New-York tribune., 1910-08-19
MAYOR STILL GAINING
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Desnita the statements to the contrary
tho belief exists among those who nave
heen watching at the hospital tnal aii
oneration is contemplated soon. or per
hans has already been performed
There were many callers at tne nus
pital Yesterday to inquire In resaru
the Mavor's condition, and a large HUM
her of letters from persons, young ar"
old were received expressing sympathy
and wishing the Mayor speedy ie.o
erv. Most of the city officials mace sA7,i
daiIv trip to the hospital during 'he az
ternoon. but no one was allowed 10 sec
the patient except Mrs. Gaynor' hei Sun
Rufus and Secretary Adamson-
F'ire Commissioner Waldo ana o'iso
Commissioner Edwards were among 'no
first officials to arrive. Commission0i
Edwards facetiously remarked tnat 'he
wound where one of Gallagher pune
ploughed through the fieshy part oi mo
arm was causing him no fnconVenieh'e
commissioner Waldo related a pecuiiar
incident i'm view of the subsequent events
~, tho dav when Mayor Gaynor was
shot.
Calls OF CrankS hecdheo'
"secretary Adamson dined with Mrs-
Waldo and me at our home on tne sun
dav previous to the shooting, ne salo'
land we had a long discussion OF the
danger to which the Mayor and otner
citv officials we're subjected OF oeins
shot by crank 1t was remarked lii"'
many cranks had appeared at 'h0
MAYORS office with various imaginary
e-;a,-ances and that one of them might
some time attack the Mayor or sonie
other official"
Jeremiah ]. Sullivan, Democratic Na-
t;on.1 Committeeman from Iowa, called
at the hospital yesterday. He said that
he like many other Iowans, was gao
to hear that Mayor Gaynor was making
such good progress
The publication of the statement that
the physicians had given the Mayor per
mission to read a little brought many
hooks to the hospital yesterday some
of them came through the mail and
others were brought by visitors There
were books on philosophy, history nc
tion and one or two volumes OF poeHs'
a score or more in all None OF them
was given to the Mayor. Mr.. Adamson
said. but they We're turned over to the
hospitaI authorities and added to the
hospital library.
A long heroic poem descriptive OF the
incidents surrounding the shooting OF
the Mayor on the steamer Wilhelm der
Crosse and written in German came IN
the Mayors mail yesterday. Dr. Led
erie, of the Health Department, trans
lated IL The writer referred TO the
Mayor in heroic stanzas. and said that
a man who personif1ed justice and right
eousness was invincible. and that no
great harm could come to him.
Prayers of School Children.
A great stack of letters was received
from Superintendent F. w. Stitt. of the
summer vacation public schools They
included a letter from the principal of
each school and one from a scholar In
each class They were all expressive of
deep sympathy for the Mayor. Super
intendent Stitt said in his letter that
there were twenty thousand children in
the summer schools, and that they were
all praying each day for the Mayors re-
Covery.
The following was a characteristic let
ter from a ten-year-Cld boy:
Dear Mr.. Mayor:
My father voted for you for Mayor,
and I hope you will get we'll SO 1 can
vote for you some time. 1 got a fine
rife last Christmas. and 1 wish l had
been on that steamboat deck with il
when that old crank tried to kill you. l
bet I would have got to him first. My
sister Kate hopes you will get we'll, same
as I do
Mr. Adamson said yesterday that
nothing had been decided in regard to
the place to which the Mayor would be
taken to recuperate. He said that no
one had talked it over with the Mayor.
and that he had not yet suggested any
place where he would like to go.
The police officials of Jersey City
learned yesterday that fake pictures of
the shooting of Mayor Gaynor were to
be shown at the moving picture show
places, and the proprietors were warned
that they would be arrested if the pict-
ures were exhibited.
Gaiiagher's New Turn.
Warden Sullivan of the Hudson
County Jail said yesterday that James J.
Gallagher who shot the Mayor, had
spent some time during the last few
days praying in his cell for the Mayors
recovery. The warden said that the
man prayed aloud, and that his petitions
were almost wholly for the man he shot
Gallagher has recently complained of the
prison fare, according TO the warden
and said that he could not understand
why some of his political friends did not
go to see him and provide some means
with which he could get better food
Gala CHER was visited in his cell YES
terday afternoon by his counsel, Alex
ander Simpson. of Jersey City, and DR..
John Reilly. of No. SO West 44th street
New York. an alienist. The latter spent
an hour in examining the prisoner. He
did not express a definite opinion con-
cerning the mental condition of Gala
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