Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
GIFT BOMB DEATHS
MOUNT AS POLICE
SEEK PERPETRATOR
Mrs. Brady and Baby Brother
to Be Buried Together.
Sister Near Death.
INVESTIGATORS INDICATE
ARREST BY NIGHTFALL
Police Conduct Inquiry Concerning
Persistent Reports of
Spurned Suitor.

With the death toll in the Seat
Pleasant gift" bomb plot increased
to two and threatening to go higher
Investigators today were cropping slowly
along a tangled path of theories and
suspicious which they hoped would
lead shortly to the perpetrator of Prince
Georges County's New Year day bomb
outrage.
The mangled bodies of Mrs. Naomi
Hall Brady, 1S-year-old expectant
mother, and 19-month-old Samuel Hall,
her tiny brother, were to be lowered into
the same grave tomorrow afternoon at
Mitchellville, Md, as Washington and
Maryland police indicated an arrest
was near.
While County Policeman Frank
Prince and Headquarters Detective
John Fowler were investigating per-
sistent reports concerning Maryland
farmer whose attentions the Hall girl
is said to have spurned in favor Of
young Herman Brady, Sheriff Charles
F. Early announced at Marlboro his
hope" that suspect would be under
arrest by nightfall.
Little samuel Dies
Little Samuel died early last night at
Sibley Hospital from frightful mutila-
lions received as he bent his curly head
close to the f1endishly- camou1aged in
fernal machine to watch his big sister,
to whom the "Yule present" was adj
dressed, open it.
Dorothy Hall, 4-year-old sister of
Samuel is on the verge of death at the
same hospital from similar injuries to
the head. Mrs. Nora Hall, mother Of
the stricken family, and two other sons,
Leslie, Is, and Thomas, 8, are recover
ing from severe decorations, bruises and
shock at Providence Hospital.
Norris Hall, Oldest brother, who was
away from home when the bomb ex-
ploded in the kitchen of the Hall resi-
dence. is cooperating with the authori-
ties in their attempt to solve the crime.
Norris said today he planned to tell po-
lice Of rJ1mors that religious antagonism
was connected with the tragedy.
The funeral tomorrow afternoon will
be held from the Mount Oak Methodist
Church. in Mitchellville, of which the
Halls had been members prior to their
removal to Seat Pleasant recently. In
terment was to be In the church ceme-
terry. The simple services will be at
tended only by a few relatives and
friends, including the sorrowing father,
John S. Hall, and the bridegroom, Her
man Brady.
Coroner Views Body.
A coroner's Jury viewed the body of
Mrs. Brady last night at the Gasch un-
dertaking establishment In HyattSviIle
and is holding itself in readiness for an
inquest upon completion of the police
inquiry. The jury was summoned by
Deputy Sheriff A. w. Hepburn, acting
under instructions of Sheriff Early.
An autopsy was performed on the
body by DR.. James I. Boyd of Forest
vile, the main purpose of which was
that might aid in tracing its origin
The results of the autopsy were not
disclosed
Supposed fragments of the deadly
machine, found about the Hall prem
ises, also have been collected as pos
sible bits of evidence against the man
ufacturer OF the dynamite-loaded pack
age. Bureau of Standards experts were
to be asked to assist in examining
these articles, with a view to learning
their source. The evidence" includes
a small coiled spring, a piece Of copper
wire, torn cardboard and wrapping
paper and some small finishing nails.
A cursory inspection of construction
Jobs in the near vicinity Of the Hall
nature requiring the type of nails IN
question, it was said today by Lieut..
Joseph Morgan, acting head of the local
homicide squad, who made an inveSti-
CATION in cooperation with county Of
ficers yesterday afternoon. The nails
are thought to have been packed around
the dynamite sticks.
Trace Source of Box.
Oficer Prince and Detective Fowler
today visited a county store In a re-
ported effort to locate the source Of the
box used to cloak the explosives. Mrs.
Hall described the box to Lieut.. Morgan
yesterday as being about ten inches
square and high. Probers are OF the
opinion the box originally may have
contained candy, and Prince and Fowler
are understood to have inspected num-
Der of candy boxes in the Maryland
store. The result of their examination
Is not known.
After visiting the store the officers
returned early this afternoon to Marl-
boro to consult with States Attorney
j. Frank Parran. Authorities also are
seeking to learn where the dynamite
came from Lieut.. Morgan pointed out
the difficulty of locating the source OF
the explosive today, in view OF the fact
that dynamite is readily obtainable In
the county and is used widely in farm
and construction work.
Investigators intimated today that ar
arrest might be delayed for several day:
pending completion Of a Hypothetical
lease" now being built around sus'
pect. The suspects name was with
held.