Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-05

rne sooy or the ASSASSIN TORN
TO sHREps.
Several Other People Injnred.--fuli
Account Of the Tragic
Event.
Dy Telegraph to the NEW.
TuE DYNAMITE uORHoR
fnii Accouu, or the attempt to Murder
Russell sage.

Russell sage.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.--Rus.cli Sage,
the millionaire broker, escaped death by
A miracle today. His Office anu the
.ntlr. Empire building, IN which II
was. being shaken 10 Its very f0unda.
lion by the explosion Of dynamite
botnb, hurled by crank who made u
demanc upon Sage for the immediate
payment OF sl,.5O,0OO, the ultimatum
h,Ing, IN case OF refusal, the death Of
the millionaire, the crank himself, and
those employees In the office. Never
ia the history Of the metropolis ~ II
probable that nn event has occurred
that for the time has caused more cx-
element Ia Wall street aud lower
broadway. Fully $4,000 people were
drawn 10 the scene oi the explosion,
and for mn hour tho police were power.
less 10 bring order out of chaos.
10 was Just twenty minutes past two
when the explosion came with n force
that was absolutely startling,
COMPLETELY WEIGHING THE SECOND
FLOOR
Of the building, throwing pedestrians
ln the street 10 the ground, md START
ling tho people for blocks around.
Those close nj hand saw man blown
through one Of the windows VI Sapu's
office into Rector street. A fow min
utps Inter save himself. with blood
streaming down HE face and hands,
was helped cut Into the street aud
taken into Conuells drug store, just
below Wall street ON broadway. There
was also carried the man below from
the window.
Within ton minutes after tho OK
4. q
LAYS Gould. was al Tie siue OF Sage
and prrsonally attouded 20 his Injuries,
which proyrJ 10 los not OF "A serious
nature. The half and eyebrows OF the
millionaifo were burnt, and his face
ana hands hurt by small PARTICLES of
glass and plaSter. tho result of In, .x.
ploslou,
sage, though suffering from the
sbork mad, the ifolluwInp abatement
whiI, his wouud. were being dressed;
"a man who gave the name Of II. ID.
Wilson CAME 10 my ollee Jus, now. !
earnet.bag in bla hand and said. NJ
YOU will not give me 81 $50, 900 will
blow you 10 pieces.' | know nothing
further except hearing
..,....
"nhNf hN'Lps'o"'
falling on the door, and rcgsining con-
seriousness here. The man lying on the
floor Of the drug store | believe IL the
same man who asked mo for the mo-
ney,D
When sage's wounds were dressed
he was. taken in a cab 10 his home.
Outside OF tho door everything was I'm
confusion. Men lost their heads and
rumors " the widest kind fillvd the
air. Twenty were said TO have been
killed and Injured, and frcgn the build.
ing the firemen led or carried the dead
and Injured. Ambulnnces were sum-
mOned from three hospitals and soon
tho streets around were soldly filled
with struggling mass OF persons, all
eager TO get u the scene OF the disaster.
When the police arrived In force the
buildlng was quickly cleared OF all
persons, anu search made IN the
wrecked offices Just inside OF the
door Oi tue general 0illco was found
Tur Trunk OF A MAN
IN state that rendered recognition
nearly impossible, the head having
been severed from the body. a point
sn,.a ~ ,ha, ~ .n educated man which
wns ,nhanc.J hy, brown cnrIs ~ hair
nnd a h,nyv ,ooy.tnch, that uHorn,d
M, nnn.r in When the body was
iaI,n in IL wa. found ia haye be.n Torn
into ,hrrds bv m. explosIon.
m, ini.rior Of m. oi,lcea MAINLY
shov.d ihat In. forc, Of m, .xnlnsInn
was son,cwbnt ,orrifle' An lie mr..
tItion walls werc blown down. nnd the
,ashrs nnI wlndow frames forced oni.
ward IN. csilIny hnI heen hlown
down and IN. tioor forced downwaTd'
RENDERING n unsafe 10 walt man
DIS ana chair war, oy.rt,,rued AMI
hurled into am ind,scrIhabl, mas nnJ
.vrtv niece ~ Lac i'm Inc III, nj, shan
linn ,,,ns IN ill., roo, wss shiysr,.a.
., $3.50 -, 49,, A.
s.n,un lulrhlS snoNeu .ha, .np
uouy .. uhe nihh WIN we poln,su oon,u
Was .no ohly one Anohg 'ne ueo'ls, IN
,nu nehh.lhis .ne CIoWus III vne SsIueI
ht'W nige, the ele.u'el uslns rom
Wy wWn nHnElnH thousahue 70 ue
.,an ,npoheu py eu,losny. fot hh
a .u' o.hlus,un ,oigneui'nen ,ne ponce
aVuus 'le,i hosus, NM h9ineuiing lhs
$3.50 "N' u' tue hilIeu anu iiyui,u
""i h"u'
THE VICTIMS
But one person had been killed out.