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VOL. LXXXI. NO. 230.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1914 . Copyright, 1911, by the Sun Printing and Publiihing Atsociation.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
WILSON QUICKLY
REJECTS LATEST
HUERTA DEMAND
SCHOOLBOY, SON
OF RICH MAN, IS
HELDASSLAYER
Arrested After a Year's Hunt
for the Man Who Mur
dered Chauffeur.
BULLET SENT TO ASSASSINATE THE MAYOR MISSES
HIM AND WOUNDS CORPORATION COUNSEL POLK
CORPOBATlOMMONSCLrPOUC. MtCHAECP.'MAHOMEY.
Hall, Fircil liy Man of 71 With
'ftrii'vancos." Enters
Polk's Mouth.
TT C I.M..... tr A. Tl ril--.i l
as First Stipulated.
WEATHER
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ULTIMATCJL IS SENT
TO THE DICTATOR
Request That Salute Tie
Simultaneous Is Prompt
ly Refused.
MAHTXES TIEACH TAMl'ICO
Transport Hancock Arrives
With flOO Men From
New Orleans.
Plans of Fleet Unchanged.
From The Sun's special correspond
ent with the Atlantic fleet.
Aboard U. S. S. Arkansas, via St.
Augustine, Kla., April 17. Admiral
B.ulger has received no ofllclal con
firmation of the nal utc agreement re
ported In press despatches received
by wlrele.-s.
The plans of the fleet nro un
changed. Drill continues aboard.
The South Carolina will Join this
division when the Meet pnsscR Key
West on Sunday at daylight.
Them wns a lmppy hour aboard
the Arkansas to-night with four box-
Ing bouts and moving pictured.
Sptciol CatIt timpatch to Til?: Sex.
Vera Cruz April 17. The Atlantic fleet
en the way to Tamplco has been heard
from this side of Key West and is ex
pected to reach Mexican ports on Sun
day. The transport Hancock, with 800
marines from New Orleans, Is now at
Tamplco.
A favorable Impression has been cre
ated here by the publication of a state
ment In a local newspaper to the effect
that President Hucrta has conciliated
the American Government a great deal
by acceding to ITesIdent Wilson's de
mands of honors to tho American flag
on condition that Mexico Is likewise
honored by the great American nation
once the Mexican guns have spoken.
ULTIMATUM SENT BY U. S.
Demand for Snltilr Matlr More Im
perative tr WlUon.
TVaphinoto.v, April 17. The confidence
ef
the Administration that the acute
Mexican situation had cleared was shat
terl this morning, and to-night the
Pnsldcnt and his ndvlscrn were still In
rrave dnuIH an to future developments.
The upsetting of the Administration's
optimism was caused by the receipt this
mornlni. of a new Inquiry from Hucrtu,
which amounted to a stipulation by him
that the I'nited States should ngree to
fire a salute to the Mexican flag simul
taneously with the salute that he would
t'lidfr to the American colors by way of
Nitration fur the Tamplco Insult.
This Inquiry was regarded by the Wash
Inplori Government as Insolent and en
tirely out of accord with tho spirit of the
demand which tho United States had
mi.de on account of the nffront to the
American flair and the American uniform.
Ai a result Huerta Is to-night In re
ceipt of a reply from this Government
hlch U, In cect. an ultimatum. He
haa been given to understand, In as
forceful language as this Government
could properly employ, that the rcpara
t' n must be rendered for the Tamplco In
ult by a salute of twenty-one (tuns In the
'xau manner originally demanded by
Admiral Mayo and that this Government
'lll tokrate no further dallying.
It is therefore now up to Huerta to
' whether or not he will order the sa
lute of twenty-oni) guns or whether he
ll ta,.e the couseiuences.
If refuses thi) Atlantic fleet, now
lurrying toward Tampion, will blockade
"id n zo nil tho ports on the Oulf coast
"'I tl; I'nited States naval vessels on
I ' itlc roast will undertake a similar
tamp i n t,08 waters.
