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TfHE SUN, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1914.
WOODS SEIZES GUN; PREVENTS SECOND SHOT BY MAHONEY,
the Mayor nnd the wounded Corpora
tion Counsel.
"Is thin the man who shot you?" In
rpector Dillon nsked Mr. l'olk, upon
lending Mahoney Into the lieutenants'
room of the City Hall buHcment, where
the Corporation Counsel was trying to
nlanch wllh hi" hnmlkcrclilcf the flow
of blood from his mouth, while walling
for nn nmbulnnco mirgeim.
"I think It Ih," answered Mr. Polk.
Olil Mnn Mnlp fnr llunra,
"Why did you want to nhoot the
Mayor?" snapped Dillon, ns he ftwung
around ngnln.
Mahoney merely made a gesture with
his hands, Krom that time Until almost
rundown the old man steadily refused to
tell his nnmo or anything about himself
to the Police Commissioner, to District
Attorney Whitman nnd others, but
"""""J - " '
before 6 o'clock P. M. to nctlng Cnpt.
Thomas Tunney nt Police Headquarters.
Among other things found In tho old
man's pockets were two rambling let
ters to Mayor Mltchel, one of them
iibout 1,000 words In length. From
these letters and from his later state
ments It was learned thnt the Mayor's
pollco appointments, Mahor.cy's Imag
inary grievances ngiilnit Col, Georso
Gocthnls and what he claimed were ,
"extravagances" of the Mltchel admin
titration htid rnuscd the old man to
try to kill tin- Mayor.
"And the Mayor, nn Irish Catholic,"
Mahoney complained last night to Cnpt.
Tunney, "wasn't appointing enough
Irish Catholics to city Jobs."
Hears Anltnlorn ns llr Wnlta.
Mahoney was born on, March 17, 1812,
sixteen miles outside of Cork nnd has
been in America about sixty years. He
Is a small, gray hatred man with nn
exceptionally prominent , nose, n hhort
white mustache and whltei beard. He
wore an old gray suit, darned nt the
knee, and with a Pittsburg tailor's mark
Inside,
His wife and four children, he said,
now llvo nt Newport, Ky which was
onco his own home. For the last ten
years he has lived chlclly In New York.
For almost three hours yesterday ho
had been hanging around the City Hull
neighborhood, during which time he had
had nt least one glass of whiskey und
n glabs of beer, the rest of the time
being given largely to listening to tho
oratory of socialistic tendency that Is !
always on tap at the foot of the Frank
lin statue. '
The Socialist and I. W. W. orators
had Interested htm around the statue
on .other days besides yesterday fore
noon. Capt. Tunney nsked the old man
lust night whether or not their speeches
had influenced him to shoot.
'"Well," he said, "the speeches I heard
may have had something to do with
what I did to-day."
Last Monday, he said, ho went to the
City Hall to see the Mayor and when
told that he could not see Mr. Mltchel
without a ticket the refusal made him
"nearly craiy."
"Boftrnrd" nn WrdnrsdHj, He Sn.
Again on Wednesday he went to the
City Hall and this time, he told the
IKllc and Mr. Whitman, he carried a
revolver which he bought In Jersey City
a month ago.
"I saw the Mayor nnd Mr flruere
come out at noon." said Mahoney. "but
my thoughts against Mltchel softened
and I didn't shoot him them."
Within a few minutes nfter Mahoney
fired the shots yesterday City Hall plaia
and adjoining streets were packed with
uiuuBunim. miuoki immruiaiei) , ion. ,
Borough
1 .Hill rvi", tmillIlL
George McAneny of the Hoard of Alder
men, Comptroller Prendergast, Commis
sioners Adamson, Kingsbury, It. A. C
Smith nnd, In fnct, the Mayor's official
family tie with their chief und Mr,
Polk.
Mayor Mltchel, upon seeing that Mr
Polk's Immediate wants had been at
tended to In the police lieutenants' room,
went to the telephone beside Lieut Wall's
desk and called up Mr. Polk's father,
Dr. William M.icklenberg Polk, who Is
dean of the Cornell Medical School, and
Mra. Mltchel to assure them that Mr.
Polk's wounds were not dangerous and
that he himself wuk uninjured.
"I'll have Frank come to the telephone
himself," Mnor Mltchel told Dr. Polk
over the phone, "to provo to you that
he's all right."
