The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-08-12
MAYOR GAYNOR
ASSASSINATED.
Shot By Ex-0 Official Remov-
ed by His Order.
Was Started on European Vaca-
tion---Not Thought Wounds
Is Fatal.

New York, Aug. 9.-Mayor Will
= liam j. Gaynor, of New York, was
shot in the head and badly wounded
this morning by Jamse Gallagher, a
discharged employee of the city dock
department. The shooting took place
on the dock of the steamer Kaiser
!. Wilhelm der Crosse, lying at her pier
in Hoboken, n. j., on which he
mayor was on the point of sailing for
months vacation abroad. Gallig-
her was at once arrested.
Tonight the mayor is at st. Mary's
hospital, Hoboken, surrounded by
specialists, with the members of his
family gathered near, awaiting the
outcome with anxiety. Reports from
the hospital are hopeful In tone and
this evening X-ray negatives were
taken of the wound to facilitate the
operation for the removal of the
bullet.
Unless blood poison develops, the
surgeons are hopeful of the mayors
recovery, although at his age, fifty
nine years, such a wound is essential
ly grave.
James G. Gallagher, the would-be
assassin, is locked in a cell in Jersey
City, held without bail, and expresses
no remorse.
The mayor and a group of friends
uIwere posing for photograph, when
Gallagher, unnoticed, pushed his way
almost to the mayors side and fired
directly at his head. The first cart
ridge missed fire and this probably
saved the mayors life. In the ex-
element, Gallagher backed away and
sent a second bullet into the mayors
meek.
William II. Edwards, commission
er of the STRENGTHENING department,
and former Princeton football star,
lunged toward Gallagher just as
Robt. Adamson, Gaynor's secretary,
struck Gallagher's arm. The second
shot from Gallagher's revolver
pierced Edwards sleeve and inflicted
slight wound.
Unmindful Of the wound, Edwards
hit the man crashing blow in the
face, and they fell to the deck to-
gether. After a fierce struggle, Gal
lagher was overpowered and was ar
rested by a special officer aboard the
ship.
Mayor Gaynor, though badly
wounded and bleeding from the
mouth and nose, did not lose con-
sciousness. The impact of the bullet
did not even throw Gaynor off his
feet. He staggered in daze and
leaned against the ships rail until
Adamson came to his assistance
Surgeons temporarily bandaged the
wound preparatory to removal to the
hospital Rufus Gaynor, a son, was
present when he was shot
Gallagher made the following sign
ed confession of his act to Robert
W. Bell, acting chief of police of Ho-
boken:
81 came over to Hoboken at 9:20
this morning. | went to the steam
ship pier and went on board the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Gros-
Sc. / met a Clergyman on board OF
the steamer and l asked him to
point out Mayor Gaynor to me.
He did SO, and shortly after l
fired a shot at the mayor. l do not
know IL / fired more than one shot
or not
knowing that Mayor Gaynor was
going to Europe this morning to en-
Joy himslef. after depriving me Of my
bread and butter, not porterhouse
steak l was irritated to the point Of
committing the act.
THE revolver you show me Is the
revolver that did the shooting at
the mayor with, l don't know how
many shots were in the revolver
when L used It, have had the re-
volver long time In my possession.
carried 1t when l was in the en-
ploy Of the CITY,"
Gallagher seemed remarkably cool
while making this statement, to
which he affixed his signature.
Detective Sergeant A. B. Closter
+, arrived at Gallagher's boarding house