Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-05
rlENDISH ACTION.
, r,r,nifc Bomb Dropped at Rus
sell Sage'S Feet.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION,
oG,ccs wrccked-People Blown
j" &C. -Mr. Ssge's Injuries Not Seri-
ous-Awful Details.
.r...,.rr,rh b lho DIspa.eh.l


Of Russell Sage, at II and
.Vsv. and demanded a private
. -g with Mr.. Sage. w. Il.
F,' vr Sacc's clerk, told him that
..... was busy and could not be seen.
.argstcd. and continued to talk
..I time Mr. Sage was in an inner
..l .arc out To sec what was the
., fa asked the man what was
ir y.e man SAID. 81 demand a
.,,rryiew with you" Mr.. Sage
i..... ,r,, IL would be impossible for
.. ..r tle man then, but that he
......hly DO so later IN the day. The
-.- .,-.auci 90 demand private inter
81 ..- and there. and Mir. Sage ordered
,-..aye the Office.
,FfEElBLE EXPLOSION.
.. a.. tle man dropped the leather
....l .e explosion winch shook the en-
...s instantly followed. Mr.. Sage
d.. qr across the room and stunned.
~ r..faw. who had turned away and
...... ..1g within q few feet Of the two,
...... thrown across the Office. aud had
I.l.v liberated. Tho stranger was
...-... s..s,u-t the partition we'll and so
.... .,-.I that he has since died.
r- ~ S4e.'s Office ~ the time Of the
...... were Colonel j. j. Slocum, +. G.
81, D. ". Osborn. f. c. Menzies, and
.. N.-,.n. Mr. Norton was badly In
.-..f and was taken IN an ambulance to
1. y...a.- Hospital, where he died.
IrrcEs OF BODIES.
7-.,.. .as If several bodies were picked
.... OBJ. .a.uud floor of the building near
........ of the explosion and placed IN a
trs-tmeut lfo-saying net. Rumors
......4-t1 the number Of persons killed,
...,.t.ras .au be learned only four are
... Ono Il the pieces of bodies picked
..g..a Load with tho face intact, 1t is
..,.tav. .une nan, with brown halr grow
.. ,t.rg.v upon the head. As both Mr.
v..-... and d. W. Osborn are missing it
b.. u,r1-,i they compose a portion
t,. tangled heap. Among the frGg-
.....-at bodies found was a leg, which
..r.5oe think was that of woman. Mr..
..-.s woman typewriter is reported
.-., tae killed. The injured people
,... "a, once removed 10 a drugstore OPP
.....t a.i attended TO.
ALL. sAsE's INJURIES MOI SERIOUS.
Ttrslt was found that Nr. Sage's in
.--.- IS. 2. not serious, but very extensive
,Ilrfu!. Mr. Sage was able TO con-
..-... n, SAID the man with the hand
.,v4,4 total stranger 20 him. He in
..sirruu presenting Mr.. Sage with his
..-f t., De declined to accept 1t. MIR.
,.-s Was completely covered with Crime
.-. dust. and bis clothing was blown into
....-s. a.i his hands. face, and clothing
wye covered with blood. Mr.. Sage's in-
..-.. mainly consist of cut and bruise
anon tae forehead. while his face and
ts,ssverg filled with small cuts, as if he
A3rsrr.yed a volley of gravel-stone from
shotgun.
EXCITED THOUSANDS.
Both fire and ambulance calls were at
.,-s sent out. and few minutes after the
Ga.a..ra the building was surrounded by
a.Hcues, ambulances, and policemen.
Uar,w7 spread through Wall street, and
r fact al over down town, and every
.l-s' In the nelRhborhood was soon
.-aa.el with excited thousands Of men.
Ta widest rumors prevailed, and the
,nttr Of killed and wounded reported
Us soon upward of hundred.
rHg srARCH ron dad AND WOUNDED.
0lea-Captain Mclaughlin Immediately
.k charge Of the police arrangements,
-l Tie search for dead and wounded be-
..1. Three rooms, No. 50 and the two ad-
-.rr. we're totally wrecked. All that re-
-su,I uuimpaired in the Office of Mr..
Sage was his desk and ofiice-chair. The
vial.ws on the Rector-street side of the
t-aa- were blown out and those on the
r-sr side shattered.
-sr IoMg-IHBowER's NAME LORD.
I.,, said that the name of the bomb
.,raers Lord. The safe in Mr.. Sage's
a.ewl broken open and the securities
r.-s scattered over the building and
s-...s.
When the dvuamitard entered Mr. Sage's
On. Doc banded the clerk q card which
s.e ,a- name II. d. Wilson.
.u1.iu 10 BE TIRE BODY OF THE DYNA-
MITARD.
When tle police examined the wrecked
.a-r tr,rg was found Just inside OF the
dor .. ,u. general Office the trunk of a
Gan .a state that rendered recognition
,.H., impossible the head having been
~url from the body A pointed reddish
.i.. gave the appearance OF an educated
-a.. which Was enhanced by the brown
-..- .' ta, hair and the heavy moustache
'.f adorned the upper lip. This Is the
O.. person killed outright so far as known,
-tHe ,aiy Is supposed 70 be that OF the
.rsu.tari.
.Atayy-'Isation proceeds il appears that
h.s.U had companion when he entered
..-lI8g and inquired for MIR. Sage's
.'oe
WHO WAS THE WOMAN?
Late in the afternoon the fireman found
a.... Che b5r1S LEG which was thought
" t.It of woman. Whether II Is or
-' aa- not been learned, but Russell Sage
-'.- ".i employ woman typewriter, and
o.. fact ls established the suggestion
'..i '' that of woman IT "a all That IS
~ .l, ut his put and call customers
'-. We. 20 The Office at the time.
1HE EXPLOSION TERRIFIC.
lre.l..a5r Of the offices plainly showed
.-.' OBJ" force Of tho explosion was some
Gang terrific. All the partition walls
10 'N'.N II UiAA AAAN ett'4lN1 nav
s.e'ram,s forced outward. The ceiling
CT t..a blown down and the floor forced
-."i".rj, rendering 1t unsafe to walk
p. i ly-k5 aud chairs were oyerturned
Al hurled into an indescribable mass,
-. tyerg piece OF glass IN the big AIR
'-''. t..t ran 20 the root was shiyered
-.. i-.I-auds Of pieces.
rTD UNDER AN OPERATION.
BENJAMIN T. Norton, who was blown
'.i .,. l-a The window, clerk in the office
Dir. Sage, was removed % the Chamber
Effect Hospital. where he died while under
,t a,i % lur a fracture of the skull. lie
'' resident of Far ROckaway, l.. i.
WILL PROBABLY DIE.
lae following injured were taken to the
'yt.'a.: Frank Robertson. twenty years
..4 LNllg 90 Bergen Point. aud employed
ga c.'fk for lmbre 4 Co.. brokers. He
--' .n Alr. Sages office al the time Of the
1i.-'ieu. His skull was fractured and
q NA probably die.
N-e'Ie. ". Osborne Russell Sago's cash. |
~. lt berkeley Place. Brooklyn; trac- |
'-''i skull: viii probably die.
OTHERS INJURED.
q, sai.cs j. Calhoun. clerk. Of 1G5 Deane |
Ii,,yi hrooklyn lacerated wound OF head. |
,.ai William r. Laidlaw, who was IN the /
u Ie''. ( at the time, received fracture |
cs1r s1r leg. lie was iakoa 20 50. Vineents. /
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