The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-09
ATTACKED WITH A BOMB.
Russell Sage Injured by Dynamite
Thrower, who Is Himself Killed.

ThrOWer, Who Is Himself Killed.
A mailman attempted the life of Rus
sell Sage at the risk OF destroying him
self, the great office building at rs
Broadway, New York, and more than
two hundred person who worked within
It's walls. Hiram ID. Wilson, the mania,
whose weapon appears TO have been a
nitro glycer.ne bomb, accomplished his
own death and the death of at least one
pther, inflicted wounds upon his intend
ed victim among them, AMI partly
wrecked the building. He himself was
blown 10 pieces.
Hiram ID. Wilson has been known as
dangerous, unbalanced person for
fourteen years He has been in insane
asylums several times, and has | cen re-
leased each time straightway to threaten
the life of some one about whom his I'M
settled wits were busy. Russell Sage, as
has been often to d OF him and other
millionaires, is constantly getting letters
from cranks of all descriptions, demand
ing great or small sums of money, and
the demands are often accompanied by
threats Within the last month he has
received four letters from one crank
yigning himself 81. d. Walsh" These
letters have set forth that Mr.. ash
was on the eve OF marriage with the
widows OF Alderman Monheimer and
General Spinola, two OF the holders of
the disputed Standard Gas stock. Mr..
Walsh said that in order that this mar
riage might be accomplished it was nee :
sssary that he have 81, 200, 900, He sa d
that Mr.. Sage or Mr.. Gould, or both,
must furnish this money or take the con-
SEQUENCES.
On the afternoon of the explosion a
stability dressed man had entered the
office of Mr.. Sage Just as the latter was
preparing to leave his Gesk to 90 to
luncheon. The man had package in
his hand, and when Mr.. Sag looked up
The visitor he'd IL above the millionaire
head
What do you want?" asked Mr. Sage,
noting wild look in the face Of his
visitor.
Russell Sage" responded the man, 81
want a million and a half dollars"
Mr. Sage at once knew that the man
was insane, and rising from his chair,
SAID:
"All right, I'll have to see about IL
and will let you know"
mo / want it now" said the man,
mOtioning Mr.. Sage to stop. "If | don't
get it, he continued, raising his voice 20
that people in the outer Office could
near, "you will regret it VIII you give
It to me?"
NO." sail Mr.. SAGE, quietly, mot
now Come after 1t some other time"
Mr.. Sage had hardly spoken when the
man raised the package he held in his
hand owe his head and saying: "Here
goes, threw IL to the floor, almost at
the feet of the millionaire b., oker There
was instantly tremendous explosion.
When the relief party OF police went
I'm O the room half an hour later they
found the body of the man who threw
the dynamite literally torn to pieces
The explosion took place in the outer
office, where the man had backed from
Mr.. Sage's private Office In his efforts &c
keep the m illonaire from getting away.
A c'erk who was in the outer Office says
thu man stood almost i'm the doorway be
tween tn outer and inner offices when
he threw the bomb. DUST before he die
so another man came into the outer of
flee. The clerk thought he was com
paI'on Of the first. lie said nothing
but he EVIDENTLY knew the man who hat
demanded the money OF Mr.. Sage, for hC
nodded to him. The second man stood
within three feet OF the men with tn,
bomb. and when the latter threw IL Il
the floor he turned as IL to run, but Ia
only advanced few feet when the OK
plosion occurred. His body was founC
st etched through window LEADING
from the outer Office into court, terri
bly, mangled
After the explosion, Mr.. Sage, whC
fell to the foor of his OF &C with ST,
feet OF e. q man who had thrown tht
bomb, struggled to his feet and groIeC
his way out into the passage. Ills hea'
and face we're dripping with blood ii,
was almost unconscious Two men car
ried him down-stai and across Broaa
way to drug store. Wilson, the lunati
who threw the bomb was killed, as wa
also T. T. Norton, kuss, II Sage's priv t
secretary. Seven others were severely
injured.