Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — Mr. Sage Cuts Off a Nephew. [ARTICLE]

Mr. Sage Cuts Off a Nephew.

There Is a rumor in Wall street write* the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, that Russell Sage has changed his wilL Mr. Sage has $90,000,000, according to the income tax returns, to distribute to his heirs. It Is understood that he made his will several years ago. He included In the bequests hls young relative Charles Chapin. Mr. Chapin Is a newspaper writer. It occurred to him a few days after Lunatic Norcross had failed In his purpose to blow up Uncle Russell that It would be a good thing to call on the old gentleman and write him up. At that time Mr. Sage was supposed to lie knocked all to pieces. Mr. Chapin found hls relative in very good health and was so pleased that he went down to his office and wrote a two-col-umn article describing just how Mr. Sage looked. This was well enough at the time. Mr. Sage never dreamed then that he would be put on the gridiron of Mr. Choate's crose-examination. The article which Mr. Chapin wrote was of great advantage to Mr. Choate in prodding the memory of Mr. Sage. When the jury gave Laidlaw a verdict for $40,000 Mr. Sage concluded that Chapin’s story had something to do with it It Is said he called his counsel, Judge Dillon, and had Chapin’s name stricken from the will.