South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-18
Michael F. MahOney, Who At
tempted to ASSaSSinate May
or Mitchell Likely to Spend
Rest of Days in Asylum.
POLK ABLE TO BE OUT
SOON, SURGEONS SAY
Corporation CounSel'S Wound
Will Not Prove Serious
-Bodyguard Formed for
Attendance on Mayor.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Incarcera-
tion in a madhouse for the rest of his
life probably will be the punishment
meted out TO Michael 2. Mahoney.
alias David Rose, the aged man who
Yesterday attempted TO kill Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell and wounded
Corporation Counsel Frank l.. Polk
Facts as 20 the attempted assassina-
tion Will be laid before the grand jury
on Monday by District Attorney Whit
man. and MahOney'S indictment Will
be asked with a charge Of attempted
murder. ON such an indictment IL
will be possible 10 send the man to
prison for % years. which would be
practically a life sentence. as he is
now - years old, but i is unlikely that
ne will ever be tried on this indict-
suent.
IL is the general belief of city Off
Gals and the detectives who are inves-
tigating MahOney's past life that he IS
insane. They have learned that in
1912 he had a suit for $4,000 dam
ages fled against a contractor be-
cause "a brick had fallen on his head
and inflicted injuries from which he
had never fully recovered In conver-
fations with his attorney. \. Busch,
he had frequently complained OF
pains in his head.
Corporation Counsel Polk is expect
"a TO recover from the wound inhict-
cd by the one shot fred by MahOney
before he was OverpOwered by Com
missioner Arthur III. Woods and Chauf-
feur George G.. Neun. Mr.. Polk was
resting comfortably at the New York
hospital today. though he had suf-
rered considerable pain during the
night. sleeping only at intervals after
the bullet had been removed from un-
der the tongue
viii Bear Scar.
Unless implications set in il is be-
ieved that Mr. Polk will be able 10
leave the hospital in two days He
IS likely TO bear "A scar from the wound
for the rest of his life.
Though reports following the at
tempted assassination that MahOney's
deed was the result of a conspiracy,
we're given no cTedenCe today by the
uetectives working on the case. IN
FPector Faurot and "A score of his best
men were running down all OF Ma
hOney's friends and acQualntanceS TO
establish thoroughly that the prisoner
was alone in the conception of the
rrime.
They were still at work when Ma
honey was arraigned in the TOmbS pO-
lice court. During the night Mahoney
was kept under close guard at police
headquarters the first time in many
years that prisoner has been held
there. After he had made long
etatemeut 10 CAPTAIN Tunney. he wan
uOnsigned tO a cell which guard con-
stantly faced
As a direct result OF Mahoney's
rrime Mayor Mitchell will hereafter
be guarded night and day by order of
commissioner Woods. who has organ
lied a secret service squad under Act
Ing Captain Kerr and Lieutenant Heu-
man. Eight men take turns in guard
Ing the mayor at his home, on the
street. and in his office.
Mayor Visits Hospital
Before the mayor went 10 his office
Today he visited the New York hos
bital and inquired as 10 Mr.. POlk's
condition. He expressed his pleasure
fyer the report he got there
81 am very happy that the bullet
did not strike more vital spot" said
ihe mayor as ne reentered his auto
mobile. From what the physicians
told me am convinced that Mr.. Polk
soon viii be his own healthy self"
Though Mahoney's chief aversion
MAS Mayor Mitchell, whom ne Charac-
lerized In his rambling statement as a
tgrafter". he also had a hatred for
Andrew Carnegie. whom he accuses
bf having caused him 20 lose a fortune
his pockets when he was arrested
were found socialist dodgers assailing
Carnegie. lie told Captain Tunney
that he had no intention or killing Mr.
carnegie but declared that he had re-
solved 10 assassinate Mayor Mitchell
He admitted that twice before yes
lerday's attempt he had approached
The mayor with the purpose OF killing
hime. once on Monday or Tuesday
Ind again on Wednesday. The fact
that the mayor was accompanied by
two women the first time saved Mr..
Mitchell. while on Wednesday the
Peother. said the prisoner, put d
hrIsIp in my crouch.
"I couldn't shoot "A man in the pres
fnce OF two ladies'" he said Of the
failure OF his first attempt.
Fought for COnfederates.
Mahoney, in giving the story OF his
life. said that he was horn in ireland
md came 20 this country about so
Fears ago. He fought for the confed-
sracy in the Civil war, enlisting as a
member OF the Twenty Fifth Missis-
pppi infantry under General Long
ftreet.
In making his confession he said
that ne had bought his revolver in
Jersey city.
''I told them" he added smiling.
that I wanted ~ kill rat"
At the conclusion OF his statement
10 captain Tunnel. he said,