The evening world., 1891-12-12

considerable business for the West End Stree,
Railway Company at different times. Mr.
GOodspeed, Treasurer OF that Company, knew
him well and said concerning him this
morning:
1--WE had always made all our loans In the
city and In large sums. Norcross offered us
which we accepted.
During the past year have seen but lit.
tie of him. l saw him last about month ago.
He then had beard.
~ never noticed anything about his action
or methods to make me think him any other
than sane man. He struck me as an honest
fellow-a sort OF a small note broker who was
just barely making living.
alt was his custom to go up among small
country savings banks which had small
amounts to loan, get their rates, ana then
come to Boston and see what he could do with
them.
"As to his alleged scheme for an elevated
railroad never heard OF II, nor did he ever
talk elevated railroad matters to me-"
James q. Pennycuick, President OF the
Alpha Manufacturing Company, has an ONCE
in the same building with Norcross. sunday,
two weeks ago, Mr. Penuycuick went into his
of1ice to write. About noon he had occa sion
to go down the corridor. When he turned he
noticed that Norcross's ONCE was open
Going to the door he said: Why, Henry
what are you doing here to-day2"
lie answered: 81 have been writing some
letters. Have you got any iron filings In
your roomp"
MIR. Pennycuick answered that he had
NJ
cross should want anything OF the kind. AT
the time ne suggested that he could probably
find some in the room OF Mr.. White, who Is
the inventor OF the White Elevated Railroad
and has an ONCE next door
When Mr.. Pennyculck wont into the room
Norcross was sitting at an open desk. Al the
entrance OF his visitor Norcross shut the desk
with a snap. Asked what he wanted the NJ
ings for. he replied, " For some experiments
The photograph OF the head was shown to
six persons in the building this morning.
Four OF them were confident that NorcrOss
was the man. The other two were equally
sure that he was not.
Wilton L. Farnham, OF Farnham & Co., Cen
tral Wharf, when shown photograph OF the
head OF the bomb-thrower at once said II was
that OF Henry L. Norcross.
"Poor fellow" said Mr. Farnham, ~ knew
him quite Intimately, having been In the
Somerville High School IN his time. ! saw
him last about two weeks before the attempt
on Mr.. Sage's lie.
AT that time Norcross called at my olice
and had chat with me on general topics.
He had started full beard-possibly there
were two weeks growth then-a circumstance
which all IN the Of1ice took advantage or u
plague HIM. He took the joking pleasantly
and laughed Gas much as any OF us. have
not seen nor heard OF him since until this
morning.
~ have heard him repeatedly talk about
elevated railroad schemes. might say that
he has shown me at least half dozen
different plans and patent papers.
lie used TO say that some day he would be
rich man through his elevated railroad
schemes. All he wanted was TO get some
big capitalist Interested and wealth was
bound TO follow.
~ never heard him speak OF any ricn man
In particular.
"The girls who work In my factory recog-
nized Norcross very readily from THR
WoRLps pictures. ! also recognized him
from the same pictures. No one who knew
Henry L. Norcross eau deny that It is he.
"The principal feature recognize In this