Ambulance Surgeon Dugdale of the
Hudson street hospital, who had been
summoned almost Immediately after the
tthot was llrd at 1 :20 p. M, already had
pressrd through the Jam of the Mayor's
friends and others collecting In the sta
tion house and had cliuned und bandaged
Mr Polk's wounds.
l'olk llrhnkra .linn Who Shot II Int.
The Corporation Counsel stepper! from
the lieutenants' room out to the telephono
to talk to his father The bandages on
his chin made speaking somewhat difficult
for htm, but he was able to tell hi father
that there was no cause for worry.
"I'm sorry that nn old man like you."
Mr. Polk sal to o'.d Mahoney, "should
want to kill the Mayor of New York."
Mahoney shuffled away without answer
ing. When the old man wa taken to a rear
room Inspector Faurot. Inspector Dillon,
the Pollen CoinmlSHioner and others tried
to learn his name and address.
Tho police took off his co'.lnr In the
hope of finding laundrv marks On the
Inside of the collar written In Indelible
Ink In a shaky hand was "IVivId Hose
F." Tho name "David Itnse" was also on
his underwear. This was thought to bo I pocgeis. it was a nouger priniea on one
his name, therefore, until he told Capt, I ",B onV ft"a 1 an attack against Can
Tunney later that It was .Michael P. Ma- dldatc Enoch ltauh, who wns then running
honey. for the office of City Councilman of Pitts-
All" the City lla'.l nelnhbnrhoo 1 swarmed bur' Th' dodger runs:
with police and other officials by the time' "Ilemember Homestead, isn:!
Mr. l'olk nsn ready to wa s nut to the
rmhulnnce. In n long stretch of the Cltv
Hall plaza, kept clenr by squads of
mounted policemen under Inspector
Thomas Myers, were troops of moving
nlcture operalors and camera men wait
ing Inside the close pressing walls of hu
manity as the Mayor and Mr. Polk stepped
into the sunlight.
Mnyor llrenl.s Hospital Utile.
There Is a hospital rule that the
wuliubinCH drliers of the Hudson stieet
hospital iiiust taKe all patients to that
nstli 'on. Mayor Mlteliel upon entering
the aiiiliul.inie tn go with Ml I'oik said
I'o would lake It upon hlms'lf tn "abiugate
.he rule" Mr Mllrhel nliendv hid called
in the New York lloslptal. with which pr,
lulk Ls coiinecled, ii.nl hud made huirled
"tepariill'Mis fur the iieeptlon of the In
'uifil ('011)011111111 Counsel.
During the ri.ie to the hospital mid
,.iter the ,M inn's hief concern seenn d to
-i.e one or gn u sonnK Hist Mr l'olk had '
ffeied an li't'lM IhIoiiiImI for .Minor I
I'le iel
1 I Mil' I
n. 1
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, ' II ,f.,
Hilled
lb'
lie oiiipiinied I hi
'iiiniHel to a loom
t o hospital, which
ohlli alio when his
I - ii trices
' I ' Miyui-
said good-by and hurried back to the
elevator.
Mr. Mltchel's first act after leaving the
hospital was to go to Police Head
quarters, where he spent a few minute
with Commissioner Woods. The Commis
sioner was nsked later whether or not
the Mayor had been there to congratulate
him.
"Well," replied Commissioner Woods
modestly, ' 'congratulate' la perhaps too
Ktrong a word. We Just talked over tin
shooting brlctly."
Primmer (htlnatrl Bllrnt,
When the Mayor. Mr. Polk and party
had left the City Hull for the New York
Hospital icneived attention was given by
Deputy Police Commissioner .1. Itobert
Hulilti, Inspectors Faurot and Dillon and
other officials to Mahoney, who was still
being detained In the police section room
before starting for Police Headquarters.
These efforts to get anything of value
from the old man's lips were fruitless.
A big green automobile police van was
drnwn up directly at the door leading Into
the City Hall station house to take the
Mayor s ss-almnt to Headquarters. Shortly
before 3 o'clock P. M. Deputy CommlS'
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.,,. miiii mi; (iviuo Hiiunru
the two letters to Mayor Mltchel. the let
ter to Mayor Armstrong of Pittsburg, ths
heterogeneous newspaper clippings and the
other things round in Mahoney s pockets.
