The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-05
A DYNAMITE CRANK'S WORK.
Refused a Big Sum He EXDlOdtS q Bomb
in Russell Sa6e'S OliCe,
WHICH KILLS HIMSELF AND TWO OTHERS
MIR. Sage Also Injured, But Not Seriously.
One of the BOldest Outrages That Has
Occurred la Many Years.

One of the BOldest Outrages That Has
Occurred In Many Years.
NV YORK, Dec. IA crank exploded q
dynamite bomb in Russell Sage's office to-
day. and as o result the crank and two other
men were killed outright. half dozen others
badly injured, among them Mr. Sage and the
building was badly wrecked
Two men, one of them carrying a satchel,
entered Alr. Sage office, at No. Il Broadway.
about noon to-day. and one of them demand
ed & private interview with Mr.. Sage
lie was told that Mr. Says was
busy and could not be seen. but he
/ persisted in having an interview. Mr.
/ Sage, who was informed of the mems
/ wishes, was at the time talking TO his brother
/ ln-law. Colonel II. ". Slocum. OF Brooklyn.
/ lie was seatedin revolving chair at his desk.
I lie told the clerk TO get the names of theme
/ One Of the strangers. who carried grip with
| HIM. handed him card inscribed with the
/ name Of Wilson. Returning he presented the
| card % Mr.. Sage, who returned it with:
Let him enter" Tie two men came in to-
gether.
HEAVY DEMAND.
At this point however. reports differ. Some
| a.. Others
have IT that the two men entered. The clerks
IN the Office saJ that there was little time 70
notice any one Mr.. Sage asked the men
their business, and the man with the satchel
said. very slowly We want 800 OOO and
we want them right now Nh. Sage started
at this proposal, but instantly recovering said
that II was great deal of money and that he
would have TO think about it, lie knew that he
was dealing with q crank and WAS spur!ng
for time but subterfuges were in vain with
this crank.
lie said he had no time TO wait. The
money IS wanted now He went on: In
tins satchei have five pounds Of dynamite
and unless YOU hand over the money up she
goes" hlr. Sage made one attempt TO tenn
p0rize He did not have the money, he said his
visitor must come again. At the word the man
made an angry gesture. and raised the satchel
et arms length. You Will nOt.' he shouted;
then here goes
A DEAFENISG CRASH.
The men in the outside Office heard deaf
ening crash; walls and ceiling fell around and
upon them. the windows were blown clean
across Rector street into Trinity cemetery:
with them "a man mangled and torn. The
entire building was badly shaken aud the re-
port was followed by the breaking of glass
and the falling of walls and tlmbers. lmme-
diately there was a stampede by the occu-
pants of the Offices for the stairways. and in
ing were swarming with people, who quickly
made their escape from it.
Russell Sage taken 10 a drug store Op-
pOste his OWN Office whore II was found that
his injuries We're not serious. Ills face and
hands were cut and much Of the hair on his
face and head was burned oil. Soon after
wards three other victims were brought into
the store. one of them being the man who ex-
pl0ded the bomb. He was nearly dead when
brought III and died shortly after wards.
THE CRANES poDY.
The body IF the mailman who exploded
the bomb was not brought 10 the drugstore
but was later on found on the second floor
hallway leading 10 Mr.. Sages Office.
What was LETT 10y the explosion Of the mad
mans body least II was labelled and ac-
cepted by the police and cOrOner-was laid
out in Undertaken Duhy's establishment. at
No. 50 Greenwich street The head WAS
blackened but neither cut or disfigured in
any way. IL was cut off at the top of the
neck and looked Tor all the world
like the mask OF II man thirty-hye OF
forty years old, with q full beard.
that might have been long but was now
burned close 10 the chin and neck. Then
there was lee. the right and left foot. one
hand and that was all. The body proper
was gone of neither chest nor abdomen was
trace found. The leg that was left was
broken and twisted lie had been care
ful TO rii himself Of everything that
might disclose ms identity. HIS name
had been written IN the corner of his black
hat, but he had cut ii out with a knife. There
was hole in the lining where 1t had been.
Crowds came and went. 10 king ut the face.
but no one knew him. Later the coroner
made an examination and ordered the re-
mains removed to tie morgue.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The list Of the dead so far As is known is as
follows
II. d. wilson alias Lord. the thrower of
the bomb. frightlully mangled and torn.
H. +. Norton OF tarrOway, aged thirty
years
An unknown man, head and fragments Of
the body picked up on the floor and walls Of !
the Office: black hair supposed % be q clerk |
T. Mr. Sage.
An unknown man; portions OF whose mu- |
tilated remains were found IN the hallway
outside of Mr.. Sage's Office.
f. j. Menzie a typewriter and stenographer |
to Mr. Sage said TO have been blown up by |
the explosion. is missing and may be one Of |
the unknown dead
Is. h. Norton. who was employed as a clerk /
in Mr.. Sages Office. was blown through the |
window aud into the street He was taken to |
q hospital, where be died without regaining |
consciousness.
WHO WILSON is.
special from Albany, y. Y, says: The |
dynamite crank. who blew up Russell Sages |