The Brookhaven leader., 1891-12-10

gave the name of w. III. Wilson. He
inquired for me and demanded that
! give him 81 ,000, 600. | tried to talk
with him. but he became excited and
opening the valise he took from it a
long bottle and threw it at my head. l
lodged the missile and it struck the
opposite wall and instantly exploded.
There was a fearful crash and | was
thrown out of my chair. / do not re-
member much more about the affair. !"
The explosion completely wrecked
the interior of the office and several of
the clerks were severely if not fatally
injured.
The man who threw the bomb was
instantly killed by the explosion.
When the police arrived in force the
building was quickly cleared of all per-
sons and search was made In the
wrecked offices. Just inside the door
of the general Office was found the
trunk of man in a state that rendered
recognition nearly impossible, the head
having been severed from the body. A
pointed, reddish beard gave the appear
ance of an educated man, which was
enhanced by the brown curls of the
hair and the heavy mustache that
adorned the upper lip of the dead one.
When the body was taken up it was
found to have been torn into shreds by
the explosion.
The interior of the offices plainly
showed that the force of the explosion
was something terrific. All the parti-
ton walls were blown down and the
sash and window frames forced out
ward The ceiling had been blown
down and the floor forced downward,
rendering it unsafe to walk upon.
BENJAMIN F. Morton, who was
blown through the window, clerk in
the office of Mr.. Sage, was removed to
Chambers Street hospital where he
died at o. M, while under operation
for fracture of the skull. The deceased
was a resident of Far Rockaway, l.. l.
The following injured were taken to
the hospital:
Frank Robertson, 90 years old, living
at Bergen Point, and employed as a
clerk for Imbre Sc Co., brokers. lie
was in Sage's office at the time of the
explosion. His skull was fractured
and he will probably die.
Charles w. Osborne Russell Sage's
cashier), 199 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn,
fractured skull; will probably die.
Samuel j. Calhoun, clerk, of 165
Deane street Brooklyn, lacerated
wound on head.
Mr.. William r. Laidlow, who was in
building at the time, received frac-
ture on the left leg. He was taken to
St. Vincent's hospital
Col J. j. Slocum, brother-in-law OF
Mr. Sage and his chief clerk, was badly
cut about the head and face
Late in the afternoon the firemen
found among the debris a leg which
was thought to be that of a woman.
Whether it is or not has not been dis
covered. Sage never employed woman
typewriter. and. as this fact is well es-
tablished. the supposition is that II the
leg is that of a woman it is all that is
left of one of his put and CALI GUS
TONERS who was in the office at the
time.
WHO THE MAN WAS.
ALBANY, N ", Dec 5-The dynamite
crank is thought to be Hiram ID. VIII
son, aged As, an escaped lunatic and
native of Glenn's Falls, Warren county.
Wilson had escaped previously from
Middleton and Utica asylums. He was
very strong and of light complexion
Illinois Delegates.
KANSAS CRY, Mo, Dec 5,-Gov. Jo-
soph w. Fifer. of Illinois, has appointed
ten delegates at large to attend the
river Improvement convention week
after next In a letter to Secretary
Miller he writes that while un-
able to be present himself, he
wishes the committee success in