Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
STATE MAY SEEK
CHANGE OF VENUE
IN BRADY RE-TRIAL
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More than 100 witnesses were called
during the flve-day session Included
were detectives, explosive experts, metal
authorities, physicians, newSpapermen
and persons injured in the blast and
countless character witnesses. The
States case was built entirely on cir
cumStantial evidence
1t was planned originally to try Le-
roy and Herman jointly. Defense coun-
sci made motion for severance Tues
day, however, contending evidence per-
tinent to the case of one might be ir-
relevant to that Of the other. This mo-
ton was overruled. The defense then
resorted to the strategy of having LEROY
ask for trial by jury and Herman re-
quest trial by the court. These were
granted.
vigorous objection was made by de-
Tense lawyers TO introduction In EVIL
dence of fragments of the Internal ma
chine found by three boys and turned
over to the authorities by Joseph A.
Fox. assistant city editor of The Star.
These objections were overruled by
Ch1ef Judge Hammond Urner and his
associates. Judge Peter and Judge John
S. Newman.
Boys Describe Finding Them.
The boys told how they had found
the parts by prowling around the
wrecked kitchen of the Hall home. They
were Herman Schmidt, IA years old,
and Henry Edelin,, IS years old, both
of Maryland Park, and Martin Weir, IS
years old, of Capitol Heights. VI
Soon after these articles were made
official exhibits the State introduced in
evidence over the same objections,
pieces Of gas welded tubing and tiny
steel springs found in the Stockroom OF
washington garage where Leroy
Brady was employed prior to his arrest
These exhibits were found to CORE
spond with the bomb fragments.
Prof. Robert A. Wood. head Of the
experimental physics department of
Johns Hopkins University for the past
80 years, was one of the chief wit
nesses for the prosecution. Qualifying
as an explosive expert, he testified that
spring was used in construction of
the bomb. He said he had found prints
in the fragments indicating such a
spring had been one of the most i'm
portant parts of the mechanism.
The witness testified copper per-
eussion cap, also found in the ruins of
the Hall home, had been held in posi-
ton at the end of a plunger by the
spring He added the fact that the
cap was found attached to a section
of tubing was explained by tests he
made. He said these disclosed a cap
would be welded to steel when subjected
to extraordinarily severe heat, as in an
explosion of this nature.
ItzeI Is Quizzed Severely.
Lieut.. Joseph H. Itzel of the Balti-
more detective force, who worked up
the case against Brady, was subjected
to severe cross-examination. He de-
MED using "third-degree" methods to
extract information from Leroy and
Herman. The witness said there was
no truth to reports that he had locked
the bloody garments of Herman's slain
wife in cell with the husband
One Of the outstanding witnesses for
the defense was DR.. Vladimir v. de
Sveshnikoi former physicist and chemist
of the Bureau of Standards His testi-
mony was to the effect that powder of
the type found in the home of brother
of Leroy could not have been used in
the bomb. He said that had such an
explosive been used. no hole would have
been ripped in the floor of the Hall
kitchen. He explained that the force
OF powder explosions goes up instead Of
down.
The State stressed the testimony of
various witnesses that Leroy Brady had
used set of dead" Maryland tags on
his automobile from time to time,
oStensibly to evade arrest while trans
porting whisky from Southern Mary
land to Washington. The prosecution
contended Maryland license plates had
been used in delivering the bomb to
evade capture"
Efforts also were made by the State
to prove Leroy would have been forced
to drive within stones throw of the
house where the bomb was delivered in