The Detroit times., 1916-03-07

Ivy OF the alleged conspirstor. Ad
dressed TO one Frank Boenninghaus
en-, In New York. and written II
German. II gave directions to write
only In guarded words aud con
tanned veiled though unmistakabl'
illusions 10 the dynamite plot.
soon the Studebaker plant vii
be running again and then there
will be work for them there 4
ran. Its innuendo. instructions fol
caution and acute phrasing made Il
dramatic Bit OF evidence against
the defendant. Chief Justice Fsl
conbridge took II from one or the
crown attorneys for his closer in
spection. blurred by the river water
by which Il was soaked before II
could be recovered.
William Letter, already serving a
l0-year sentence for the Peabody
plant explosion OF June 2l, was the
crowns chief witness against Res
pa. Self.possessed but sullen. and
testifying in husky voice that
made his words inaudible at times
even TO Chief Justice Falconbridge.
LETTERS full description OF the part
he played in the scheme and his
exposure of the participation
charged against Respa built up the
arch OF incrimination for the key
stone OF Respa's confession, which
fitted in II perfectly.
"Respa connected up the bat
,eries with the dynamite In the
second floor OF the Tate Electric
Co.. said Lener.
"I must handle this dynamite
carefully he told me as he left by
the north employees door OF the fac.
tory. At 2:so in the morning ]
heard the explosion in the Peabody
plant.
THE next morning ~ the corner
OF Grand River and Adsmsaves.
Detroit. found Respa talking with
Kaltschmidt.
~ don't see why the elcck al
the armory didn't so or said kalt.
schmidt
Wen get that later replied
Respa.
We'll get the whole damn
place. said Kaltschmidi.
Il saw him once after that"
Barrister r. L. Brackin put Lefer
through a gruelling crossexamina-
ton as the convicted man. who had
been taken from the Sandwich Jail
10 testify al the trial finished with
his testimony. Aiming 10 refute
Leher's Identification OF Respa as
the man who had been described as
dynamiter, Barrister Braekin
elected the confession that Letter
had first told the police his accom-
plicc was Charles Smith.
You gave the police the name OF
Charles Smith. Respa's brotherin-
law, didn't you. as the man who vas
implicated with your
"Yes, I did was the answer. But
I had had three names. Smith, Rob
erts and Respa, given me"
For two weeks you were In
charge Of the suitcases that con-
tanned the dynamite, weren't you"
Yes"
els there any one who saw you
at the time the explosion took
place.
II don't know that there Is" an
swered Lefer. while his voice broke
as the direct imputation Of blowing
mp the plant was hurled o. him.
While Barrister Brackin befiddled
Letter with confounding questions, a
woman in the crowded court room,
said to have been his wife, sprang
to her feet and protested In q shriIl
voice.
why, he's not on trial, she cried.
There was furry among the
spectators and bailins hurried 70
repress the woman.
Among the witnesses who were
heard in the early afternoon 10 es-
tablsh the circumstances OF the ex-
plosion were Horace B. Peabody.
secretary and treasures OF the dam
aged concern, who declared that
about $1,000 destruction had been
done.
David c. Nix, foreman for the Tate