T . President's plan now Is exactly as
It a as b. foie tho renewal of negotiations
il'irru The custom houses will be
fi.ed and held until hucIi tlmo as tho
i' xirin (iovirnment will render adequate
i' n'lyii to the demands of tho United
il 'ne day's developments mado tho
k ' 1 a peaceful settlement much
' iM tlio President and his ad-
i" 1 m-.sted that they wcro en-
ev
v n .
I I. a.,
! i
hi
mki-d
: nl.i
the
II ,
1 . the hopo that Huerta will
I r faith Is besed largely on
f that the Mexican dictator has
much more than ho has hoped
an I that when confronted with
' uiswer of this Government ho
Mil the Inevitable,
't' er liuml many In Washington
g '') disturbed In mind tu-dnv
J'v" emanating from Mexico city
''' "i' 'ff t that Huerta really Is playing
'Mil . r.ii,, K,e for the purpose of
""Mia the I'nited States Into a hostile
nl htis affording him n patriotic
I -icr cry fr the uniting of the Mexican
l'"l'l' I I. till his Htlllidi.nl. II
tin nt
' that lluuria has nothing but
i look forward to In the event
''f V,: .i fuKhiK his way to Mexico city,
11 Will the l'iiltc4 Slates Inter-
CnntdiMKl uu fourth Page,
MALCOLM GIPF0R1), JR.,
INDICTED IX ALBANY
Driver's Papers Said to Have
Been Found Near Where
Youth Visited.
OFFERS OTHEH EVIDENCE
Shooting Near Albany Long a
Ilafflin? Crime Hohbcry
Thought Motive.
Ai.iiant, April 17. District Attorney
Alexander of Albany county believes to
night that he has Folved a murder mystt ry
that has defied solution for a year by the
arrest of Malcolm lllfford, Jr., tho elgh-te'en-year-old
son of n wealthy Hudson
manufacturer and prize eholar of the
senior class at Wllllston Academy, Willis
ton, Mass.
The c Irani Jury returned n first de
grett murder Indictment to-night against
the prisoner, charging him with shooting
to death Frank J. Clute, nn Albany chauf
feur, on the night of April 1, 1913, for the
purpose of robbery.
The bey was arrested on Tuesday night
at Chatham on his way back to the
academy nfter spending the Kaster holi
days with his parents.
He was brought to Albany and kept a
secret prisoner until this afternoon, when
the authorities notltted his father. Mr.
Clifford, who is vice-president of the Olf
ford Wood Manufacturing Company, Hud
son's principal Industry, at onco employed
lawyers to defend his son and sent worn
that he would be In Albany to-morrow
morning.
Robber? la Theory.
, The county detectives, who have been
working on the case for a year, say that
Ulfford. who was visiting at the home of
Henry lloardman, a Troy lawyer, at the
time of the murder, killed the chauffeur
with the idea of selling his car and getting
money to free him from financial troubles.
While Ulfford was a prisoner In the
Albany county penitentiary nwaltlng
Grand Jury action his family believed
him to be nt school. Mr. Glfford wub
not notified of his son's arrest until this
afternoon. He expressed confidence In
the boy's Innocence and severely criticised
the authorities for their course.
Ilia Schoolmntra TeMlfy.
The reason for the delay In the Indict
ment was that the District Attorney hail
dlfllculty In getting witnesses ho wanted
before tho Grand Jury. Among these
witnesses was Derrick lloardiuan, sun
of tho lawyer and a schoolmate of Glf
ford. Other school friends gave testi
mony which resulted In the finding.
The senrth for the murderer lagged
until recently, although several persona
were arrested on suspicion, until a work
man repairing the roof of the Hoard
man home found under the tin roof and
In reach of the window of tho room
young Glfford had occupied Clute's
chauffeur's license and letters with his
namo on them.
This material was at once turned over
to the District Attorney and machinery
was set In -motion which resulted In the
arrest.
The direct allegations against Ulfford,
based on the testimony of his school
friends before the Grand Jury to-day,
and on evidence gathered by the District
Attorney's men, are these:
That ho was visiting at tho home of
Henry noardman the night of the murder.
