The evening world., 1911-01-04

chair and told his story TO tho Judges.
the Jurors and the half-hlled court
room.
Edwsrds's Story OF the Shooting.
Il was standing in a group Of gentle
men who surroundcd the Mayor" said
Edwards. when heard a report of n
revolver near at hand, followed by cries
aud confusion. I knew instlnctively the
Mayor had been shot. l nung my head
TO the right and saw a mans hand
holding a revolver at an angle toward
the Mayor. The revolver had Just been
fred ard the muzzle of It ". not less
than two nor more than six inches from
the Mayors head. I went TO the Mayors
assistance"
How did you 30 to his assistance"
asked Mr.. Garven.
II Owed right Mt the holder % the
gum" said Edwards. 81 jumped for HIN
and tackled him around the waist. /
dragged him back and as ! did so. strug-
SLING with this man, whom ! know now
TO DO Gallagher, ] heard two or three
more revolver shots. Later l found d
bullet had sloughed the feshy part OF
my left arm above the elbow. ] had the
wound dressed nj 81. Mary's Hospital
where the Mayor was taken
Mr.. Garven caused MIR. Edwards to
Identify the coat and the shirt which
he had worn on the morning Of Aag.
p and to pick out the bullos holes IA
the sleeves OF each garment.
Reacts the Shooting.
on cross-examinatlon Mr. Simpson
caused MIR. Edwards to act out Ia pan.
iomlme his grapple with Gallagher.
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Edwards and Gallagher played them
selves. Edwards stage managed the
production. He placed the other two In
an open space In front OF the jury box
and showed with a considerable display
Of histronic talent Row he jumped past
his Wounded chief, wrapped his mighty
arms aroun Gallagher and hurled him
backwards. He yankcd Gallagher
aroun pretty brlskly rs he reacted the
encounter.
This over, he returned 10 the witness
chair and told how he fisttened Gala
CHER against the deck planks and held
him there struggling.
Henry 8. Thompson. Commissioner Of
Gas. Water and Electricity. testified
that he saw Gallagher In the act OF
shooting the Mayor. He sprnng for the
assassin, but Edwards. who Ia nearer.
. had already seized the man with the
A pistol.
Bob" Adamson. the Mayors secre-
tary. testified that he saw Gallagher
suddenly approach Mr.. Gayaor. press a
revolver TO the Mayors hend and IRE.
DR.. s. ]. Lederle. Health Commits
sioner. who was talking with Mayo
Gaynor a, the moment OF the attack,
said he saw n hand holding n revolver
az the back OF the Mayors head and ~.
stantly the hrst shot followed. a mo-
ment later he saw Gallagher down,
with four or five men on top OF him,
and he saw Gala CHER struggling 20 get
the arm that held the pistol free.
Tells Of oaliagher's Statement.
James w. Mccarthy. Second Assistant
{ Prosecutor OF Hudson County, swore he
interviewed Gallagher In the jail Office
II Jersey City on the day after the
'hooting. Gallagher was willing to taik.
IcCarthy said. and made some cor
rc,tions In n statement which Mccarthy
prepared. but declined to sign II, al
thopgh admitting the truth OF what II
contained.
Over Mr.. Simpsons protest Mr.. Gar
ven was permitted to read the un-
signed statement that Mccarthy had
prepared. In which Gallagher was
quoted as saying no decided so
kill Mayor Gaynor after he read In a
paper that the Mayor was starting that
day for Europe on his vacation. and
that the shot which wounded Edwards
was really meant for Gaynor. as he
had no grudge against Edwards. Gal
lagher had added to his statement:
am sorry now that / shot Gay
nor, and / think / must have been
insane. But ! thought how Gaynor
was going away to have "A good
time, while ]. who had lost my job
Through him. was going to be a
bum on a park bench. and I decided
to kill him. as he had refused TO re-
Il instate me in my place.
Patrolman Daniel q. Kelly OF Ho-
eoken Identified d signed statement
which Gallagher made TO him just after
the shooting. but the Justices ruled II
out because II bore upon the Gaynor
shooting rather than upon the issue OF
the injury inflicted upon Edwards
Kelly was permitted TO say that ne
searched Gallagher and took from him
. mia tobacco sack containing car
tridEes and certain papers.
Revolver In Court.
This gave opportunity 10 put in evil
dence the small black-handlcd revolver
which Gallagher carried with him &c
the Hoboken docs. The chambers
tcontained three empty shells and tw'
Headed cartridges. one OF which hat
been snapped but which had failed e
lexplode.
DIR. william :. Ariitz. police surgeon
sof Hoboken, described how he patched
.up o bullet furrow In COMMISSIONS
burns on the flesh about the wound
Showing the shot had been fired at very
tciose range.
This ended the case IA chief for m
prosecution. and when Or, Arlitz lef
1.-THE stand the State rested,