The thousands massed out In the sunlit
plaza tried to press even closer, as It waa
evident that preparations were being made
to take Mahoney to Headquarters. Police
Lieutenant Collins and a squad of detec
tives led Mahoney out to the van, ths
mounted police made a lane for the ma
chine and Mahoney was whirled up Centre
street.
First Mahoney was taken Into Mr. Ru
bin's office at Headquarters, where Mr.
Itubln, Inspector Faurot and others tried
In concert to Induce the daied old man.
now, collarless and a bit mussed up. to
talk about himself. After some minutes
of this the matter of the prisoner's lunch
came up ann rooa ana a cigar were
brought to him. He would take only some
mouthfuli of coffee and the cigar.
Joke With Pollrrmen.
He was taken down to the basement to
be stripped and measured. Here soma
smiles began to come to the man's sallow
face, and he even began to Joke and laugh
with policemen while . dressing himself
after the measurements had been taken.
Mr. Itubln again took him In hand and
started in again to make him talk, but
couldn't.
Up stairs In Commissioner Woods's office
the Commissioner and District Attorney
Whitman, who had been asked to be pres
nt nt the examination, were waiting when
Mahoney was brought Into the room.
Chief Magistrate McAdoo, Police Surgeon
Ol Union. Mr. Hubln. Assistant District
Attorney Emberee nnd u stenographer
were among those In Mr. Woods's office
with Mahoney until almost ! o'clock.
At the end of the grilling Mahoney waa
lrd down stairs again to the finger print
room with his questioners still believing
bis name was liose and with nothing, In
fact, to lead to his Identification. To
direct questions he would merely shake
his head In silence or, at best, say he
would not answer the questions.
Tanner Mrrts Quirk Karress.
"Why not let Capt. Tunney talk to
him-' ncMig Capt. Dan Kerr finally
asked Mr. Itubln. "If anybody can get
him going dpt. Tunney can."
apt. Tunney had almost Immediate
success. After the quisling by Capt. Tun
ney the prisoner was then led to a cell
In the basement of Headquarters to be
locked up for the night.
Mr. Whitman seemed to hold the opin
ion, after listening to the examination of
Mahoney In Commissioner Woods's oftlce,
that the prisoner was not only weak
minded but also partly drunk.
nitlded ns to Insanity.
Among some of the police officials ths
opinion as to whether the prisoner was
sane or Insane seemed to be divided.
The bearing of the newspaper clippings
from various newspapers found in Ma
honey's pockets on the state of the man's
mind seem problematical. The subject
matter of the clippings ranged from sales
of pictures abroad, on through various
matters pertaining to the efforts to obtain
Col. Goethals as Police Commissioner and ,
other police news, to accounts of baseball i
games, the feeding or school children and
other dissociated matters.
"About a month ngo." he told Deputy
Commissioner Itubln, "I went to Jersey
City and bought the .38 calibre revolver
I used to-day. I had a lot of things In
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,, nKm. knt V
tell sou about thnt. When I came down
to the City Hall last Monday to see the
Mayor I left the revolver In my trunk, but
I had it with me Wednesday when I saw
Mayor Mltchel and his secretary, Hruere,
come nut, But I softened and didn't shoot
him then."
Commissioner Woods went Into further
details about the shooting after Mahoney
had been locked up for the night.
"I walked n round the front of the
automobile," Mr. Woods said, "and was
waiting for the chauffeur. Neun, to get
settled. Turning my head slightly I saw
an old man standing slightly back of the
car nnd between It and the Park Itow
car tracks. Ha was pointing the revolver
toward the automobile.
"My only regret Is that I wasn't Just
n step nenrer. I could have stopped him
If I had been. Tho gun was fired Just
the smallest traction of a second before
I reached him. I caught him by the
shoulder and the chauffeur and I grnbhed
the gun. The mnn crumpled up and ths
three of us went down together."
Must Crumpled Under ITa."
"Did you hit him?" Dr. Woods waa
asked.
"No, he Just crumpled up under us. It
was fortunate that he was a weak old
mnn with nn unsteady hand or some one
. would certainty have been killed."
Mr. Polk himself, In conversation with
I his friends In the police station, attributed
, his escape, from death to the fact that
i he saw the man's arm raised and started
, Involuntarily,
"I caught a glimpse of nn arm going
up," Mr. Pulk said, "and If It hadn't been
that I moved my head Just at that Instant
I might have got tho bullet higher up."
