New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-05
THE ARCADE BUILDING.

found scattered about later. They were COW
cred with blanket on the landing until
they were removed to Dufys shop at No. 81
Greenwich-st. 49, -a'
VALUABLE PAPERS THROWN AWAY
In their search for human remains the hre-
men threw about the Office or out of the windows
into Reetor-st. such papers as lay with the
wreckage. not noticing that some of them were
stock and bonds and other valuable documents.
They were still at that work when captain
Mclaughlin of the Old Slip Station. and detec-
tiyes from Headquarters cautioned them 10 pre-
serve all papers found in the Office and lay tnem
aside with care.
Tribune reporter was in front of the STOCK
20 Exchange in Wall-st., when the explosion oc-
CURED and in less than two minutes was standing
in Russell Snge's private Office. Room NO. 49, OIL
the Arcade Building. y hole was blown through
the floor of his outer Office near the centre oil 'he
room. and papers of all kinds bills, bonds and GER
tificates of stock were mixed on the floor WIN
mortar. lath and pieces of office furniture. There
was still a peculiar odor noticeable in the room.
DIR. Edison unhesitatingly pronounced this to
= b. dynamite. and c. S. Bushnell, Of Bushnell q
Co No 35 Broadway, said that having been In
the oil business for years, there could be no ques
ton in his mind about what caused the explosion,
for he knew very well the peculiar fumes which
hung around an oil well after it has been tor
pedOed.
Ambulance No 1 of the Department Of Public
Charities and others from the Chambers Street
and New-York hospitals were on hand in very
few minutes, and the injured men were removed
But for over two hours the remains of the bomb
thrower lay directly in front of the entrance to
Mr. Sages office awaiting the arrival Of The
Coroner's permission to remove them. The fire.
men from Companies 6, 10 and 10 had put these
remains in a large fire escape net, and police
man stood guard over it,
PRECAUTIONS OF THE POLICE.
From the first the police took every pre-
caution, and kept the crowd at sa1e
distance as the building had already been declared
unsafe. and fears were entertained that it might
fall at any minute. Chief Inspector Byrnes soon
arrived and was seen questioning w. d. Common,
who occupied the rooms next 10 Mr.. Sage's toward
Broadway Then the Inspector walked over from
W. S. Alleys stock Office TO the building, now in
charge of Inspector Steers and talked with the
agent of the wrecked building, 0. w Booth, whose
Office was directly under Mr.. Sage's on the ground
floor.
Mr.. Booth declined TO say anything at all
and would not even give the janitors name, but
nearly all the plaStering had fallen down from
the ceiling of his Office, and directly under the
hole made by the bomb explosion in room No.
80 was long crescent-shaped scratch on the
wall cutting through even the laths as it some
heavy body had been whirled down at the time
Of the explosion.
COLONEL sLoCUM RETURNS.
Colonel j. j. Slocum though badly stunned and
cut about the head, back In the Office of his
brother in-law, Russell Sage, in about five
minutes, his chief anxiety being for the safety of
valuable collateral lying loose on the floor Of
the Office Scarcely one foot from the hole in the
floor was large, heavy box, about six feet long
by four feet square, wholly covered on the outside
with thick sheetiron. This box was Ring on
its side, with the hasp broken of and cover OPEN
stuffed full Of bonds. Colonel Slocum asked for
help 20 remove this box, and The Tribune reporter
assisted him to carry this box into the rooms of
the Manhattan Railway Company, which
were adjacent in the rear. This box was so heavy
that the two men stopped several times to rest
before they finally turned It over TO the Manhat-
tan people. Mr.. Sage's little box had on top
bundles of Wisconsin Central bonds. Union Pacific,
Denver and Rio Grande IS, Texas and Pacific
first mortgage bonds and Tex<s and Pacific second
incomes, Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany's bonds Rock Island stock, Iron Mountain
stock and a number Of large bundles of the securi-
ties Of the North American Company.
After returning 10 Mr. Sages office Colonel
Slocum was anxious to find some stock which he
= said was on Mr.. Osbornes desk just before the
explosion. The Tribune reporter, who had been with
Colonel Slocum all this time, picked up near the
window from under freman's foot one Of the
. missing lots and handed ii TO the Colonel who
stuffed IL into his trousers pocket. Ii was a
certificate Of transfer for 100 shares OF Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company's stock, made out 10
up as lost were Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
stock also in the name Of Moore & Schley.
DRESSING COLONEL sLocUM's WOUNDS
III For over two hours Colonel Slocum declined
all medical assistance, until his private physician,
DIR. T. Steele. of No. 81 ParlSave arrived, and
assisted by DIR. g. Drogan, of Newtown, l.. l.,
dressed his head in the back Office Of the drug
store Of ID. f. OConnel, where all the injured
had previously been taken. There were two cuts
In the top of his head and DR.. Steele sent up 10
Wilson's pharmacy for small pair Of forceps with
which he removed small pieces of glass from all
The bleeding cuts Of Colonel Slocum Besides
the two cuts on his head there were three wounds
each over On inch long on the left side Of his