Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-05

s'"sN y tiuctht IL O'CLOCK hDu Iounu llal nc
was out A seat was offered me in the
ram Office near a desk. I took it and
waited. On bench near the wall l noticed
9 man, perhaps feet 8 inches IA height.
lie wore plug hat and had 8
pointed beard and heavy brown
moustache At about fifteen minutes
past u Mr.. Sage came in. and
greeting me pleasantly, asked me into hrs
Office. air. Sage had Just removed his hat
and asked me 70 be seated, when one Of
his clerks entered and said something TO
him that l did not hear. Turning 20 me
ne said, Excuse me tor moment and
passed through the door into the main
Office The door closed behind him. and /,
pushing my char over 20 the wall, sat
facing the door through which no had
gone. 1t might have been two or three
minutes when the explosion came.
ruowN UP NEARLY TO THR CEILING.
p" was blown up nearly TO the ceiling and
the chair on which / sat was smashed into
pieces. i came down all in heap. Dust
and small particles of plaster and smoke
hlled the room. ! was completely dazod
and did not know what TO do. i remem-
Der making my way through the
doorway whore the explosion had
main office. There / met Mr.. Sage, blood
trickling down his face and hands. HIS
clothes were torn and covered with dirt
and dust. When he saw me ne said !:
How shall We get out2"
L" Wait replied. until this dust set
ties, and 1 think we will be all right, as
tho worst must DO over
Then / recovered my senses, and,
taking him by the arm. / led him down
the stairway into the street"
Among the debris in the wrecked offices
found fha ~ "A gfll huf ar-i
IDENTIFY worn by the man who gave his
name as Wilson, and in one corner of Mr..
Sago's private Office. where Mr.. James was
sitting alone at the time Of the explosion.
a mans hand.
MASGLED REMAINS.
The coroner made an examination
of the manglcd remains Of the
man found in Sage's Office and
from the mass Of flesh and clothing
took O seven chamber bulldog revolver.
This was all that could by found by which
an Identification could be made. What
was lett by the explosion of the madman's
bOdy-at least II was so labelled and &C
cepted by the police and coroner-was laid
out IN Undertaken Dudys Office at 50
Greenwich street. 10 was not much. The
head was there, blackened, 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 a man thirty
five or forty years old, with full beard
that might have been long, but was now
burned to chin and check. Then there
Was a leg-tho right one, 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 were found showed that the
man had worn trousers of blue-black
plaid, a black overcoat. and long black
stockings. That might have started the
story that woman's leg was found.
IDENTITY CAREFULLY HIDDEN.
He had been careful to rid himself of
everything that might disclose his ldenti-
t.. His name had been written in the
corner Of his high black hat, but he had
cut il out with a knife. There was hole
IN the Inning where it had been. Crowds
came and went, looking at the face, but
no one knew It. When darkness fell the
undertaken. tired Of the sight, threw a
cloth over it and shut his door.
STATEMENT FROM MB. SAGE.
Russell Sage made the following state
ment To Inspector Byrnes this afternoon
~ came out of my office, having been sent
for. / found there q man with O satchel.
He handed me q card bearing the name H..
ID, Wilson. He said he came from John
ID. Rockefeller, and at the same time
handed me a typewrltten letter in Q sealed
envelope. 1t was addressed TO me. l
opened it and found that 1t was a
demand upon me for the immediate
payment Of a million and a quarter dol
lars. The letter stated that II tue money
was not given up at once TO the presenter
of the letter that he would blow me, him.
self. and the entire Office up with dyna-
mite. | read the letter, and placing 1t in
the envelope, handed it back TO him and
turned TO 90 INTO my. private office, when
the explosion occurred.
TEE REMAINS THOSE OF THE DoMB-THRowKR.
Inspector Byrnes placed in a basket the
head Of the man found In the wrecked Of
fee, and took 1t 10 Russell Sage's bed
room. Mr.. Sage identified it as That of the
man who demanded money from him and
then threw the bomb.
Mr.. Sage said tonight that he would
probably be on Wall street tomorrow.
THE DYNkMITARD POSSIBLY PLACED.
ALBANY. n. Y, December 4.-The dyna-
mite crank is thought to be Hiram d. VIII
son. aged torty-six, an escaped lunatlc and
native of Glenns Falls, Warren county.
Wilson had escaped previously from the
Middleton and Utica asylums. He was very
strong and OF light complexion. Wilson,
after short terms in insane asylums, has
been discharged as cured or escaped. He
has generally celebrated his freedom by
making attempts to kill some one who re-
fused to meet his demands for money.
Several years ago he attempted to kill q
man whom he had asked for money TO set
him up in business. On an occasion
when W. j. Arkell was in Albany Wilson
made a demand on him. When he refused
his demand Wilson threatened TO kill
him. and even attempted to assault him IN
his Office. He has also threatened the life
Of Goodwin Brown, one of the State
Iunacy Commissioners. 1t was the loss of
money which made him crazy. Wilson
was arrested here about q year ago for
threatening 20 kill some one.