Evening journal., 1891-12-05

Prom a photograph taken when be wore a
beard
payment Of 81, ,250,00 The letter stated
that il the money was not given up at once
to the presenter Of the letter that be would
blow me, himself and the entire place up
with dynamite, / read the letter, and plac-
ing it in the envelope, handed il back 70
him and turned to 60 into my private Office,
when the explosion occurred
The Man with the satcheI.
The story gathered from other sources il
that at 12:i5 o'clock small, wen dressed
man, apparently about thirty-ive years old,
carrying a leather bog, called at Russell
Sage's Offices and asked TO see Mr. Sage.
Mr.. Sages clerk told him that Mr. Sage
was busy and could not be seen. The man
persisted, and continued to talk in loud
tone. Mr.. Sage, who was in an inner Office,
came out to see what was the matter
Then followed the demand and the re-
fusal At shis Wilson made an angry gest-
ure, and raising the satchel at arms length,
"You viii note he said; "then here goes
An explosion followed which almost
raised the roof from the building, and Mr..
Sage was blown clear through the doorway
Of his private Office and across the room.
He landed in bank OF rubbish.
The crank was blown to pieces, as were
several other persons. The persons in Mr..
Sages Office at the time Of the explosion
were Mr.. Sage, his hrother-in-law, Colonel
J. J. Sloeum; @. p. James, OF Nassau
street; B. F. Norton, Of Far Rockaway; G.
W. Osborn, Of Brooklyn, and Mr. Menzies,
attaches Of the office; Frank Robinson, OF
Bergen Point; a messenger boy and the
/ bomb thr0wer.
All Of these We're either killed or more on
less severely injured. The wounded onee
were taken TO OConnelrs drug store across
the way where their injuries attended TO.
BIr. sage's Injuries.
Russell Sage, after the explosion, CROPPED
his way cut of the passage. His hands and
face we're drippsng with blood He was
almost UNCONSCIOUS. Two men carried him
down stairs and across Broadway to a drug
store A few minutes later Colonel Slocuu
| came rushing down stairs. His hands were
blseding, and there was cash on one side
/ Of his head. He was also carried to ths
store Mr., Sage'e clerks, with ringing ears
and bleeding faces, deafened, blinded and
/ weak by dust and blood, staggered out into
the han, and fell rather than walked dowI
stairs. They we've cared for at the druf
store
DR.. Num- JAY Goald's physician, soon ar
rived a0d Mr. Sage was taken to his home
sos Fifth avenue, in a cab. His head wa
then swathed in bandages. Both hand
were at that time bound up His clothing
was torn. Nothing was left Of his coat
His trousers were ripped. His face wa
burned. He appeared to be suffering from
D severe shock, but was able 30 reas5ure hi
friends as to his condition, and was strippeC
Of his tattered garments and put to bed.
What Jay Could said.
Jay Gould was at the house when the in
iured man arrived He talked freely abou
the disaster. II have not been down tow
today said Mr. Gould, "but my son tele
phoned me an account Of the attempt ol
Mr.. Sage's life. 1t appears that this man
James Wilson, came up to MIR. Sages ofic'
this morning and demanded million and
half Of dollars. Mr. Sage naturally refused
and without another word Of warning tn
man droppSd a bag Of dynamite on the foo
and attempted 10 run. But he was not quicl
enough, and the explosion occurred with
aeafening report"
The Wrecked Onices.
The scene in the wrecked Office Of Russell
. Sage after the explosion was one Of ruin
\ and chaos The large main Office has
{ bfldlltI olllCt ON tttth niit. Inc "a Hl1eiVl
apparently occurred in the main Office an'
expended its force westward toward tn
larger Of the smaller offices, and through
to the offices OF the elevated railway.
In Mr.. Sages main Office the furnitur
vas overturned and broken; the walls ant
J eilings were barred Of plaster in great patch
I es; the little closet built under the wash
basin was wrecked; broken ink bottles AM
other Office materials were scattered about
and valuable papers were strewn over tn
floor. A safe lay IN the midst Of the sag
; ging floor, agape with documents inclose
in stout MANILA envelopes. The Office
looked as if a cyclone had swept throug
them, and the whole building was badl