Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A MADMAN THREW A BOMB
Wrecking the ONCE of Millionaire Sage,

Wrecking the ONCE of Millionaire Sage.
The Bomb ThrOwer and u Clerk KILLED
and several Wen Nounded---the VIA
Mae First Demanded the Payment of
sI.25U,OOO.
one OF the most singular and startling
crimes ever prrprtritrd created cunstcrna-
ton throughout New York city last Fri
day. \ mailman attempted To rNtorl 81
2jU. 900 from Russell SAGE the well-known
millionaire broker, ami when his demands
were not complied with exploded a dynam-
tie bomb. which blew himself to pieces
fatally injured two clerks. AMI miurcl To-
a less extent several other persons, besides
demoli,hinl the office ami partially wreck
ing the building
Mr. Sage's Office is in the Arcade build
ing at the corner Of Bruai way AMI Rector
streets, opposite Wall street. \ few min
utes after noon the bomb throYer appear
| eel at Mr. Sage's office and enlured for the
millionaire, whom he was told was out.
lie was stranger there. and the clerks
took little notice of him. He was tall
man well built. with regular features and
well-shaped head, and he wore a brown.
curly mu,tache and full beard. He was
| well dressed and had on high silk hat.
! In his left hand he carried a small ,atrhel.
! In Mr.. Sagr's outer office were Col. J. j.
| Slocum. the brokers bro;hr-in-law and
! chief clerk: e. W. Osborne the cashier:
| b. r. Norton ami f. j. Menzic, clerks W.
| K. Laidaw and Frank Robertson, conf
dental clerks OF other brokerage firms,
who were waiting 10 see Mr.. sage. \ lit
! tie LATER Charles +. James. also a broker,
came in to meet Mr.. Sage and noticed the
stranger in the private hall. Mr.. Sage en-
/ tered a moment later and he and Mr.. James
went into the private office. They barely
had time to sit down in the inner office
when the stranger forced his way into the
outer Office and stood at the door at the
! partition, demanding to see Mr.. sage. one
OF the clerks had asked Mr.. sage to see
Robertson and Laidlaw. and Mr. Sage
walked back into the outer office. The
| stranger spoke to Mr.. sage and thrust into
his hand card on which the name H
| ID. Wilson was engraved. Il came here
from Mr. Rockefeller to see about some
bonds hr said. "I'his will explain he
added producing a typewriter letter
Mr.. Sage unfoldrd the letter and glanced
at its contents. He started and changed
color a lac read. The letter was short and
to the point. 1t was demand for the inn
mediate payment of 81. 30. 900 to the bear
er, coupled with a threat that hr would
blow himself. Mr.. sage and everybody else
in the building into eternity with dynam-
tie If the demand was not complied with.
Trembling with excitement, Mr.. sage
said something about the impossbility Of
raising such sum at the moment, and
asked for time to consider. There is no
time, said the mailman. He had drawn
a revolver from his pocket with his right
hand, while in his left hand he still held
the satchel. Mr.. Sage did not see the re-
! yolver, but Robertson and one or two Of
the clerks caught sight of the shining
weapon, and they cried out: "Murdcr.'
Hardly knowing what he was doing, Mr..
Sage folded the letter and handed it back
to the writer, The stranger dropped the
revolver back into his oyercoat pocket and
received the letter. Mr.. Sage turned rap
idly back toward the door of his inner Of
flee At that moment As the cry of 'mur-
der still sounded in the outer room, the
mailman must have let the satchel fall
from his left hand. \ flash and a loud re-
port were accompanied by the rocking Of
the big building from top to bottom. Mr.
Sage and other men in his outer office lost
consciousness for "A moment. Norton was
blown ont through the window into Rec
tor street. The other men fell to the floor
They were covered with the fragments Of
the partitions, which were shattered, and
with plaster which fell from the ceiling.
As soon as the dust had cleared
away the office presented CHASTITY
scene, with the wreck complete and
the unconscious and bleeding men w.
ing about. Other offices in the building
were partially wrecked. The wounded
men We're carried of in ambulances as
soon as possible. Norton sustained a COM
pound fracture of the skull and was cover
ed with wounds. He died in a few min
utes after being taken to the Chambers
street hospital. Osborne's head was badly
injured but he Is likely to recover. The
other men in the office were severely cut
and bruised, but not seriously injured.
GIeat excitement enSued and hundreds
throngcd toward the building. IN the
search for human remains in the building
the tremen at first threw everything into
the street, including the papers, and secur-
tiles to the amount of Sl70,OOO are miss
ing. Young Norton was the only son OF
wealthy parents living in Far ROckaway,
and was to have been married in the
spring
Who the assassin really was is not known.
He has been identified as crank who
bothered a lecturer at North's museum,
where he talked wildly about proposed
slaughterings, and said that Chauncey NJ.
Depew Russell Sage and Jay Gould would
be bombed if they refused to come to
meetings which he was to hold 1t is be-
lieved by some that he had accOmpliCes
and that he belonged to a band of crazy