The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-11
- At,emp, to Kill Ru.,s u sage. =

NEw YoRK, Dee AT 12.15 o'clock tbis
afternoon p .oriy dressed man, carrying
brown sstcaei. entered the Office Of Russell
Sage II AMI 73 Broadway. and demindei n
private interview with Dir. Sage. w. II.
Laidlaw, Sage's clerx told him that Sage
was busy aad G. ,nli not ~ z~-.. Iur man
persisted aud Continued to talk in a loui
lose. Sage was in On inner Office and came
o;it T. s.e Whist was wanted. The man saii:
81 demand a private interview with you"
Sage replied that il would be impossible for
him to grant IT,.
The man demanded private interview
then and there, and Sage ordered HIM out o.
the Office. On this the man dropped tho
leather bag. end au explosion which shhoS
the entire block iDs antly followed. sage
was thrown across the room and stunned.
Laidlaw, who had turned away and was
|'4>eu11pG within q few feet Of the two, wss
also blown across the ofiieo. and had one
leg btdiy lacerated. The stranger was
thrown against The partition wall and WAS so
badly injured that he has since died.
In Sase's effice at the time were Col. J. J.
Socum. L. G. Osborn. ID. w. Osborn, :. Z.
Meuzies and Il. c. N,rtcn. Norton vas
badly injuref. and was taken in an ambu-
lance .e st. Vincents hospital, where he
died. Pieces of several bedies we're picked
up on the second floor of the building near
the scene of the explosion nud placed in the
fire department life saving net. kumors
are riff. with the number OF persons killed,
but as far rs can ba learned only four are
lost Ono Of the pieces of tue bodies picked
up was head with tho face intact. 1t
WAS that of n young man with brown hair
growing thickiy upen tho head. As b'th
Menzies and q. w. Os5orn are missing, IL is
supposed they compose the portion OF the
manylvd heap. Among the fragments Of the
l. lao WI
| think was that of woman. Stge's woman
| type writer is supposed to be among the
sk,iisd. ,Sages injuries arcs not serious. but
very extensive aud painful. He said the
| man with the hand bag was total stranger
| to him. He insisted upon presenting Sage
with his card, but he declined to accept kit.
Sage was completely coverel with CRIME aud
| dust, his c,othfng was blown int, tatters,
and his hanls, face and clothing were
covered with blood. Sags's njuries mainly
consist ola cut and u bruise on the forehead,
while his face and hands were filed with
small cuts as if he had received q volley Of
| gravel stoacS from shot gun.
The news spread all over Wall street, in
| fact al! down town, and in n few minutes
every street in the neighbarhood was
thrJnged with excited thousands Of men.
| 1t is said that the name of the bomb
thrower was Lori. The safe in Ssge's Office
| was broken open anu 'he securities Were
| scattered over the building and the streets.
| When the dynamiter entered Sage's office
he handed the clerk card which bore the
name of II. d. Wilson. In the police exami-
nation of the wrecked Office there was found
just inside the door of the general Office the
trunk of man in state that rendered
recognition impossible, the head having
been severed from the body. pointed red
beard gave the appearance of an educated
man, which was enhanced by brown curls
of hair and u heavy mustache.