Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-09-17
MAYOR GAYNOR OF
NY. DIES AT SEA
ON BOARD SHIP
Gotham Executive Succunbs to
Heart Disease While En- Route
Abroad for Health.
SON SENDS NEWS FROM SHIP
He Was Only Recently Named as an
Independent Candidate to Succeed
HinseIf in office--Had Planned
Two Weeks Voyage


Liverpool. England. Sept 1.-THE
liner Baltic. upon which Mayor Gay
nor died, is not due bere Gptil late
tonight or tomorrow morning. She
reached Queenstown. Ireland, sodsy.
Kew YorB, Sept. 12.--Wiltiam j.
Gaylor, mayor Of New York city and
independent nominee for re election.
died suddenly of heart failure on
beard the White Star liner Baltic al
one o'clock Wednesday afternoon
while en- route for Liverpool, Eng
land, it was announced in radio tele-
gram received here from T. W. Gay
nor. son OF the mayor. who was a
travelling companion OF his father.
The body OF Mayor Gaynor will be
transferred TO the homeward bound
steamer Cedric, which is expected 10
reach this port one week from to-
day.
Although Mayor Gaynor showed ex.
treme physical exhaustion when he
sailed for q short vacation on Sep
TENDER (. the news of his sudden
death caused great shock to his
family. friends and political foes
Murphy Shocked over Death.
When Tammany leader Charles F..
Murphy, whom Mayor Gaynor two
weeks ago denounced as political
crook. heard of the city executives
death. he said:
Il am very much shocked. know
he went away from here very much
run down in health. All ] cay say is
regret Mayor Gaynor's DEATH
The dispatch telling Of Mayor Gay
nOr's death was addressed to Robert
Adamson. private secretary to the
late official, and was received at 4
a. IN, but was not opened until Mr..
Adsmson reached his Office in city
hall nearly six hours later.
Immediately all the flags on the mu-
nicipai buildings. police courts and
fire stations were lowered to half
mast. The most eminent men of the
city unite In praising the work and
character of Mayor Gaynor
Mrs. Gayncr was notified immediate
ly of her husbands death. She was
deeply grieyed. but bore up bravely.
Death Hastened by Throat Trouble.
intimate friends of Mayor GayDor
believe his death was undoubtedly
FASTENED by grip and throat trou-
BILE. His private physician advised
the ocean trip. Il is believed alSe
that the strenuous days just preceding
the mayors departure weakened him.
He was in a quarrel with the nevsp4-
pers, beset by political enemies, and
engrossed In some OF the biggest mu-
nicipal problems that ever heset the
biggest city OF the North American
continent lie had just got through
with solution of the subway prob
lem, gigantic question involving the
expenditure of s15000o, 600.
Too Weak to Read Acceptance.
Mayor Gaynor left New York at a
time when the city was seething in
one of the strangest municipal politi-
cal campaigns in its history. The day
before his departure he was notified
on the city hall steps BY representa-
tivcs Of independent political organi-
cations that they had chosen him as
their standard bearer in the mavoralty
campaign. A throng that crowded city
hall park assembled to hear him &C
cept He had prepared i speech of
acceptance, but was so weak that he
was unable to deliver il, and his sec
Rotary read it for him, the mayor
standing beside him Before the may
o. sailed. his secretary issued state
ment denying reports of the mayors
serious Illness
The recent attack of the old throat
trouble. due to the wound inflicted on
Aug. 10. 1910, by James J. Gallagher.
Just as he was about to leave this city
for brief vacation in Europe, had en-
tirely disappeared, according 10 Mr..
ASamson, and the mayor expected TO
return and enter the campaign with
his old time vigor.
Issues a Statement on Leaving.
The mayor himself, just before leov-
ing, spoke of his condition as fol-
lows:
y have been nearly four years may
or and have not yet had any vaca-
tion. suppose almost everybody will
concede that may have one now. |
have been laid up a few days With
one of the snarp attacks l occasion
ally have from my mishap of few
years ago. but / am nov over il and
hope | never shall have another"
Mayor Gaynor was expected TO al.
tack Tammany hall sharply, political
iy. as soon as he returned To the city.
Before his departure he issued . char
acteristic statement, leveled at Tam.
many hall leaders aud other political
opponents, in which he referred TO
them as miserable scamps. and as
serted that they were seeking his
moral assassination"
The bullet that lodged in his thloat
three years ago had never been re-
moved. II was the mayors plan 10
remain abroad less than week. lie
expected 10 Sail fer New York t-GE