Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-07
OTHER LETTER T0SAGE
Millionaire Warned That Ills Life Is
In Great Danger.
WRITER EXPLAINS MISS[VE'
sox. He Has a Friend Who Nee"'
Money Badly and wh"
Threatened to Take some
Rich Mans Life.

New York. July 7.-Artemus ): smith
who wrote and took to the resiuehoe "
Russell Sage, ut FOG Fifth avenue, ie'
for addressed to Mrs. Sage, when saio
TINT the life of member of hef 1aiilii!
was hanging by Il thread and that Tue
writer should be consulted immedlalei!
ofterward went to the East FNty-nis'
,treet police station. Smith saw ser
aennt HaIDin, who was on desk duty, an
bounced who he was and said that he
was willing to give himself up if RusseI
Sage wished to make any charge asaihS'
him. ...;,,,
Sergeant Halpin consulted,with Actlnp
Captain Lantry, and they, qeclaeo 'h.,
they could not hold Smith. IhSS s'ilu
| that had the letter been sent through the
mails they might have had reason rol
arresting him. Smith, however, TOOK inc
| letter to the Sage house in person mel,
Smith was told this, he went away ana
] amid he would return whenever he was
! wanted.
The letter which was sent to Mrs. sage
and which she found upon her ARRIVAL
with Mr.. Sage from 1rvington-on-the'
Hudson was as follows:
Mrs. Russell Sage:
Dear Madam have some very important In
formation to give you Immediately, 1t concerns
the life of one of the members OF your FAMILY
and one of the most important members. can
not here give you the full Details but assure
YOU that the life of that person hangs on
thread and that must see you in person, and In
person only, to communicate the full particulars
No time must be lost. 100 much has been wasted
already, and the catastrophe may fall at any
lat bnco thrna o.
within the past three days. but your servant has
stubbornly refused to give me any information Of
your whereabouts, and therefore compelled
to send this letter as last refort.
To show that | am not crank or an eccentric
I incose my business circular and also my card
/ am business man, ana this is purely business
communication urging you to act and act quick
ly when you have received it, You had better
tell Mr.. Sage to telegraph me at my address i'm
mediately. Don't lose any time. Yours sincerely,
ArTEMrs j. SAITH.
Offices In st. Paul Building.
The nclosed 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 were in the St. Paul building
On the card were engraved the name of
Artemus ]. Smith and his office address
Written in ink on the card was the adj
dress 40 West Thirty eighth street"
When Smith was seen he said: II have
a friend, young lawyer end very
brilliant man. who has threatened to
take Mr.. Sage's life. He has been in
financial straits for over a year and is
desperate. He has grown to believe
that the existing condition of things is
all wrong and that he is the victim of
an unequal and oppressive industrial sys-
tenn. He holds the millionaires RESPONSE
BILE for this.
HE was to have been evcted from
his Office on Saturday, and he came to
me and said that if he We're turned into
the street he would take it as sign
from God that he must make an exam
pie Of some millionaire. and some of
my friends helped him along, and he was
not evicted. Then l decided to notify
the Sages.'
When asked why he did not have the
man sent to Bellevue hospital if he was
crazy, Smith replied that the man was
not crazy, only desperate. He thought
that about 500 would put him on his
feet. He also said that he thought if
Mr.. Sage heard the whole story he might
come to the mans assistance.