The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-07

to "NIako an Example" of IIim-Con-
tents of the Letter.
New York, July 6.-Russell Sage re-
turned yesterday to his home at SOC
| Fifth avenue after a four days stay
at his place at Irvington-o the Hud-
son. Mrs. Sage, who returned with
him, found a letter awaiting her. She
read it, and then handed it to her hus-
band with the remark that she thought
it was very funny. The letter was as
| follows:
Mrs. Russell Sage:
Dear Madam have some very i'm
portant information to give you imme-
| diately 1t concerns the life of one of
the members of your family, and one
| of the most importan members. L
cannot here give you the full details,
but / assure you that the life of that
person hangs on a thread, and that l
must see you in person, and in person
only, to communicate the full particu-
lars. No time must be lost. Too much
has been wasted already, and the ca
tastrophe may fall at any moment.
have called at your house three times
within the past three days, but your
servant has stubbornly refused to give
me any information of your where
abouts and / was therefore compelled to
send this letter as last resort.
ITO show you that l am not a crank
or an eccentric, l enclose my business
circular and also my card l am a
business man and this Is purely busl-
ness communication urging you to act,
and act quickly. when you have receiv-
ed it. You had better tell Mr.. Sage to
telegraph me at my address immedi-
ately. Don't lose any time.
Yours sincerely,
"ARTEMUS ]. SMITH"
The inclosed circular was an adver-
tisement of the Associated Colonies and
showed that Artemus j. Smith was the
secretary of the concern, and that his
offices We're in the ST. Paul building. On
the card were engraved the name of
Artemus ]. Smith and his office adj
dress. Written In Ink on the card was
the address Il West Thirty eighth
street"
Mr.. Sage failed to see any humor in
the letter. He was advised, 1t was said
last night, to go to Yorkville court this
morning and get a summons for Ar
temus J. Smith to appear in court and
explain the meaning Of the letter be-
fore the constituted authorities.
Artemus J. Smith was found at his
boarding house last night. He said:
This affair is most unfortunate and
embarrassing for me. l think Mr.. Sage
has acted very ungratefully when |
took all the trouble l did to save him
any annoyance The situation is this: 1
have friend lawyer and very brill
liant man, who has threatened to take
Mr.. Sage's life. He has been in finan-
cial straits for year and a half or
more, and has become desperate He
has grown to feel that the existing so
cial order is all wrong, and that he is
the victim of an unequal and oppres
sive industrial system. He holds the
responsible for this. For
some time he has been threatening to
make an example of Mr.. Sage He
was to be evicted from his office to-day.
You can imagine the effect of such a |
step on brilliant man--to have bis |
books and papers piled in the street. He |
came into my office on Saturday and |
said: Well, if / am put out of the Of |
fee on Wednesday l will just take 1t |
as sign from God that I'm to make
IN example of some of the milion-
aires He had reached such a state
that his own life meant nothing at all |
to him.
We, myself and some others, helped
him out little and arranged so that
his eviction from the office was put off |
a few days That gave me time to put
Mr.. Sage on his guard. / wrote to Mrs.
Sage because | knew how nervous Mr..
Sage was since the last attempt on his
life, and | didn't want to scare him.
Mrs. Sage seemed to me the best Judge
as to whether he should be told
'1f your friend was crazy, why didn't
you send him to Bellevue hospital or
,all in the poliee?" Mr. Smith was
asked.
I'm the first place" Mr.. Smith said,
he was not crazy. He was simply des-
oerate. / thought that if we could tide
,ver his troubles for a while and get him
IN his feet again he would forget all
hese wild schemes and become recon-
lied to the present state of society,""
How much do you think 1t would
AXE to put him on his feet?" was the
leXt question.
''Well, | guess 500 would be plenty.
lie is really a brilliant man, you know;
he has over $1,000 owing to him and
reeds little time to make collections.
inside of sixty days he would be in good
hape."
WAS it your idea Mr. Smith was
hen asked, Ito have Mr.. Sage help you
ut by providing this money!"
Yes said Mr.. Smith, ut was We
bought he might be willing to do 1t if
e could hear the whole story of the
nans circumstances And If he was
OF, some other means would have to
e tried" $50
"Have you had your friend watch
d."
II was going to the police tomorrow"
aid Mr.. Smith. Il thought that per-
APPS they ought to keep an eye on him.
don't know whether his Wife-he is