Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-18

where 1t was said that the wound would not prove fatal Mahoney shot at the mayor he declared in the course of disjointed statement ex- tracted from him tonight, because he felt aggrieved at the city executives
 extravagant expenditures" and be- cause he was incensed at being turned back from the door of the mayor S room in the city hall on two occasions this week when he came to apply for municipal job.
 Mahoney fired only one shot at the mayor and his party. Before he could nre a second he was oveFpowered by Detective George Neun, who, in the capacity of chauffeur, was adjusting robes about the men in the automobile and the revolver was wrerched out of Mahoney's hand. The mayor sat Mir. Polk on his right and George " Mullan, the mayors former law part ner, on his life. The bullet passed so close to Mayor Mitchell that 1t grazed the left side of his face Standing within a few feet of Mahonev was Police Commissioner Arthur H. Woods who was waiting for the chauffeur to get into the car, intending to sit be- side the driver after the latter was seated
 To bystanders the report of the re- Volvef and the sight of the aged man who did the shooting sprawled upon the pavement as he was borne down by the onslaught of Detective Neun seemed almost simultaneous The sight of Mayor Mitchell steadying the staggering figure of MT. Polk then detached itself from the picture. With in thirty seconds the city hall blaze and Park Row were flooded with Q surSing. swaying crowd and the po- lice reserves were called out
 As soon as he had seen that Mir rnnaix-nd Mitchell went to the police station il | the basement of city hall where Ma. honey had been taken and questioned l him.
 Why did you shoot at me he ask. | ed Mahoney. The nfayor seemed s. ! calm as if nothing had happened. l Prisoner Covered and TrembIed. | The prisoners answer was incehe rent. Covering and trembling befor, ms questioners, he seemed hardly t, Know what he had done. He wa sfim and gaunt, wore a ragged firing or White beard and was clad in al | lil-htting suit of dark striped gray ant 1 a derby hat
 In the several examinations am sr1il1ngs given Mahoney today he ap l peared to be 8 man of weak mentality the futliIty of whose protest agains farcled individual wrongs and pres 1 ent social conditions had driben hin to the verge of insanity. In his pocl CTS were found two letters to Mayo Mitchell and one addressed to ".Aiayo Armstrong of Pittsburgh Pa" So the most part they were unintelligible put it was evident that the writer wa trying to voice a protest against tn police bills recently urged by Mayo
 Mitchell at Albany, the administratio
 of the street cleaning department an
 number of other municipal activi
 ties.
 Mahoney said that he was born i
 ireland, that at one time he had bee
 worth over $1ee,9oo and that he ha
 gone heavily into real estate specu
 Iation. He had spent d number C
 years in Pittsburgh. he added, and ha
 lived in New Orleans. For the las
 ten years he had Tired in this cit
 at irregular intervals. At one tim
 during his examination he expresse
 regret for what he had done.
 Mahoney will be arraigned in tn
 TombS court tomorrow morning.
 The attack on the mayor and th incidental shooting of Corporatio Counsel Polk was a. shocking occur renee and it shows the danger to