The sun., 1891-12-12
IS IT NORCROSS'S HEAD?
BOSTON THINKS 1T HAS IDENTIFIED
THE BONB THROUER.

THE 0OMB 5HROWER
Scraps or His Clothes and Buttons Recor.
nisrd as l-ihe Those Worn by the Note
Broker who hns been Missing Since
the Day before the Attempt on Sage.
BosToN. Dec. 11.-Interest In the mysterious
bomb thrower OF New York was transferred to
Boston to-day. A good many people hcre arc
convinced that the bomb thrower was we'll
known Boston note broker named Henry l..
Norcross. who never showed any indl-
cations OF insanity in any form or
even OF violent temper. He was &C.
centric. but was far from being q crank.
The Identification rests solely on shrcds Of
clothing found in the wrecked room. The
photograph Of the dead mans head has been
shown to several OF Broker Norcrosss friends.
but while 1t bears some rescm blanco to tho
missing man. 1t is not positively recognized.
But the scraps OF clothing are pronounced to
be OF Identical material with the clothing worn
by Henry l. Norcross when he left his home in
Somerville on Thursday morning. Dec. 3. the
day before the bomb throwing.
The man who furnishes this testimony is
Charles C. Hills. who IL q cutter for Walter c.
Brooks 4 Co.. the tailor who n,ado Broker
Narcross's clothes. As has already been stated
the buttons found on the fragments OF the
bomb throwers clothing bore tho name OF
brooks, TAILOR, Boston,"
Thore is but one tailoring firm OF that nnmc
In Boston. and. with the fictitious nnme given
by the bomb thrower there was no way Of
identifying tho wearer: but scrap OF cloth
brought to Boston to-day bore q number. and
Mr. Hills says that that number corresponds
with the number opposite Mr.. Norcross' name
on the firms books. Mr.. Hills said to q SuN
man tonight:
Mr.. Norcross was q customer OF our house
and had been for . long tina He was very
quiet, gentlemanly person. and one whom no
one would dream OF connecting with such
crime as this When the samples Of cloth
were brought to me recognized the goods as
similar to cloth which had been sold to Mr.. Nor
cross in October last. The cloth was made up
into trousers and was Of striped twill-black
aud blue stripe It was peculiar pattern. but
without doubt the goods were sold by other
houses than ours. The goods were en-
tered upon the books by numbers. and
the number upon fragment shown
ssa na~s NTH Nh fhs nS@Hs1
s sosns sample ThSh 81. SsaS said Sssa
marked with the name Brooks. Boston. GB@s
and one Of these bHttons SOM 50 marked was Hssi founi
on these shreds. In August Mr.. Norcross also
81 sna yss G SHss g Sasy as9 ae
on m tie sssd body &c tn s
cI.I.I This statemsSt from MT Hills is the only
hssFVns haa %atses s
8 IT, sas thes ses
%e eeG.saalfRs al aessy
mess ina o 81 eoa pne
niSs, %s aSSisIss
home home on Thursday he was happy and appar-
ei Hs said s% he was going to Providence on bust.
moss and would bs gone few days. When af he
1eosSt He oa q a the as1s Big Of aa s sk xI e s
dsstiSstlea did not give the mater as anS ts
Thursday the day before tho bomb throwing. thf IL.
he sas at L. Pearl
No!sross sn ~ sfteTnoon q FriSsy;e efs Dec Il !:
date IN COMPOSITION With ar Norerosss 1ass lass
appearance by any other incident than that on
tSs % sst e M r M
had nS h his f the
broker all the week. and that is the answer
which he has given to all. The boy thought
Mr. Norcross had O smooth face with the ex-
ception Of slight dark moustache. But Nor
cross had O beard.
Norcross told his mother he had some mort
cages to place and bonds to sell and was going
to New Haven. Worcester, aud Fitchburg.
Norcross was 28 years old.
An attempt was made at the Morgue last
night by an acquaintance OF Eorcross to iden-
tify the head. but It Is SO far gone that the |
result was not satisfactory.
Mr.. Sage is, quite positive that he had never
Iaces. Col slocum and Mr. Sage were both Of
came from somewhere out of town. No one in |
the family has any recollection Of having |
Mr.. Sage took two drives yesterday. a short |
one In the morning and o longer one in the |
afternoop. Mrs. Sage accompanied him both |
lines. His general condition Is much i'm |
proved. and his hearing. though still dull. is |
much better than 1t has been. The wounds on |
his face have entirely healed up and no trace |
of them now remains. His right hand. which |
vas quite badly lacerated. still remains ban:
, pen In tend write e letter: The GrooabIli-
W. D. southworth. Comman der lin Chief ofthe
J. A. l.. and temporary sistant In the Worlds |
movement" to reform the city, was pro. |
lounced sane by Drs. Fitch and Field ut Belle. |
'ue Hospital Yesterday and will be discharged |
o-day. He will be taken. probably, to the |
roombs Police Court. and. n nobody las any |