The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-11
HAD PLANNED BRIEF VACATION
Left City During Seething Cam
paign in Which He Was Lead
er of Independents
REMARKABLE POLITICAL CAREER

New York. sept. 1l,--Mayor Gaynor
of New York city, died on the steam
ar Ralti, in nid-ocean at o'clock
"Wednesday afternoon, according TO a
message today by wireless and cable
to Robertson Adamson. his secretary.
The message, sent by Mayor Gaynor's
son, Rafus W. Gaynor who sailed with
him, said:
Father died Wednesday at
o'clock Of heart failure. Notify
mother"
Mayor Gaynor sailed from New York
- fast falling man the morning of Sep
tember 4, An hour before he sailed,
but one man, his secretary, knew Of
his plans outside of the members of
his Immediately family Gaynor an
nounced his purpose was brief vaca.-
ton. He felt the tonic effect of the
salt air would restore him in some
measure to health.
The Baltic is due at Queenstown to-
day. The mayor died as the boat was
nearing the other side.
Coughing Brings On Attack.
Lacking details of the manner of
Gaynors death, friends believe here
that heart attack was brought on by
a return Of the coughing fits that re.
CURED at intervals since he was shot
rh" mayor used TO speak of the irri-
tation in his throat as fish hook"
1t was the fish hook" that probably
caused his death.
Jams Gallagher, who shot Gaynor
because the latter refused to reinstats
him i'm the New York dock depart
ment was sentenced TO twelve years
After serving year he was taken 20
the New Jersey state hospital for the
insane and died last February. The
shooting of Gaynor occurred at Ho-
bollcu as Gaynor was about to take a
beat for Europe.
Seethlna Municipal Campaign.
Gayuor left New York at q Time
when the city was seething IN one Of
the strangest municipal political cam
paigns in its history. Before his de
parturo me was notified on the city
haH steps bv representatives Of indie
pendent political organizations that
they had chosen him as their standard
bearer i'm the mayorallty campaign
;hroug crowded the city hall park 10
hear him accept lie had prepared 4
speech, but was so weak he was uu-
able to deliver it., au1 his secretar,
read II, the mayor standing beside
him
His recent attack of old throat trou-
Bile due to the wound inflicted August
10. 1910 by James Gallagher, lust as
he was about to leave the city for Eur
ope, had entirely disappeared, accord
ing 20 Secretary Adamson, and the
mayor expected to return and enter
the campaign with his Old time vigor.
Planned 10 Fight Tsmmany.
The mayor himself before leaving,
spoke Of his condition AS follows
- have been nearly four years may
or and 7 have not yet had any vaca
ton ] suppose almost everybody has
concede7 l may have one now. ] have
been laid up for = few days with the
sharp attacks I occasionally have from
my miabap q few years ago, hut am
now over it and hope never 10 have
another"
Gsyuor was expected TO attack Tam
many hall sharply, politically, as soon
as he returned To the city Before his
departure nc issued statement, which
referred to Tammany leaders as mis-
crablr scamps" seeking his moral
assassination.
The bullet which lodged In his throat
three wears ago was never removed
/ His sudden death leaves only the Dem
ocratic and fusion tickets in the field.
No Candidate In His Place.
II was expected that his followers
would make no attempt TO nominate
a candidate i'm his place. No othe-
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