Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-12
THE BOMB THR0WER.
Boston Broker Tried to
Kill Russell Sage.
PROOF IS ALMOST POSITIVE
That it Was Henry L. Norcross Who
Has Been Missing.
BosroN, Dec. ie.-says The Globe.

Boston, Dec. l2.-Says The Globe
Who threw the dynamite bomb which
almost blew Millionaire Sage intuetcruity
wrecked big Office building in New York
city and killed the would bc assassin The
Globe scooped both hcuispheres yesterday
by presenting startling developments in
the tragedy which turns all eyes toward
Boston.
A New York World reporter had ar
rived in this city with bits of clothing, bits
of an overcoat. Of an undercoat, Of under
clothing and of trousers, which he dc
clared were taken from the morguc where
the dead body of the bOmbthrOwer lay
after removal from the ruins.
The Globe had learned that Henry l..
Norcross, a note broker at IL pearl street.
had been missing for several days. He had
not been seen at his Office. A visit to
his home in Somerville disclosed the as-
tonishing fact that his mother had just
identified as the clothing OF her son those
bits declared to have been taken from the
morgue in New York. This morning
Facts are Piled on Facts.
and web of circumstantial evidence
strong in every thread, Is woven tending
TO prove that IL was Boston man who
quietly demanded Al ,9UO, 900 Of the million
aire, and on refusal tried =, to annihlate
that millionaire, when off Came his own
head
Henry L. Norcross left his home in
Somerville' last week Thursday (the day
before before the explosion saying
''Good-by, mother; I'll be back Saturday
or Sunday but he never returned and the
mother does not know wnere her son is.
He seemed TO be sane. He declared that
he was bound for New York
He was next seen in his office in Boston
declining TO admit friend until he had
come out and taken some empty bottles
down stairs and left them Then he dis
appeared from sight and those fragments
of his clothing are all of him that have
ever returned TO friends and home.
Identified.
The family identify the clothing. The
Boston tailors who made the garments
identify them. The photograph of the
head in the New York morgue is identified
by business acquaintance i'm a Pearl
street office building and 10y an intimate
friend
DIR, kennealey of RoNbury, who has
seen the portrait of Norcross and the
morgue picture, says that the contour of
the head, and under lfp especially, and the
general formation of the head and fore
head from the eyes down are almost idcn
tical in each.
Norcross was not u crank Absent
minded, however, at times, he had not
been so attentive n usual tu his business.
Inventor of an elevated railroad, he had
sent circulars TO millionaires, among
others, To Sage, whose life was attempted,
and he seemed disappointed that the men
of money did not take up his scheme and
back it financially. MoroSe always in dis
position,
He Believed al No Hereafter,
and his one aim in life wCs 10 get rich.
'Tis stated that his grandfather now dead,
had his mind unbalanced before his death.
The marriage after midnight recently
over across the Charles when his cousin,
Miss Norcross. then dying, wlled her
tl0O, 900 to her just-wedded husband. may
have affected him. His brain seemed as
keen and sane as ever when he departed
from his home week ago. His mother
declares that she knows about his busi-
ness transactions and that his books are
O. X.
Some credence was given tO the reports
that Norcross studied chemistry, the the
ory being that be would have To have
knowledge of chemistry TO make bomb.
lie did not mingle with other young men,
anu Ills vi CHciu
icals was obtained al the regular courses
Of study at the Somerville high school
Identified by q Schoolmate.
NEW YORK, Dec L. Herbert VI. IIowes,
who resides at l.2 Summer street, Somer-
Vile Mass, made this statement last
night
After careful examination of the
head of the bomb thrower, | believe that
the man was Henry l.. Norcross of Somer-
Vile.
IL met him on Washington street near
School street about three weeks ago. We
exchanged few words ] remember max
ing the observation that he was growing n
beard He replied pleasantly and appeared
TO be in his usual spirits lie grew a
beard think, about year ago, but on
this occasion his beard was evidently one
Of few weeks growth only
"Norcross had splendid teeth, retreat
ing forehead, n straight. prominent nose
and was about 5ft. l0in. tall. | reached
New York tonight at 10 o'clock, and went
direct To the morgue where the head Of the
bomb throwcr Is preserved in alcohol !
examined ii with the greatest care. OF
course the features are horribly distorted.
but am reasonably certain that the head
was that Of Norcross."
southworth Declared sane.
NEW YORK. Dec. I2.-William ID south.
worth, the alleged accomplice of the bomb.
thrower in Ruesell Sages office. has been
pronouced sane by the examining physi.
eians