"The nerve and pluck of Mr. Polk," said
Mr McAneny, "wero remarkable. His
only concern seemed to bo to get the
correct version to his wife nnd father
ho as not to alarm thorn."
A Pittsburg campaign nandblll was
found among the papers In Mahoney!
i uememuer me iwcive iiour aay in
mills
"Ilemember Andrew Carnegls
Is
the
who
man rfHwnshln for nil of thorn!
"And Itememher Knoch Itnuh,
mnkes Andrew Carnegie n hero!
Telegrams from political leaders, lead
ing business men nnd others of prominence
bfgnn to pour In upon the Mnyor upon
his return to the City Hall. About 6:30
o'clock the Mayor left the City Hall with
Assistant Chief ICnglncer Merrltt of the
Cntsklll Aqueduct. Sergeant l.ohdell sat
nn the front seat with chauffeur Neun,
The Maor went home to dress for the
dinner tendered to him nnd Mrs. Mltchel
at the Priss Club last night, movie ma
chlnis clicking, white the police, mounted
and afoot, kept tho crowds HWay from the
automobile.
HAS RAMBLING LETTER.
lliieiiiiient In Mnllnnno's Pnet:el n
Wild Mtnrk nn .Mnrnr,
III Malioiiey's pocket whs found the
following lainhllng letter, apparently in
tended for Mavor Mltchel:
M.ior Mltchel we want to Inform
i"l a little in ic;mii to l.twye'i fir
MAYOR'S OWN STORY OF ESCAPE FROM DEATH;
"I HAD A PISTOL: I WISH I HAD USED IT."
KvBBLaaHaf aiaiaHrli.i.KSvjisaR!EHaaHaH
POLICE
COMMISSIONED WOODS
sum riMcaM..
First Impression, Ho Dorlnros,
Was That Auto's Muffler
Was Exploding.
CAUGHT OFF HIS Ol'AltD
Had Known of Many Threaten
ing Letters, but Had Ex
pected No Attack.
Mayor Mltchel on his return to tha
City Hall from the hospital at i o'clock
In the afternoon said;
"Frank Is doing fine. He'll be back
on the Jolj In two weeks and will be
out of the hospital In a few days.
"Tho bullet struck the left side of his
chin Just below the lower lip. passed
through two inches of his lip and shat
tered his Jaw bone. He lost two teeth.
The bullet came out on the right side.
The surgeon tells me that the hone Is In
u healthy condition and that It will not
be necessary to have an operation.
"My chauffeur picked up the two teeth
and gave them to me. I gave them to
the doctor and It Is possible the' may be
replnced.
"The man shot for the hack of my
hend. Frank wns leaning forward ; at
least he told me he wns. You know tht
uuto seat Is narrow and there Is hardly
room for three. I did not see the man
who did the shooting, nor did I see the
two other fellows who ran away nfter
ward. I am told by a man who says he
saw them that he heard one say, 'All
right, go ahead.' If there were two other
fellows I with to God I could have caught
magistrates clerks you have stated
this twentieth of februnry last now
you say on 28th of february last
that you there Ignore It how Is It
you tell so many lira for the short time
you have been In office, you want
secret bills pakscd In ulbany for
goethals you wunt htm for police
commissioner ho knows lets about
.police work as mush us u boy of 12
or 14 he also knows lots of lngtneer
lng of Panama Cunal as 12 or 14
year old boy. If some of us had boys
of that age who did not know us
much us guethlns of Inglneerlng nnd
police work we would cut his head off.
Mltchel you never lost somo of your
old tricks and you never will becausu
Its In you this one was to get McKay
to resign his commission to let tho
public, know nnd make them believed
thnt tho trick was done In a honest
way now wu nil know how honest It
wns llshlng for Woods or Parkens
Mltchel you uro slick one you know
us well ns we do that ether one of
those threo men know nothing about
police work what this Goethals know
about police nor the other 2 ubovo
Mltchel Why don't you git a man
from the force and then you will hnva
a good man its all In nt prtsent and
lots to come.
