Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-10


ing--He Wouldn't Can Again for The
Cash.
NEw York, Dec. 5.-The usual dull
grind of a financial day i'll the Wall
street region was sadly changed yester-
day afternoon by an attempt upon
the life of Mr. Russell Sage by man who
exploded dynamite bomb in the famous
millionaire brokers' Office The whole
city has been reused to indignation over
II. following so close as it does on the at
tempt on the life of the Rev. DIR. John
Hall last Sunday morning. OF course, no
human forethought can guard against the
insane outbreaks of dangerous lunaiics,
but there is manifest decided public
opinion that too much liberation has been
given to mouthers Of dynamite vaporngs
and denunciations of men engaged in the
financial circles of the Wall street money
centre. One result is seen in yesterdays
outrage. The spirit of anarchy already
rife is fostered by indifference to its teach
ings and aims and the leyity with which
the rawlings Of its advocates are made to
serve the testers of the hour for frivolous
paragraphing. IL may be set down us n
certain result Of yesterdays happenings
that there will be much less dynamite and
''gold-bug" talk in public in this town.
HOW THE PLoTTERs WORKED.
A clearer, more deliberate plot has not
been recorded for years. Two men, entire
strangers entered Russell Sage's Office on
the second floor just before noon, inquir-
ing for MIR. Sage. The clerk told them he
was busy in the inner office
us your business of n private nature ~
YES" said the one who carried small
satchel or .gripsack in his hand. sit is
urgent. We want to see Mr.. Sage in per-
son, and right away"
The clerk went in and told Mr.. Sage.
The financier was ut his desk talking with
his brother-in-aw, Slocum. He was
seated in n revolving chair, He babe the
clerk bring i'll their names The stranger
with the gripsack handed him II card with
the name II. w. Wilson. Returning,
the presented the card to Mr.. Sage, who
laid:
~ Let him enter"
he3 The two went in together So far the
P'eyidence is positive that there were two.
AT this point the evidence waivers. One
/. i account has it that only one went in, and
that the other was an accidental visitor, who
had entered with him without knowing
him. There were four clerks behind the
rail in the office and nobody knows how
many strangers. But little time was left
for them TO notice anything.
f9 THE BoMB-THRowER's DEMAND.
I. The interview in the inner office was
brief. Mr. Sage inquired with what lie
f. could oblige his visitor. The man with the
hntchel replied
1--WE want one million two hundred
+ thousand dollars. We want them right
here and now" speaking slowly and dis
If tinctly.
Mr.. Sage started back, but instantly re-
covering his presence of his mind said
W that II was great deal Of money and that
he would have to think about it. He knew
that be was dealing with crank and was
sparring for time. But subterfliges were
vain with this crank. lie had no time to
walt and he said:
1--WE cannot wait. told your clerk our
business was urgent. The money is
wanted now. In this satchel | have
4 dynamite; pounds of it. Unless you hand
over the money up she goes
r. Mt. Sage made one more attempt to tenn
u porize. He had not got the money, he
said. His visitor must come again.
At the word the man made an angry
gesture, and raised the satchel at arms
length.
"You will not2" he shouted. "Then
here gees
N THE EXPLOSION.
d Then the men i'll the office outside heard
a deafening crash, walls and ceiling fell
around and upon them, the windows were
blown across Rector street into Trinity
cemetery The scene in the wrecked
offices after the explosion was one Of ruin
n and chaos. The large main office has 4
smaller office on each side. The explosion
apparently occurred in the main office
and expended its force westward toward
the larger of the small offices and through
it to the offices of the elevated railway.
"a In Mr.. Sage's main office furniture was
overturned and broken, the walls and cell
N ings were barred of plaster in great patches
N the little closet built under the wash basin
was wrecked, broken ink bottles and other
"A office implements were scattered about
and valuable papers were strewn over the
floor.
"A small portable iron safe lay in tho
midst of the sagging floor agape Will
documents inclosed in stout MANILA en-
velopes. This Office communicates imme
diately with the hallway of the building
The door has over il a brick arch, which
before the explosion was concealed by
plaster. The explosion knocked off the
plaster on both the inside and outside o
the door and detached part of the brick
arch from the wall above. The floor JUS
in the middle of the main office ha.
sagged at least six inches below the propel
level
The office to the east, small one, was
not so seriously wrecked. The plaster neal
the ceiling was knocked off and all thu
Furniture was covered with plaster. Tn,
office to the west was nearly rs badly
wrecked us the main office.
nlA All the windows here, as well ms in the
other two offices, were broken, and tht
walls We're in large part barred of plaster
This room adjoins the offices of the Gle
waited railrad. One of these is small, un
Occupied office, its plaster was knocked off
and Il large map of the Second avenue
road, extending the whole length OF TIL,
EASTERN wall, was knocked down.
* Next to this office is that occupied by
George Gould, second vice-prcsident of til,
Manhattan Elevated
s MEN SCATTERED ON ALL SIDES.
The offices of Russell Sage were on tn,
second iloor Of the buildings Nos 50, 4
and 70 Broadway, situated on the south
west corner of Rector street, overlookin;
Trinity Church yard, and a stones throw
from Wall street. 1t was just 12.22 whel
the explosion came with Il force that wa
absolutely startling, completely wreckin,
the second floor of the building, throwing
pedestrians in the street to the ground ant
startling persons for blocks around
Those who were close ut hand saw n MAJ
blown through one of the windows of Mr.
Bages Office into Rector street. fey
minutes later Mr.. Sage himself Will
blood streaming from his face and hands
was helped out into the street and taken Il
r O'Connells drug store. just below Wal
street. on broadway. There also was ear
tied ihe man blown from the window
Within 10 minutes after the explosion III
y A. n. Mum. the physician of Jay Gould
Was at the side Of Mr.. Sage and PERSONAL,
attended, to his injuries, which proved L
be not of a serious nature. The hair am
eyebrows of the millionaire were burn
and his face and hands cut by small part
Giles Of glass and plaster, the result oil tn
explosion.
1.-The coroner made an examination o
thS mangled remains of the man found il
Sage's office, and from the mingled mas
of flesh and clothing took seven-cham
I.1r hl1 "a a