The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-12
WAS IT NORCROSS 4?
Russell Sage's DynamitGr
Probably Identified,
A YOUNG BOSTON NOTE BROKER
shreds Of His Clothing and Buttons Rec
ognisod by His Mother

Brooks, the Boston Tailor, Also Sheds
Light Upon the Mystorv- There Seems
to be No Doubt but that the Bomb
Thrower Was Missing Henry L. Nor
Cross-Tho Head Identified by Friend.
Boston, Dec. II. Henry L. Nor
cross OF Somerville, who conducted a
note brokerage in this city, has been
missing since the middle OF last week.
New York detectives identify him as
the mysterious parsonage who threw
q bomb in Russell Sage's Office in New
York last Friday with such deadly Of
feet The officers have in their posses
sion a trousers button and portion of
the trousers worn by the bomb thrower,
as well as piece Of his coat and por-
tions Of his underclothing.
These articles were taken to the Nor
cross residence in Somerville in the at
ternoon, where the underclothing was
positively identified by Mrs Norcross as
belonging to her husband. The trousers Of
the dead dynamiter were stamped
Brooks, tailor, Boston" Mr. Brooks
was visi ted by the officers and shown
the fragments of cloth. After a careful
examination he stated positively that
he had made for Henry l.. Norcross a
| coat of the cloth presented and also a
| pair of trousers of the same cloth as the
| other piece furnished by the detectives.
| The button he also identified as one pc
| culiar TO his establi SHIN ent.
There was terrible scene at the home
| of the young broker when the fact of
| his terrible crime and death was made
| plain TO the father and mother, who
| L., bf
| turn from supposed business trip.
Ms. Norcross was prostrated by the
| shock and her husband acted as though
stunned by the blow Alter he had ad
mitted the strong resemblance which
| the Fragments bore to his sons clothing,
and when he had compared photo
graph of his son with the photograph of
the dead mans head there seemed to be
no further room for doubt.
He said hat his son had had no sick
ness, nC! u.l lo showed any signs or In
sanity. II. & yavs contented and
light LeH!t. t.l ne could assign nc
causa for tLo ,-.....J act except sudden
| insanltJ.
Althou.g tie eyi 'once seemed strong
against his a,u, lie could not but hope
that it would prove untrue. He said
that Henry left home Thursday, osten-
|
He had not returned, and his contiu.
ued absence had already begun to cause
much anxiety when the news of hi,
supposed connection with the bomb
throwing case was brought to the
fathers notice.
He had begun to fear that his soI
had been killed by the railway accident
on the New York & New England Rail
road which occurred on the same day
as the New York tragedy.
Henry L. Norcross, the dynamite
was about 2S or 20 years old. He grad
uated from the Somerville high schoo
about five years ago, since which tint
he has conducted II note brokerag,
business at No. 12 Pearl street, thi
: city. There is no doubt but that Nor
cross has been missing since the day
before the attempt on the life of Russell
Sage, and this, taken in connection
3 with the Identification of the fragmeu Is
: of clothing and underclothing woulC
indicate that Norcross was the man
, who startled the world with his insane
. scheme of forcing vast sum Of none
> from Russell Sage.