The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-05

IA aASked the man what was
W Alaas said, "I demand az
interview with YOU" Mr.. Sage in.
quired with what he could be obliged.
The man replied: ave want 81, 200, 600.
We want them right here and now"
Demanded Million Dollars.
Mr.. Sage started at this proposal, but
Instantly recovering his presence Of
mind said that it was great deal of
money, and that he would have to
think about 1t. He know that he was
dealing with a crank, and was sparing
for time. But subterfugss were in win
with this crank He said he had no
time to wait. THE money is wanted
now" he went on. I'm this satchel 1
have a hundred pounds of dynamite,
and unless you hand over the money up
She goes" Mr.. Sage made one more
attempt to temporize. He had not got
the money, he said. His visitor must
come again. At the word the man made
d, nm angry gesture, and raised the satchel
i. OF arms length.
You will not" he shouted; "then
bore goes" The men in the outside Of
fice heard o deafening crash; walls and
ceiling fell around and upon them; the
windows were blown clear across Rec
TOR street into Trinity cemetery, with
them a man, mangled and torn-the
crank, the clerks think. With bleeding
faces, deafened, weak and blinded by
dust and blood, the clerks staggered out
Into the hall, and fell rather than walked
down the steps. Mr.. Sage was blown
clear through the doorway of his private
Office, and across the room. He landed
unconscious in bank Of rubbish.
Shattered by Dynamite.
A part of the arch over the door was
blown away and the floor in the middle
of the main office had sagged fully six
inches. The small office to the east was
not seriously injured. The small office
30 the west was wrecked as badly as the
main Office The windows in all the
offices were broken.
Young Mr.. George Gould, the second
vice president of the Manhattan rail-
Goad, was in his Office at the time of the
~explosion, but escaped uninjured. The
windows In his room were broken and
pome of the furniture overturned, but
beyond this no damage was done. Across
the hall from Sage's office are those of
Roussel g. Hicks. All the windows Of
these offices were broken and the furni-
knre Is strewn over the floor. The win
dows of the offices of J.. F. Denavarro
and James s. Clyde, on the same floor,
ing to Nr. Sage's office is badly shat
tered. In this hallway, just outside the
Door leading to Mr.. Sage's main office,
vas found the body OF man badly
mangled. The legs and trunk were in
such state as TO make recognition i'm
possible, and the head was severed from
the body.
LMr. Sage Escapes Serious Injury.
Or. Thomas H. Bailey, who has an Of
Zee on the fourth floor of the building,
and who Is gn intimate friend of Russell
eage, said that the report of the explo-
eion was terrific.
The entire building was shaken vio-
GENTLY" said be. THE report was fol-
lowed by the breaking Of glass and the
4 kslling Of walls and timber. Imme
fateiy there was stampede made by
The occupants of Offices for the stair
q KVays, and in trice the fire escapes in
" ths rear Of the building were swarming
with people. There was the greatest
confusion. found MIR. Sage in the rear
foom Of O'Connell's drug store, where
be had been carried in an unconscious