Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-07
Expedition on Day of Bomb
ing Revealed in Her.
mans Statement.
SAYS HE INFORMED ROY
WHERE WIFE WAS LIVING
Tells Officials Brother Had Knowl-
edge of Elopement on
November IA.

Circumstances leading up to an early
morning duck expedition to Chesapeake
Bay about the time Christmas gift"
bomb was delivered on its mission of
death in Seat Pleasant we're being in
quired into today by investigators of
Marylands New Year day dynamite
tragedy.
ton hinges the status of two jailed
brothers, Herman and Leroy Brady,
under arrest, without charges, in con-
nection with the triple death atrocity
Herman, 22-year-old dairy worker,
was left Widower by the explosion,
which took the lives of his bride of six
weeks, Naomi Hall Brady, and her
brother and sister, Samuel Hall, 19
months, and Dorothy Hall. Az years
old. Mrs Nora Hail. mother of the
family, and two older sons, Leslie, 16,
and Thomas, 8, are recovering from
mutilated faces and hands.
The story of the just-before- dawn
duck hunt was told in written state
ment signed by Herman and advising
the authorities to get a-hold of Leroy
and he might be able to tell you some
thing about this
Had Disclosed Elopement.
ACCORDING to officials, the statement
also tells of Leroy's alleged interest in
the location of the home of the Hall
family, after Herman had disclosed to
his brother the secret of his elopement
November Ia with the 18-year-old Hall
daughter and of her condition.
Herman also is quoted by officers as
recalling that he had told Roy that his
wife was living with her folks in the
road
Chapel road. in Seat Pleasant. This
occurred, it Is said, on trip the pair
took to Southern Maryland about three
or four weeks ago.
Later, Herman said, Roy proposed
duck hunt in st. Marys County for the
morning of Sunday, December %, and
Herman agreed it would be good idea.
Herman said Roy came to Mitchellville
from his home. at 1714 Massachusetts,
avenue southeast, and woke him up
Just before daybreak, as arranged, and
the pair drove to Point No Point, a
popular hunting ground between Cedar
Point and Point Lookout, on the bay.
They didn't bag any ducks.
Lived on South Side of Street.
Investigation has shown that about
4:30 o'clock on the morning of Deem
Der 90 some one went to Carmody
road and left an attractively decorated
candy box on the front porch of the
home of Mrs. John Buckley, which Is
the second house on the north side of
Carmody road. The box, wrapped in
brown paper and disguised. with Yule
seals and stickers. was addressed, In
printing, to Naomi Hall, second house
on Carmody road, Seat Pleasant. Md"
Naomi Hall Brady lived in the second
house on the south side of the street.
She and her fathers family had moved
there but a few weeks before, and Mrs.
Buckley did not know them. Mrs.
Buckley took the package in and kept
it until New Year morning, when she
the package was intended for his house.
Leslie said it was for his sister, and
ran home excitedly with 1t.
The box exploded as Naomi was OPEN
ing it in her lap, before the members
of her family.
Reputation Investigated.
Roy Brady is an automobile mechanic
and is said to be graduate of a Kan
saS City correspondence school offering
courses in electricity and mechanics.
He has a wife and an 8-month-old
child. Detectives investigated yesterday
at his place of employment here. which
is the repair shop of a prominent motor
firm. 1t was found his reputation for
efficiency and habits was good.
Investigators are working on the
theory that the bomb plot involved
distorted sense of family honor" and
was designed to prevent general dis
closure of the fact that Herman'S bride
soon was to become a mother.
Herman and Naomi had known each
other for years. Before the Halls moved
to Seat Pleasant they lived on a farm
in Mitchellville adjoining that of the
Brady's. and Naomi often went to the
latter farm for milk. Clarence Brady,
owner of the farm and uncle of Her
man and Roy. conducts dairy busi-
ness and formerly employed Naomi's
brother Norris. Clarence was held in
Jail for several days after officials had
heard report that the uncle also had
been in love with Naomi. but he was
released after thorough examination.