Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-26
NEW BRADY TRIAL
OPEN IN ANNAPOLIS
Brothers Face Jury for Sec
ond Time in Connection With
Fatal Bombing.
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

brothers charged with murder In the
Seat Pleasant bombing of January /,
1880, which resulted in three deaths,
moved swiftly today, a jury being
chosen in less than an hour. q
The court room was crowded long
before 10 o'clock, when the trial was
scheduled to begin. Leroy and his
brother, Herman, who also is charged
with the crime, were brought into the
o'clock. Their chief attorney, j. Hamp-
ton Magruder, asked that they be tried
separately and that Leroy be tried first.
As Talesmen Called.
Only As talesmen were called. and OF
this number only rs were challenged.
The jury, of which Thomas w. Will
liams is foreman, follows:
William H. Moog, Robert Humphrey,
Clifford BasSford, Alfred H. Waters,
Charles Taylor, Walter McNew, Fer
nando Weems, Gilbert H. Clark, Will
liam L. Cook, John E. Ellison and NAL
colin M. Stewart
The case is being prosecuted by Allen
Bowie, States attorney for Prince
Arundel County States attorney, as
sisted by j. Wilson Ryan of Washing
ton a special prosecutor and J. Frank
Parran, former Prince Georges County
States attorney.
Describes Victims Life.
In his opening statement to the jury,
RYAN described the early life Of Mrs.
Naomi Hall Brady, 18-year-old secret
bride of Herman and one Of the three
persons killed by the bomb. When
Naomi was a child, Ryan related, She
lived at MitchellSville. The house, Ryan
said, was rented from Clarence BRADY
an uncle of Leroy and Herman. AS
result. Naomi and the Brady boys were
schoolmates, and it was at this time
that the romance between Herman and
Naomi began.
Expert in Ignition Work.
As for Leroy, Ryan went on, he. too
was well ACQUAINTED with Naomi. After
taking a course in automobile repair
ing and ignition work in western
school. Leroy obtained JOB In WASH
inpton. where he went to i've. Az MS
place of employment, Ryan declared
Leroy was known as something Oh
battery and ignition expert. He WORKED
IN q private room, doing virtually all
of the concerns battery and lgnltion
work He also was familiar with the
use of dynamite, having used the ex-
nlosiye on his uncle'S farm at MUCH
ellsville, Ryan asserted. 1,or-
Meanwhile. the romance between Her
man and Naomi had continued as tney
grew older. Ryan said. and in 1929 her
man proposed to the girl. AT tnat tlLne,
RYAN added, Naomi was expecting W
become q mother. In November Oh tIie
same year, Ryan continued hel! NC.
ord Naomi were secretly married in VIZ
pinia They returned to their respective
homes however. Later in the week
Herman and Leroy went duck hunting
in St Marys County, about 30 mics
from Mitchellvllle, Ryan said. Az TINS
time. he added, Herman told Leroy Oh
his marriage to Naomi.
Moved to Seat Pleasant.
The Hall family, at this time, lived
in seat Pleasant. No one IN Seat
Pleasant knew the Halls. Ryan oe-
clared. but Herman told Leroy the exact
location of the house.
Meanwhile, Emmett Brady, Drotner
of Herman and Leroy, had obtained a
"St. Louis fur gun" which he gave to
LEROY. The latter, according to Ryan
took the weapon to the garage in whlcn
he was employed.
RYAN told the jury that the State
would prove not only all the statements
he had made, but also that dynamlte
was kept in a granary on Clarence
Brady's farm. It was in this granary
that can of blasting powder and a
quantity of gun caps later were found
Ryan pointed out.
Mrs. Buckley TeStifies.
The first witness was Mrs. Anna
Buckley, who lived in Seat Pleasant,
across from the Hall home at the time
of the bombing Under questioning by
]. Frank Parran, former States attor-
ney for Prince Georges County, Mrs.
Buckley, who now lives in Washington,
told of finding the bomb on her front
porch on the morning of December 70.
She had retired late the previous night,
she testified, and the bomb was not
on her porch at that time.
The package, wrapped in brown
paper and addressed to Miss Naom!
Hall" looked like Christmas gift, Mrs
Buckley said. She did not know the
Hall family, the witness continued, and
consequently kept the package until
New Year day. Meanwhile, however
her son had made the acquaintance OF
Naomi's brother, Leslie, Mrs. Buckley
said.
The package was given to Leslie, and
he took it to his home, just snort
distance from the Buckley road on Car
mody road near Chapel road.
Package Is Described.
After questioning Mrs. Buckley as to
theicharacter of the soil along Carmooy
road. Parran asked the witness to de-
scribe the package.
TT looked like Christmas package
Mrs. Buckley replied.
j. Hampton Magruder OF counsel Tor
Leroy Brady objected to Mrs. Buckley's
statement on the ground she was merely
expressing an opinion. Il see no harm
in that" Judge Robert Moss, before
whom Leroy is being tried in the Cir
cult Court here, decided.
The explosion, Mrs. Buckley SAID
occurred a short time after she had
given the package to Leslie. She de-
scribed the blast as "a loud noise, like
a gun--a bang"
Two Children Killed.
Besides Naomi, those killed by the
blast were her sister Dorothy, years
old. and her brother, Samuel, Is months
old Their mother. Mrs. Nora Hall, lost
an eve and several teeth in the explo-
sion. which occurred in the kitchen OF
her home.
The bomb. addressed to Naomi, was
delivered to the Hall home on New Year
day. Naomi, thinking it a belated
Christmas gift, opened the package. As
she lifted the lid of the present" the
bomb exploded.
Leroy and Herman were charged with
the crime after an intensive investiga-
ton. Leroy was tried at Rockville, Nd,
last June, but the case resulted in
deadlocked jury.
The trial had been removed to Rock
Vile after the defense had asked a
change of venue from Prince Georges
County. When the trial resulted In
hung tury, the prosecution asked that
the case be tried at Annapolis.