That he left tho house almut 7:30
o'clock that evening saying he would be
back later and that hit n turned at 11:30.
That his clothes were In disorder, which
he explained had resulted fro u fall.
That he subsequently exhibited an auto
matic revolver to classmates at the acad
emy, saying, "1 suppose you don't know
that I used that once."
That on tho night of the murder a
'stranger who was clothed as ho Is said
to have been hired Clute to drive him
from the Circle In Albany to Troy, six
miles away.
That the chauffeur's license nnil pnperH
were hidden by him after tho murder.
That he shot Clute through tho head
several times and then, finding he could
not run tho car, dragged the body Into
a field.
That ho took Clute's scarf pin, otlur
small pieces of Jewelry and the chauf
feur's pocketbook, containing a small
amount of money.
That the Clute autoinobllo showed that
un attempt to run It hnd been mado by
hoiiiu ouo who didn't know how.
tilrl In the- Cnae.
It is also charged that robbery was
not the only motive, Tho police think
that Ulfford w anted revenge on Clute for
taking out for a rido a girl with whom
the Bchoolboy was. acquuluted.
Tho District Attorney's men sny that
Glfford was not In good standing at
school and that his supply of funds had
been cut off by his father.
Over the telephone to-night Dr. Furrier,
head of Wllllston Academy, said that Glf
ford had been thero only three months,
coining from n school at Hoosack Falls,
that he was an excellent student, stand
ing at the head of the senior clasa and
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1-CORPORA.TION COUNSEL POLK.. 2 MAYOR. MlTCHEL.
3-C0MM.M0UANr4-COMM. WOOOS.-5 -MICHAEL P. MAHOMEy.V
having already passed most of his ex
aminations for entrance to Williams Col
lego next fall. The principal added that
the boy was quiet, very well behacd and
apparently of tine ehraacter.
Mr. Clifford over the telephone scoffed
at the idea that his sou could be mixed
up in such an affair.
"Why, liy was only 17 years old at
that time," he said. "He has always
borne an excellent character and has
never ghen mo trouble. He had no need
of money, for 1 always supplied him
plentifully.
"I consider his arrest an outrage. 1
hae hind lnwycrn mid will go to Al-1
bany ni) self to-morrow. The District,
Attorney has made a ridiculous blunder.
The evidence li of the flimsiest circum
stantiality. 'I
Family of llluli Iteimle.
Young GlITord has a brother and sister I
In Hudson. The family has tho highest '
reputation there and Mrs. GliTnrd W fore-
most In the social llfo of the place, as
her husband Is In business.
The prisoner Is rather .slender for his
height, which Is f fea lu Inches. He ih ,
of light complexion and unusually good
looking. He has never ben In trouble of
any sort before, so far as Is known, and
has llei a very studious life, being of a
scholarly Inclination.
A local lawer who Is looking after ,
the boy's case has advlsi d him not to say I
anything. When he was arraigned in
court ho refused to plead and u .plea of
not guilty was entered for him. I
It was learned Into to-night that the
authorities consider their most damaging i
evidence to bo lu the similarity of gloves
worn by GlITord when he was arrested
und In a pair covered with blood found
near Clute's body. Hoth pairs boro tho
mark or a New York firm. GlfTord's
clothing was from tho samo place. An
other bit of damaging evidence was the
Uncling of tho licenses and papers hidden
In tho roof, they say,
Sn- He lr.iieil (iluves.
Detectives who were bringing him here
from Chatham lu an automobile say that
he rolled up the groves ho was wearing I
and dropptd them to tin Moor of the
automobile when they wcro not looking.
When they were found and he was asked
to tell why hn had done that he said
ho had no further use for them.
Questioned by the District Attorney
while be was a prisoner IH-Uillng Indict
ment GIlTiiid declared he hud not killed
Clute mid didn't even know him.
Clute's body was found by the roadside
near Wntervllet on the Albany-Troy turn
pike on the morning of April 2, 1913, Sev
eral shots had been tired Into the bark of
tlio head nt close iiinge, apparently from
tho renr seat of the automobile which was
standing In the roadway with tho ma
chinery out of oiiKr.
