Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
BRADY HELD IN JAIL
FOR FURTHER QUIZ
IN BOMBING DEATHS
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trance in the case of Lieut.. Joseph
H. Itzel and Sergt. Charles Schalter,
detective "aces" of the Baltimore po-
lice force, who were assigned to the
investigation at the suggestion of Gov.
Ritchie. The inquiry previously had
been in charge of County Policeman
Frank Prince, assisted by Headquarters
Detective John Fowler of the local
homicide squad.
Lieut.. Itzel led in the questioning of
Brady last night and he will spend
tomorrow questioning Brady's nephew,
Emmett Brady, and Norris Hall, oldest
brother of the Slain Naomi Emmett
is a brother of Naomi'S husband, who
also was questioned by the authorities
shortly after he had attended the flu
neral at Mitchellville Of Mrs. Brady
and her baby brother, Samuel Hail.
second victim of the explosion.
The third fatality occurred early
yesterday when 4-year-old Dorothy Hall
died at Sibley Hospital from terrible
injuries to the head, received as she
bent, with childish curiosity, over the
brightly decorated box Of dynamite.
Mrs. Nora Hall, mother of Mrs.
Brady and of the two small victims,
was in an improved condition last
night at Providence Hospital, where
and Thomas, 8, have been confined
since the blast.
The Maryland authorities arrested
Clarence Brady with utmost secrecy
Friday night and spirited him from
Marlboro to the Maryland Penitentiarv,
near Baltimore, for fear of possible
mob violence. They were unable to
keep the arrest a secret, however, and
finally they admitted having the uncle
in custody.
Denies Seeking Marriage.
The fifty-odd-year- old farmer was
brought to Marlboro last night and
subjected to a thorough quizZing re-
garding reports that he had proposed
to Naomi some months ago and had
been Spurned by her. The elder Brady
denied this and said he had never
been in love with any woman.
At times the questions were fired at
the prisoner with mercileSs rapidity
and with raised voice, but he met the
onslaught Stolidly and shouted his de-
mails and protests back without hesi-
tation.
Although the uncle at first is re-
ported to have denied ability to read
and write, he admitted under question
ing that he could do both. Investi-
gators who searched his home yeSter-
day are said to have found slips of
paper on which were written, as though
in practice, his own name and that OF
Naomi Hail."
The detectives continued their search
yesterday for boxes similar to the one
in which the bomb was concealed, and
for brown wrapping paper like that
tied around the package which was
left by mistake on the front porch of
Mrs. John Buckley, addressed to
Naomi Hall, second house on Car
mody road, Seat Pleasant, Md" The
It was this supposed Yuletide gift,
decorated with Christmas "stickers,"
which was sent to the Hall home on
New Year day by the Buckleys and
which wrought death and mutilation
Of the Hall family The package re-
manned in the Buckley home for three
days before Mrs. Buckley learned that
Naomi Hall Brady. newcomer to the
community, lived diagonally across the
street.
The evidence to be examined by DR..
Munroe tomorrow was discovered late
yesterday by Herman Schmidt, IA, and
Henry Eddin, Is, both of Maryland
Park, and Martin Weare, IA, of Capitol
Heights, after the departure from the
Hall house of officials who had been
exploring the scene. The officials al
ready had uncovered pieces of paper
believed to have been wrapped around
the package, some nails probably used
to load the bomb, piece of wood bear
ing the words, Stove g. Manu-
featuring Co.; several Christmas stick
| ers" attached to torn paper, some paper
wadding and other items.
While the officers were in the house
the trio of boys had sought to enter.
but were driven away by the police
men. When the official investigators
left, however, the boys entered the
debris laden kitchen and conducted an
unofncial but very intensive search of
the litter in the room.
They were rewarded by finding the
fragments OF lead tube, the little plug.
piece of fuse, and several pieces of
heat-scarred cardboard bearing the
partial wording, Barber & Ross. Wash
! lngton. d. c." and the "-xton Stove
| q Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
OF - foundry. 509-533 w. Conway
street, - Md" Barber & Ross is a
prominent local hardware concern and
| the stove company is believed to he one
| located in Baltimore An Investigation
VIII be made to determine what articles
THESE firms may have sold recently in
/ containers of cardboard similar to that
FOUND by the boys, and to whom the
sales were made.