The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-19
EDWARDS GETS TROPHY
n Who Probably Saved Mayor Gay
nor's Life and the Lives Of
several Other
People.

the recipients of silver medal from
the Carnegie hero fund Is New York's
street cleaning commissioner, William
II Edwards, who figured in the Incl
dents in connection with the shooting
oi Mayor W. J. Gaynor, on the deck
of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse at
Iioboken, NJ j., on August 8.
The report OF the commissions in
restigation says he saved indetermin-
ate persons from being shot at the
hands Of an assassin, that Mayor
Caynor, having been shot in the head
1t close range, Edwards threw himself
|on the man with the upraised pistol
snd bore him to the deck on his
back.
when Edwards fell on top OF the
man the pistol was discharged again
and the bullet grazed Edwards fore
arm Others hurried to pinion the
mans arms, but before they could ac-
complish It the pistol was discharged
third time. Edwards then arrested
the assailant''
Twenty-six awards in recognition
Of acts Of heroism we're made by the
Carnegie Hero Fund commission. six
teen bronze and ten silver medals,
besides cash awards were made in
rescue Or attempted rescue from
drowning, three. from fire, two from
suffocation In wells and one each from
trains and shooting In nine In
sssahces tie heroes lot their 1ives and
she award is made to member OF the
family.
Among Others to receive awards
are:
Roy A. Fees, Emporia, Kan; died
attempting to save from drowning
Albert Heaton 26 years old. at Elm
Dale, Kan. 1910. silver medal to
widow, 5000 to liquidate mortgage on
property and $50 month pension
= Kent Smith. died attempting to
iave from suffocation two men thought
% Be in mine at Bingham Canyon
utah. November 81, 1908. Silver
medal to widow. with $T5 a month
pension and s5 additional for a minor
child.
James Mason. IS years old, helped
'ase from drowning Mary e. Dolan
Won y Holiday, Carroll v. Rector and
william b. Sweet, at Grand Rapids
WIS., May 26, 1909. Bronze medal.
eeoge K. Muir, % years old, assist
. mason In drowning rescue; bronze
medal
marry /. Masser of Los Angeles. II
yeafs Old. helped save from drowninF
esrtna l. Pillsbury at Yosemite, Cal.
AUGUST y 1907: bronze medal.
lanes Park Jones, Los Angeles, Il
sears old, assisted Masser in rescu,
: Mss Pillsbury.. bronze medal.
n,'s, se.ome Miller. "A years old. saved
ei''am G. Stapel from a burnin,
auocn ,.a at Oshkosh, Wis, October 1s
lss; bronze medal.
wy Empey. Is years old, saved
svn browning Cornelia e. Denne, Il
,eafs y old, at Merrill. Wis. Noyembel
:" 1906; bronze medal.
sa'aes Y Logan, 36 years old, savct
~, browning D. Ward Denton, II
burnside. KY. July 20, 1909
s,Onse medal and $4,000 to educat,
A's children as needed
.narles R. McCabe of Chicago. 9
,,a,s = Old saved from drowning Georg
oummins, 23. at Sayner, Wis
,a''e q, 1909; bronze medal and sf,o0,
as needed.
,oa lea B karr of Seneca. H., 8
,sa,s +, old, saved from being run owe
NIT. ram William Damazsewski. Z, a
msa, s',hasee III. July 9, 1908: bronz
e,asi ~, and $1,000 to purchase a farm
,..t sooert G. Woods of Mankato, MINI
,,.y ,uafy 20 died attempting to saw,
~ = Astrom. 1G, who was browne,
p,as soulh Bend. Mimi, July II, 1911
10, ,V'i1e medal to Woods mother an
y ~, month pension for five years
He,a MS was the annual meeting Of th
acss runo commission and all the o.
~ - were reelected. Several change
meas ny made In previous awards t
clpients. 'ons y ''ie -