The Washington times., 1930-01-09
BOMB EVIDENCE.
Indefinite
CLAIM
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when he was charged with having
delivered the bomb to the home
Of John Buckley, at Seat Pleasant.
Mistake Made In Home
The delivery Of the bomb to
the Buckley home was q mistake,
the detectives saying that Leroy
was not, familiar with the neigh
borhood and did not know ex-l
actly where the Halls lived.
Detectives further allege that
when Leroy went to his brothers
home in Mitchellville, at about
4:30 o'clock that morning. osterl-
ably to take Herman with him
on . duck hunt, he blew the auto
horn as q signal Of his arrival,
and 20 minutes later walked
into the house. Detectives say
that during the 90 minutes he
removed the set Of Maryland
tags and secreted them on Her
mans farm, where they were
later found by the detectives
The formal wording Of the war.
rant is as follows:
ssOn or about the 29th day Of
December, 1929, Frank p. Prince
charges that Lawrence Leroy
Brady did kill and murder Naomi
Hall Brady in Prince Georges
county, Md"
Bomb Fragments Examined
DR.. Charles E. Monroe, chief
OF the explosives division Of the
Bureau Of Mines and one Of the
nations foremost explosives ex-
perts, conferred ct length this
morning with the director and
several scientists Of the Bureau
OF Standards over the fragments
Of cardboard, wrapping paper
and bomb detonators found at
the scene Of the tragedy by three
boys.
Findings Of the Bureau Of
Standards experts win be cOnsoIi-
dated with the results Of DR.. Mon
roe's examination OF fragments
Of the bomb proper and q COM
prehenSive report submitted to
the investigating authorities.
At the Bureau Of Standards the
paper and cardboard fragments
are being submitted to q micro
Scopic examination to ascertain
IL their origin can be traced to
the possible sender Of the bomb.
So confident Of exoneration
were the mem in jail and their
friends that they did not retain
o lawyer. j. Hampton Magruder,
prominent criminal lawyer Of
Prince Georges county, visited
the pair in jail yesterday but de-
clared he had not been retained
to defend them.
Herman Brady is the 22-year-
old widoWer Of Mrs. Naomi Hall
Brady, Is, who received an infer.
nal machine disguised as Christ.
mas present. When the box was
opened it exploded with devastat-
ing effect, killing her and her
young brother and sister, and seri.
ouSly manning and mutilating
her mother and two older broth
ers. Mrs. Nora Hall, IS, the
mother, is not expected to live.
Married November IL
Herman and the girl were mar.
ried at Fairfax November IA last.
The girl was an expectant mother.
The announcement was made to
the girls parents just before
Christmas but Herman's mother
had never been told.
Leroy Brady is Washington
automobile mechanic who lives
in the 100 block of Massachu-
sets Ave. s.. z. with his wife and
infant son. Lester o. Pate, Leroy
Brady's employer, said the lat
ter'S record is spotleSs and he was
considered one of the steadiest
and most dependable employees in
the shop.
On the other hand, Parran and
the two Baltimore detectives,
Lieut.. Joseph Itzelf and Sergt.
Charles Schalter. insist that they
ARE on the right track" but adj
init they have no hope of securing
2 confession from either Of the
brothers.
Leroy admits that he left his
nome the morning Of December 29
about 4:3O and went to the Brady
home near Mitchellville to rouse
Herman out Of bed to 20 "duck
hunting" They claimed to have
gone duck hunting, but to have
bagged no ducks, although admit.
ting that weather conditions were
favorable.
Later the investigators discov-
cred q secret compartment in LIE.
roy's automobile, capable Of con.
tanning about q case Of whiskey.
Confronted with this information.
they declare, Leroy admitted that
he has been running" rum from
southern Maryland to a Washing
ton distributor for four years.
Huge Still Captured
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