Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05


head. A terrible explosion followed.
The man who threw the bomb was
blown to pieces, one of Mr.. Sage's clerks
instantly killed and several dangerously
wounded. Mr.. Sage's injuries were only
slight The would-be assassin is sup
posed to have been insane.
Russell Sage was taken from his office
and carried across the street to drug
store. He is badly burned about the
face and shoulders, but his injuries are
not serious.
Mr.. Sage Describes the Affair.
He gives the following account Of the
affair;
"Shortly after 70 o'clock man whom
| had never seen before in my office,
he carried a large satchel and gave
the name of w, II. Wilson. He
inquired for me and demanded that |
give hem $1,000 600. | tried to talk
with him, but he became excited and
opening the valise, he took from it
long bottle and threw it at my head.
81 lodged the missile and it struck
the wall opposite and instantly ex-
ploded. There was fearful crash ard
| was thrown out of my chair do not
remember much more about the affair.
The explosion completed wrecked the
interior of the office, and several of the
clerks We're seriously, if not fatally in
iured. The man who threw the bomb
was instantly killed by the concus-
sion"
Mr.. Washington Connor, the well
known broker, was in the Office at the
time and was seriously injured.
Two Floors Demolished.
The whole second floor of the build
ing has been torn i'll pieces Russell
Sage's office is wrecked completely. Mr.
Sage says the man gave his name as IL.
d. Wilson.
The latest report is that four persons
were killed. one being the young lady
typewriter in Russell Sage's office. Mr..
Slocum, the chief clerk of Mr.. Sage, is
badly cut about the head. The safe was
broken open and the securities scattered
over the building and street Mr.. Slocum
saved as many of the securities as possi-
BILE Mr.. Sage walked out of the build
ing assisted by Officer Hummel. AS he
passed the door he said to the officer:
That was terrible explosion; they
meant it this time"
Russell Sage's Career.
Russell Sage was in Oneida county, n.
Y, Aug 4, 1916. He received a public
school education, and then engaged in
mercantile pursuits in Troy, In 1871 he
was elected an alderman and was re-
elected to this office until 1S4S, also serv-
ing for seven years as treasurer of Rens-
selaer county He was then elected to
congress as a Wing and served with re-
election, from Dee. 8, 1853, till March, 1857.
Mr. Sage was the first person to advocate,
on the floor of congress- the purchase of
Mount Vernon by the government, Sub
sequently he settled in New York city and
engaged in the business of selling privi-
leges in Wall street At the same time
he became interested in railroads, and Sc
cured stocks in western roads notably the
Milwaukee and St Prul of which he was
president and vice president for twelve
years BY disposing of these investments
as the smaller roads were absorbed by
trunk lines he became wealthy.
OF late years he has been closely asso-
eiated with Jay Gould in the Wabash, St
Louis and Pacific, the Missouri Pacific,
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, the Della
ware, Laekawanna and Western, and the
st. Louis and san Francisco railroads, the
American Cable company, the Western
Union Telegraph company, Manhattan
consolidated system OF elevated railroads
IN New York city. in all of which corpora-