. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ignorant of the threat of the crack-brained man who stood beside him. The bomb wasdropped, and the dreadful explosion blew the poorWall Street fool to pieces. It tore its way throughthe body of Mr. Sages living shield, not killing. Russell Saqe. him, but making him a wreck and a living doubt, Mr. Sages life and person weresaved by the sacrifice of this young man. Didthat incline his feeble heart to the man who wasdoomed to bear his sufferings through life? Oh, no!In bar of the legal and moral claim he answere
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ignorant of the threat of the crack-brained man who stood beside him. The bomb wasdropped, and the dreadful explosion blew the poorWall Street fool to pieces. It tore its way throughthe body of Mr. Sages living shield, not killing. Russell Saqe. him, but making him a wreck and a living doubt, Mr. Sages life and person weresaved by the sacrifice of this young man. Didthat incline his feeble heart to the man who wasdoomed to bear his sufferings through life? Oh, no!In bar of the legal and moral claim he answeredthat he did not draw the young man between him 95 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS and the explosion, and that he was not responsiblefor the act of Norcross or its results. Trial aftertrial was had, and the great millionaire seemed tobe entirely careless of the lamentable spectacle hepresented while refusing to make life more tolerablefor the man who was carrying his wounds andbearing his pains. After several trials and appealsthe legal obstacles were beaten down and a verdictfor forty thousand dollars, rendered by a jury, wassustained by the appellate court. A good example of the bell-wethers we havereferred to is a greasy Greek familiarly knownon the Street as Tin-pan-onions, who has theunhappy facult
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