What a few you mako such a fuss
over a Ilrute and Murderer ns he Is
ho and few Hughs done a way with n
good man In the Panama Canal nnd
you know It Just as Well ns some
of us do some of us had Work for
tho Ilrute and we know n llttlo about
the Murderer We wonder that you
and Wilson don't cut the Ilruto In 3
pieces and glvo inch pleco a Commis
sion for Police Ingeneer nnd governor
fnr Panama then ho nnd his friends
would have a good show to graft
moro he stated In tho newspapers In
Nov 1912 that hu would have tho
canal cnmpleld In Jany 1914 Is It
complealt It don't look that way to
us when the grafter want 34,000.000
dollars more goethals says he don't
know how hu is getting so many
medals we agree to this because he Is
not worthy to any ho havo told the
truth once In his life
There wns no signature tn the letter.
POLK MISFORTUNES IN SERIES
Wife nnd llnliy Operated On Oilier
Children (let Measles, j
The bullet fired at Mayor Mltchel yes
terday, which struck Corporation Counsel
Frank I, l'olk, brought tho Inst of n series
"5Rjrs3(BwK. pJmS?
8aOafciB w4stM.
sight of at least one of them running
away. I would have liked to take a
shot at him 1"
The Mayor was asked If he knew the
man who did the shooting.
"There are thousands of people who
write threatening letters," ho replied.
"The type nf handwriting Is the same for
' nil that clnts. The writing looked to me
i like the ordinary writing of a plain 'bug'
1 one of those fellows who havo cnuy
notions. I don't think there Is any way
In the world to protect jourself ug.ilnst
lunatics,"
"Did you draw a gun?"
"I had one In my lmeket nnd I took
It out. I have carried a revolver regit
hilly for the last three months. If there,
was another shot tired I Intended to be
tlrst. The ixperlunco of the last adminis
tration teaches us that there are always ti
few crazy people In every community and
, no one t-nn foretell what they will do,
I The Mayor Is always receiving thrtuicn-
lug letttrs.
"Krratlc tendencies usually manifest
themselves at the beginning of an ad
ministration. So I've been a little bit
on my guard, that's all. Now that this
Is over 1 presume It Is over for tho
administration nnd wo can go ahead."
"Frank showed splendid nerve nnd
grit from tho very first," the Mayor con
tinued. "When I finally did drop to the
of misfortunes whloh havo fallen to tho
lot of the Polk family recently.
When Dr. William M. Polk of 7 East
Thirty-sixth street, the, father of tho Cor
poration Counsol, brought tho first news to
Mrs. Polk that her husband had been
shot she was recovering from an Illness
which had necessitated an operation She
was at her home, 12'J Kast Thirty-sixth
streot, and bore up with remarkable forti
tude. Her father-in-law accompanied her
to the hospital to which Mr Polk had been
taken.
It was only two days ngo that Mrs.
Polk came home after nn absence of sev
eral days passed at the home of Dr. Polk,
where shu underwent tho operation, n
minor one. She remained lit the homo of
.her father-in-law for several days to re
cover her strength heron- going home.
I.nst year Mrs. Polk wns seriously 111 at
Palm rteach and her three children wero
sick of the measles. This winter the
family remained In the city because of
Mr. Polk's official dutins.
For tho last two months tho Polk chil
dren havo been 111. Frank, the baby, 2'4
years old, was In the New York Hospital
for four weeks. He suffered from In
testinal troublo nnd had to undergo nn
operation. Ho was also threatened with
mastoiditis. He has been at homo now
for three weeks ahd Is getting along
nicely. The baby, however, has not ben
taken out of tho liouso slnco returning
from tho hospital.
Tho other two children, John nnd Rllz
abeth. nro 4 and fiMi yenre old resnec-
tlvely. ThcJ nro called Jack and I.lllle
and were attacked with the whooping
cough a month ngo whlln visiting with
Miss M. H. Dehon of 310 Fifth avenue,
a friend of tho Polk family, This was
boforo the baby wns brought homo from
the hospital. Jack and I.llllo worn se
questered at the homo of Miss Dehon In
order not to exposo the baby to tho
whooping cough. These two older chil
dren have been living with Miss Dehon
ever since they fell victim to the whoop
ing cough.
As soon ns tho news that Mr. Polk had
been wounded becninn known tho tele
phono at tho Polk home rang constantly
nnd tho doorbell every few minutes. Many
friends called and several doctors, hut
Mm. l'olk did not return homo from tho
hospital during tho afternoon.
MALONE ISSUES A WARNING.
