Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-12-12
TELEGRApHIC.

3 boiler in the basement burst. Russell
! Sage, and many other prominent men
have offices in the building. Russell
Sage and Washington Connor have both
been carried out of the building. The
+. first and second floors were completely
wrecked.
Al 1T WAS NOT THE BOILER.
Russell Sage was taken to drug store
opposite. His face .s badly burned, and
the hair on his head and face burned
off. He was muca excited but said
brokenly: "A man who gave the name
of III. ID. Wilson came TO my office just
now. / never saw him before. He had
a carpet bag in his hand. He said: If
you will not give Inc mIilion two hun
dred thousand dollars 1 will blow you
all to piecesn / know nothing further
except hearing u great eypl s on"
THREW A DYNAMITE BOMB.
At l2:l5 CLOCK this afternoon a small
shabbIly dressed man, apparently Is
years old, carrying brown leather
hand bag, called at Russell Sage's office
on the second floor and asked to see
Sage. Mr.. Laidlaw. Sage's clerk, tola
him Mr.. Sage was busy, and could not
be seen. The man persisted and con>
|
was in the inner ollice, came out to see
what was the matter, aDG asked the
man what was wanted. The man de-
manded a million dollars from Sage, and
upon being refused opened his bag and
produced dynamite bomb and threw
1t at the venerable Iinancier's head. A
terrible explosion followed.
The man who threw the bomb was
1 h O. <.f t- oil arly
was instantly killed and severa! others
are dangerously wounded. Sage's in
juries are only slight.
| TATER NONE KILLED.
Later, Sage said he was granting the
man an interview when the floor dropped
and the explosion occurred. Sage's
clothing was blown to tatters and he
was covered with dirt and blood. Laid
| law, a clark, had his leg badly lacerated
but was not killed. The stranger was
most injured Of all. but while one of
| Sage's clerks was blown through the
windowAnd reported two occupants of
| the building torn to pieces it is not def
inltely known that any one was killed.
LATEsT-sEvERAL ARE KILLED.
NEW YORK, Dec. Alb p. m.--Latest
reports show four or five people killed,
one being a Young woman typewriter IN
Sages office. The man who threw the
bomb also died, and it is discovered hi
name was Lord. The wounded number
five. Among The dead Is b. Y. Morton
friend of Sage's. Lord was blown out
of the window and died in O'Conel's
drug store.
An unknown man supposed to be a
confederate of the dynamiter, S. @.
Calhoun, telegraph operator, had his
head blown entirely off.
At first it was reported that the man
| who caused the explosion was not killed
outright, but later it was learned he
was instantly killed, the body being
blown to pieces. The head, however
was sufficiently uniniared to make iden
thy barely possible.
New YORK, Dec. AIN Russell Sage's
Office but one man was killed outright, a
man with pointed beard. He is sup
posed to be IL. ID. Wilson, the man who
threw the bomb. Benjamin +. Morton
a clerk in the Office died at the hospital
The following injured were taken to the
hospital: Frank Robertson, clerk for
Imbre & Go. who was IN Ssge's office, got
his skull fTactlrd and be will probably
die. T.. w. Osborn, Sage's cashier frsc-
tured his skull, and he will probably die.
Samuel J. Calhoun, fractured his leg,
j. j. Slocum, Sage's brother-in law was
badly cut about the head and face. |
Among the debris was found a leg.
thought to be that Of a woman Sage
never employed a woman typewriter,
and it is supposed that is all that is left
OF one of his women customers.
Charles James, OF Chattanooga, was
il Sage's private Office and wac badly |
bruised. The coroner examined the re-
mains Of the man found in Sage's office. |
Among the mass of mangled flesh and |
clothing was found a revolver. The man |
had been careful to rid himself of every |
thing that might disclose his idenlty. |
HIS name had been written in his hat |
but he had cut it out with knife.
Mr.. Sage made the following statement |
TO Inspector Byrnes this evening: II
came out Of my Office, having been sent |
for and found man with satchel. He |
handed me card bearing the name OF
Fl. D. Wilson. He said he came from j
d, Rockefeller, and handed me a written |
letter in an envelope. 1t was addressed to |
me. found it was demand upon me for |
the payment of million and a quarter
dollars. The letter stated that If the |
money was not given up at once to the |
the presenter OF the letter he would blow
me, himself and the entire effice up with !
dynamite. / read the letter and placed |
it in the envelope handed it back to him |
and turned to go into my privave office |
when the explosion occurred"
Russell Sage, ir., said that his father |
had lately received several threatening
letters signed Jas. Wilson. One of these |
letters demanded $4,000.
Jay Gould also was attacked in letters. |
Wilson said he was about to marry the |
widows Of Spinola and Menheim and |
wanted money to put himself on their
level. He was regarded as a harmless |
crank.
Never in the history of the metropolis |
is it probable an event has occurred that |
for the time caused more excitement on |
Wall street and lower Broadway. Fully |
10000 people were drawn to the scene
of the explosion and for an hour the po-
lice were powerless to bring order out of |
the chaos.
CoEURI ALENE, Mich, Dec. 5.-Early |
this morning fire destroyed the large |
s8wmill of the Saginaw Mill Co., together |
with 100000 feet of lumber. The total |
loss is about $4,000.
ST. Louis, Mo, Dec. 5.-Men giving |
the names of Thomas and Robert Jor-
dan, who say they come from Saru, ILL.,,
few days ago, for work. were arrested |
on suspicion Of being connected with
the Glendale train robbery. Both deny
any completely.
New YORK, Dec. 5-Nothing definite
is yet known as to the number of lives