The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-09
Deposition of the Woman Who
Cooked for Bradley
is Read to the Jury in the Hay
wood Case.
SHE BRANDS. AS FALSE
Orchards Story That He Took
Her to Theatre.
A Woman Tenant in the Flats
Also Testifies.

Boise, Idaho, July 9.-The reading of
depositions covering the Bradley ex-
plosion in San Francisco claimed by
Harry Orchard as one of his crimes,
but disputed by the defense, as the re-
suit of gas leakage, again occupied the
entire morning session of the Haywood
trial today. When court adjourned at
noon Attorney Darrow announced that
the reading would require all of the
afternoon session. There will be an
interruption Immediately after recess,
however. to enable the defense to call
a witness who Mr.. Darrow declared
would have important testimony to
give. Recess was ordered until 1870
p. m.
With the prospect that another day
would have to be given over to the
reading OF the San Francisco deposit
tions covering the explosion at the
apal tments of Fred w. Bradley in that
city, November, 1904. there were few
spectators in court this morning, when
the trial was resumed. Senator Borah,
who on yesterday divided the task of
of the defense, was indisposed this
morning and the prosecutions portion
of the burden fell on Mr.. Hawley.
The day began with a continuance
of the testimony of j. B. Reilly, who
lived near the Bradley apartments in
Washington street. Reilly declared he
had passed the apartment house, but a
few minutes before the explosion and
stoop and vestibule. He did not be-
lieve it was within the range of possi-
b1lity for anyone to have placed a bomb
in the manner indicated by Orchard in
the time which elapsed between his
passing and the report of the explosion.
Orchard testified that after placing the
bomb he boarded a street car and got
out OF hearing before the explosion oc-
CURED.
The next deposition taken up was
that of Mrs. Charles Pickard, who as
Mrs. Crow had been employed by the
Bradleys cook. She told of having
smelled gas in the house for several
days prior to the explosion and had
called up the gas company to COM
plain of IL.
Denies Orchards Story.
Mrs. Crow denied absolutely that she
had been to the theater with Orchard as
a falsehood when he testified to that
effect The witness declared the ex-
plosion was more like a thud than a
sharp report.
deposition of Mrs Lucy Cummings,
who occupied one of the flats in the
building with the Bradleys. She de-
scribed the explosion as the most ter
rible noise she had ever heard in her
life. The witness and her husband
were at breakfast a the time and both
jumped to their feet excIaiming:
IT'S gas" Gas had been leaking
about the house for some time. Asked
If she heard one or two explosions.
Mrs. Cummings said there was just
one big noise. Rushing into the hall, |
she smelled gas but no powder. The !
witness did not know, however, |
whether exploding dynamite smelled
like ordinary powder or not.
Mrs. Josephine Linforth, wife of
the owner of the apartment house. |
made one of the affidavfts read today. |
She told of the excitement of the Jap |
anese servant, who had been cleaning |
the front stoop just few minutes be- |
fore the explosion occurred.
John ]. Eckelman, a member of the |
San Francisco department, who was |
with the company which responded to |
a fire alarm following the explosion |
at the Bradley house, told of smelling |
gas strongly when he arrived at the |
scene. The explosion was not sharp |
report. as he remembered it. but a |
loud roar.
Firemen Testify.
Several other members of the fire |
department gave testimony similar to |
that of Eckelman. One of these, John !
w Parry said he had had consider
able experience with dynamite ex-
plosions and they differed in sound |
and effect from that at the Bradley |
apartment.
All of the firemen said they heard |
but one explosion. Parry declared that |
the explosion at the Bradley apart
ment was louder than most gas ex-
plosions he had heard.
Joseph Vincent De La Veaga, an
attorney of San Francisco, who oc-
cupied the apartment directly under |
the Bradleys. told in his deposition Of
having smelled gas in the vestibule of |
the house six or seven days prior to