The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05

| mains Not isecognizable-N Snye md
| Several Callers Severely Injured-One
of Ills Clerks EiIIcd-The Dyn,m,tcr
who Demanded an Interview with
| MIR. Sage and dropped His Leather
! bag One of the Victims OF the Disaster.
new York, Dec. i.-TSpcciall AT
l2:i5 o'clock this afternoon q poorly
dressed man carrying brown satchel,
entered tho Office of Russell Sage at II
and - Broadway, and demanded pri-
vate interview with Mr. Sage.
w. ~. Laidlow, one of Sages clerks,
told him Sage was busy and could not
be seem The man persisted and con-
tinued to talk in a loud tone. Sage,
VINO was in an inner office, camc out to
SEQ what was the matter. He asked the
man what was wanted and the man
said: 81 demand private interview
with you
Sage replied that it would DO impos-
sible for him to see the man then, but
he might possibly do so later in the day.
Tho man continued to demand pri-
vatc interview then and there, and
Sage ordered him to leave tho Office.
On this the man dropped mis- leather
bag and an explosion which shook tho
entire block instantly followed.
Sage was thrown across the room and
stunned. Laidlow, who had turned
away and was standing within few
feet of tho two was also thrown across
the Office and had one leg badly LAGER
ateu. The stranger was thrown against
the partition wall and was SO badly
injured that he has since died
In Sage's Office a. tho time Of the ex-
plosion were Col. j. j. Socum, T.. C.
Osborn. ID. w. Osborn, f. c. Menzies
and b. {. Norton. Norton was badly
injured and was taken in an ambulance
TO st. Nincent's Hospital, whore he died.
Tho pieces of several bodies wore picked
up on the second floor of the building
near the scene OF tho explosion and
placed in tho fire department. life saw
ing net.
Rumors arc rife rs to tho number of
persons killed, but rs far rs can be-
learned only four arc lost. One Of the
pieces of bodies picked up was hoad
with the face intact. 1t was that of a
young man with brown hair growing
thickly upon tho head. AS both Men
zies and c. w. Osborn arc missing, it is
supposed they compose a portion of the
mangled heap.
Tho injured people were at once re-
attended to. There it WAS found that
Sages injuries are not serious, but
worry extensive and painful
Sage was able to converse. lIe 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 it. Sage was COM
pletely covered with grimc and dust
and his clothing was blown into tatters
and his hands, face and clothing wore
covered with blood. Sages injuries
mainly consist OF cut and bruise on
the forehead, while his face and hands
were filled with small cuts as if he had
received volley of gravelstones from a
shot gun.
Both fire and ambulance calls were at
once sent out, and few few minutes
after tho explosion tho building was
surrounded by fire engines, ambulances
and policemen. Tho news spread
through Wall street, and in fact all
over down town, and every street in tho
neighborhood was soon thronged with
excited thousands Of mon. The widest
rumors prevailed and the number of
killed and wounded reported was soon
upward of q hundred.
Police Captain Mclaughlin immedi-
ately took charge of the police arrange
ments, and the search for the dead and
wounded began. Three rooms, No 35
and two adjoining, were totally wrecked.
All that remained uninjured in tho
office OF Sage was his desk and office
chair. The windows on the Rector
OF i1.,x . IL.
out, and those on the other side shat
tered. 1t is said that tho namo of the
bomb thrower is Lord.
The safe in Sages office was broken
open, rand securities were scattered
over the building and streets.
Whom tho dynamiter entered Sage's
office he handed tho clerk u card which
bore the namo of Ii, d. Wilson. When
the police examined the wrecked office
thero was found just inside of the door
Of the general Office the trunk of man
in state that rendered recognition
nearly impossible, the head having been
severed from the body. pointed red
dish beard gave it tho appearance OF an
educated man, which was enhanced by
brown curls of hair and heavy nous
taohe that adorned tho upper lip This
Is the only person killed outright so far
as known, and tho body is supposed to
BIO that Of tho dynamiter
AS tho investigation proceeds it APP
pears that Wilson had a companion
when no entered the building and in
| quired for Sage's Office. Late in the af-
| ternoon tho hremen found among tho
chris leg, which was thought to be
| that OF woman. II it is or not, it has
been learned that Russell Sage never
did employ woman typewriter, and as
this fact is we'll established, the sup
position is that If the leg is that of q