Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-07-16
CONTRADICT STORY
OF BOMB EXPLOSION.
DISPOSITIONS READ IN HAYWOOD
TRIAL TEND TO DlsPRovE
ORCHARDS TALE.
BRADLEY BLAST DUE
TO GAS is CONTENTION
Dynamite Could Not Have Been
Placed as Alleged, Testifies Wit
ness-Former Cook Denies Ever
Going to Theater with Assassin.

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Boise, Idaho. July 1o.-With the
prospect that another full day would |
have to be given over to the reading
Of the San Francisco dispositions COW
ering the explosion at the apartments
OF Fred w. Bradley in that city in
November. 1904, there were few spec
tators in court Tuesday morning when
the trial of William D. Haywood was
resumed. Senator Borah, who, on
Monday, divided the task of reading
with Attorney Clarence Darrow of the
defense, was indisposed Tuesday
morning and the prosecutions portion
OF the burden fell on Mr.. Hawley.
The day began with a; 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 few minutes before the explosion
and saw Japanese servant cleaning
the stoop and vestibule. He did not
believe 1t was within the range Of pos
sibility for any one to have placed a
bomb there in the manner indicated
by Orchard in the time. which elapsed
between his passing and the report OF
the explosion. Orchard testified that
after placing the bomb he boarded a
street car and got out of hearing be-
fore the explosion occurred.
SmeIied Gas Before Explosion.
The next deposition taken was that
of Mrs. Charles Pickard. who, as Mrs.
Crow, had been employed by the Brad
leys 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 COM
plain of it.
Mrs. Grow denied absolutely that
she had gone to the theater with
Orchard as he testified She declared
that he told falsehood when he tes-
titled to that effect. The witness de-
clared the explosion was more like
thud than a report.
Attorney barrow took up the depo-
sition of Mrs Lucy A. Cummings, who
occupied one of the flats in the build
ing with the Bradleys. She described
the explosion as the most terrible
noise she had ever heard in her life.
The witness and her husband were at
breakfast at the time and both jumped
to their feet exclaiming, It's gas"
Gas had been leaking about the
house for some time. Asked If she
heard one or two explosions, Mrs.
Cummings said there was just "one
big noise" Rushing into the hall she
smelled gas. but no powder. The wit.
ness did not know, however, whether
/ exploding dynamite smelled like or.
binary powder or not.
i Joseph Vincent de la Veaga, an at
torney Of San Francisco. who occupied
the apartment directly under the
Bradleys. told In his deposition of
having smelled gas IA the vestibule of
the house six or seven days prior to
the explosion.
Servant Was Excited.
Mrs. Josephine Linforth, wife OF
the owner OF the apartments, made on
the af1davits read Tuesday. She told
OF the excitement of the japanese ser.
want who had been cleaning the front
stoop just a few minutes before the
explosion occurred.
John J. Eckelman, member of the
San Francisco fire department, who
was with the company which respond
ed to fire alarm following the ex-
plosion at the Bradley house and OF
smelling gas strongly when he arrived
at the scene. The explosion was not
a sharp report, as he remembered it,
but a loud roar.
Several other members of the fire
department gave testimony similar to
that Of Eckelman. One OF these, John
4 w Parry. said he had had consider
able experience with dynamite ex-
j plosions and they differed in sound
and effect from that at the Bradley
apartment
!. The reading Of the dispositions con
tinued during the entire afternoon SEES
sion.