The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-11
HAYWOOD TR|AL DRAGS
Entire Day Tuesday Given to Read ing of the San Francisco
 Dispositions.
ONLY A FEW SPECTATORS IN COURf
Attorney Clarence Darrow Read fo, thc Defense and MT. Hawley fos Prosecution, Senator eorah Being lndisposed-Testirony Tends to Weaken Orchards Story.

WSdken OrcnaruS Story.
 Boise, Id July 10.-The reading of dispositions covering the Bradley ex- plosion in San Francisco, claimed by
 Harry Orchard as one of his crimes, but disputed by .he defense as the
 result of gas leakage, again occupied
 the entire morning session of the | Haywood trial Tuesday. When court adjourned at noon Attorney Darrow
 announced that the reading would
 require all of the afternoon session | With the prospect that another full | day would have to be given over to | the reading of the San Francisco de, | positions covering the explosion at
 the apartments of Fred W. Bradley | in that city in November, 1904, there | were few spectators in court Tues
 day morning when the trial of Will l liam D. Haywood was resumed. Sen ator Borah, who on Monday divided | the task of reading with Attorney l Clarence Darrow of the defense was | indisposed and the prosecutions por-
 ton of the burden fell on MT. Flaw l ley
 The day began with continuance
 of the testimony of ]. 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 explo.
 sion and saw Japanese servant
 cleaning the stoop and vestibule. He l did not believe it was within the
 range of possibility for any one to have placed bomb there in the
 manner indicated by Orchard in the
 time which elapsed between his
 passing and the report of the ex-
 plosion. Orchard testified that after
 placing the bomb he boarded street
 car and got out of hearing before the
 explosion occurred
 The next deposition taken up was l that of Mrs. Charles Pickard. who
 as Mrs. Crow 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 called up the gas company to
 complain of it.
 John J. Eckelman, a member of the
 San Francisco fire department, who
 was with tte company which re- sponded to q fire alarm following the
 explosion at the Bradley house told | of smelling gas strongly when he ar rived at the scene. The explosion
 was not sharp report. as he remem-
 bered it, but a loud roar.
 | Several other members of the fire | department gave testimony similar
 to that of Eckclman. One of these,
 John w. Parry, said he had had con siderable experience with dynamite | explosions 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 apartment was louder than most gas explosions he Lad heard.
 Joseph Vincent De La Veaga, an
 attorney of San Francisco. who occu-
 pied 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 the explosion.
 bolse, July g.-Tne entire morning
 session of the Haywood trial was
 taken up Monday with the reading
 of testimony offered by the desense ! on the subject of the explosion at
 the house of Fred Bradley. in Wash. ington street. San Francisco. in 1905. | The testimony was taken by com
 mission appointed by Judge Wood who is presiding at the present trial, and is intended to contradict Harry | Orchards story as to the placing of | bomb on the front Ioarch of the 1 Bradley house as a part of the con | spiracy alleged against the Western | Federation of Miners and of which
 the state asserts that the Saeunen- | berg murder was an incident. | The defense during the stay of the | commission in San Francisco secured 1 the testimony of Bradley himself and several others expressing the belief that the explosion was due to gas and declaring that the havoc wrought by it was not caused by dynamite. Or chard declared that the bomb ar ranged by him to Le exploded when the front door was opened contained about ten pounds of dynamite encased in large section of lead pipe.
 The reading of the testimony, which was taken in question and answer form, was begun imme liately after the converting of court at 10 o'clock. Attorney Clarence Barrow undertook the long task anu sected himself in the high witness chair facing the Jury. The session WIS without incident.