Collector Sees llsimrr In ChIIIii
the President a Traitor,
"The man who through property mo
tlvrs directs to send out through the
eoliimiis of his newspapers such liuld
tu siepresent.itlonn of facts or directs to
fact that It was a shot and not a muffler
explosion 1 got on my feet and looked
around and asked, 'Is anybody hurt?
Frank said: 'Yes, he got me. He shot
me in the mouth.'
"I saw Woods move forward before
the shot was tired. I thought It was
u muttler explosion. I realized that It
louldn't be a muffler explosion when my
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nun um imu uf njnuri . .uttvt,
was burned too.
"Tho shot came from the left side of
the car, rather to tha rear. I think the
chauffeur was on the running board about
to throw tho lap rotm over me. He al
was does that I have tried to dis
courage him from doing It, but I haven't
succeeded.
"I had Just sat down In the rear seat
of the car I was on the Inside, next
tho curb, Mr. Polk next me, In the
centre, and my law partner George M.
.Mullau on the outside,. Police Commis
sioner Woods was on the running board,
getting Into the front seat.
"Polk leaned forward to give me more I
room Just before the shot was llred. He-
fnrn 1 et.lllit mv iim mf Mr WrtrtI. '
had Jumped on the man and had him on
the ground.
"If there were other men with him
I nm certain they must have put him up
to It, and that this poor, doddering old
fool was their tool."
call the President of the United States a
traitor to his country will havo In his
heart and on his head the responsibility
for any harm that may befall that Presi
dent." This Is the wav Dudley Field Malone.
Collector of the Port, closed an address
to the Ilrooklyn Dar Association at Its
meeting nt l!i Montague street, Ilrooklyn.
Inst night. Ills rem-trks were Inspired by
the attempt tn kill Mayor Mitchel and the
shooting of Corporation Counsel Polk.
"What happened to-day," Mr Malone
s.ild, "Is partly proof and Illustration of
.some of the chaotic conditions In Amer
ica "
He deplored the fact that such ootid:
lions exist and continued;
"I hope It will be a long time lefo'e
the people of this community foiget th
significance of the net, Wh must have
law nnd order and we mint have men
whether In the legal profession or not, to
flglit t the best of their uhlltties ugalml
such n state of affairs In tho rommunlti
"Wo nro dealing with strnr.ge ft roes,
which wc sc.ncely understand. You n
not gclng tn defeat socialism r inia'cliN
by denouncing them Denounca the iau j
which make for socialism hii.1 ap.u i liy
"Chango the law of 1914, un rtlnrr the
ondltlons of 177C, to meet tho louditlitns
of mil."
llefnre. going to the meeting Mr Malone
visited Mr. Polk.
GUARD AT MITCHEL HOME.
night Detectives Spend Night al
Door nf Hlvrrslilr llrltt- House.
Clght detectives were on guard last
night nt entrnnces to the Peter Ktuy
vesunt apartment at Illvemlde Drlvo and
Ninety-eighth streot, where Mayor Mltchel
lives.
Their vigil continued throughout the
night, even while Mayor Mltchel was nt
the Press Club. No one would talk ahnut
the order for the guard and It la not
known whether or not It will be con
tluued.
Illumes lluslnes Itrvrrses.
Nkwpoet, Ky April 17. Huslneis re
voiBes und the breaking of confidence thst
ho placid In others, nnd troubles too
iiunieriulH tn mention, were the reasons
given by tho wlfn nf Michael Mahoney,
who Is held In New York city, following
a desperHte attempt to kill Mavor Mltchel.
i Muhonc'n wife nnd five children live In
this city lie has not heen In Newport
for live Mii i and no ini'tiiher of his
family has huml from him In two jears,
when he wtnW letteis bom from Flushing.
PREPARED FOR ATTACKS,
MAYOR TELLS PRESS CLUB
Mitchel Says Progress of Democracy Means Constant
Fight, ond He's Willing to Face All Perils
' in Way of Progress.
Mayor Mltchel, calm, smiling, cool, as
If he had never passed through an experi
ence which might hav apslled tragtdy
for him. was a guest at dinner of the
New York Press Club last night.
Without bravado he explained to the,
hundred men and women that when he
accepted ofllco he knew thnt some haz
ards went with It. He had almost been
expecting something like It, although
there was no earthly reason for him to
do so. It was one or tha Incidents of
life In a democracy, where nt best nit
progress Is In the nature of a battle, and
In a battle utmost anything Is likely to
happen.
