The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-09

Richardson for the defense and Senator
Borah for the State.
Judge Wood ruled the recross- eXamina-
position to an end Mr.. Darrow then be
himself
on the morning OF the explosion, No
vember II, 1904. he started TO leave his
apartments about 1880 a, M He had
n hghted cigar in his mouth as ne
walked downstairs.
Blown Into the Street.
Immediately after placing my hand on
the knob and starting TO open the out
side door of the vestibule." said Brad
end of my cigar. / thought some one
had been joking me. that l had been
given a trick cigar. Next there was
deafenng explosion. My first impress
sion was that / had been shot In the
head My next impression WAS that !
was being asphyxiated and would die II
tremendous pressure holding me down.
Then there came a lifting force and |
was thrown out into the street on the
car tracks. l knew I was on the car
track for l remember feeling | must get
out of the way or a car would be along.
The attorneys who took Bradley's testi-
there was between the flash at the end
OF the cigar and the explosion.
II had time TO. think had been given
a trick cigar" was the reply. Bradley
said he saw nothing OF a newspaper,
string or screweye in the vestibule or
on the door
of the explosion Bradley said he did
after being smashed 20 the floor lie
added that he was familiar with the smell
OF exploding powder and dynamite. but
could detect the fumes OF neither at the
time of the explosion. He had smelled
gas FOR some time previous TO the eXplo-
sion. and Mrs. Bradley had complained
TO the gas company about tho matter.
Bradley declared ne was never president
of the Nine owners association OF Call
fornla and had never attempted to drive
out OF California the Western Fedora
tion OF Miners or its members.
Not Certain as to Position.
Senator Borah relieved MIR. Darrow in
reading the cross examination OF Mr.
Bradley. In this portion of his testimony
Bradley said he was not sure whether
he had stepped across the threshold
when the explosion occurred. The outer
door contained long panel of plate
and vesubule tiles were found In his
eyes and face and there were bristles
blown into his face. These brlstles were
supposed to be from the door mat.
Asked II lie had smelled gas the morn |
ing Of the explosion, Mr.. Bradley said !
he did not.
Mrs Bradley had complained of smelling !
Gas on the stairs when the witness him (
self could smell nothing. There had been |
general complaint in the house about the |
Further cross examined Bradley said |
he felt two distinct forces, the first |
him down and the second MT |
ing him up. The interval between gave |
him time 10 think he was shot in the |
head. 10 feel If his ears had been blown
of. and TO think that he was In danger |
Of aspbyNiation. The latter feeling he |
was sure came from illuminating gas.
Toward the conclusion of his deposition
Mr.. Bradley said that his first belief
that the explosion was caused by the
gas had been considerably modified by
Orchards confession and the other testt-
mony offered on the subject.
After the Bradley deposition that OF
Percy Cummings who occupied one OF
the Linforth fats in San Francisco, was
read. Cummings left the house just be-
fore the explosion and deposed that he
saw no bomb at Bradeys door. Cum
mings testified that had the bomb been
there he would undoubtedly have seen ii.
On cross examination Cummings said
he did not remember seeing the door mat
at Bradley's door, and that he was not
loor and the Yestibule of the flats.
The next deposition TO be read was
hat OF J. 3. Riley. who resided near the
linforth fats In San Francisco. He passed
he Linforth building ten minutes before
he explosion and testified that he a
Japanese servant washing the marble
stairs.
The Haywood trial adjourned at
,'clock- The reading OF deposltions taken
u San Francisco in connection with the
explosion at the residence OF Mr.. Brad
ey Will be continued tomorrow morn
ng at $3.50 a. m.