St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-11

NEW YORK. Dec. 10. - Mrs. Della
Keegan, seamstress. whose suit before
Judge Bookstaver in the court of COM
mon pleas to recover 100000 from Rus
sell Sage for breach of promise to
marry her in 1865 or 1869 was dismissed
Nov. Ii, through the expiration of the
slx-year limitation in the statutes of
this state, has determined to press her
suit outside the court. Three times in
the last week the old woman, shabbily
attired, violent in manner, and appar
ently lalf-craZed, has visited Mr.. Sage's
office at Broadway and Rector streets.
has insisted on seeing MIR. Sage. but has
been elected by his clerks.
Since the Nordhoff bomb incident, it
has. in fact, been difficult for any one to
see Mr.. Sage The outer Office. where
brokers' boys deliver messages, has a
high iron railing. and business is car
rled on through little square openings.
Inquiries for Mr.. Sage are met with fur
ther inquiries as to the nature of the
| callers business, and if the errand is
distasteful to Mr.. Sage negotiations are
carried OIL through third person. This
who desire to see Mr.. Sage in his BUSH
ness hours find it impossible to make
their way into his private room.
This. however, is not the reason why
Della Keegan was not able to make her
way to Mr.. Sage's presence yesterday.
Her manner was so insolent that the
clerks in the outer Office feared to per-
init her to see Mr.. Sage lest she should
Kill him. She threatened to do so. If
words were threats, and vowed she had
a knife secreted. She indicated her
purpose of producing the weapon, but
| the clerks withdrew, leaving her in the
outer hall, whence she made her way TO
the street. Mrs. Keegan made two visits
to Mr.. Sage's Office yesterday. The first
was in the forenoon early. She wore a
black bonnet, shawl and brown
dress. She demanded to see Mr.. Sage,
but clerk at one of the little windows
refused 10 take her message. After ar
guing with the employe for few min
utes and receiving no satisfactory re-
plies the seamstress went away.
When she returned in the aft
ernoon Mrs. Keegan was much ex-
cited. She detained that she was a
poor, wretched woman, while Mr.. Sage
| was rolling in wealth. "But he'll have
| no turkey this Christmas" cried Mrs.
| Keegan. i'By the geds, I'll fix him yet.
No turkey for Russell" Some of the
clerks behind the high railing turned
pale and fumbled their penholders ner-
vously. They turned paler when Mrs.
Keegan cried: There won't be any
bomb in this. got something in my
stocking that will fix him." Three
clerks mustered courage to run into the
little outer office and hustle Mrs. Kee-
gan into the hall. AS to what Mrs. Kee-
gan intended to do accounts differ. Some
employees says Mrs. Keegan attempted
! to take knife from her stocking. 9th
ers declare that she was showing
that Mr.. Sage was cruel in permitting
her to endure poverty. Whatever
was Mrs. Keegan's object she will
keep to herself, and the door of Mr..
Sage's Office was closed against her. Mr..
Sage was seen at his residence, No. SOC
Fifth avenue, and asked whether he had
seen Mrs. Keegan, whether he had
learned of her visits to his Office, and of
Der threats to take his life. Mr.. Sage
pooh-poohed Mrs. Keegan's visits. eyes,
l have heard of her visits,'' he said.
"Her threats can do nothing. What's
the use of my seeing her? She is poor,
wretched old tramp"
'How do you account for her actions,
Mr.. Sage" was asked.
"Well, the doctors say she is crazy. l
have not seen her lately. and don't want
to. There is nothing in her law case
anyway"