The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
Dynamite.
Dynamite
Four Persons, Including the Bomb
Thrower, Blown to Atoms.

o'clock in the afternoon a poorly dr,sscd
man, carrying brown satchel, entered
the office of Russel Sage at Al aud 73
broadway and demanded a private inter
view with Sage. w. II. Laidlaw, Sage's
clerk, told him that Sage was busy aud
could not DO seen. The man persisted
and continued to talk in loud tone
Sage was in an inner office and came to
see what was tha matter He asked the
man what WAS wanted. Tho man said !:
II demand aprivate interview with you"
Sage replied that it would be impossible
for him to see the man then, but he
might dc, SO later in the. .day. Tho uan
then aud there, and Sage ordered him to
leave the Office.
On this the man dropped leather bag
and m explosion, which shook the entire
block, instantly followed. Sage was
thrown across the room aud stunned.
Laidlaw. who had turned away and
was standing within q few feet of the
two was also thrown across the Office
AMI had leg badly larccrated.
In Sage's Office at tho time of tho cx-
rlosion were Col. j. j. Slocum, +. G.
Osburn, ID. w. Osburn, +. G.. Mcnzies
and B. &. Norton. Norton was badly hurt
ani was taken in an ambulance to st.
Vmccnts Hospital, where lao died.
Pieces Of several bodies were picked up
"n the second floor of building near
the scene OF the explosion and placed In
the fire department lifc-saviog net.
Rumors are rife as to the number Of
persons killed, but as faras can be learncd
only four arc Lost. One q tAe en- niece nisce ~ =
tact. 1t Is that Of youg man With
brown hair, growing thickiy upon his
head. AS both Menzies aud G. w. Os-
burn are missing It is supposed they
compose a portion of the tangled heap.
Among the fragments Of bodies found
was n leg which the police think was that
of woman. Snge's woman typewriter Is
reporter among the killed.
The injured people were ut once re.
moved to drug store opposite aud at
ten cd to. There IL was found that
Sagc's injuries were not serious, but very
extensive aud painful. Sage was able to
converse.
lie said the man with tho hand bag
WAS n total stranger to him. lie insisted
upon presenting Sage with his card, but
c declined TO ncccptit. Sage was COM
plctcly covered with CRIME and dust and
his clothing was blown into tatters aud
his hands, face and clothing were cover
cd with blood. Sagc's injuries mainly
consist of n cut and bruise upon his fore
head. while his face and hands were I'll.
ed with small cuts rs il he had received
-yplley of grayel stonpsffom- q shntscun.
Both fire and ambulance calls were It
once sent out and few minutes after the
explosion the building was surrounded
by fire engines, ambulances and police.
men. The news spread through Wall
street, and, in fact, all over town and
every street in the ncighborhood was soon
thronged with thousands OF excited men.
The widest rumors prevailed that the
number OF killed and wounded reported
was upward Of hundred The police
captain Immediately took charge of the
police arrangements and the search for
the dead and wounded began. The
three rooms, No. 35 and two adjoining
were totally wrecked. All that remain.
cd unmpaircd in the Office of Sage was
his desk aud Office chair. The windows
on the Rector street side of building were
blown out, and those on the other side
sha' tered. 1t is said that the name of
TIC bomb throwcr is Lord. The safe In
Sage's office was broken open and secur-
tiles were scattered over the building and
streets.
4 When the dynamiter entered Sage's Of
q fee lie handed tho clerk a card which
bore name II. d. Wilson When the DO.
lice examined tho wrecked Office there
was found just inside of the door of the
central Office the trunk of man, i'm a
state that rendered recognition nearly
impossible, head having been severed
from body. Pointed reddish beard, gave
appearance of an educated man, which
was enhances by brown curls of hair and
hcivy mustachc that adorned upper lip.
This is the only person killed outright so
far as known and the body is supposed
to be that Of the dynamiter
An investigation proceeds and it ap-
pears that Wilson had a companion when
he entered the building and inquired fol
Sages Office. Late in The afternoon the
fircmen found among the debris leg
which was thought to be that of q wo,
man If it is or not has not been learned
but Russell Sage never did employ wo
man typewriter, and as this fact is wei
established, the supposition is that IL the
leg is that OF wOmnn's it is all that Is
left Of one of his "put and CALI custom.
ers, who was in the Office at the time.