The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-20
VIEWS OF SACE'S HEIRS
How Some Relatives Regard FL
nancier's Requests of SIS. 900.
THANKFUL, BUT EXPECTED MORE

None of Them Intends to Content the
Will-For Many Years Uncle Rus
sell Had Aided Some Of Them Sub
Observation-Disclosures of His EarIy
Days Recalled by Intimate Friend
FOR many years the heirs of the late
Russell Sage, the famous financier
nave been living in expectation of he.
coming wealthy upon the death of
uncle Russell. says a special dispatch
from Troy to the New York World.
lie has helped the majority of them
financially from time to time, paving
doctors bills or answering with a
check an appeal for rent money. Some
OF the nephews have boosted in years
past that upon the death of Mr.. Sage
they would be worth millions.
James II. Sage, a member of a firm
OF fish dealers, is perhaps the most
prosperous of the nephews in Troy, N.
Y. he has probably a few thousand
dollars in his own name.
! "Of course" said he recently. "I'm
not fool enough to throw money over
my shoulder when l can get it without
working for it, but don't have to get
slice of Russell Sage's fortune in
order to live. I've got some money Of
my own"
By way of proof he reached down in
his trousers pocket and pulled out a
roll Of bills which, he said, would
| choke cow"
Charles r. Sage, another nephew,
| lives Oh the third floor of an apartment
house in Troy. He is thickset man,
with gray hair and gray mustache.
When employed he may be found upon
the delivery wagon of manufacturer
and bother of soft drinks. Charles
Sage has four daughters and two sons,
all grown and all but two still at home.
The daughters are hard working girls
and contribute largely to the support
of the family by working upon collars.
Lydia, one of the daughters, some
years ago married Charles Burnham.
who is employed by the United Trac-
ton company as a conductor. To them
a deaf and dumb son was born. When
the boy was about twelve years old
an appeal was made to Russell Sage
to educate him. The old gentleman
placed the boy in a deaf and dumb
asylum in New York. About six months
ago the lad returned without the
knowledge of either Mr.. Sage or his
parents and engaged room for the
night at the Harmony hotel, in Cohoes.
The next morning the gas in the room
was found turned on. He had commit
ted suicide. Dependency over his at
Fiction is supposed to have been the
cause. The family of Charles Sage
are emphatic in their denial of being
parties to proposed will contest.
"Why, we never think of such a
thing" Mr. Sage said after all In
Gle Russell has done for us it would
be the height of ingratitude. He
thought so much Of us that he even
sent us clothing. Mrs Sage, the dear
old lady, need never worry. We will
not make trouble for her If we can
help it."
Albert Sage, the third nephew, in
Troy is Familiarity known as "Pidgie''
Sage. He has always been obliged to
work for everything he received in
life and has seen much trouble.
"Pidgie" is employed by his brother,
James H. Sage, In the fish market. He
has two sons, Walter, who Is employed
at the plant of the General Electric
company at Schenectady, and George,
who is employed on one Of the ice
wagons of Copper & Co.
When Albert Sage first learned of
the provisions of the will he was great
ly pleased to think that the great mon
ey maker had remembered even him.
"Me contest the will?" he asked.
"Not on your sweet life. 1 have al |
ways had to work hard, ever since
was kid, and guess I'll lay off now
and take it easy for the rest of my
days. No, $4,000 is a pretty good lit |
tie bunch of dough, and Uncle Russell |
was all right You can put it down
for straight that there won't be any |
contests if have to start them"
The niece in Troy of Russell Sage,
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gardner. lives in a
pleasant little cottage at 40 Glen ave-
nue. She is the widow of Charles II.
Gardner, who was a machinist by
trade. She is nearly sixty years old,
has two children and owns the house
in which she lives.
II don't know what the others will
do" she said, "but l will enter no OBJ
jections to Uncle Russells will. will
not say that his relatives did not eX-
pect to get more, but would not start
a contest even though he had not left
me anything"
Mrs. Gardner has a son, Russell s.
Gardner. d clerk in a drug store. The
latter said that the impression seems
to prevail in New York that all the
members of the Sage family in Troy
are paupers.
while this here little family has no
great wealth. he said, 1T might be
we'll to mention the fact that we are
not dependent upon anybody just yet"
Among the intimate friends OF Rus
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