St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-06
THE ROME FIEND.
Identity Not Yet EstabIished-Mr.
Sage All Right.

New YORK. Dec. 5.-The Arcade
building, at which the dynamite eXplo-
sion occurred yesterday, was visited by
thousands of people this morning.
Frederick Potter, agent for Orlando B.
Potter, the owner OF the building, had a
force of workmen engaged in tearing
down the wrecked partitions and floors,
preparatory to making repairs. The
main walls of the building were un-
shaken, the principal damage being
done to the inner walls.
Washington E. ConnOr said he called
on Russell Sage this morning at his
house, and found him looking quite
bright and cheerful. He will he all
right again in few days. There is
no truth in the rumor that any bonds or
securities were either lost by Mr. Sage
or myself" said Mr.. ConnOr. What
papers were scattered on the floors were
picked up again, and we are all right.
We won't lose dollar save by the de
struction of the Office and furniture"
Police Inspector Byrnes, after visiting
the scene this morning, said that the
man who threw the bomb evidently
knew Mr.. Sage by sight, and waited for
him to come cut Of the private office be-
fore he advanced to the window and
made known his business. A man, whose
name the inspector would not reveal,
went into Mr.. Sage'S Office two minutes
before the explosion on business. He
saw the man sitting there, evidently
waiting for some one. This man took
his seat behind the stranger to await his
turn at the window. The stranger kept
his seat for ten minutes, and then the
waiting business man, becoming I'M
patient, advanced to the window, trans
acted his business and went away, leav-
Sif in
The dynamiter kept his seat until Mr..
Sage came out of his private office.
From his seat the man Wilson could
see Mr.. Sage through the little window.
He at once got up, and, advancing to
the window. handed a card with the
name "H. ID. Wilson, on it to Clerk
Norton, saying at the same time: "Giye
that 10 Mr.. Sage. l want 10 see him
about some bonds for Mr.. Rockefeller"
Mr.. Norton handed the card to Mr..
Sage, who at once turned to the win
dow and spoke to the man. What hap
pened afterwards was told in the dis
patches yesterday.
Mr.. Byrnes said that Mr.. Sage was not
in the least excited when the head of
the dynamiter was shown to him at his
home last night. lie sat up in bed,
looked at the head critically and said:
"rhat is the man. | remember the face
we'll" The head of the bcmb throWer,
which is now at the mOrgue. will be
held for Identification. Inspector Byrnes
and several detectives have been search
ing during the day for every scrap OF
the dead mans effects, with hope that
from some of them a tangible clue
might be obtained. All the effects were
found, but whether or not a clue ac-
companied them the inspector will not
saw The articles found are q silk hat
with glazed sweat band, under which
were stamped the letters IN. c." and
the figures ''O7-5S-S0O." In the breast
pocket of the overcoat was found a
black seal pocketbook containing a $40
bill. In the OvercOat pocket were two
pairs of dOgskin gloves, one quite new,
the other worn. The detectives also
found piece of the shell of the bomb
in the ceiling. 1t was of very thin sheet
iron, three inces long by half an inch
wide. One of its edges was perforated.
William ID. Tyler, of Tacoma, Wash.
called at the mOrgue this afternoon and
viewed the dead bOmb-thI overs face,
which, he said, bore striking reSem-
blance to that of man named Wilson.
who was at one time business manager
of the Tacoma Ledger, and had previ-
ouSly been confined in an insane asylum
in Illinois. Mr.. Tyler said that he saw
Wilson in Portland, Or, about eight
months ago.
The police of the Second precinct re-
ported ut O'Clock this afternoon that
they had found portions Of a human
body i'll the ruins of Russell Sage'S
office. The fragments were sent to the
mOrgue.
UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 5.-Hiram d. Will