It Is said that the testimony of the
schoolboys before tho Grand Jury brought
out the fact that Glfford refused to leave
tho lloardiuan homo tho morning after
tho murder until one of them had prom
ised to put Into a suit ease a dark dray
ineri'oat ho wore and had lent him a dark
bat.
He was said to havo been fhn first
downstairs that morning anil to have
t.,.!,,!.. ii r.,.,ie ,tf li fieieniimier with mi I
account of tho murder, making the re
mark, "Isn't) It nwful to be a murderer?"
When tho chauffeur's! papers reached
tho District Attorney ho at onco found
out who had visited the lloardinaus at
the tlmo of tho murder, Dlscovei Itig that
Glffoid had boon thero with otheiH ho
questioned all, ho could get hold of,
Their stories to him resulted lu his de
cision to arrest Glfford as Boon as he
could be found.
Itlcliard J. Clute, father of the murdered
chauffeur, does not believe that tho mo.
tlxo wns rolilierj, lie said his son hnd
little money and continually nunc to l,in
for supplies.
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NOW IN NOV I ( I : I-' 1 1 . 1 . A 1 1 1 . 1 . IIIITTI.KH
ANI)Hi:w L'MlllJIt H CO., Kdlntiurgh Adv.
MAHONEY, LOCKED IN WITH CAPT. TDNNEY,
BREAKS DOWN AND TELLS HIS LIFE STORY
3Iissiiir Details Are. Pieced
Together From Old Diary
Found in Trunk.
Tho tory of grievances, ono after an
other, which piled up in the brain of
.Michael I M.ihoney, the Mayor's would
be assassin, until ho finally bought a
now revolver and trlnl to kill him was
patched together last night from state
mi nts grilled out of him throughout the
afternoon and evening and from bis ef
fects found lu nn old trunk and suitcase
recently n moved from n rooming house
at 03 U.ist l'lf ll.th street, where he
lived for neatly llvo mouths under his
real name.
Capt. Thomas Tunney, who saw the
man gradually bienk down under the
stialn of nlllcial examination on all sides,
was responsible for ' to levclatiim of his
leal name and address. As David Itose,
tho name he gao at first, ho was taken
to a cell In l'ollco Headquarters shortly
before o o'clock, when District Attorney
Whitman and seviral assistants. Commis
sioner Woods and Deputy Commit
loner Itubln and Inspector Faurot had
Hivm htm up.
dpt. Tunney locked the man In with
himself and told him frankly It was
going to bo a mental test between them.
Mnhoney cringed with fear.
"Aro you going to beat me?" bo asked.
"No, I nm not," said Tunney, "but I
am going to get the truth out of you
before I leave this room."
"All right, I'll tell you the truth."
Alone with the detective. .Mahoney told
as much about hlmsilf as he could re
member. Kveiy bit was later confirmed
from a curious diary found lu his effects.
The whole story gives little giound for
tho Idea that he was In a plot to 1,111
the .Mayor.
Later ho told the police that he had
bought tho gun to kill the .Mayor. He
said he had llsteuul to the t-'oclallst
speeches nt the Franklin stntue, but that
he was not (initiated with that movement.
He admitted, however, that the speeches
had put the final spur to his determina
tion to kill the Mayor.
As soon as the police lent tied his right
name and address siveral detectives were
sent uptown. The) found his trunk nt
I.yuch's Storage and Warehouse at 77U
Third avenue, where Mahoney had it
sent on Wednesday, his last day at "n.t
Hast Fiftieth street. The landlady, a .Mrs,
Ilallaud, knew little about tho man.
Letter (lf H Crunk,
The letters found lu his poekits ad
dressed to Mayor Mltchel mid Ma) or
Armstrong and his illar) left no doubt in
the minds of the pollen that bo was a
crank, with a grievance against the Major i
because of Ills police policy. He told
Cupl. Tunney that he had called at l he
City Hall Inst Monday to "reinonstrito
with tho Mayor" and had been "Insulted"
there.
"I then decided to kill him," ho added.
