The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-10

would have to be given over to the reading of the San Francisco deposi- lions covering the explosion at the apartments of Fred W. Bradley in that city in November. 1904. there were few spectators fin court today when the trial of WilliamID. Haywood was resumed. Senator Borah. who on yesterday di- vided the task of reading with Attor- ney Darrow of the defense. was indis- posed this morning and the prosecu- tion's portion of the burden fell on MT. Hawley.
 The day began with a continuance of the testimony of J. B. Reilly who lived near the Bradley apartments in Wash ington Street. Reilly declared he had passed the apartment house but few minutes before the explosion and saw Japanese servant cleaning the steps and vestibuie. He did not believe it was, within the range of possibility for anyone to have placed bomb there in the manner indicated by Orchard in the time which elapsed between his passing and the report of the explo- sion.
 Orchard testified that after placing the bomb he boarded a street car and got out of hearing before the explosion occurred.
 The next deposition taken up was that of Mrs. Charles Pickard, who as Mrs. Grove had been employed by the Bradleys as 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 complain of 1t.
 Didnt Accompany Orchard.
 Mrs. Grove denied absolutely that she had gone to the theatre with Orch ard as he testified. She declared that he told falsehood when he testified to that effect.
 The witness declared the explosion was more like a thud than a sharp re- port.
 Attorney Darrow next took up the deposition of Mrs. Lucy A. 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 hus- band were at breakfast at the time and both jumped to their feet exclaim- ing, Its gas."
 Gas had been leaking about the house for some time Asked if she Cummings said there was just one big noise."
 Rushing into the hall she smelied gas but no powder. The witness did not know. however, whether exploding dynamite smelfed like ordinary powder or not.
 Firemen's Deposition.
 John J. Eekleman a member of the San Francisco fire department who was with the company which responded to an alarm of fire following the ex- piosion. told of smelling gas strongly when he arrived at the scene. Several other members of the fire department gave testimony similar to that of Eckle- man. One of these. oJhn w. Parry, said he had had considerable experi- ence with dynamite explosions and they differed in sound and effect from that at the Bradley apartment
 All of the firesnen said they heard but one explosion. Parry declared the explosion at the Bradley apartment was louder than most gas explosions he had heard.
 Joseph Vincent de La Veaga, an at- torney of San Francisco, who occupied the apartment directly under the Brad leys, told in his deposition of having smefled gas in the vestibule of the, house six or seven days prior to the explosion. 14
 After recess the defense asked to be allowed to place Alva H. Swain, of Denver. on the stand, because of the desire of the witness to return home. swain Is in the employ of a newspaper and Mir. DarFow stated the object of calling him was to show that the Pink erton detective agency through James Mcfarland, in furtherance of the con spiracy between the mine owners as sociation and the Pinkertons, had en- deavored to procure false evidence against tn Western Federation of Min CTS. Judge Wood sustained an obteo- tion and the witness was not allowed to testify at this time.
 Swayne said he was the Denver cor- respondent of Pueblo paper. Some time In the fall of last year, James Mcfarland came to his office in regard to his giving testimony in the case of the State of Idaho against Haywood, Mover and Pettibone. It was here that Senator Borah objected to this testimony on the grounds that there was no foundation. Tt is part of the conspiracy" declared MT. Darrow. (which we expect to show against the Pinkertons and mine owners; part of the conspiracy to get men out Of the way and manufacture false evidence against them"
 Tn the present state of the case" said Judge Wood. "the court will have to sustain this objection"
 Then the witness will have to wait unIl aILeT N1CEdr44uQ tSSbAA0@b SSot~ mented Darrow,
 Allen F. Gill of Spokane. Wash. for mer City Engineer of Spokane, and once master mechanic of the Tigh and Poor Man Mine in the Cour dAlens district of Idaho, was then called Gill said that in March, 1899, Orchard had offered to sell him his interest in the Hercules Mine. The witness met Or chard and Jack Simpkins in Spokane in 1905, and talked with them about the mine.
 orchard Cursed SteunenbePg.
 'T told Orchard that my wife and myself felt that unfortunate that he had never come around to close up that deal" said the witness. orch ard replied that he was hard up at the time he offered his Interest for sale, but that he afterward sold out his wood business and had gone to work In the mines. He said that he ought to have his pockets bulging with money, and would have had 1t, and would have been able to erect blocks of buildings as his parters were do- ing. that if that d--d Steunenberg had