The Mayor's speech followed a very
brief introduction by Edward Percy
Howard, vice-president of the club, whoso
speech wns llttla moro than' "Thank
God tho Mayor Is with us," nnd Dr. Tal
cott Williams, who brought everybody
to his feet by a few eloquent remarks.
Tho Mayor said .
"I assure you that I too am very grate
ful that I mil with you to-night, both
for the reason that has been alluded to
by the toastmnster nnd by Mr. Williams,
und also because 1 am always grateful
for the privilege of meeting good friends
on nn occasion like this, und If 1 had
never felt It before surely I woold feel
to-night that hvie I am among friends.
I'rrpnrrd for Attack.
"The experience of this nfternoon Is, of
course, one to impress itself on any man's
mind. I said. In nnswer to a question
put to me by one of the representatives of
the press at the City Hail, that I had
been almost expecting some such thing ;
not because I had any reason to expect
it, not because theru Is any reason why
such n thing should happen In a civilized
c ommunity ordered by laws, as Is ours, but
because I know that life In a democracy,
whero there Is progress, where new things
are being established. Is more or less of n
battle, and In a battle almost anything
Is likely to happen; and In n community
as great as Is New York, as complex
as Is New York, ns cosmopolitan as Is
New York, there are always u few un
fortunate disordered minds that find ex
pnsslon for their Illogical thought In such
ucts ns thnt of this afternoon.
"Of cours I sin grateful for my own
escape, but may I say that I do most de
voutly thank Hod tn-nlght for the escape
of my good friend, that splendid fellow,
.me of the r beht whom I huvo known
-Prank Polk npplnusel nnd thnt the
nrsuranee that 1 bad from his surgeon
when I left the hospital latu this ove
tilng tint the wound, wh le It would prove
painful and nnnoylng and would Incapaci
tate him for perhaps u couple of weeks,
would not prove dangerous, and In nil
probability would not even prove dlsflgur
Inir. (Cries of "Good ! Good!"l
"When I was elected to this office, I
knew that with the responsibilities and
duties of the oftlce went some hasards.
POLK OUT IN A DAY R TWO
Dr. Ilartsrell at Midnight Calls Pa
tient's Condition F.xpellent.
Dr A. J Hartwell. the eurgeon who has
Mr. Polk under his care, said lost night
his patlent'H condition was excellent, nnd
thero was no reason to expect any com
plications. "The Jaw waa not shattered." said Dr.
Hartwell. "It waa simply chipped a little.
Mr. Polk ought to be out In a day or two.
I do not consider It necessary to Issue
bulletins of his condition."
This statement confirmed one given
earlier In the evening by Dr. Hartwell.
The hospital authorities agree that Mr.
l'olk will be out of the hospital probably
In a day or two.
Ever since Mr. Polk's arrival at the
New York Hospital, n llttlo after 2 o'clock
In the afternoon, the solicitude of his
friends wu nhown by calls, telegrams,
telephone messages and flowers. There
was a line of nutomohlles nnd carriages
In front of the Sixteenth street entraiico
to the hospital most of the nfternoon, ,
Among the first to arrive wero Mayor
and Mrs. Mltchel. They stayed threo
quarters of nn hour, nnd when the Mayor
got Into his car ho was smiling
"He's fine," he said, when asked con
cerning Mr. Polk's condition. "He's get
ting along nicely "
When Dr, Polk, the patient's father.
met the Mayor at the hospital, b put out
his hand and eald "It was very fortu
nate that you wero not struck."
"Well." said the Mayor, clasping Dr.
Polk's hand, "It's pretty bad when some
body tried to get you and gets your
friend."
Mrs. Polk reached the hospital shortly
arter Mr. Polk's arrival, nnd remained all
night 8ho scarcely left his room. Ity a
coincidence Mr. Polk Is In the same room,
No. 704 In the private department, that
he occupied for snm time while his two-vear-old
eon, Frank, wait In room 705 re
covering from an operation about a month
ngo.
iwinuvtr riLdt. tSAMt.
I'oll or Told He Called Himself Rose
rnr Five Vrsrs.