"I went down last WcdneMl i)' to City Hall
with the Intention of killing him then,
Hut I cooled off. To-day I went down
then' again with the Intuition of finishing
the Job, I got down there about 10 o'clock,
some time before tho Mayor would come
out. So I went over to I'ark Itnw and
had a dilnk of whiskey and a drink of
beer at a saloon. When the .Mn.vor came
out I was waiting for him. 1 waited until
he got Into the machine, Ie was uboiit
five feet away from m when I fired,
"I am sorry now tluit I shot at J'
Mltchel. and I am particularly uoiry that
PHOTO DIAGR.AM OP
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I hit Mr Folk, against whom T have no
,'rlevance."
The letter addressed to "Mayor Mltchel,
City," In the man's pocket, shows plainly
the statu of bis mind. Apparently he nad
disapproved of Mr. MltcheTs sekctlou of
Col. Gorthals as a likely I'ollce Commls-
neni r, because he cilllclstd this vluw
all the way through. His writing was u
coheteiit and almost Illegible. Ills Kngllsh
was bad, his spilling poor and punctua
tion almost negligible.
Ilia diary Indicated that he also bad a
lung standing grievance against the
-M. nous and the odd Fellows dating back
as far as when ho lost a suit be
came, as he said, the Judge and Jury
weie of those fraternities. He also luted
Iaw)ers.
His mind seemed to be unbalanced on
the subject of police and city administra
tion. In his lutltr and In his talks in
the afternoon, when he would say abso
lutely noth.ng about himself and stuck to
DaMd ltose as his name, Mahoney fol
low id the simo strain. He hated Col.
Goothals liivause lie thought the man was
rerponslble for slides and diaths at the
Isthmus. Ho hated Andrew Carnegie
hi cause, he slid, Carnegie had cheated
him out of thousands of dollars. Ho got
this notion evidently through his work
ing fur many stel companies :n the mid
dle Wibt. Mahoney also disliked Com
missioner Woods, whom he callid u fraud
comp.ued to McKay.
Una Fniully In Kentucky.
The M)lce learned that he has a wife
and daughter Mary at li.s home In New
port, Ky and communicated at once with
the police In that place. .Mahoney said
he was a blacksmith, had worked ns a
carpenter, but could not work for the
last few )ears, because Ills hand was
iiii t In un accident.
He hind the room In Fiftieth stieet on
Novenflier HO of last )ear, paid ll.Do a
week for 11 and 23 cents a mouth to Mrs.
Italian. I for keening his tiuuk. He gave
l.p ih.. iMii.ri.wul.it, flint In. v:ih ii ruriii titer
out of work because of an Injury, but
whin he left on Wednesday he said he had
.1 chance for a Job In IMttsburg.
Instead he slept In a lodging Rouse at
Hester street and the Bowery on Thuisday
night under the name of James Mohan,
and on Wednesday night stayed at Ilellly's
Hotel, Third avenue ami Twenly-thlpl
stiret, under his real name.
The change of name disclosed an In
teresiing circumstance in nis me wmen
presumably tinned him mentally. He was
born on Mairh 17, ISIS, about seventeen
miles outside' of Cotk, Ireland, He could
not icmember when he came to this conn
tr). It was some sixty years ago, he
told Tunney, but he lived lu Kentucky and
gradually got hold of pioporty worth
about $11,500 lu seven houses and two
lots, with a mortgage of $t,000. He ex
changed this properly for a farm worth
Jll.liaO. This was lu 1SSS. He sued the
man who sold It to him, however, because
there was no fence around It and lost tho
case, He also had to pay costs, about
$200, but either could not or would not
and tho property was foreclosed und sold
for 3,ri0ti,
Malniiiev never unite col over flint
shock. He Immediately assumed the namo'
Itose and began wandering about tin
middle West and occasionally the Fast,
working at a score or more of Jobs.
Odd lliitrlea In lllnrv.
All through his diary a home madi
affair like a schoolboy's notebook In
which he entered some of the minutest
dnlnss, he Invariably wrote after hli re-J
rlt.il of his mnny Jobs mid discharge! :
"They found me out," or "discharged for
no reason." Sometimes he mentions the I
MOVEMENTS OF THE
Went to Kill on Wednesday,
but Cooled Off and De- '
cided to Wait.
