Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-05
TIE ATTEMPT ON sAGEs LIFE.
Death OF tho Man Who hurled the Dynamite
Bomb.


II WAS sohMxELx A CRAZY HosrLER OK LAKE
eKoRoR AND HAD BEEN CONFINED IN sEvEaAr
AsYLuNs-uAD ATTEMPTED TO KILL W. J.
AsxELL-DETAILs OF YESTERDAYS DISASTER.
Tho following account Of the visit of the
crank dynamiter Wilson to Russell Sage Office
In New York yesterday is related by . witness
Two men, entire strangers. entered Russell
sages oaice. on the second floor, Just before
noon, inquiring for Mr.. Sage. The clerk told
them he was busy in the inner Office. is the
business Of q private nature?" Yes" said the
one who carried a small satchei or gripsack in
his hand, 1T is urgent" They wanted to see
Mr. Sage in person and right away. The CLERK
went IN and told Mr.. Sage. The fnancier was
ut his desk, talking to his brother-in-law, slo-
cum He xas seated in q revolving chair. He
bade the clers. bring in their names The
stranger with the eripsack handed him q card
with tho Lame q W. WILSON Returning he
presented the card 70 Mr.. Sage. who said. Let
him enter" The two went in together. So far
the evidou nee IL positive tina. there were two.
At this point the evidence wSvers- One account
has il that only wen; III and the other was
an accidental visitor. who had entered with him
without knowing him. There were four clerks
behind the rail in the office. and nobody knows
how many strangers. But little time was LEFT
for them to notice anything.
The interview in the inner Office was brief.
Nr. Sage inquired with what he could oblige.
The man with the sa,chel replied:
I'VE want Il. 200 000 We want them right
here and now" speaking slowly and distinctly.
Mr. Sage started back, bu: instantly re-
covering his presence of mind said that it
was great deal OF money and that he would
have To think about II. lie knew that he
was dealing with a crank and'was sparrinS for
time.
But subterfuses were vain with this crank.
He had no time to wait. and said ave
CARROT wait told Your clerk our business
was urgent The money is wanted now. IN
this sstcLel / have dy nauIi.e-poundS Of II.
Unless you hand over the money up she goes"
HI. sage made one more attempt to temper
fze. lie mad not got the moaey. he said His
visitor must cone again.
II the word the man made an angry gesture
and raised che ssscleI at arms length "fou
sih isOt!' he shOate.l- Then, here goes"
DEATAS:NS CRASH.
-hen the men u. the ofsce outside heard
deafoning crash. Walls and ceiling fell
around and upon them. The windows were
blown across Rector street into Trinity ceme-
terry. The scene in the wrecked offices of
Russell sage after Inc explosion Was one of
ruiH aad chaos- The sarge main office has
N smaller oiiice ON each s:de. The explosion
apparently occurred in the main Office and
exycnticd its force westward toward the
larger OF the small Offices ard. through it, to
tae ofGces OF the elevated railway
In NJ. oase,s ri;in Office furniture was
overturned anu broken. the walls and cell
ings were Dared of plaster in great patches
the little close; built Under the wash basin
was wrecked, broAeli ink bottles and other
otrcr inn lements were scattered about and
valuable a1scrs were strewl over tie floor.
small portable iron safe lay in the midst of
the sagglug 1Oor. agar with documents in
eloseI IL stout mJnIilA envelopes. This Office
communicates immediately with the hallway o:
the bul!ding.
The door has over it brick arch. which
before the explosion was concealed Is plaster.
The explosion shocked OFF the plaster on
both the Inside aud outside of the door AID de-
tachet Isrt oi the brick arch irom the wall
above The hOor jast in the middle OF tho
main Office has gagged "a; least sly inches below
the proper Level 4 lie Office to the east n small
one, w..- not - seriously wrecked. The plaster
naaf thc ceIiIS s.Nocsej OIL and all the suru-
TIVE wGs covered with plaster. The office to
tue west was nearly a. badly wrecked as the main
Ccs- Ala the windows here as we'll as in the other
two one we're brOSen, anu the walls were in
barge art barred OF Piaster. This room adjoins
she Offices OF the elevated railroad. One of
thee a small. guoccupicti Office according to
On enFiGye- Its plaster was knocked OFF and :.
EiTee giap o. the 81 Gvcuue road, extend
Ing ifs whole len@ti. OF the eastern wall was
knocked dom Next to this Office is that &C.
euriea By tieorce Golii. second vice president
VI the NaahEtiGn eleyg-Sd-
-hh4fsiS -itDEt> IN Tile wrecked OilceS
ieand she remains of a silk lat. evidently worn
BY the man no gave his name rs Wilson. and
IN ono cOrHc- VI ltr. SaSe's private Office where
Ar- J.Iues sitting alone ut the tlrne OF the
e1I 10 ION. a EIans hand. Mr.. Washington E
CoanOr was in His office. on the Broadway front
Of the building. and on the same floor with Mr.
Sage, when the explosion came. Mr. Conner
was out of the bciliing among the first and as-
sisted 3ir. ~ &c to the drug store. Within half
an hour atterward he hau opened a new Office
II
nesJ all dew.
The coroner made an examination of the
remains Of the man found in Sage's Office
sat from the mAugled remains of flesh
anu ei0thins tooE seven-chamber, bulldog
revolver. This WIS ali that could be found by
which an Identification could be made.
THE DYNAArrEEs REMAINS
What was left by the explosion of the mans
body was laid out in Uadertaker Duffy's office,
at 81 Greenwich stress. II was not much. The
head was there. blaekened. but neither cut nor
dishgured in any way. Ii was cut of at the
top of the neck and looked for all the world
like the mask OF q man thirty-fiye or forty wears
old, with full beard tina: might have been
long, but was now burned close TO the chin and
neck Then there WIS u leg, the right the left
foot, one hand, and that was all The body
proper was gone; OF neither chest nor abdomen
was trace found. The leg that there was
broken and twisted. such shretis OF clothing as
trousers OF blue-black plaid. black overcoat
and long black stockings
That might have started the story that a
woman leg was found. lie had been careful
10 rid himself of everything that might disclose
his identity. His name had been written in the
corner OF his high black hat. but ne mad cut il
out with a knife. There was a hole In the lining
where /. had been Crowds came and went.
looking at the face, but no one knew il. When
darkness fell the undertaken, tired of the sight
Threw cover over 1t and closed his door.
TIE SILLED AND INJURED.
But one person had been killed outright, the
man with the pointed beard. He is supposed
to be H. d. Wilson, the man that made the
demand for money from Mr.. sage and who
threw the bomb. BEN amin J. No-ton who was
blown through the window. q clerk IN the Office
Of DIR. Sage. was removed to Chambers Street
Hospital, where he diesi at i:1O while under
operation for fracture OF the skull. He was q
resident % raT HOekaway, l. l.
The following injured we're taken to the
hospital: Frank Robertson twenty years old.
living az Bergen Point and employed as a clerk
fo< Inlbre 4 Co. brokers. He VAS in Sacc's
Once at the time of the explosion. His skull
vas fractnred ana he will probably die.
Chas- ". Osborn, Russell Sages cashier, l96
bsrkiey place, Brooklyn; fractured skull; will
probably die.
Samuel J.Calhoun, clerk of l65 Deane street
Brooklyn; incerated wound OF hosd.
Mr.. VIM X. Laidlaw. who was in tie building