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Show MAHONEY FACES LONG SENTENCE Would-be Murderer of Mayor Mitchel Arraigned and Will be Brought to Quick Trial. VICTIM WILL RECOVER Assailant Tells Story of Life and of His Final Resolve to Commit Murder. New York, N. Y., April 18. Michael P Mahoney. the gray-haired crank, who yesterday attempted to assassinate assassin-ate Mayor Mitchel and In so dolnt wounded Frank L. Polk, corporation counsel, was arraigned in the Tombs police court today on a charge of at tempted murder In the first degree He was held in $25,000 bail for the action of the grand jury When of the amount of the ball an Bounced by Magistrate Simms, Ma honey smiled broadly and said: 'Why not boost it a little? The more the merrier." Mr. Polk was resting quietly at the New York hospital today Surgeons expect he will recover rapidly If no complications develop Ho spent a j comfortable night and seemed to be greatly refreshed today. Before his arraignment Mahoney was taken to police headquarters, where 260 detectives, all masked, 'looked him over" None of them was positive he had ever seen the man before Mahouev was awakened at S a. 01 after being allowed four hours sleep. Until 1 o'clock this morninK he s.i--closeted with detectives, who put hint through a rigid "third degree." He explained that when he bought the revolver he fired yesterday, he told the man who sold it to him in Jersey City that he "wanted to kiil a rat N'ew York. April IS. The arraignment arraign-ment today on a charge ol assault with Intent to kill of Michael P Mahoney Ma-honey to w nose errins aim Mayor John Purroy Mitchel! owes his life, marked the first move In the pro rum outlined by District Morne; Charles S. Whitman for a quick trial On Monday, Mr Whitman will present the case to the grand jur and an immediate indictment is expected, making It possible to brine; Mahoney before a supreme court justice for trial at an early date. Mahoney faces a possible prison sentence ol twenty years but should be be adjudged insane he will be committed com-mitted to an asylum for the criminal insane Victim Suffers Mu.;li Pain. Fiank I,. Polk, corporation counsel, who was struck in the jaw by the bullet bul-let intended for the mayor, spent ,i restless night and suffered much pain. The bullet was removed last nisht and the patient Is expected to ioroer rapidly. rap-idly. His physicians announced today that he would be able to leave tho hospital hos-pital within two days and aftc ;i rest of two weeks be able to resume his official duties. From the many Incoherent letter--w ritten by . lahoney in which he attacked at-tacked the oficial acts of Mayor Mlt cheil of this city, of Mayor Armstrong of Pittsburg and Colonel Goethals, governor of the Panama canal zone and after a two hours study of the aged man, District Attorney Whitman expressed the opinion that Mahoney was of the 'embittered and sodden type of hobo ' Whitman Favors Asylum Commitment Mr Whitman said that while the hesi course might be to have Mahoney confined to an asylum, the mayor and Mr Polk must be consulted before n final decision is reached. Mayor Mitchell, after seelnc that Mr. Polk was made as comfortable as possible at the N'ew York hospital, re- turned to his office and finished the day there as customary. I,ast nlsht j he attended a dinner at the New York I Press club where he told the members of that organization that he had ex- I pected some such happening as the, act of Mahoney. but that ' It does seem j 'unfair that anyone else should have to' take the consequences of the hazard that properly belongs to me." Attack Not Incited by Agitators. Tho mayor went on to say that ho did not believe the attack on him was due to the concerted action of a croup of agitators He believed confidently, he said, "that we have not ionic to that point In this city or In this coun-n coun-n and that we never will have things of that kind a9 the result of concerted action by any group When sn h a thins as that does happen It Is the product of the disordered brain of some unfortunate Individual the man who does not think straight, who warps the facts that he partly gathers from the daily press in regard to action ac-tion of a government." To Police Captain Thomas Tunney, the mayor's assailant told the story of his life; a story that was confirmed by entries In his diary and which cave little ground tor a belief that Mahoney acted under commands from another. TeHs Story to Captain. He told Captain Tuney that he had called at the City Hall to remonstrate with Mayor Mitchell and hail been insulted there. "I then decided to kill him,' he said. "I went down to the city hall Wednesday with the in tention or killing him then, but cooled off. Today (Friday). I went down there again with the intention of finishing fin-ishing the job." The prisoner then told of waiting from 10 o'clock until the mayor and his party started to enter their automobile auto-mobile shortly after 1 o'clock and how he stood barely five feet from the object ob-ject of his hatred when he fired He expressed regret that he had attempted attemp-ted to take Mayor Mitchel's life and was particularly sorry that the bullet had hit Mr Polk. Last Wednesday Mahoney left his room in East Fiftieth street which he had occupied since last November. He told his landlady that he had a chance for a job as a carpenter in Pittsburg. Instead he went to a Bowery lodging house where he tegistered under the name of James Mahan Born In Cork. Mahoney was born in 1842 near Cork, Ireland. He came to this country coun-try about 60 years ago. but could not recall the exact date His wanderings about the country began, he said, soon after a suit brought against a man who sold him a farm in Kentucky because there was no fence about the proierty Because he could not or would pay the costs of the suit, the property was foreclosed and 6old for much less than its value. This was in 1SS3. In his diary and in conversation with Captain Tunney, Mahoney appeared ap-peared to have a special grievance against the .Masons and Odd Fellows and he also appeared to hold notions of wrongs against Andrew Carnegie and to have visionary ideas a6 to the proper conduct of the police department depart-ment Talisman Brings Good Luck. New York. N V. April IS. - Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who narrowly escaped an assassin's bullet yesterday, thinks a talisman given him when tu Costa ftica brings him good luck While thus expressing himself to friends last night. Mr Mitchel dls played a little gold image of a frog, about an Inch and a quarter long. "When this was given me," said the mayor, "I was told that it would always bring me good luck. 1 believe it has." |