The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-11
MAYOR GAYNOR SHOT
A DISCHARGED DOCK WATcHMAN TRIES TO KILL NEW
 WORKS EXECUTIVE.
IS IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION
The Attempted Assassination Took Plaee on the Deck Of the Liner on Which the Mayor Expected to Sail for Europe-No immediate Danger.


 New York, Aug. l0.-Mayor William J. Gaynor was shot and dangerously wounded at 9:45 o'clock in the morn ing as he stood on the deck of the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse at the steamships pier in Hoboken N. J, about to start on months vaca- ton in Europe
 The shooting was done by man who gave his name as James J Gal lagher, living at 444 Third avenue New York. He was later iden.hed as q city employe who recently had been discharged
 Fired Three Shots.
 Three shots were fired at the mayor Two of them missed and the third lodged in the fleshy portion of the right side of the neck. Blood gushed from the wound. and the first hasty examination led to the belief of seri oas and perhaps fatal consequences.
 The mayor retained consciousness and later examination by the physi clans at the hospital gave more hope sul outlook.
 The following bulletin was issued at noon by the surgeons attending Mayor Gaynor after a consultation just finished:
 The mayor was shot on the right side of the neck, the bullet entering the posterior and upper part and rang ing downward and forward. The post ton of the bullet has not been defin. itely located. but will be determined by X-rays.
 The mayor Is conscious and is now resting quietly and there seems to be no immediate danger
 Held Without Ball.
 With Mayor Gaynor when he was shot were Health Commissioner Led. erie. the dock commissioner. Calvin Tomkins. and the street cleaning com. missioner Big Bin" Edwards.
 Gallagher. the mayor's assailant. was taken before Recorder McGovern He displayed httle emotion.
 He deprived me Of my bread and butter" said tho discharged dock em. ploye.
 T didn't want parterhouse steak. he added
 Recorder McGovern held the pris- oner without bail to await the result of the mayors injuries.
 Gallagher was appointed ae watch man in the New York City dock de partment April I, 1903 He was dis charged July "a, l0iO after having been found guilty of neglect of duty and incompetence.
 Story Of Shooting.
 The shooting took place under cir cumstances of the most dramatic char acteF. Mayor Gaynor came aboard the steamer accompanied by a number of city officials about to bid him adieu on his trip abroad.
 he party proceeded to the upper deck and was assembled in a group giving final greetings Crowds of pas. sengers were about on deck and friends were waving adieu from the pier The mayors party had just formed a group preparatory to having picture taken.
 Suddenly A man pushed through the lhrpng from the rear. He approached the mayor and without word began to fire.
 Knocked Down Assaltant. At once there was the greatest ex citemenL Mayor Gaynor was seer to fall and the gushing sound told that he had been hit. At the sam moment ships guard sprang for ward and dealt the assailant blow on the head with club, felling hln. to the deck, where officers quickly 1 seized him.
 He was turned over to tho Hoboken l police Headquarters The hospital physicians made care | fui examination of the wounds. Their 1 conclusion agreed with that of the | ships surgeon, that the injury was not fatal,
 It was found that the bullet had CT tered the mayors neck back of the ear, burying itself in the region of the i mastoid bone. The bullet was not 10 | cated and no effort was made to probe. | It was decided to await the arrival of 1 a surgeon from New York.