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Show GALLAGHER IS PRAYING FOR GAYNOR'S RECOVERY NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Mayor Gaynor was up for three hours all told todav, walking about his room or reading. lie ato well this evening and was In good spirits. By 8 o'clock he waa sleeping peacefully James J. Gallagher, the mayor's assailant, assail-ant, lssuod a statement through counsel today. The statement In Gallagher's own spelling follows: "I. James J. Gallagher, red In Fridays mong paper that I said I was glad I shot Mayor Gynor and that I waa sorry I did not kill him. This assercion Is not only a fabrication but a deep dyed He, as was ever told on any person. I havo been praying night and day ever since the occurrance If tho prayer of tho sinner Is heard, God in his goodness has heard my prayer and Is all merclfull and goodness good-ness to tho sinner, for He said to tho thief on the cross, this day will though be In Paradlco with me." |