NEW YORK'S MAYOR SHOT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 892, 11 August 1910, Page 5

NEW YORK'S MAYOR SHOT.

ATTEMPTED AS SASSINATION. ATTACKED WHEN SAILING FOR EUROPE. RECOVERY EXPECTED. By Teleeraßli—Press Association— Copyright. \ New York, August 9. ' An attempt was made on the lifo, of Mr.' W. J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, to-day just as ho was about to sail for Europe on the North German' Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grossc. The first reports circulated in the city were that Mr. Gaynor 'was dead, but later • it. was learned that, -, though severely wounded, the doctors aro hopeful of his recovery. Mr. Gaynor was standing on tho upper deck with a group of friends. The party were about: to' be photographed, when throa shots-.were"'-, fired.' The third penetrated Mr. Gaynor,'s neck.: A'policeman clubbed and then scized. the assailant; who gave the name of Jules James Gallagher, and described himself as an ex-watchman at docks. Ho said he fired the shots because Gaynor had deprived him of .his bread and but,ter. Mr. Gaynor was taken in an'ambulance .to 'the. hospital, where the , bullet was located an inch .below the right ear. .; NO OPERATION NECESSARY. MAN DISMISSED FOR DRUNKEN- :-."■'-., '■' NESS... '~■ (Rec. August 11, 0.10 a.m.) New York, August 10. ' . Mr. Roosevelt-"telegraphed to Mr. Gaynor. that' he'was', shocked beyond- measure at the outrage. .' - A .radiograph •; which has . been taken shows that the bullet is in two fragments, and does not demand an operation. It missed, the important :Mr.-; Gay'nor's condition, is, satisfactory, and fever has not developed. The second shot slightly wounded Mr., William Edwards, 1 - the Street-Cleaning Commissioner; "who was famous as in Princeton. University footballer. , Mr. Edwards'. instantly overpowered the assailant Gallagher, .who was much mauled. ' Gallagher had.. been' dismissed for drunkenness, and: a/ letter . from .Mr. Gaynqr's secretary refusing to Reinstate him.'was. found in, his pocket.