Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-05
De ands $l,2OO,000
from Russell Sage.
HE is MET WITH REFUSAL.
Throws Bomb Upon the Floor Two
Deaths and Many Injured.

Inc noise Nnu SHOCK were caused Dy
dynamite bomb exploded in the Office OF
Russell Sage. the millionaire financier and
railroad magnate, who occupied rooms
Nos. 80 and 80 on the second floor. The
bomb was hurled by crank whose iden.
tity has not yet been definitely determined.
but he IL believed to have been n man
named Wilson, residence unknown. Wilson
demanded q, 200 900 from Mr. Sage, and,
being refused and ordered from the Office,
took the bomb from small gripsack
which he carried and flung it upon the
floor.
A deafenn2 crash instantly followed;
walls and ceilings came tumbling down
upon those In the offices; the windows of
the building were blown out and across
Rector street into Trinity cemetery, and
ruin and death marked the catastro phe.
The building trembled to its foundations,
rocked To and fro, and seemed about tc
utterly collapse. The floors seemed to rise
mp and then to sink beneath the feet.
Panic Reigned Supreme
throughout the building. Every Office in
the structure was emptied of its occu-
pants in twinkling, and people ran over
and tre'"plch Ipon each other in their mad
has Town the stairways. People
clio -aw man blown through
on. n,lows of Sage's Office into
R
passing the building at the
ii vn to the ground. The
n, iosion was heard for blocks
a. few moments everybody
f. nuty was stunned, and then
q ,rleh for the building which
W. rl;s"loped in thick cloud Of
white ia :. which poured out from the
broken windows. In less than five min
utes after the explosion, Broadway and
Rector street were packed from curb tc
curb with n struggling mass of excited
humanity Probably never in the history
of the metropolis has an event occurred
that for the time caused more excitement
in Wall street and lower Broadway.
Fully $4,000 people were drawn to the
scene, and for an hour the police were
poweress to bring order out of the chaos.
A fire alarm and an ambulance call were
Immediately sent out and both were
promptly responded to. A large force Of
policemen were alwss soon on the ground
and formed fire line about the building
Meanwhile the injured were being cared
for in O'Connell's drug store on the op-
posite side OF Broadway. They all came
from Mr. Sages Office, where the bomb
was exploded. One of the first to be
brought to the store was Russell Sage
himself He had CROPPED his way out into
the corridor after the explosion, and was
assisted down the stairway and across the
street had an ugly wound on the
forehead, from which the blood was flow
ing freely, several lesser laccrated wounds
Of the head aud was suffering greatly
from the shock.
Nr. Sage's story.
Mr.. Sage rallied quickly, and was soon
able to tell the story of his mad visitor. He
said that man had called at his Office
about noon and sent him u card bearing
the name "Il. ID. Wilson" His clerk in
formed him that the visitor desired to see
him Immediately, and he left Il gentleman
with whom he was conversing to go to the
outer Office IN see the stranger. The man
told him d, must have 81 100000 for i'm
mediat. rs, Mr. Sage seeing that the
mar wns crank, began to temporiZe
witt hin
- e;nI u rSht away" said the visitor;
~ 49,. ~ ul dynamite in this bag, and
IT. o.. ." the money forthwith I'll
b.. ta"
Int this was more bluster
at. nan to get out, turned TO
20 ,Vate Office.
- have it'" said the man.
"N
Z r. Sage said he knew
MOI 4 found himself on the
lor " store. After his wounds
ha ed and he had recovered
somewl q. ,.,.., the shock Mr. Sage was
taken hurnr iu a cab.
Result of the Explosion.
The police cleared the building of all
persons and made search in the wrecked
Offices. The interior Of the Offices showed
the force of the explosion was something
terrific All the partition walls were
blown down aud the sashes and window
frames forced outward rendering it unsafe
to walk uIJn Desks and chairs were
overturned and hurled into an indescrib-
able mass. and every piece of glass in the
big ab shrfi nat ran to the roof was shiv-
ercsi ir' uN..uds Of particles.
Jus, o.. al the door of the general
off, .'.ri the body of man. The
hea,' ed from the trunk. The
mau ',inted, reddish beard, and
brow r and heavy moustache.
The .u part Of the body was
shat, .es. The right arm was
miss' he left leg. The remains
are su . those of II. ID. Wilson,
who :, ,rnb. He seemed to have
been On killed outright.
n. prton, who was blown
tbrou. ~, "A clerk in the Office
Of Mr.. .as removed to Chambers
street . where he died at l:30
while VI . . T. tion for fracture Of the
skull -, DO, .it,. consisted Of n fractured
skull. 80, face and internal in
jurios DIV. , Itch could not be veri.
Hed "a, ... aumber Of those killed.
Injured.
The ~. a.. do.i5 we'll, though
some hurt, and several have
alread nte-mDrtem statements
The g. the following: Colonel
John th.s city. a brother-in
law q ige and cashier In his
Office iunds Of the head and
fscs from shock.
W clerk in Mr.. Sage's office;
will A. lver.
C" clerk. condition danger
GU
brokers' clerk. condi-
tio, 60.
a. N persons went to Cham