Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-28
BRADY Jury HEARS
NEW TESTIMONY
Witness Tells. of Two Men
Seen Shortly Before Time
of Explosion.
By a Stan Correspondent.

BY Stan Correspondent.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 28.-A
new witness entered the Leroy Brady
murder trial today and testified he had
seen two men near the scene of the
Seat Pleasant bombing on the morning
of December 90, 1929, when the gift"
package containing the Internal machine
was placed on the front porch of the
home of Mrs. Ana Buckley.
The witness, John H. Quintell of Seat
Pleasant, Md, told the jury, which is
hearing the case before Judge Robert
Moss in the Anne Arundel Circuit Court,
that he had encountered the two men
few moments after stepping from the
street car, which he had taken from
his place of employment in Washington.
Man Seen in Automobile.
One of the men, Quintell continued,
was sitting in an automobile parked at
the intersection of Dix street and
Roosevelt road, just few squares from
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall,
where the explosion occurred on jan
uary /, 1880.
The motor of the car was running,
said Quintell, and "a large bundle"
was tied on the left-hand running
board. The mans profile was sill
houetted against the light OF nearby
drug store, Quintel added.
This testimony was considered the
most important thus far during the
trial, which opened Monday. Quintell
admitted he was unable to positively
identify Brady as either the man ne
had seen sitting in the machine or the
one whom ne met few moments later.
This second man, Quintell continued,
suddenly appeared from behind
store, q short distance from the au-
tomobile.
At was so surprised to see him. the
witness explained, that I stopped and
looked at him. He appeared equally
surprised, because he did the same
thing
Divergence on Alibi.
Asked by Special Prosecutor wilson
RYAN II either of the two men bore any
resemblance to Leroy Brady, Quintell,
who lives near the scene OF the blast,
was prevented from replying by De-
tense Counsel Hampton Magruder.
The next or 10 minutes were de-
voted to arguments by the opposing
lawyers as to whether or not S2ulnten
should be permitted to answer the ques-
ton. Judge Moss finally ended the DIS
pute. however, by ruling that IF a man
resembles somebody, then he is not the
person he resembles but Is somebody
else"
The chief importance OF QuintelFs
testimony hinged on the fact that Jo-
seph Troesbeck, a previous witness, had
testified that Leroy Brady and his
brother. Herman, who also is charged
with the bombing. visited Troesbecks
home in St. Marys County on the DAY
the bomb was left at the Buckley resi-
dence.
Leroy's car, Troesback had testified,
had an cupboard motor strapped to the
running board. The Brady brothers,
the witness had explained, had come
to his home to go duck hunting.
Bundle Is Described.
Ouintell admitted he did not know
the contents Of the bundle he said he
had seen on the running board OF the
parked machine. cit was large at one
end" he explained, land tapered away
to almost nothing at the other"
The automobile, Quintel continued,
license plates was slanting, "as though
it had been tied on and come loose"
He described the clothing OF the man
whom he met near the store. Asked why
he had noticed the individual, Quin-
tell responded, because I was 50 sur
prised to see him there at that early
hour" It was about 2 o'clock in the
morning, he added.
The question arose yesterday, during
the testimony of the accused mans
brother. Emmett Brady. Special Prose-
cutor Wilson Ryan. in an attempt to
show Leroy was familiar with the loca-
ton and contents of the tool shed and
therefore had an opportunity" to use
the powder and caps in manufacture
of the bomb which caused the death
of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, 18 years old,
and her little sister and brother, ques-
toned Emmett as to the frequency Of
Leroy's visits to his mothers home.
Night Session Called on.
A night session scheduled for last
night was called of to give Judge Moss
an opportunity to study the question.
When the trial was resumed this morn
ing, Ryan and Defense Counsel Nicho-
las H. Green argued the question. They
cited rulings In various cases, includ-
ing the famous Mooney-Billings case.
J. Hampton Magruder, Chief defense
counsel, also joined the argument
The defense attorneys contended that
the mere fact Leroy had access to the
powder and caps should not be ad-
mitted in evidence, unless the State
could prove that he had actually made
the bomb. Any one could purchase
, such powder and caps in almost any
| hardware store in Washington or else
where, and therefore would be liable
to suspicion, 1t was pointed out.
This view was concurTed in by Judge
Moss, who ruled that the State should
proceed with It's questioning of Emmett
along different lines. The jury, which
had been ordered from the court room,
was recalled and Emmett resumed the
witness stand