New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-05
AT THE HOSPITALS.
NoRToS's DEATH FOLLOWS HIS RENOVATION

NoRToN's DEATH FOLLOWS HIS RENOVATION.
DITIoN OF OTHERS.
Ambulances at once took four of the At tured men to
the Chambers Street Hospital. They Benjamin F.
Norton, Frank Robertson, Samuel G. Calhoun and
c. W. Osborne. Two OF these mer, Osborne and
Norton, clerks Russell Sage's office; Frank
Robertson clerk for William NJ Imbrie d Co.,
the brokers' of No. SO Broadway, and he had entered
Russell sage's Office for the purpose Of calling for
some c., b. & O. stock, which was TO be delivered TO
his firm yesterday.
These three men were terribly hurt and dsfgured,
and the crowds which had gathered In front of the
hospital when the mutlated forms were taken out
Of the ambuances shrank back they saw tse
frightul wounds The faces of the htree men
were cut so to be almost beyond recognition, by
spliners and flying debris. Glass, particularly,
seemed TO have produced the worst INJURIES and glass
slvers were picked from the faces of all of the men,
Samuel G.. Calhoun the fourth man, was moro
fortunate lie escaped with liberation Of the right
ear. He was sitting at his desk in the Office OF
Washington Z. Connor, the broker In No. Il Broad
way, when the explosion occurred, and he struck
by flying spnters. After his wounds were dressed, he
went to his home at No 1875 Dean-st., Brooklyn.
The most severely wounded Benjamin F.
Norton. He unconscious when he to the
hospital and died at half past in the afternoon, as
an operation about to be performed him.
He identified by communication ticket between
Long Island City and Far Rockaway, which found
In his pocket His wounds were a fractured skull
and internal injuries. He was employed as
stenographer and typewriter In Russell sages ONCE.
He is the man who was blown out Of window and
found on the street.
c, W. Osborne is Russell Sage's chief clerk and
cashier, and occupies a confidential position In the
Office. He lives In No. 1855 Berkeley Place in Brooklyn,
with his wife, He is ftty-two years old. He now
lies in the Chambers Street Hospital In critical con-
dtion suffering from fractured skull. An operation
CHI r4lx hn hrOu
to the hospital and he was reported doing fairly
WE'LL considering his serious wounds, late last night
Besides this injury, which is the most serious,
he also has a badly decorated neck, and, like
the rest of the victims, his face is badly cut.
Frank Robertson was terribly injured. When he
arrived at the hospital his condition was considered
80 critical that Coroner Mcssemer sent for 30 take
his ante-mortem statement at once There seems 10
be hardly any part Of his body which has escaped
hrt OF some kind. 1t feared at first that he hah
fractured skull besides his other severe INJURIES put
later the surgeons found that It only bad wound
He has terrible cash the right eye and the eye
itself is destroyed completely. His left eye Is also
injured and it is feared that even should he escape
with his LIFE he viii be blind and permanently dis
figured. His neck and face lacerated by glass
and splinteIs and his legs are cut and bruised Ills
arms also are injured painfully, though the surgeons
can find no broken bones. 1t Is hoped that he has no
internal injuries
a. Co., the brokers Of No. Sc Broadway, and was sent
M the Office of Russell Sage to deliver certified check
for no Ooo and to receive In exchange some Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad shares. He had )uss
laid his check on the slab in the cashiers window
when the explosion occurred. He remembered mourning
after that. The check has not been found
He has been employed as clerk by the firm OF Will
lam Norris Imbrle Co., No. So Broadway, for many
years and was well liked, being faithful and con-
sceutious young man. He lived with his parents, at
Avenue and Fifth-st, Bergen Point, ~ j. HIS
father arrived at the hospital shortly after ne was
brought there and remained with him. Coroner Mes
semer arrived at about p. m and TOOK his ante
mortem statement. 1t was as follows:
"Today at about half past ~ O'Clock went to the
oice OF Russell Sage, No. II broadway with cheek
for 100 shares of c. B. & O. r. r. stock saw man
with a square sstohel in bis hand, talking to MT ease
very attentively, and Mr.. Sage seemed to shun MIN
The man pulled out what looked like a pistol IL
Cttered and he put 1t back in bis right hand overcoat
nocket Then I knew nothing more until yelled
Murder and everybody else also yelled Murder and
I heard the explosion at the same time, one secono
after saw him Put the gltterng object back In his
pocket. The had ON high SILK hat and olaok
oycrcoat He was well dressed. He had light brown
side whiskcrs and seemed about thirty-eght years Old
He was alone and had square satohel In his hand
After he had made this statement the wounded man
WAS nut under the influence Of ether and an operation
was performed on him. Late in the evening 1t was re-
ported that he doing fairly well
In the afternoon q man who said ne was eanuel
lexington OF "The Engineering and Mining Journal
went TO the Chambers Street Hospital and ASKED Tor
friend named Grape, Who he said, worked In the ne1'
Office to Mr.. sages and had not been seen since the
explosion. He would not or could not, give fuJher
particulars when he found such man at the hospital
Coroner MESSENGER went TO ST. Vincenps Hosptai al
halfpast O'Clock to take the antemortem statement
Of William r. Laldlaw, IT., who was suffering from
bruises and burns, and who lives at No. 4O7 west
Fify-hrsst Laidlaw is thirty-hve years old and
is married He is confidential clerk Sof John H.
Bloodgood & Co., IN the Mills Building. Mr.. LAID
law was put in private room In
the nay department OF the hospital al
/ O'Clock and is taken care of by DR.. D. L. Shea The
house surgeon. So far as the Doctor could discover
after careful examination, he is not seriously injured
He has decorations and Commissions on both legs ana
arms his eyebrows and mustache are singed the nar
of his head too is burned up close TO the scalp on
18th sides The legs of his trousers and
the back and sleeves Of his coat are all
Jagged and torn from the force OF the explosion which
was 30 severe that 1t drove spnnters OF wood and
nieces of the clothing through the skin Of both arms
which caused the injured man much pain. lie was
nervous and excited a good deal when taken to the
bospital but he almost completely recovered by
tba Tine the Coroner appeared, in answer to whose
enal cuestion as to whether he was afraid he would
dto ba replied in the negative and then made this
statement of all that occurred so far as he saw
About twenty minutes AFTER IL O'CLOCK nis ai"I-
nom was in Mr. Russell Sage's office, On the sec
rd eoor at No. II Broadway, over the RectoNst'
side T saw at that time man unknown to me- lie
- q uoht-brown full beard. He was about
sya feet eight inches or hve feet nine
inches tall and had an aquhhe ho'e
and a long face. He wore dark overcoat
which he kept buttoned He held In his hand
sa,che1 or bag of dark color. was in Mr.. sages
outer ONCE and had Just had an Interview when
Mr. sage tried to dismiss the unknown had man Leer coe
back another day for see am Lease 80 BUSY r sage
di6 IL can trust YOU why cannot you trust me'
The man replied, 'Oh no, not you. =, - riooo