Masons anil Odd F.llows as .i.u.ng e iued
his discharge
In th" i,t f,.v year In. has divided Ids
time betwien New York, home and IMtts
burg. lie was h..,. until Jul) of last year
and then w.nt to I'ittsburg, leaving inn
with Father llrann at St. Agnes's Church,
HI Hast Forty-third stieet. He wrot I
for some of the money which he left for
safe keeping for "M. P. .Mahoney," accord
ing to his illar). In onlu to get back to
this .city.
Hurt In n Ace Idem.
In lsv'j he bad a tight with a police
man In Iyonlsvllle. Ky.. and lost hs ji.
At various times he worked for st,.,.
companies in the middle West, in Cln
clunati. in western Pennsylvania, lu West
Virginia. lie alo worked lu the South,
but every Job was but a short one. In
July, li'.ifi, ho was hurt In a railroad
accident, after which he brought tult for
damngis In till- and other suit", one for
I2S agaluit a Howard Ilollonnn of Pitts
burg, which he lost, he aeipi red Ids
hatred of lawyers, whom he ref.v.l to ns
crooks.
Part of his life history ns recorded by
himself was In tho home mado book and
part In a newer one In which he wrotii
very carefully. In this ono ho said he
had left Pittsburg on November 23 of
last year with J S3. He says in the
book that he could not sell two lots he had
at Turtle Creek because uf the Masons
and odd Fellows, who lived near them
nnd scattered lies about liiui Ills funds
rapidly dwindled since lie came heie. until
he had to pawn his watch for 11! on
Monday.
The old man's personal belongings w hen
lie was arrested gave absolutely no i liio
to his Identity. He had several medicine
bottles lu his pockets with the labels
scratched orT, an old tobacco pouch with
some American and Austrian coins, but
most Important of nil two letters, ono
to Ma)or Mltchel ami one to Major Arm
stiong of Pittsburg.
Mahonoy's trunk and suit case were
brought down to He .duuarters about 7
o'clock b Detectivis Fr.ucr and llausei.
She thought be iuut have been gittlim
money from some one becui-.,, he did not
work and nwa;.s paid his rent on time.
llesldes some clothing, none of It new.
thero was another levolver In the trunk,
nn old American bulldog, five chamber,
.32 callhto affair, so rusted that It prob
ably would not shoot, although it was
fully loaded.
His measurements at lleadiUatte-H
were: Height 3 feet ? Inches, weight 1 to
pounds. Ho wears glasses sometimes mil
leinarkid In one of his grilling, that he
might havo lilt the mark be aimed at If
he had had them on. Later he told Cap..
Tunney that ho had been n Human Catho
lic up to forty years ago. when he be
came a Mason, Ho said be waa ncllV'r
now.
lu the iifteii ooii he told the police be
wns hanging aiouinl the I'll) Hall and
"when he popped out I took .1 shot at
him . Mltchel)" He rambled on about
graft being worse under Mltchel than
evri under Gnynor.
"lock at that ICi.OOO.OilO bond Issue,"
hn sold "I'nder honest mm the while
ci'.v ci ubl I'" run for t3!i,liiilUHfl, Mu
cin I appoints high priced clerks -in I no
woikinguiin. lioethals was a fraud He
was ri sponsible for the slides on t'ot
canal Two rlends of mine told n ,,o,
They worked for him McKay Is ill right.
He was doing the right things, but Woods
Is a frost compared to him
MA HONEY CONFESSES
HIS PLAN TO MUBDER
Had Chance Last Wednesday,
hut Didn't Shoot Soft
ened, He Says.
HEAHS AGITATORS AS
HE WAITS TO KILL
Old Man Tries for Hours to
Hide Identity: Tunnev
, Wins Secret.
WOODS STOPS SECOND SHOT
Police Commissioner Seizes .Mn
honey Miillan lias Nar
row Escape.
