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

NEW DIRK, 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 1868 or 1869 was dismissed
Nov. Is, through the expiration of the
six-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-
eutly half-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
dlstasteful to Mr.. Sage negotiations are
carried OIL through third person. This
is sufficient reason why most persons
who desire to see Mr.. Sage in his busi-
ness hours find it impossible to make
their way into his pri Vate 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-
nit her to see Mr.. Sage lest she should
l. hi 20 Il f
words were threats, and vowed she had
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
black bonnet, a 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 decIaimed 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. s'By the geds, IIl 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 kuife 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
| ber 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"
1 "How do you account for her actions,
Mr.. Sage" was asked.
"Well, the doctors say she is crazy. ]
have not seen her lately, and don't want
to. There is nothing in her law case
anyway"