The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-10
WANTED A FORTUNE.

to Give 1t lie Throws Dynami Q
Bomb, Blowing OF His Own Head.
Killing Another Man. and Severely In
juring Mr.. Sage and Others.
New YORK, Dec 5-Russell Sage
the millionaire broker, escaped death
as by a miracle Friday. The entire
Empire building, in which was his
Office. was shaken to it's very
foundation by the explosion of
dynamite bomb hurled by
crank, who made a demand upon Mr.
Sage for the immediate payment of
81, $50, 900, the ultimatum being, in case
of refusal, the death of the million
aire, the crank himself and those en-
ployed in the Office.
Those who were close at hand saw a
man blown through one of the windows
of Sage's Office into Rector street. A
few minutes later Mr.. Sage himself
with blood streaming from his face
and hands, was helped out into the
street and taken to O'Connells drug
store, just below Wall street, on Broad
way. There. also. was carried the man
blown from the window.
Within ten minutes after the explo-
sion DR.. 4. P Mum, the physician of
Jay Gould, was at the side of Mr.. Sage
and personally attended to his injuries,
which proved to be not of a serious
nature. The hair and eyebrows of the
millionaire were burned AMI his face
and his hands hurt by small PARTICLES
of glass and plaster, the result of the
explosion.
But one person was killed outright,
supposed to be H. D. Wilson, the man
that made the demand for money from
Mr.. Sage and the one that threw the
bomb Benjamin F. Morton, who was
thrown through the window, a clerk
in the office of Mr.. Sage, was removed
to Chant bers street hospital, where he
died at 1:3o a. m. while under opera
tion for fracture of the skull. The de-
ceased was a resident of Far Rocka-
way, L. !.
Mr.. Slocum, the chief clerk of Mr..
Sage, is badly cut about the head The
safe was broken open and the securi-
ties scattered over the building and
street. The others in ured are:
S. &. Calhoun of 165 Dean street Brooklyn,
who was in Mr.. Sayes Office or near it when
the explosion occurred badly burned on the
side OF the face, but otherwise uninjured.
w. r. Ladlaw, Sages clerk, leg lac eratcd
and wounds about the face and boly
Frank Robertson, a brokers' clerk, 25 years
old, living at Bergen Point. N. j., bruised and
cut about the abdomen; dangerous.
F. G. Morrison, who has an office in the build
ing, badly cut and bruised.
c. w. Osborn, so years old. 1856 Berkley place,
Brooklyn, severe injuries about body and face.
1t was learned that a shabbily
dressed man had entered the Office of
Mr. Sage just as the latter was prcpar-
ing to leave his desk to go to luncheon.
The man had a package in his hand,
and when Mr.. Sage looked up the Wis
itor held it above the millionaire's S
head.
What do you want?' asked Mr..
Sage, noting wild look in the face of
his visitor
Russell Sage" responded the man,
Il want million and half dollars. -
Mr. Sage ut once knew the man was
insane. ard, rising from his chair, said:
"All tight. I'll have to see about it
anI will let you know
NO. want it now," said the man.
moticning Mr.. Sage to stop. IF don t
get it," he continued, raising his voice
SO that people in the outer Office could
hear, you will regret it. VIII you
give it to me:''
No. said Mr. Sage, quietly, mot
now; come after it some other time
Mr.. Sage had hardly spoken when
the man raised the package he held in
his hand above his head, and, saying:
Here goes" threw it to the floor.
almost at the feet of the millionaire
broker. There was instantly tremen-
dous explosion. When the relief party
of police went into the room half an
hour later they found the body of the
man who threw the dynamite literally
torn to pieces.
The second floor hallway leading to
Mr.. Sage's offices was badly shattered
and the floor was covered with de.
bris. In the hallway just outside
the door leading to Sage's main Of
fee was found the shockngly ma1gle d
body of man. The trunk and
! legs were in a state that would have
made recognition impossible, but the
head, which the police reported as
having been severed from his body
showed few marks Of the explosion
As the trunk and legs lay ir
net of rope brought by the
firemen they looked like a bundle o.
ragged old clothes and were absolutely
without human sembla1ce. The
man wore a pointed. reddish beard.
The face looked like that of &
man of education.
ALBANY. N. Y, Dec. 5:-The dyna
mite crank is thought to be Hiram ID
Wilson, aged 45, an escaped lunatic ant
native of Glens Falls, Warren county
Wilson has escaped previously from
Middletown and other asylums
He was very ST 'ong and of ligh
complexion. The worst sign
of insanity were developed four
teen years ago when he kept thu
Bolton house on Lake George. vii
son, after short terms in insane asy
lums. has been discharged as cured OF
escaped. He has generally celebrated
his freedom by making attempts to xii
some one w3,o refused to meet his de
mands for money.
He had also threatened the life o
Goodwin Brown, one of the state lu
macy com missioners. 1t was the loss o
money that made him crazy. Wilson
was arrested here about a year ago fol
threatening to kill some one.
To Paris on Horseback.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The bureau o
American republics is informed that
gentleman named Aquiles Thour lef
Buenos Ayres on the 1st of Octobe
for the purpose of making horsebacl
journey to Paris by way of Bolivia