The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-29
BOMBSlND DEAD MAN'STRUNK
THE RUsSIfS VINO Owned THEM
COMMITTED SUICIDE.

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Five copper cylinders. loaded with gum
cotton. the police say and fitted with per-
cussion caps. were delivered to the police
OF tho West 125th street station yesterday
afternoon by Mrs Jackson OF 305 West 147th
street. with the announcement that she had
found them In the trunk OF man who
had boarded with her aud committed suicide
in Central Park on July 9. by shooting. At the
same time she told the police that there were
several queer looking plans In the trunk Tho
police sent the bombs to the Bureau of Com
bustibes and took possession OF the plans.
They are now making an investigation. but for
the present refuse to talk about the case.
Mrs Jackson conducts boarding house at
305 West 147th street She formerly lived at
1886 West Fifty ninth street. She was seen at
her home last night by a Sun reporter and told
the following story
These things that l gave the police
were the property OF Eugene Norofr. who
was found dead in Central Park on July 8.
was keeping II boarding house in West Fifty
ninth street when he came to me and hired a
room. 1t was on Good Friday think. that he
engaged the room. He told me that he had at
one time been Judge in Russia and that he
was at work on something that would soon
startle the world. He had big trunk. bigger
box and some books and papers when he
moved into the house. He did not appear to
have much money.
Mr.. Noroff kept to himself most OF the time.
He seemed to be at work In his room. planning
something. as every time went in found him
looking over a detailed plan Of some building.
He was a studious man. always reading books
and figuring out things on a piece OF paper
Sometimes an elderly man. with gray beard.
would call on him in the early part Of the day.
They would talk together in low whispers. aud
then they would go out together Mr.. Noroff
would not come home. usually. In such cases
until late at night. and then always alone
About the end OF June or the first OF July
the N with the gray beard committed sui
eide b. .Impng off OF the Brooklyn Bridge
This made Noroff very respondent. A week
later he heard that the old mans daughter had
killed herself. This also had a great effect on
him. | went to his room one day and
heard him groaning l asked him what
was the matter. and he replied that
he was dying. He forbade me to open the
door. as he said lie wanted no interference
The door was locked. but | broke 1t open and
found him in bed. I called physician. who
said that Mr.. Noroff had taken audanum. but
that he would recover. as he had taken an
overdose.
Mr.. Norofi was sick for more than week.
During this time decided to move to Harlem.
me whether he would 60 with me or not as he
had something to do that might prevent him
from staying In the city When It came time
for me to move he was still sick In bed but he
told me to move his trunk to my new house
and that he would come there as soon as he
was able. He cautioned me to tell the movers TO
handle the trunk very gen ty as there were
several glass Jars In 1t that might explode and
do good deal Of damage II roughly used. l
thought that he was simply irving to scare tho
movers and that he had something he didn't
wish to have broken. but told the movers.
and they handled the trunk az IL it contained
MIR Moron came to my, house several days
with me again aga On July ., however, he came
Ga A. ha by
70 kill himself; He said that he didn't want to
didn't succeed He added that ! was to have
whatever was in his trunks II he had to kill
ION July 10 saw in the newspapers that he
had been found dead in the park. didn't pay
theattic and didn't believe there was anything
-" On Thursday | went to the attic and opened
plans OF the Madison Avenue Hotel The plans
showed the arrangement Of the rooms in detail
on each floor, and many Of the roomsi were
marked with mysterous-loo signs Ono
room was incosed in an especially black circle
1t was room los on the FIRST nocr, There
some other things in the trunk that didn't
know the use Of And then there was lot Of
When saw the bombs became fright
ened and ran down stairs told the boarders
that was going to throw all OF the stun in the
river. but they said that that would be wrong
and TIA, ought to turn i oyer r t. the police
day and they came here and took everything
awav,"
OF copper and are about six inches long One
end Is closed over with copper. the bombs
sealed with solder. In II small hole ~ the
solder is percussion cap. They were found
packed in cotton waste. such "a is usually
hnd evidently. been handled with great
care; The Gpns are or mad on r trach h
original plans OF the hotel by some one having
access :" them, The POLICE sent the bombs to
nght to tc what the other things were. the
use Of which Mrs. Jackson said she did not un;
derstHnd. They admitted that they suspected
that Noron had been associated in some dark
plot with the man with the gray beard. and that
he had killed himself because he had not been
The Madison Avenue Hotel is at the corner
q Flfty.ctghth street and Madison avenue
Horace NJ. Clark. who is now manager OF the
hotel Mt Lake Hopatcong He surrendered his
The body Of Eugene Norolr was found on the
near Sixty-Nfth street. There was bullet
found on The bench beside the body. The body
was taken TO the MOrgue aud the following day
was Identified by DR. f. McClerih"w OF lO4 West
Sixty first street who said that NOron had been
nJudee in Russia, but had been cXiIsd He said
that NorOif hat been employed for n number
OF years in the Hotel Won claim, at FItty-ninth
street and Ninth avenue. Dr. McClerihew
added that he was not surprised that NOrOI
had killed himself. as the RUSSIAN had asked
him several times what was the best and
easiest poison with which to commit suicide,
4 On Nor0fr's body. when found. there were u
number Of hotel cards and six cents.
DE-, Met lcrlhew was not at his home last
| night. and tn" hOuSekcerer snld that she did
! not expect him to return until O'Clock in the
morning. At the Hotel Won Claim il was said
& that NoTOii had worked thcr" tor five years
tending the cigar stand. Tn" folks there knew
nothing about him, except that once when he
was ia his cups he had declared that he was "A
Russian Count who had been eNiled for plot
. ting against the Gar
At $40 o'clock On III" morning Of July
three young mon handed over to the bridge
police "A hundl" Of clothing and declared that
they had Just seen IA man OF about % years of
az" Jump from the bridge Tn" body did not
/ come to tho surface Oi IN" water again Tho
young men all gave falls" addresses, and the
| police dtsrrcdited the story. thinking that il
had been manufactured hyA sensational news
pnprr 4 day or two ait"rward two young w0-
men JuNp"d overheard from two Ot the College
4 Point f-rryhoatS and We're drowned,