Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-04
Particles Admitted Over Pro-
test of Defense Attorneys
at Rockville Hearing.
YOUNG WITNESS RECITES
HOW PIECES WERE FOUND
Others on Stand Also Relate Ac-
count of Discovery of Tubing
and Brass Cap.
BY a stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 4.-Parts OF
the bomb which exploded at Seat Pleas
ant New Year day and killed three
persons were admitted in evidence today
at the murder trial of Leroy Brady In
Circuit Court at Rockville over the pro-
tests Of defense counsel.
The ruling Of the court followed q
spirited verbal exchange between OPP
posing attorneys. In entering an ex-
ception, M. Hampton Magruder, chief
Of defense counsel, commended that the
pieces Of tubing, brass cap and other
metal were not necessarily a part Of
the bomb. The ruling of the court
was considered a distinct victory for
the prosecution.
Four members of The Star staff told
of the finding of the articles by three
boys. The boys themselves told of dis
covering the fragments in the wrecked
kitchen of the home of John Hall on
the Saturday following the blast.
Tells Of Finding Particles.
The first boy, Herman Schmidt, IA
years old, of Maryland Park, said he
found several of the articles while pok-
ing around through the debris. He said
he and companions entered the house
after being chased away once by de-
tectives.
A vivid word picture of the damage
caused by the bomb was given by the
Schmidt boy. He sad the furniture was
ripped to bits, plaster was torn from
the walls and ceiling, there was a gap
ing hole in the floor and another hole
In the ceiling.
The defense won an argument over
a portion of the Schmidt boys testi-
mony. He said there apparently was a
trace of sulphuric acid on some of the
metal he found. The defense lawyers
insisted he should not be permitted to
express an opinion of this sort because
he was not an expert. They were upheld
by the court.
Tubing Under Floor.
Henry Edelin,, Is years old, Of Mary
land Park, companion OF the
Schmidt boy, told of finding piece Of
tubing beneath the floor. He was fol-
lowed on the witness stand by Martin
Weir, Is, of Capitol Heights, who found
a section of the fuse and the cap.
Ivan H. johnson of the circulation
department of The Evening Star said
he talked with the boys in Seat Pleas
ont shortly after they made their dis
coveries and arranged with them TO
have the articles turned over TO the
authorities.
Augustus Chinn, a photographer for
The Star, identified each of the arti-
cles, explaining that he had taken
pictures of them shortly after they
were found. He added the boys turned
the fragments over to him and that
he gave them to Joseph Fox, assistant
city editor of The Star. Fox was ex-
pected to testify later IN the day.
will Call Experts.
The articles also were identified by
Harold Rogers, a Star reporter, who
went to Seat Pleasant with Chmn on
learning of the finding Of the frag-
ments by the boys.
]. wilson Ryon, Of counsel for the
prosecution, in insisting that the ar
ticles found by the boys be admitted In
evidence, said experts would be called
In an effort to prove that the exhibits
actually had been part OF the bomb
He said the experts would testify that
bands on the steel indicated they had
figured in an explosion.
As witness after witness testified. the
defendant, young Washington auto
mobile mechanic. showed no signs of
being under a strain. He seemed little
concerned over the constant pickering
between opposing counsel.
Hall Is Main Witness.
The principal witness yesterday was
Leslie Hall, young brother of those
slain. Defense attorneys brought out
on cross examination that Herman had
visited the Hall home after the gift"
was left on the front porch of neigh
Dor, Mrs. John Buckley.
Mrs. John Hall, mother Of those
slain, also testified late yesterday. She
said she had no knowledge Of the fact
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