Arizona republican., 1919-05-25
DYNAMITE LOVER' STORY RELATED AT
 HEARING IF CAsE

Held to answer to the superior court
 under s1O,00O bond, Arthur B. Clay, ! the dynamite lover," was bound over ! by Justice Wheeler yesterday after ! ! preliminary hearing at which he of | fered no defense.
 l While Miss Anna Hornberger, the | l pretty governness to the RedeWill | 1 children, whom the love- -crazed man i planned to destroy by an internal ma chine containing 19 sticks of dynamite | i did not take the stand, the thrills were ! l not lacking in the case which has held | i the interest of the public since the 1 near tragedy last Monday.
 l Dr. Francis H. Redewill brought the l facts close to those who crowded tie
 court room and when utterly unnerved
 by what might have been" the physi-
 elan broke down and sobbed, there
 were many tears shed in silent sym
 pathy It was when Herman LewlIo- i
 witz, assistant county attorney, asked
 the witness if Clay had planned to kill his children that pr. RedeWin was i unable to continue his testimony. When l he recovered sufficiently he gave a detailed account of the happenings of
 the early week, when Clay all but de- stroyed some 20 lives and the property
 of Desert Inn.
 The box of explosives was not
 highly sensational exhibit in the con-
 dition in which it appeared in court
 The deadly contents of the bomb had
 been removed to the county powder
 house by Sheriff Montgomery and the
 paper covered box of Post Toasties
 hardly had the appearance of a ma
 chine of sufficient power to destroy
 ruthlessly. It was wrapped in paper
 and tied with light tWine and within
 were fra gments of stones, screws. nails
 and glass Imbedded in the sides had
 been many matches which, too, had ' been removed by the authorities when
 they removed the dynamite and caps.
 The bomb had been hidden under rusty screening under a greasewood tree about 90 yards from the club house and ten feet from the path taken by the children on their way to and from their open air school.
 Clay, who until the last moment stated he would not be represented by
 counsel, was represented by R. H. Brumbach who made a point of the I fact that the charge against Clay was
 that he deposited explosives where people passed and repassed. Brum- bach held that the path was not used. and based his cross examination of ] Sheriff Montgomery and Dr. Redewill on this point. The two were the only witnesses called by the state. ] Dr. Redewill said that Clay came to } his downtown office at 10 o'clock Mon
 day morning and received his pay for labor. which consisted of dynamiting trees and other outdoor work sur rounding the cottages at the resort conducted by Dr. Redewill At 2 o'clock Clay returned to the office and demanded that he see Dr. Redewill at , once. His first question was to ask the physician if he knew where the ? dynamite was, to which Dr. Redewill ! replied that he supposed it was all ] used.
 No, it hasn't" Clay is alleged to have replied. '1 fixed up a box with l9 sticks of dynamite and about 20 s caps. I had arranged to get Miss Hornberger off by herself and if she did not talk the way I wanted her to. J 1 was going to light it and blow Us \ both to atoms If you had not paid z me every cent I asked for, I would 4 have blown your children up with her. But you have treated me kindly anN 1 don't want to hurt your children 2 Dr. Redewill said that Clay was a under the impression that Miss Horn S berger had come to town with the a children that morning for their music :, lesson and he gave that as one of the reasons for changing his mind. The witness stated that he realized