Telegram-herald., 1891-12-06

EKw Yoax. Dee s. But one person
was killed outright by the explo-
sion OF the bomb in Russell Sage's
cf-cs On Friday. and be is SUP
posed TO he Ii. ID. Wilson. the man
thA. made ths demand for money froa
Mr. Szre aud the one that threw the
eomh Benjamin +. Morton. who was
thrown Through the window, a clerk
in the ofiss Of Mr. Sage. was removed
70 Chambers street hospital. where he
died At i.3e a. II while under opera
ton for fracture of the skull The de-
ceased was = resident of Far Rocks-
way, L. l.
Mr. Sags's Isjuries.
Within ten minutes after tho explo-
sion Dr. A. p. Mum. the physician Of
Jay Gould. was A. the side of Mr.. Sage
and personally attended to his INJURIES,
which proved TO be not of . serious
nature The hair and yebrows of tho
millionaire were bur led and his face
and his hand hurt by small particles
of glass and plaster, the result OF the
explosion.
The Injured
Mr.. Slocurn, the chief clerh of Mr..
Sage, is badly cut about the head The
safe was broken open and the securi-
ties scattered over the building and
street. The others injured are:
S. u. Calhoun Of les Dean street Brooklyn.
who was in Mr.. Saye's once or near il hen
tho explosion occurred badly burned on The
side Of the face. but Otherwise uniniured-
w. r Laidsw. SAses clerk. leg iaoeratsA
asd wounds about The face and body.
Frank Robertson brokers' clerk 2s years
ole. living at Bergen Point n. j.. bruised and
cut about the abdomen; dangerous.
F. @. Morrison. who has an once in the build
Ing, badly cut and bruised
C ". osbora. 50 years old los Bsrkiey place
Brooklyn. severe injuries about body and face
Scene OF the Explosion.
The scene in the wrecked Offices of
Russell Sage after the explosion was
one OF ruin and chaos The large
main Office has . smaller office on each
side. The explosion apparently oc-
CURED in the main ofice aud ex-
pended its force westward toward
the larger of the small Offices and
through it to the stfices OF the elevated
railway. In Mr.. Sage's main Offices
furniture was overturned and broken.
the walls and ceilings were barred OF
plaster in great patches, the little
closet built under tho wash basin was
wrecked, broken ink bottles and other
Office implements were scattered
about and valuable papers were
strewn over the floor. A small porta.
bls iron safe lay in the midst of the
sagg.ng floor agsps with documents
inclosed in stout MANILA envelopes.
ately W ith the hallway Of the
building. The door has over il q
brick arch which before the ex-
plosion was concealed by plaster
The explosion knocked OF the
plaster on both the inside and outside
of the door and detached part Of the
brick arch from the wall above. The
floor in the middle of the main Office
has sagged at least inches below the
proper level The Office to the east
was nearly as badly wrecked as the
main office All the windows here, as
we'll as in the other two Offices. were
broken and the walls were largely
barred OF plaster
A Ghastly Sight.
The second foor hallway leading to
Mr.. Sage's Offices was badly shattered
and the floor was covered with de-
bris. In the hallway just outside
the door leading to Sage's main Of
fee was found the shockingly mangled
body of man. The trunk and
legs were in a state that would have
made recognition impossible, but the
head, which the police reported as
having been severed from his body,
showed few marks of the explosion.
As the trunk and legs lay in
g net of rope brought by the
fremen they looked like bundle OF
ragged old clothes and were absolutely
without human semblaace The
man wore pointed. reddish beard.
The f1ce looked like that of .
man of education. The police from
time to time brought little clots
OF blood from the Office and deposited
them carefully with the body. There
was blood on the wall close to the
door, through which the dead man had
apparently struggled
Mr.. ssge idtntiHes the Head.
Russell Sage saw the head of Fl. d.
Wilson, the man who threw the bonn b.
and identified 1t as belonging to the
man who had come 20 his Office and de-
manded the money. Inspector Byrnes
took the ghastiy, cory head in basket
to Mr.. Sage's house. and together with
DIR. Mum carried it to Mr. Sage's bed
room on the second floor. The instant
the magnate, who was lying in bed,
saw the countenance he said: THAT is
the man" The Identification was CON-
piete. Inspector Byrnes sent the head
10 the morzue-
Saved from the Wreck
Mr.. Osborne. Russell Sare's chief
clerk, has q fierce of young men at
work overhauling . great pile Of rub
bish. picking cut valuable papers which
the explosion had scattered al over
the premises. One hundred shares of
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy stock.
which Nr. Sage's clerk was about
handing to Clerk Robinson in ex-
change for o $4,000 certified check
when the crash came. have been found.
bat the cheek has net turned up.
Mr. Sage is large lender OF money.
and the unessiness which was aroused
bT the wrecking of his Office was not
irrational. The securities could
have been replaced in time, bat
the delay which might have re-
suited from the destruction might
have caused serious inconvenience
tc even strong firms. Ii was relief
&c a'.ee~er that there will be no eon-
rllcasis~s on this aceount The ss-
eurstl-. which happened - b In HE
~rSs a. the time were believed so have