Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1910 — Attempt Made to Assassinate Gaynor, Mayor of New York. [ARTICLE]

Attempt Made to Assassinate Gaynor, Mayor of New York.

Just as Mayor Gaynor, of New York, was about to depart for a month’s vacation Tuesday morning, he was shot at by James G. Gallagher, who fired three times. One of the bullets passed into the neck and lodged at the lower part of the mouth. An operation will probably be necessary, but it is thought the injury will not prove fatal. Gallagher had been discharged from some position in the city and claimed the mayor was responsible. He said the mayor had stopped his “bread and butter.” Mayor Gaynor is 59 years of age.