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Show ASSASSIN TRIES TO KILL MAYOR 1 I MITCHEL OF NEW YORK CITY I Aim Misses Mark and Badly Wounds Frank Polk, Corporation LW Counsel Bullet Crashes Through Jaw and Tears Out All km Front Teeth Detective Leaps on Shoulders of Man Lm and Bears Him to Ground Second Shot . Prevented. kW WOUNDED VICTIM TAKEN TO HOSPITAL I Would-be Murderer Evidently Unbalanced Trembles With " jLU Fright Officers Find Name on Clothing Threatening L Letters Found in Pockets Philadelphia Mayor Men- km tioned as Next to Meet Vengeance Polk, With km Head Bandaged and Blood Pouring From km Mouth, a Grewsome Sight. New York, N. Y April 17 An assassin's as-sassin's bullet, aimed at Mayor Mitch-el, Mitch-el, as he waB leaving the city hall in an automobile today for luncheon, missed Its mark but badly wounded Frank Polk, corporation counsel. The man who fired the shot was instantly overpowered. His name is David Rose, his age nearly 70, and he gave evidences of being mentally unbalanced. unbal-anced. The bullet crashed through Mr. Polk's Jaw, knocking out nearly all his front teeth, and inflicting a serious though not necessarily fatal, wound. He was assisted into the city hall, then removed to a hospital. "Mr. Polk was hit by the bullet. b;it the bullot was undoubtedly intended for me," was Mayor Mitchel's comment. com-ment. Called Often at Office. Attaches at the city hall said that Rose had called to see the mayor several sev-eral times lately, but because ot his queer actions had not been permitted permit-ted to see him. While an ambulance surgeon was dressing Mr. Polk's . wounds. Rose was questioned by the mayor and a score of detectives He refused to answer any questions about himself. Two lottc-rs addressed to Mayor Mitch-el Mitch-el were found on his clothing. The shooting occurred at the Park Row entrance to the city hall plaza, shortly after 1 o'clock. At that time of day Park Row is congested with hundreds of men and women on their way to and from luncheon. Mayor Mitchel. Police Commissioner Commission-er Arthur Woods and Mr. Polk had just left the mayor's office in the city hall to go to a down-town restaurant for luncheon. The three crossed tho plaza toward Park Row where stood the mayor's automobile, driven by Detective De-tective George Ncun. The mayor got in first, Mr. Polk and Commissioner Woods following in the order named. As the mayor sat down, Rose dodged through tho crowd on Park Row and walking up to a point opposite the chauffeur, took quick aim at Mr. Mitchel and fired. Detective Jumps on Assassin. At the crack of the revolver, Neun leaped from tho car onto the shoulders shoul-ders of the man and bore him to the sidewalk. This prevented hjin from pulling the trigger of his revolver a second time. While the detective and Rose were struggling on the sidewalk, the former trying to get possession of the revol; vcr, Mr Polk staggered and was saved from sinking to the sidewalk by the mayor. Blood was spurting from the mouth of the Corporation counsel, and he was half carried to the police station in the basement of the city hall, where policemen attended him as best they could with first aid material, pending the arrival or surgeons. Police Call Assistance. A policeman standing a few feet nway from tho automobile blew his whistle as soon as he saw Mr. Polk stagger. With other policemen he assisted the struggling detective In holding Rose. They took the would-be assassin as-sassin into the city hall basement, whero lie was questioned in a room adjoining that where Mr. Polk was being treated. Mayor Mitchel came In and stood by the prisoner. Rose was trembling with fright and his hands shook. "Why did you shoot at me?" the mayor asked him. Man Refuses to Talk. Rose only mumbled. "I won't say anything," he finally shouted. After detectives had put question after af-ter question to him, he said his name was Soloschen. When his clothing was removed, howovcr, it. was found that his collar and trousers both boro the name "David Rose." The man was poorly dressed. When asked where he lived, ho said he had no home. Blood Pours from Victim's Wounds. Tho questioning was still in progress prog-ress when Mr. Polk was removed to the Now York hospital. His face, chin and neck were bnudnged and blood was still pouring from his mouth when ho entorod the ambulance. A surgeon said that nearly all his lower teeth hnd boon knocked out and that the Jaw bone had been pierced in two places. In the prisoner's pockets wore two or three letters and a nowspapcr clipping clip-ping relating to tho Goethals' police bills. One of the letters was a brief one. In an envelope, stamped and addressed to "Mayor Armstrong, Pitts burg, Pa., It was dated April 14, and read: "Armstrong: You have done you? part and you will soon pay. We will do our part and you will see what part it will be,' Rambling Letter Found. A long rambling letter on the gen-eral gen-eral subject of layor MItchel"s rcc- IH ord on the police question began: IH "Mitchel: You never lost some of your old tricks and you never will." A great crowd surrounded the city hall while Mr. Polk and Rose were in-side. in-side. Several morbidly curious in tM the crowd picked up teeth that had been knocked from Mr. Polk's mouth and had fallen on the running board of the machine. At the New York hospital, after R more detailed examination, It watf said that Mr. Polk's Injury would not prove fatal. "Mr. Polk is conscious," said a bul-letin bul-letin given out at the hospital at 2:30 o'clock. "He Is doing as well na IH can be expected under the clrcum-stances." |