A THEORY SCOUTED.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16326, 23 August 1913, Page 11

A THEORY SCOUTED.

DYNAMITE OUTSIDE MAYOR’S OFFICES. “PLOT” AGAINST MR W. J. GAYNOR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, August 21. A New York message says that sticks of dynamite were found outside the offices of Mr W. J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, at the City Hall, indicating a plot against his life, but the police scout this theory. CONFLICTING VIEWS. (Received August 22, 9.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 22. The quantity of dynamite found at Mayor Gaynor's office was sufficient to wreck the City Hall. Mr Gaynor remained calmly at his desk while the police drew a cordon around. The faulty. arrangement of the fuse alone prevented a terrible disaster. The police believe that there was a plot against Mr Gaynor, but another theory is that careless workmen engaged on some adjacent excavations left the dynamite around.