, 1891-12-04
Terrific Force Of Dynamite
The Killed and the
Wounded.
Horrible Details Of DastardIy Crime
Committed this Morning.
In New York.

NFW YoRK, Dec. AT 12:15 o'clock this
afternoon, small, shabbily dressed man
apparently about IS years old carrying a
brown leather hand yalise called at Russell
Sage's office on the second floor, No. 70,
Broadway, and asked to see Sage. w. r.
Laidlaw, sage's clerk, told him Sage was
busy and couldn't be seen. The man per
sisted and continued talking in loud
tone. Sage who was ii the inner office
Office came out to see what was the matter.
He asked the man what was wanted.
The man demanded million dollars from
Sage and upon being refused he opened his
bag and produced dynamite bomb and
threw It at the veueraaa fnaneier's head.
A terrific explosion followed. The man
who threw the bomb was blown to pieces,
one Of Sage's clerks was instantly killed and
several dangerously wounded. Sage's in
juries were only slight.
Russell Sage was taken to a drug store
opposite his Office where it was found his
injuries were not very serious. His face
was badly burned and the hair on his head
and face burned off. He was much excited,
but said brokenIy: "The man who gave
his name as H. D. Wilson came to my
office just now. I never saw him before.
He had a carpet bag in his hand and said:
If you will not give me million, two
hundred thousand dollars / will blow you.
all to pieces I know nothing further ex-
cept hearing great explosion"
Another report says: Sage asked the
man what was wanted. The man said: "I
demand private interview with you"
Sage replied that it would be impossible for
him to see the man then, but he might pos
sibly do so later in the day. The man CON
tinued sthe demand for an interview
and then Sage ordered him to leaye the Of
flee. On this the man dropped leather
bag and the explosion, which shook the
entire block, instantly followed. Sage was
thrown across the room and stunned,
Laidlaw was also thrown across the Office
and had one leg badly lacerated The
stranger was thrown against the partition
wall and was by far the most seriously in
jured of three There were three 9th
ers whose names could not be
ascertalncd at this moment, who was also
injured. The injured men were taken to
O'Connell's drug store across the way
where it was found that Sage and Laidlaw,
though seriously injured, had not received
any fatal wounds. 1t is known that one of
the clerks in Sage's Office was blown out
through the window. Nearly all the win
dows on the east and north side Of the
building and the interior Of the building
were badly wrecked. 1t is said two at least
Of the occupants of the building were
torn to pieces by the force Of the explo-
sion.
TO MURDER SAGE.
Sage, in a conversation after the expLo-
sien, said he considered it deliberate at
tempt to kill himself and destroy the
building. The man insisted upon present.
ing Sage with his card, but he declined to
accept it. Sage was completely covered
with CRIME and dust and his clothing was
blown into tatters and his hands, face and
clothing covered with blood. Sage's inju-
ries mainly consist Of cuts and bruises
upon his forehead, while his face and
hands were filled with small cuts.
Both fire and ambulance calls were at
once sent out and in a few minutes after
the explosion the building was surrounded
by fire engines, ambulances and policemen.
The news spread all over down town and
every street in the neigborhood was
soon thronged with thousands Of excited
men. The widest rumors prevailed.
GREAT SHOCK.
One Of the bystanders who was crossing
Broadway just as the explosion occurred,
said the shock was so great that men near
by fell senseless on the sidewalk. One side
Of the building then for an instant resem-
bled Niagara, It was perfect sheet Of
minute atoms of glass and in the mass was
the figure Of a man who had been hurled
through the window. He climbed from
Sage's office to the Windw sill and seemed