The morning call., 1891-12-05

the elevated trains from uptown bringing
thousands to the scene, all impelled by
curiosity. For an hour confusion reigned {;
then the police found their heads and some
thing like correct list of the killed and
injured was had. But one person had been
killed outright, the man with the pointed
beard. He is supposed to be II. D. Wilson,
the man that made the demand for money
from Sage and threw the bomb.
Benjamin F. Morton, clerk in the Office,
who was thrown through a window, was
removed to the Chambers-street Hosp pitaI,
where he died at 80 o'clock.
The following injured were taken to the
hospital Frank Robertson, 20 years old,
clerk for Imbre & CO., brokers. he was in
Sage's Office at the time of the explosion.
His skull is fractured and he will pro baby
die.
Charles ". Osborn tRusselfSag cashier,
fractured skull; will probably die.
Samuel J. Calhoun, who was in the
building at the time, received a fracture of
the leg.
SAFE LEFT OPEN.
Colonel J. J. Slocum, brother-in-law Of
Sage, and his chief clerk. was badly cut
about the head and face. When his wounds
were dressed he returned to the scene, de-
clarng that he had left tie door of the safe
open and was fearful that the securities in
1t had be u blown out and lost. Quickly
gathering together what he found, he placed
them in a small safe and had it removed to
the Office Of the Manhattan Railway Com
pany in the same building.
In the afternoon the firemen found among
the debris a leg, thought TO be that of a
woman. Whether it is or not mas not been
discovered. Russell Sage never employed a
woman typewriter, and this fact is well
established. The supposition is, if the leg
is that Of woman. it is all that is left of
one Of his put and calP' customers who
was in the Office al the time.
CHASE JAMES EXPERIENCE.
Chase James, a railroad man and q resi-
dent of Chattanooga, Tenn. had an appoint
meut with Sage at II o'clock, and had an
experience he will never forget He says:
Il called at Sage's Office at y O'Clock, but
he was out. A seat was offered me in
the main office near a desk. | took il and
awaited Sage's return. Sitting on a bench
near the wall l noticed a man, perhaps 5
feet inches in height. He wore plug hat
and had a pointed beard and heavy brown
mustache. At about -: Is o'clock Sage came
in, and, greeting me, asked me into his
private office. Sage had just removed his
hat and asked me 70 be seated when one of
his clerks entered and said something to
him l did not hear. Turning to me he said,
Excuse me a moment and passed through
the door into the main office. The door
closed behind him, and l pushed my chair
over to the wall and faced the door tn rough
which Sage had gone.
BLOWN TO THE CEILING.
at might have been two or three minutes
when the explosion came. l was blown
nearly to the ceiling, and the chair on which
/ sat was smashed to pieces l fell down all
in a heap. Dust and small particles of
plaster and smoke filled the room. l was
completely dazed and did not know what to
do. l remember making my way through
the passage from which the explosion had
blown the door into the main Office. There
met Sage with blood dripping down his
face and hands, his clothes torn and rent
and covered with dirt and dust. When he
saw me he said, bow shall we get out?'
Wait / replied, until this dust settles
and l think we will be all right, as the worst
must be over Then | recovered nv
senses, and taking him by the arm led him
down the stairway into the street."
TORN TO PIECES.
Among the debris in the wrecked Offices
was found the remains of a silk hat. evil
IDENTIFY worn by the man who gave the name
OF Wilson, and in one corner OF Sage's pri-
vate Office where James was sitting alone
at the time OF the explosion, a mans hand
was found.
Washington Connor was In his Office on
the Broadway from. of the building and on
the same floor with Sage when the explosion
came. Connor was out OF the building
among the first and assisted Sage to the
drugstore.
The Coroner made an examination OF the
mangled remains OF the man found in Sage's
Office, and from the maugled mass of flesh
and clothing took seven -chnmbered bull
dog revolver. This WAS all that could be
found by which Identification could be made.
What was left of the body was laid out In
an undertaker's office on Greenwich street.
1t was not much. The head was there.
Diackened, but neither cut nor disfgured in
any way. 1t was cut off at the top of the
neck. and looked for all the world like the
mask OF man 30 or 40 years old with full
beard that might have been long, but was
now burned close 10 the chin and cheek
Then there was leg-the right-a left foot.
one hand, and that was all. The BODY
proper was gone; of neither chest nor abdo-
men WAS trace found Sbreds Of clothing
were found, showing that the man had worn
trousers of blue black plaid. Black over
coat and long black stockings that might
have started the story of a woman's leg
being found. He had been careful to rid