The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09
DISPOSITIONS READ
IN CASE Of HAYWOOD
Both Sides Profess Their Satisfaction Over
Showings That Were Made Yes
terday in Hearing.
Defendants Appearance on the Stand Will Probably Be De-
ayed Until Thursday.

| a trick cigar" was the reply. Bradley
1 said he saw nothing of a newspaper,
/ string or screw eye in the vestibule or
/ on the door.
Asked if he smelt the gas at the time
| Of the explosion, Bradley said ne did after
! being smashed to the floor" He added
| that ne 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 ex-
plosion and Mrs. Bradley had complained
TO the gas company about the matter.
Bradley declared he was never president
of the Mine Owners association of Call
Iornia and had never attempted to drive
out of California the Western Federation
of Miners or its members,
Senator Borah relieved Mr. barrow of
reading the CroSs-eXaniiuatiOn Of Mr..
Bradley. In this portion of his testimony
Bradley said he was not sure whether he
I had stepped across the threshold when
/ the explosion occurred. The outer door
contained long panel of plate glass.
Particles of glass and bits of rock and
! vesubule tiles were found in eyes and
| face, and there were bristles blown into
! his face. These bristles were supposed
! to be from the door mat
Asked If he had smelled gas the morn
ing Of the explosion, Mr.. Bradley said he
did not.
A week or so prior to the explosion Mrs
Bradley had complained of smelling gas
on the stairs when the witness himself
could smell nothing There has been gen
Z
escaping gas
Further cross-examined, Bradley said
he felt two distinct forces. the first crush
ing him down and the second lifting him
up. The interval between gave him time
TO think he was shot in the head, to feel
II his ears had been blown off and TO
think that he was in danger of. asphyX-
1at1on- The latter feeling he was sure
came from Illuminating gas.
Toward the conclusion Of his deposi-
ton Mr.. Bradley said that his first be
lief that the explosion was caused by
gas had been considerably modified by
Orchards confession and the other testi-
mony offered on the subject.
After the Bradley deposition that of
Percy Cummings. who occupied one of
the, Linforth flats in San Francisco was
read. Cummings left the house just be
fore the explosion and deposed that he
saw no bomb at Bradley's door. Cum
mings testified that had the bomb been
there he would undOu btedly have seen IL.
On discrimination Cummings said he
did not remember seeing the door mat at
Bradley's door and that he was not pay
ing particular attention to Bradley's door
and the veStibule of the flats
The next deposition to be read was that
of }. B. Reilly, who resided near the Lin
forth flats in San Francisco. He passed
the Linforth building ten minutes before
the explosion. and testified that he saw
a Japanese servant washing the marble
stairs.
The trial adjourned at 4 o'clock. The
reading Of dispositions taken in San Fran
cisco in connection with the explosion
at the residence of Mr.. Bradley will he
continued tomorrow morning at $3.50 a. M.