Evening journal., 1891-12-05

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members Of the board are said 60 have been
holding and executive meeting They were
terribly frightened by the noise OF the
shock, bua none OF them wero hurt.
The Dynamiter's Body Found.
In the hallway outside the door Leading
to Mr. Sage's main Office was found the
mangled body Of Wilson, the bomb thrower
What was left by the explosion Of the mad
mans body was laid ont in Undertaken
Dufy's establishment, at s2 Greenwich
street Il was not much. Tho head WAS
there blackened but neither cut nor dis
fgured in any way 1t was cut off at the
top Of the neck and looked for all the
world like the mask Of man thirty-five or
forty years old, with full beard that might
have been long, but was now burned close
to chin and neck Then there were a leg,
the right, the left foot, one hand, and that
was all. The body proper was gone; Of
neither chest nor abdomen was a trace
found. The leg that was there was broken
and twisted. Such shreds Of clothing as
We're found showed that the man had worn
trousers Of hlse-black plaid black over
coat and long black stockings He had been
careful to rid himself Of everything that
might disclose his identity. His name had
hNtn WlAAAhn III Ait AAAnti vi Alt AiAtsA hAtAlfA
hat, but be had cnt it out with a knife.
There was hole i0 the lining where It had
been.
The list Of the dead, 80 far as now known,
is as follows:
Names Of the Dead.
Wilson, Lloyd or Walsh. the bomb thrower;
bend severed from his body; instantly killed.
Benjamin +. Norton, clerk in Russell Sage'a
onice, twenty years old died at Chambers
Street hospital at 1850 p. m, OF internal in.
iuries.
The Wounded.
Russell Sage, millionaire, OF 506 Fifth avenuei
wounded slightly IN the head. neck and hands,
splinters in his leg; removed TO his home
Joseph J. slocum, of 81 East sixtysiifth
street Mr.. Sage'a hrother-in-law. cut in head
and neck by broken glass His wounds were
dressed at O'Connell'a pharmacy.
William 4. Laidlaw, thirty.tiye years old, Of
l4l West Twenty second street, elerk with John
Bloodgood & Co. Of the Mills building Slightly
/ injured in the arms and legs. Removed 10 81
Vincent's hospital.
s. q Calhoun, Of l65 Dean street, Brooklyn
| telegraph operator 10 Washington f. Connor
Slightly injured In the right side Of head
Wounds were dressed at the Chambers Stree
hospital and he was sent home.
| G. W. Osborn, fifty two years old. Of IN
Berkeley place Brooklyn, secretary and cashie
10 Russell Sage Az Chambers Street hospita
with lacerated neck. Not expected 70 live
Frank Robertson, nineteen years old. Of Key
port. n. j., cierk with Imbrie q Co, 56 ia
change place At Chambers Street hospita
suffering fron many injuries, including douhl
| compound fracture az the base 0f the skull
Not expected 70 live
B, f. Norton, who was employed as
clerk in Mr.. Sage's Office. was blown throug
the window and into the street He Wi
taken 70 q hospital, where he died withou
regaining consciousness. Outside an en0i
nous crowd beleaguered the building. l
less than five minutes after the explosi0
had occurred Broadway and other street
, in the vicinity We're packed from curb I
curb with a soothing, struggling mass Of q
cited humanity.
rtfss Dynamite or ro-Gelatine.
J The crowd groaned with horror as oI
/ after another Of the injured were take
from the wrecked building and placed in Il
ambulances. The tiremen and police foun
three badly mutilated bodies in the offic.
and hall 1t is believed that the BON
thrown by the stranger was an ordinai
glass receptacle, filed either with dynamic
or nitro-glycerine AS showing the terrib
force OF the explosion, the gold watch Of ol
Of the injured men looked as though it ha
been run through a stone crusher
, w. II. LaidIaw, Jr.'s Version.
William Laidlaw, Jr, one Of those bad
: injured, made the following statement
the coroner at st. Yinoent's hospital Il wi
Z in Russell Sage's Office on the second floor
. II Broadway, on the Rector street side
saw mt that time man unknown to m
e He was about feet 2 inches tall, had a ligl
: brown beard, an aquiline nose and long fao
Z He wore a dark Overcoat which he lel
] buttoned. When Mr.. Sage turned to di
] miss the man, be said. You see I'm bus
. you had better ceme back some other day
''The man seemed TO be disinclined 10 leav
I Mr. Sage said; why, can't you trust me
g The man replied. 'Oh, no; not y0t
Just at that moment the explosion tOC
: place. All this occurred in the middle
/ the Office Mr. Stge had hold OF my han
/ was standing between Mr.. Sage and q
stranger. Mr.. Sage appeared to be ves
nervous and rested with his back on u
I edge o. the table. When ! regained co
4 sciOusness after the explosion found myst
S among some rubbish My right arm "
q hurt, also my left leg. My hair, mustacl
& and eyebrows were all singed off, Y
. Both Of His Eyes Gone.
g Frank Robertson, brokers clerk, W
9 fatally injured. Both eyes We're gone al
e be was horribly disfgured. He WAS 81
3 ployed by N. NJ. Imbrie & Co., IS Broadwa
q and had gone to deliver some stock to Ru
cell Sage.
When Mr.. Sage regained his feet and /
= senses he found himself almost denuded
clothing, half blinded with blood and dus
his forehead badly cut by flying glass AZ
I, every nerve in his body quivering from q
Z effect Of the shock. He gr0ped his vi
4 into his private Office, whore he found Col
Z mel Slocum and Mr. James. The haiti
Z shouted:
Z "How in Gods name can we get outW
1--WE must find way replied Mr.. SAG
4 and they grasped hands, stepped over L
grinning head and found themselves in q
main hallway.
Here Mr.. James left them and Mr.. SAG
/ with Colonel Slocum, staggered down q
It steps. On the way they met policeman,
n whose excited inquiries Mr.. Sage replied.
p "They have dynamited me as last, but
n don't think / am very much hurt
}, Sage Sees the Head.
z Inspector Byrnes at once put his men
a work on the case. The police had gather
: all fragments Of the bomb thrower, some
= them nothing more than a shred Of clio
y , with a bit Of flesh glued toit. The inspect
x took the severed head of the dynamiter
Mr. Sages residence and requested
Mum to prepare Mr.. Sage for the ordeal
identifying the head of the crank
Il Dr. Mum talked with Mr. Sage and tc
n him Of the inspectors proposition. n
a Sage said he would be able to look at &
n head without any hesitation. The doct
d and inspector had another conference, dI