The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
HAYWOOD CASE DISPOSITIONS
STORY or BRADLEY EXPLOSION
IN SAN FRANCISCO.


sauon-Darrow'S Trousers Creased.
BOISE, July s.--The reading Of deposit
tons taken in San Francisco and covering
the explosion by which Fred. x. Bradley.
formerly superintendent of tho Bunker Hill
end Sullivan mine. no Wardner. was DO
nearly killed on November II. 1904, ooou-
ried all OF the day at tho Haywood murder
trial and IL will take all Of another day to
complete the Job.
Orchard testified that the explosion was
caused by q bomb which he set at Brad
,ley's door after having tried vainly to
poison him.
The defence contends that the explosion
was caused by gas from al leaky meter. and
indeed Walter H. Linforth. owner OF the
house. has sued the gas company and got a
verdict for large damages, though the case
lie still being fought out on appeal.
: The dispositions do not establish the truth
Of the matter one way or the other. Bradley
testified In substance that the explosion
did not occur until after he had started to
. open the door. He was smoking a cigar at
the time but did not smell any odor Of gas
beige the explosions. though he had
. rmeiled IL In the house before that day.
/, He thought at the time il was an explosion
. Of gas, but now he was not sure about it.
. II looks now as IL Meyer would not be put
upon the stand until Wednesday at the
earliest.
All sorts OF stories have been published
recently about heroic efforts made by the
State to induce Meyer to confess, but il
may be said on the best authority that
there is no truth whatever in these reports
The State has produced all the evidence
10 expected to bring out on its direct case
and 1t has some very powerful testimony
coming out on rebuttal. The prosecution,
In fact, 10 not at oil badly pleased with
the condition Of the case at present.
There are in circulation various nlmors
that steps are to be taken against some OF
the witnesses for the defence on the ground
of perjury. Nobody in authority will
eubstsntiate these stories. but there seems
to be excellent ground for the statement
that II certain Investigations now under
way result as 10 expected several men who
have testified for the defence will find
themselves facing serious charges.
The first deposition read this morning
wal that Of Mr.. LinfoTth. He testified that
he lived in q building adjoining that in
which Bradley lived and hat he was in bed
when the explosion occurred. There was
a terrific report, he said, but he found no
fragments Of a bomb, though he searched
the place a few minutes after the explosion.
:. He told Of the meter rooms and where
they were located. and said that after the
explosion a meter with a hole In the back
OF Il was found. This. however. was not
found for some weeks after the explosion.
: From his further testimony IL appears
that at that time 1t would have been impos-
.,hIa f1r apxyhpdv IN 1Qf m fha room nf tho
Fat house in which Bradley lived without
going into one OF the fats and so up through
= askyiiRht. Orchard had testified that the
time he put the strychnine in the milk that
vas outside Bradley's door he went up on to
the roof from the bach staircase and waited
until the milkman had left the milk at the
inside door. Then he came down and
B. dropped the poison into it.
Fred w. Bradley says in his deposition
thai as he came down the three flights
Of stairs that led from his fat the morning
Of November II he had a lighted cigar in his
mouth. As be opened the outside door he
saw q dash of light apparently at the end OF
his cigar. Then he was thrown down AMI
felt as II he were sun coating. An instant
later he felt IA lifting force and was hurled
out into the street. He had a sensation OF
o. suffocation; then the idea struck him that he
was lying on the street car tracks and must
get OF. He got 10 his feet and fell into the
> arms Of some man VINO ran up TO help him.
III Mar. Bradley said his first thought was
that somebody had given him u trick cigar.
/. He was asked il he saw any object on the
step outside the door before the explosion
came and he replied that he did not but
that he probably wouldn't anyhow because
lp had scarcely got the door open before
tbs explosion came.
The witness said he didn't smell any gas
until after he had been thrown to the floor.
He didn't smell anything like the odor OF
d. dynamite But though mr.. Bradley smelled
no gas until after the explosion he said he
had smeiled gas in the hall Of the houss
several days before that time. Mrs. Brad
ley had complained TO the gas company
and the company had sent a man up to
hunt for the leak.
The explosion took place at 20 minutes
Of 8. o'clock, because Mr.. Bradleye watch
STOPPED at that hour.
Cross-examination developed the well
known fact that Mr.. Bradley was superin-
tendent Of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
rhine, which was destroyed by an armed
mob of union miners at Wardner. Idaho,
in Arrl. 1889. II also appeared that the
trouble was due to the fact that the unions
wanted Mr.. Bradley to discharge all his
n~on-union men and employ only union
men. ~
: "A significant feature Of the cross-exami-
> nation was Mr.. Bradley's testimony that
the doctors found In his face pieces OF the
doormat hat used 70. be outside on the
? front stoop. Orchard had testified that
when he deposited this bomb on the stoop
hs covered 1t with the mat that lay there.
Mr.. Bradley said there seemed TO be two
forces, the first one lifting him up and the
other lifting and throwing him out. lie
could not tell how long an interval there
was between the action Of the two forces,
IL was long enough for him to think about
the trick cigar possibility.
The witness told of finding that his milk
tasted bitter and said he rejected it and
started an inquiry. He put a little in his
coffee and oatmeal but IL tasted 80 queer