. and he had
regained some of his calm. Get me a
pair of handouts, he ordered. but there |
were none. Henry Geering, one of the |
local detectives, passed Edwards his |
chains instead. They were nipped |
round Gallagher's wrist and the man |
vas led away"
Halls Corporation Counsel.
Corporation Counsel Watson also took |
part in the work of overpowering Gala |