New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-15
1T LOOKS LIKE NORCROSS.
FTLLINGS IN THE TEETH CORRESPOND.

CORONER MESSENGER INCLINED TO THINK THAT
THE BoMBTHRowER WAS THE.
BOSTON BROKER.
There does not seem to be much doubt now that
the man who caused the frightful explosion In kasse
lagos Office was Henry l.. Norcross OF Boston, III
letter left for his mother, Norcross lntimateo 'a'
he was going to NewYorS for the purpose OF CARRYING
out some dangerous project and TO make the PROOF vi
~, Identity all the moro certain nine gold hiiines
we're found yesterday In the teeth OF the bomo-uo"er
They were exactly nine filings that his denus' pun
In for Norcross In Boston, and the Description Oh '"c
work done corresponds to filings found In the head III
the Morgue
The examination OF the teeth was made yesterday
by Coroner MESSENGER and DR.. Edward Durham. All
the teeth except the last wisdom tooth on the r'eh'
side of the upper jaw were In the mouth uc-
preston there showed that that tooth had been 'ahe
out. The two molars the right side OF the upper
jaw were filed with gold was also the seooiu
ticuspd on the right side Of the same Jaw oh 'He
left side of the upper jaw the canine tooth was oroh
and the doctors think that was caused by INC Ca.
ploson. The second bcuspd and the first and second
mOlars OF the upper jaw the left side were also
filled with gold.
In the right side OF the lower Jaw the first and second
molars filled with god. On tho left sde Oh ono
lower jaw all the teeth sound except the secou
molar. which was filed with gold This shows tha'
in the lower As Norcross's dentist says he put IN
nine filings, three in the lower jaw and six In the
upper, tho similarity Is complete
partial examination of the brain Of the bomb
thrower has also been made by DR.. Gray OF the Neuo
logical Society Dr. Edward Dunham DR.. Joseph Col
Inns and Dr. MeSsemer and the result goes to show, the
medical men say, that the man undoubtedly was u-
sound mentally. The could conceal his cODdi-
tion the doctors say, but Ire certainly insane. The
report the physicians made Of the examination Of the
brain reads as follows:
The intracranal contents consisted OF the cerebrum
the pons, the medua obOngata about half an inch OF
the uppermost end of the spinal cord, and the cere
bellum. These had been removed about O'Clock on
December from the skull OF the man, who had died
about twenty eight hours before. The examination
took place at O'Clock December @, about fifty hours
after DEATH and for twenty four hours Of this time the
lntracranlal contents had been preserved in Muer's
| fluid. The weight OF the entire brain was 1,2l0
grammes which Is about 100 gIammes three ounces
below the ayerage The cerebenm weighed I54
grammes, which IS slightly above the average. The
dra mater had baooned appearance. as II blown
n5 ws %psv on I the pa ia yo 1yep %
the base, there numerous extravasaons Of blood
s Oh e o s ad a%e 10 te ea aer
There were no adhesons Of the pia mater TO the cere
substance also evidently recent and due to the dyna
| mite
The left ascending parieal convolution. especially
In It's upper half and the left first temporal cOnvOl
| ton, especially in It's anterior half, were greatly
atrophed The gray matter Of hhis left ascending
parieal convoutlOn five milllmeters I'm depth and
that of the left first temporal four milllmetes. while
the gray matter Of the left ascending frontal conyo
luton ten millimeters in Depth and that Of the
other convoluons varied from ten TO seven milmeers
The Eh rS e ,Ss wa four nj me smaller a o
milIimeters smaller than the right. These abnor.
mates were all that were visible to the naked eye
the frontal psreta Occipita spenodAl and temporal
lobes of the cerebrum, the corpus caosum the
basalganglia, the cura, the pons, the medua Oh,
and the cerebeIlum having been carefully examined.
But although not positively diseased. other than as
described, the oonvoluons of the cerebrum were I'M
| dersized, and the suci were shallow. The mira
cranal contents are now preserved in Mnlers ani .
and after several weeks OF necessary hardening they
| will be micrOscoplcally examined.
"The examination Of the head and brain will be
continued tomorrow" said Coroner Messemer yester-
day. eve have not yet begun microscopicnl ex-
animation at ALL as the brain Is not in proper condi-
| ton Measurements of the skull, however. will be
made tomorrow and some additional examinations OF
the different parts of the brain will be made at the
to-day it hour after the explosion and II the
man is NOrcrOss his mother or father win recognize
viii his mother and father be able to recognize him.
anybody who knew the man will have NJ dSSty
The head is well preserved that there is not even
dss9oIaiion Of the skin ta. Tho nonn
rSser was mSwn to F. T. Marsh Sn Of 9,H Mo; S nS
with photograph Of o man who bears remarkable
to the head The nose of the ae
The only difference can notice is that the man known
Mr. Marsh sppea to be o.
as have written to him to come and take a look at
J the head. But I am afraid now that when be gets
here he will discover that the head does not belong to
| the man known to him. since the discovery OF the
Filings in the teeth, am inclined to think that the
bomb thrower was young NoreToss, OF Boston. have
written to Mr.. and Mrs. NOrcross and they must have
received my letter before this time but have received
no reply from them. II strange that they have
not communicated with the New York police or come
on to look at the head In my letter told them that
every courtesy would be extended to them While In
NewYork. They certainly ought to come aud see II
| they clear up this mystery
At 10 O'Clock last night Dr. Douglas Young dentist
connected with Coggins dental Office in Boston, called
at the Bellevue Hospital and asked to see the head OF
| the bOmbthrower The doctor was accompanied by
two men, but none OF them could identify the head.
Mr. Douglas made a minute examination Of the teeth.
He said that two years he filled one OF the lower
right incisors OF a named NOrcross The dentist
after the examination said that he found the Identical
| filling which he had made. lie declared that the
filling was an enamel and that the evidences were
| perceptibe still. Dr. Douglas Twas reticent He
declined who sent him to make the examination
| When he had gone away, the reporters 10 whom
he said that he that he had made the Milling
that he had Just discovered. got Dr. Schneider to make
| an examination. The head was taken from the jar
| OF alcohol and placed under powerful light DR.,
Schneider. with three assistants. probed for upward
OF half hour for the cavity which Douglas said he
filed The search resulted in finding that none OF
the ncisors either the left right sides had ever
been filled drilled into.
II was expected at a late hour last night that the
| parents Of Norcross would reach the hospital any
moment.