Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-12
WAS IT NORCROSS?
Russell Sage's Dynamiter
 Probably Identified.
A YOUNG BOSTON NOTE BROKER.
shreds of His Clothing and Buttons Rec
 ognized by His Mother.

Brooks, the Boston Tailor, Also Sheds
 Light Upon the Myster1-There Seems
 to be No Doubt but that the Bomb
 Rhrower Was Missing Henry L. Nor
 cross-The Head Identified by Friend.
 BOSTON, Dec. 12.-Henry L. Nor cross of Somerville, who conducted a note brokerage in this city, has been missing since the middle of last week. New York detectives identify him as the mysterious parsonage who threw a bomb in Russell Sage's office in New York last Friday with such deadly ef- feet. The officers have in their posses sion trousers button and portion of the trousers worn by the bomb thrower, as we'll as piece of his coat and BOT tions of his underclothing.
 These articles were taken to the Nor cross residence in Somerville in the af ternoon, where the underclothing was positively identified by Mrs. Norcross as belonging to her husband. The trousers of the dead dynamiter were stamped ''Br ooks, tailor, Boston," Mr. Brooks was visi ted by the officers and shown the fragments of cloth. After a careful examination he stated positively that he had made for Henry L. Norcross a coat of the clot h presented and also a pair of trousers of the same cloth as the other piece furnished by the detectives The button he also identified as one pe- culiar to his esta bli shment.
 There was terrible scene at the home of the young broker when the fact of his terrible crime and death was made plain to the father and mother, who have been anxiously awaiting his re- turn from a supposed business trip
 Mls. Norcross was prostrated by the shock and her husband acted as though stunned by the blow. After he had ad . mitted the strong resem blance which the fragments bore to his sons clothing, and when he had com pared a photo graph of his son with the photograph of the dead mans head there seemed to be no further room for doubt
 He said that his son had had no sick ness, nor had he showed any signs or in- sanity. He was always contented anu light hearted, and he could assign no cnuse for the terrible act except sudden insanity.
 Although the evidence seemed strong against his son, he could not but hope that iG would prove untrue He said that Henry left home Thursday, os ten- sibly to go to Providence on business
 He had not returned, and his contin- ued absence had already begun to cause much anxiety when the news of hls supposed connection with the bomb throwing case was brought to the fat uhers notice
 He had begun to fear that his son had been killed by the railway accident on the New York & New England Rail road, which occurred on the same day as the New York tragedy
 Henry L. Norcross, the dynamiter was about 2S or go years old. He grad uated from The Somerville high school about five years ago, since which time he has cond ucted note brokerage business at No. 12 Pearl street, this city. There is no doubt but that Nor cross has been missing since the day before the attempt on the life of Russell Sage, and this, taken in conn ection with the identification of the fragnen ts of clothing and underclothing, would indicate that Norcross was the man who startled the world with his insane scheme of forcing vast sum of money from Russell Sage