Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-05
In the afternoon q fireman found
the debris


HUMAN LEG,
thought 20 DO that Of woman.
Whether II IL or not has not been dis
covered. Sage never employed wo.
man Typewriter, and, " this fact l.
well established, the supposition II that
" the leg In that Of woman II II all
that Ia lcft Of one Of his "put aud call'
customers, who was In the office ut the
time.
Charles James, n railroad man and
resident Of Chattanooga, Tenn, had
an appointment with Sage NJ IL
| O'CLOCK, and had an experience he viii
never forget. He sayt. 81 called NJ
SagG's office ut H. O'Clock aud found
him In. a seat wna Offered ms IN
the main office near the desk. ! took
| II and awaited Sage's return. Sitting
on bench near III. wall | noticed
man, pefhsps five feet eight inches In
height. lie wore a plug hat nnd hal
pointed heard, and heavy brown
mus,Rche. AZ about 1915 Sage came
In, and, greeting me, asked me In hlH
, private office. Sago had Just removed
his hat and asked mo 10 be seated
when his clerk entered and said some
thing TO him did not hear. Turning
10 me, he said; Excuse mo n moment,
and passed through the door into the
main office.
"rhe door closed behind him and I
pushed my chair over to the wall,
facing the door through which Sage
mad gone. II might have been two or
three minutes, when the explosion
came. | was
BLOWN NEAHf.Y 10 THE CEILING
and the chair on whiah | sat was
smnahed 10 piocea. Dust and small
particles OF plaster aud smoke 0llCd
the ROOM. was completely dazod
and did not know what Ia do. re-
member making my way through the
passage from which the explosion had
blown the door, into the main Office.
There met Sage, blood dripping down
his face and hands, his clothes torn
and rent and covered with dirt and
dust. When he saw me he said:
GLOW shall we ret out?" watt | re-
piled, until this dust settles, md l
think We will be- all right, ~ the worst
must be over Then recovered my
senses and, taking him by the arm,
led him down tho stairway into tho
! street"
Among the debfl. I'm the wrecked
Office wns found the remains OF the
silk hat evidently worn by the man
who gave the name u Wilson, and Ia
one corner u Ssge's private oillco
where James was sitting alone NJ the
time tine explosion occurred, mans
hand was found.
Washlngtou l.. Common was In his
Office ON Roadway IN Tue front OF the
blilding, and ON the front floor with
Sage, when the explosion came. Con.
nor was out Of tho building among the
first and assisted Sage 10 the drug
store.
The coroner made an
TxAMIsATtOs Oh THE MASGLED RE.
MAINS
Of the man found In Sage's office, and,
from the maugled mass Of flesh AMI
clothing, took n soven.chambof bull.
dog revolver. This was all that could
be found by which Identification could
10 made. What was left Of the body
was laid out In the undertaker's office
In Greenwich street. IL was not
much. The head was there, blacken.
ed, but Mother cut nor dlsngured In
any way. II was cut of at the top Of
tho neck, and looked for all the world
like tho mask Of u man thirty.ilvc
or forty years OF age, with
full beard that might have been
long but was now burned close 10 the
chin and cheek. Then there was
leg, the right one, tho lett foot, one
hand aud that was all. The body
proper wh0 gone; OF neither the Ghost
nor the abdomen was n trace found.
| Hhreds " clothing were found. show.
ing that the. man had worn trousers Of
n black plaid, black overcast
and long black stockings. Thatmight
have started the story Of woman'a
leg being found. lilo had been care
ful TO rid himself OF everything that
might disclose bis Identity. His name
had been written In his hat, but ne
had cut II out with knife.
RUSSELL SAGE MADE a STATEMENT
TO Inspector Byrn,s this evening: az
came out OF my ofilce, having been
sent for, and found man with
satchel. He handed me card bear.
lug IL. ID. Wilson. lie said he came
from J. ID. Rockefeller, and handed inca
written letter In asealed envclop.It was
| addressed TO me. found II WIS a de-
Diand upon mo for the payment OF
million and n quarter dollars. Tho
letter stated that II the money was not
given mp at once 10 the presenter OF
| the letter he would blow me, himself
and the entire Office up with dynR-
mite. | read the letter aud, placing II
In the envelope, handed II back 10 him
and turned 10 no In my private Office,
when the explosion occurred,"
Coroner MESSENGER went TO the
Chambers street hospital and took the
ante-monem statement OF Frank
Robertson, an employee OF imbrc n
| Go. He said ha went'to Sago's office
10 get some shares Of stock; saw a man
talking to Sage very attentively. The
man pulled out what looked like n
pistol. II gllttored, aud he put II In
his right hand overcoat pocket. 1
know nothing more until / yelled,
"murdoiw heard an explosion, and
everybody yelled "muriefln
Rnssoll Sage Jr., said that OF late
Sage had received three or four
THREATENING LETTERS,
signed by Janles Walsh. In Quo Of
them the writor demanded 81 200, 900;
what tue amount Of the other SUN was
Sage could mot my.
The recent troubles bstween Prosl.
dent Andrews Of the New York
Steam. eating Company and tho
| STANDARD Gaslight Company now come
into play In the case. A large part Of
tho stock IN dispute belonged 10 the
widows nf 9plnola and Mannheim.
These women, Walsh said In his l1tterl,
he was about 10 marry. He therefore
| .r.,......a...4 tt,a t,,nsaN IN mt him an