At i iiliM'k till, iiiiiriiliii ii rr
mrt niiiie from Coriinrnl Inn Cuini
it I'lllU'w tieilslili flint In wns rest
nir eniiitiirtiitt . The liiiUettn stilili
"Tin patient Nli'ips In short mips,
but niiys nutliliiK, Hi Iiiim lieeti -s
Irrniel)' restless nil nlutil, nnil nl
limes In ritiililirnlili- piiln. The
ph nlrlnna nre ntlnlleil ullli tile
i-ondllloit so fur."
A shabbily dressed old man namit
Michael I. Muhoney, with faneli'd griev
ances against the city administration,
tired a shot early yestenlay afternoon
ut Mayor John I'ltrroy Mltchel ns the
Mnynr. Corporation Couitsoj Frank I'olk
whom the bullet struck Police Com
missioner Arthur Woods and Tax Com
missioner Georgo V. Mullan were on the.
point of starting off in nn automobile,
from the City Hall for luncheon.
The bullet entered the left i hi ok of
Mr. Folk, knocked 'i tooth to ;li lloor
of the iiiitomnblle.
Iite last night Dr. A. J. Ilariwoll In
the New York Hospital reniovnl tlm
bullet front Mr. Polk's mouth. Hi found
It lodged under the tongue on the right
side. It had entered from the left.
During the early part of the evening
Mr. I'olk had been lu considerable pain.
It wits 1 o'clock this morning beforn
he dropped Into a light sleep.
Pnvviler from the revolver slightly
burned the Mayor's left ear and Com
missioner MuIl.inV left cheek.
The inoutli wound received by Cor
poiiition Cnuii-A'l I'olk. although very
painful, will not prove dangerous unless
Infection sets In.
WiiiiiIn l'riitil iintid Slim.
Pollen Commls'slonor Arthur Wood.-,
who stood on the I'.nk How asphalt
j beside the automobile, which was ut tlm
City Hall curb across the street cat
tracks from Tin: Si-n building, wus. an
Mr. Woods put It later. "Just two shun
I Jumps" from Mnhonny when the old
I man tired,
! Commissioner Woods math the jump
1 lu one. slammed Mahoney to tin street
and held tightly tn Mahuney's pistol
, hand while tho old man tried to lire
' again.
oilleer John G. Noun, chauffeur ol tlm
Police Department louring ear, plbd Into
I the tangle and helpul Cominlssloner
j Woods pin .Mahoney'.s pistol hand to tho
asphalt. Joe Snloschln, a private de
tective who happened to be passing;
' Fred llh'kel, a sales manager, of Jersey
, City, and Arthur fugcr. a theatrical
1 man. Jumped into the seriuim.ige nl.
The noon hour tlioiis.mil-. had scarcely
recovered fmm the ilrst "tunned tn.i
intents and were Just Is ginning to eon-
verge toward the spot where Maliouey
was making his brief struggle to Urn
again, when Mayor .Mltchel sti lipid from
the car, his own big blue revolver u
; his right band nnd his bit aim sup
porting Mr. Polk, whose in mi 1 1 1 w;n
I bleeding profusely.
Thiol. I'oll. Vniir's I'rls I.
' lleforn the gathering i minis eoilal
j wholly Impede the wii), .Mnym Mlti hel
led Mr. Poll; Into tin police station In
the basement of the I'll) Hull. As tho
Mayor, still holding the tcvoUcr he had
Jerked from his oicrcoit pocket einno
toward the policemen spllllm: out of tho
building, the sight of Mr .Mllchels re
volver, together with tin fact that Ins
left nnil clasped Mr. Polk's rigid elbow,
uiuseil the polio men to think that Ml.
I'olk was the prisoner
Inspector Dillon ran fmm tin Cr.y
Hall police room with almost a t!uy.cii
detectives and plain clothes policemen
ut his heels. Commissioner Woods und
others bv tills lime huil Jerked Mahonev,
whose 72 )eais nnd weak flume b.,il
made hs struggles brlit. in his tut.
Inspect"! Dillon relliveil Commissioner
Woods of his ptlsoner and the party
entered the police room In tho wake of
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