The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-12-18
ISIT NORCROSS'S HEAD

|ISIT NORCROSS'SHEAI
BOSTON THINKS 1T HAS >IDENTIFEI
THE BOMB THROWER.
| Scraps of his Clothes and buttons Recog
nIxed as Those Worn by the Note Broker
who has Been Missing since the day isc'
fore the attempts on Sage.
Bosros, Dec. 16.-Intercst in the mys-
FERROUS bnmb thrower of New York has
been transferred to Boston. A good many
people here are convinced that the bomb
thrower was a wcll-known Boston note
broker named Henry L. Norcross, who
never showed any indications of insanity
in any form or even Of violent temper.
He was eccentric, but was far ftom being
crank. The Identification rests solely
on shrede of clothes found in the wrecked
room The photograph of the dend mans
head has been shown to several Of broker
Norcross's friends, but while it hears
some resemblance to the missing man, it
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
ia Charles C. Hills, who is cutter for
Walter G. Brooks & Co., the tailor who
made Broker Norcross's clothes. AS has
already been stated the buttons found on
the fragments of the bomb throwers cloth
ing bore the name Of CROOKS, tailor, Bos-
ton"
There Ia but one tailoring firm Of that
name in Boston, and, with the fictitious
name given by the bomb thrower there
was no way of identifying the wearer; but
a scrap of cloth brought to Boston bore
number, and Mr.. Hills says that number
corresponds with the number opposite
Mr.. Norcross's name on the firms books.
Mr.. Hills says;
Mr., Norcross was q customer Of our
house and has been for long time. He
was vesy quiet, gentlemanly person, and
one whom no one dreamt of connecting
with snch a 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.. Norcross in
October last The cloth was made up into
trousers and was Of striped twill--black
and blue stripe. It vas peculiar pat
tern, but without doubt the goods we're
sold by other houses than ours. The
goods were entered upon the books by
numbers, and the number upon fragment
shown me corresponded with the number
entered against the name of Mr.. Norcross
on the books, and the pattern OF the goods
and the sample which was said to have
been found on the body of the dead dy-
namter were identical. The bottoms
marked with the name Brooks. Boston.
tailors," were also put upon those trous-
crs, and one OF these buttons go marked
WAS found on these shrcds. In August
Dir. Norcross also bought n coat and vest
of black diagonal material of pattern
common TO many taiIors. Thea also cor
responded i'll pattern ia the remnant OF the
ccat found ON the dead body i'll New
York"
This statement from Mr.: Hills is the
only positive Identification which has yet
been made, but the evidence is go strong
that the missing mans venerable tntiier
ard mother have accepted it as the truth.
They saw the photograph of the dynanl-
ter's head, hut they could not recognize
the disfgured face.
They produced l. photograph of Henry,
taken short time ago, and the father
saw the resemblance between the two
faces. The mother had identified the frnS-
mcnts of coat, trousers, and undcrclotil-
ing as like her sons.
Mr.. Norcross said he had seen nothing
unusual in Henry's behavior. When
Henry left home on Thursday he was hap
py and apparently contented.
He said he was going to Providence on
business and would be gone few days.
When he failed to return there was lit
tie nervousness on the account OF the big
railway wreck in connecticut on the day
of the bomb explosion, but as their son
had given Providence as his destination
they did not give the matter any serious
thought.
Everybody says that Norcross left Bos-
ton on Thursday the day before the bomb
throwing, except the elevator hoy at II
Pearl street. where Mr. Norcross had an
Office.
This bov WAS quite sure he had seen
Mr.. Eorcroes on the afternoon of Friday.
Dec. 4, at about O'Clock. He cannot cs-
tablish that date in connection with MI.
Norcross's last appearance by any other
incident than that on last Saturday man
came TO the place to see Mr.. Norcross,
and the boy told him that Mr.. Norcross
had not been at his Office since the day
before, which must have been Friday.