Police Headquarters received a tele
gram early this morning from Newpoit,
Ky In nnswer to a despatch sent yes.
lerday asking the Chief of Police to In
quire Into the record of Michael P Ma
honey, who nttrmpted to assassinate
Mayor Mltchel. The message reads
"Your telegram received relative to
Michael P. Mahoney, I huve Investigated
I FOUNDED 18561
BROKAWBROTHERS
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When a man enters our store
with the idea of getting clothes
far above the average at a price
much less than the ordinary, he
realizes his expectations. He
also has the advantage of choos
ing from the most adequate
showing to be found anywhere.
Spring Suits, Overcoats,
Motoring Garments,
Astor Place &l Fourth Avenue
ONE BLOCK PROM BROADWAY SUBWAY AT'DOOa
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No man who had observed the , ' f
four years ago, when Mayor Gavx -
assaulted with ns llttla csum nn I t
manner somewhat simitar to ths' r .
afternoon, could fall to realize t
things were possible In this city, nil n
quite willing to assume with the
bllltUs and tho honors of tho otll
hazards ns there may be. Put I n -that
It does seem unfair that a
else should have to take the const i
of the razards that properly belong '
I. tried I.uad From My Mlml,"
"And I can tell you that when I s ij
up In the car to-day and looked about ms
for I did not know nt first what t ,j
that had happened and reallz'd i ,,t
there had been a shot and nsked ' y
one was hurt nnd Frank Polk ansu. ,
that ho had been shot I said t
When; did he hit you?' and he s.i n
tho mouth,' and I looked down and n
the blood flowing over his chin 1 lul t :.
fear that he had been shot In the s,me
place as the late Mayor Gaynor
when I found on examining his fa,-. .u
the bullet had passed through tne ' j
had come nut, 1 tell you It lift. I ;,d
from my mind that has made me f. . , .y
hippy all tho rest of to-day.
"It was suggested I know who- ,t
thing happen d. In fact there s. i
be some basis for believing that it w
act of un Individual or of seven. . .
were In concert, anil some people ssk i
me If I thought that It was tln-n - ,f
any concerted plan by any group '
community. Now, I believe, I um
glad to be nhte to believe, and beh r
lldently, that we have not runic t
point in this city or In this coui I
thnt we never will, where thlnc. ' ' ,t
kind sire the result of concerted .n ' h.
any group. We have not phi's w, i ,i.
not nihilism In this country. Wh. n . a
thing us that does happen It is th
uct of the disordered brain of e ..Me r
tunate Individual, us was that t . .
noon, the man who dots not '
straight, who warps the facts thai ...
partly gathers from the dally pr-s e.
cording the action of governm. Mt
"1 say 1 am happy to bel.eve ti
j have not come to that point in t1. s . .m
i munlty. a. id it Is for us n'i.
j with tho duty of conducting the u- r
' ment to seo that wo so order 'hn
i shall not come to that point, tn si
i the people of tho city had the r;,. -
nlty for the free expression of th.
I Ideas, to use the language of .M, i' "
nor that they are not bottled up.
they have ample opportunity to c -
themselves no that they keep
bounds of the law nnd thnt they , .
vlolenee against persons or against , m
erty, and I believe that, tnge'h.
honest government on the part of i . e
officials. Is the best guarantee tbr -vt
never will come to n tlmo where in '
to fear that such accidents nre the i
of any concerted action on tho p.u o'
an.7 group In the community."
and found that he lived at llfi East Fr, :
stieet four years, but has been awaj ll
years In Pittsburg, Pa. Ho has n w'fe nri
three grown sons living her- now. V
say that ho has been going under
name of David G. Hose for the past t f
years when away Age about 6.",
"W. C, IttTNsmr
"Chief of Detcctlvt -
MAYOR TRUSTS TALISMAX
Little Gold Frog, llr Siij, Mil, 1,1,.
Illm From llrnth.
As Mayor Mitchel was leaving v
York Press Club Inst night a
friend congratulated him on his f
The Mnyor smiled and reaching '
vest irficket pulled out a smn:l c
attached to his watch cha.n
"My talisman did It," he s.i! 1 '
can come to me so long us I otrrv
Then ho explained. In C"stn 1' it
fall he was entertained at the
prominent citizen. After the e '
ment his hostees presented the Pt e
to him. She said It came fro-n i
mound left by a prehlstor e a
enough was known ti sav
h euro talisman against dta'i
ience
"Do you know " enld th" Ma
Just before this thing happene 1 r -
noon I remembered that 1" n
touched the little froc
MOTHERS
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