James Pennycuick of Alpha Manufacturing had office in same building where bomb thrower had an office

DOUBT IS DISPELLED.

Norcross' Parents Believe That

He Threw the Bomb.

SAGE TO MAKE A STATEMENT

How the Dynamiter Prepared

for His Deadly Work.

He Asked for Iron Filings, and Used

Chemicals in a Mysterious

Manner.

LIGHT ON A TRAGEDY.

Boston, December 12. — The father and mother of Henry L. Norcross are now fully convinced that their son was the man whose insane act in the offices of Russell Sage resulted in his own death.

Additional evidence was offered them this forenoon, which removes all doubt from their minds. As soon as the have sufficiently recovered from the shock of their son's terrible death, they will go to New York and bring back the remains for suitable burial.

James G. Pennycuick, president of the Alpha Manufacturing Company, has an office in the building where Henry L. Norcross, the suspected bomb thrower, had an office. Two weeks ago to-morrow Mr. Pennycuick went into his office to write. About noon he had occasion to go down the corridor. When he returned he noticed that the door of Norcross' office was open. Going to the door he said: "Why, Henry, what are you doing here to-day?"

He answered: "I have been writing some letters," and then asked: "Have you got any iron filings in your room?"

Mr. Pennycuick answered that he had none, and expressed surprise that Mr. Norcross should want any thing of that kind. At the same time he suggested that he could probably have some in the room of Mr. White of the White Elevated Railroad.

When Mr. Pennycuick went into the room Mr. Norcross was sitting at a desk, which was open. At the entrance of his visitor he

SHUT THE DESK WITH A SNAP

When he was asked what he wanted the filings for, he said that he wanted them for some experiments.

The photograph of the head was shown to six persons in the building this morning. Four of them were confident that he was the man. The two others were equally sure it was not the man.

Mr. Reuben Nickerson, the elevator boy, was quite intimate with Norcross and almost a daily visitor to his office. His last visit was a week ago Wednesday. He called again Friday, the day of the explosion, about 8 o'clock. The office was locked up. He has called up frequently since, but has obtained no entrance.

On occasion of his visit on the Wednesday mentioned, the two had a long chat. On the right-hand side of the room as one enters, is a sink. On this sink Nickerson says he saw a number of small vials resting thereon. The vials were about three inches long, similar to those containing homeopathic medicines.

Nickerson noticed these bottles in particular, because it was an odd sight.

When Nickerson saw the bottles he got up from his seat and went toward them. Taking one of them in his hand he held it up to the light of the window and endeavored to inspect it's contents. Norcross' back was turned at the time, and at first he did not observe the boy's actions.

Suddenly he saw the boy with a bottle in his hand. Rushing toward him he grabbed him by the arm and exclaimed, "Don't touch that," at the same time taking the bottle from the boy and carefully placing it beside the others on the sink.

Young Nickerson

WAS MUCH SURPRISED,

and replied: "Well, if you don't want me to touch them I won't."

"I don't want anybody to touch them," said Norcross.

Norcross was intensely pale and excited following the incident, and a moment later he grabbed up the entire collection of bottles, placed them in his desk, which was rarely used, and locked them up.

Norcross' excitement increased, and he said: "I must catch my train."

Both of them left, Norcross going in the direction of the Lowell depot. At that time Nickerson noticed that Norcross was beginning to grow a beard. Nickerson declares that the cut of the New York dynamiter which appeared in the papers this morning has a most striking resemblance to the missing man.

George G. Sheldon, who for two years was associated in business with Norcross, was shown a picture of the head to-day. he found points of resemblance, the lips, the nose and general shape of the face were like those of Norcross, but the cheeks looked fuller and the eyes did not seem quite so close together.

"Do you know whether or not he had a typewriter and used it?" asked the reporter.

"He did, and used it occasionally himself.

The letters presented to Russell Sage by the dynamite-thrower were written on a typewriter.

Asked to describe the way in which Norcross was dressed when he saw him last, he said that he wore a black diagonal cutaway coat, striped pants and a derby hat.