The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-12-11
A Dynamite Eiend.

Friday. One ii. ID. Wilson, a Graz,
crank went into the office of Russell
Sage, the millionaire, and demanded
81 100000, stating that he carried ;
bomb in his satchel and that upon the
refusal of the money he would blow
the building up. Sage attempted tc
put him off but could not and the
| bomb was thrown, the explosion
wrecking the building and instantly
killing Wilson and j. b. Norton,
sage's private secretary, and severe
| ly injuring number of others in the
building. Mr.. Sage escaped with
some severe but not serious injuries.
The explosion, which was fearfully
loud created intense excitement and
soon drew an immense crowd.
The following is Mr.. Sage's ac-
count. of the affair:
81 had just got back from a meet
ing at the Importers and Traders
bank, and was in hurry to get out.
AS | was about to 60 to Laidlaw-
John Bloodgood's young man came
in to ask me about something for his
employer. While we were talking
young Norton came in and handed
me card with the name Wilson on
it, He said Wilson told him that he
had come from Mr. Rockefeller to see
me about five bonds. 1t struck me
that he was lying, and told Norton
that l was busy and totry and get rid
of him. Norton came back and said
Wilson would wait. l delayed as
long as l could, but finally l came
out of my private office, looked
through the little windiw to the left
of tue inner door of the general office,
and | saw this man sitting on bench
in the little hallway between the in
ner and outer doors, with small bag
beside him. / said Mr.. Wilson | be-
lieve.
He arose and came towards me
with paper in his outstretched hand.
He was rather good looking man of
about 80 years of age, fairly well
dressed and with nothing about him
to indicate the devil in his brain. l
took the paper and read this" Here
Mr.. Sage arose in bed and in thrill
ing manner pretended to read letter
from intangible manuscript -
" Il demand Of you 10000 If
you do not give it to me at once, l
have 10 pounds of dynamite in my
bag, with which | will blow this
building aud it's 500 inmates to
death.
"To say that l was thunderstruck
would be putting it mildly" continu-
ed Mr.. Sage, "but | controlled my
self and said that l would see him in
two minutes. AS / was about to
leave he said:-
"No now p
81 replied: DO look like man
who will not keep his word? l will be
back in two minutes So | would be-,
but with a force large enough to over
power him.
ssFor answer he opened his bag
and took out large glass globe.
This he held in his outstretched hand,
ready to drop if the money were not
instantly Forthcoming. l took two
steps backward, and then saved my
life, for he Immediately dropped the
globe and most terrific explosion
followed.
"Poor Norton, my clerk, who was
standing Immediately behind me-
that is, betwee the inner door of the
outer office and the ticker, which is
near the window looking down into
Rector street. He was shot through
The window like ball from a canon, ,
and almost into Trinity churchyard.
Col. Slocum and the clerks on the
other side of the partition were knock
ed in all directions, and it seemed as
If the world was coming to an end.
"You know the rest"
Mr.. Sage also said: "For three
hours l lay in the room while DR..
Mum picked pieces of wood and
glass out of my body, and they tell
me | never uttered groan. l am
glad l didn't complain. That pool
misguided man! He dropped his
dynamite in the strongest part of the
building. Had he got into my pri-
vate office every soul in the building
would have been blown to atoms.
81 wont be down town for some
days vet. / am sore all over and my
hearing is sadly impaired.
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