The evening world., 1891-12-14
WAS He AEANARCH|ST
George H. Bean Doesn't Believe
Noroross Was Insane.
Fresh Proofs in Support Of The
Worlds" Identification.
The Bomb-Thrower's Mother Tells
of His Study of Explosives.

stronger proofs are accumulating with
every succeeding day OF the correctness OF the
identification by THE WORLD reporters OF
the bomb.thrower who killed himself In
his desperate attempt to assassinate Rus
sell Sage as Henry l.. Norcross the young
Boston note broker.
The chain OF circumstantial evidence
against Norcross was OF itself sutlicient to es-
tablish this fact. but the discovery OF letter
which he wrote to his parents and left In his
ONCE desk before he disappeared furnishes
direct and absolutely conclusive evidence OF
his identtylwith thc.bomb-thrower.
1t was written on Thursday, the day before
the attempt upon Mr.. Sage's life. The open
ing sentences OF the document are these:
~ go to New York to-day to get 81 200, 900.
II do not succeed shall kill myself"
The parents OF the young man, who live In
Scmerville, now have this letter In their pos
session. Although they have refused to
make 1t public In Its entirety, they declare
that 1t shows beyond any doubt whatever
that their son was the person who threw the
dynamite bomb IN the ofrice OF the New York
millionaire on Friday, Dec. 4.
The remainder OF the letter contains the de-
tails Of carefully and deliberately conceived
and worked-Out plan by which Norcross ex-
pected either to obtain money enough to car
ry out his pet railroad scheme or to perish in
the attempt.
He not only planned his own destruction
but that OF others who might thwart him In
MS endeavors' and he displayed oil the cum
ming OF q madman OF the most dangerous
type.
Thar ha mad m accom- n,,oss ,., oar,a,u IT,.
conrded his Mans m no ono ond araan,,ne
occasional re,erences m h,o ,doos ana ,r,a,'
,,ons for tho deve,onmont -, y nar,aa. a,n
vaAed ra,,road svsten and h,s vo,,ro o,,,,s,ona a
to can,talists that be ,vas ,ntoro,,,no T., t,.
scheme he never hreathed n ,ord rar.ra,na
the manner in which ha nronosoa 20 oanr,
ont h,s nlan to secure b,s can,taI
That he e,ror,montod seor.,,,, ,,,,,
n,os,ves :. nov n we,,-os, oh,,Shoa Gov, sna
aItbouoh none n, b,s ,repdo or NE uao,
cona,tion q =. nroh. bio tho, ho noa No., ~
sane for many months nrev,ous n h,s daa,n
Mrs Norcross the mother y, tho vo,n,,
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- NV nnsha Nd hroua,, =, nnrn. 20 o.,.,
We shut ourselves in onr room oIona ana
onened IT, what II contained NON. n,,, ~.
two know. 7 will saw that n reno,od ,ro,,,
our minds anv doubt that nav no,o ronoa,naa
as,o1be tden,itv Of the hon,h-throwar
"It makes fact OF the theory that Henry
dropped the bag OF dynamite in MIR. saqe's
Office, lie was insane and made a mart yr n,
himself In the interest of his invention and
what he believed to be the good OF society,""
ur NAN s,rn,rn ,-p M x,-vo-,,rc rc,,
According n the mother uenrv Norcross
had unusua, fondness for ,nr,veI,,r,, ,ha nn
tnnwn She ,omamh.rs ,h,t sn,,n.a, -.
apo no toni on ohsorb,no ,n,oros, IN tno s,,,s''
nj tho monut.otrro -, -, ,.,,...s,.
nror.r,ies A '''
sbe savs bo road oil I'm ,oo,.s T.. ,,,
nm the sub,ect ord stud,od =, rr,, he ,a..s o..
al, ahopt n Once II. exn,o,rad ,o IT,, .s'a.,'.
how tho exn,os,vo Xvos roao an, ,,,., .
,,h,a force =, nossossod "A"' '''-
Mrs Norcross sovS o,so ,,o, ,o a.
ouer,,v taIrsd ~ nor oSo,', ,,n No. son ne-
and hts rat,road mans ond so,d ~. ,o, 's
cfrculors ,o many COZ a,,s,s on, ,,,u,,o,s,--
In tho onaoayor 20 ,n,oras, ,,n' ,',
scbemo '
He hod rar,,c,,or,r o,.,os ,,,,
Saga for whor, no sa.,,o, =, - -
odm,rot,on os no 800. ,,. o,,,,,
acnu,rod h,0 u.ao,,h ,a.oS,,' 80 -''-N
force and nersevsrorco Ia so,a '.e,
Al, his homes on saoo,s ,ss,s,.,.o p'"'eu
u"H" "ooD' AMI .NooAatNicATIVE'
ui' "ae aone 'iine oeiore ne lett Boston.
VI ia.o 'ne ino'"e' nau ho'iceu 'hat her son
a' oe.oini"s iiio,e 'eser 'eu ana less TAXA
Wv. ', sU..l'ea no ".uiu 81. oroooihg In
lcoui iuii Vi people, anu seem 10 see and hear
ho'iuhs VI "huI was soing ON aDout MN.
nc "ao Nv. popu'a' WIN 'ne young women
y. 1one, ',Io' "ho' a.'housh they ADMIRED