Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1930, Page 11

GRAND JURY GETS BRADY BOMB CASE Prince Georges Body Takes Up Charges Against L. Leroy Brady. By a Staft Correspondent. UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, April 10 =Investigation of the Seat Pleasant bombing, the only crime of its kind in the history of Prince Georges County, was begun by the April grand jury today. With mBre than 35 witnesses sum- moned the jury began the task of weighing the evidence which county police and Baltimore and Washington detectives have gathered during the past three months in an effort to fix the responsibility for the fatal blast ‘which took the lives of three members of the family of John Hall on New Ynx day. Indictment Expected. ington automobile mechanic, whom po- lice believe res) ible for the bomb~ ing, and who been in jail since Jlnunry, clnmd wt’ ith mmurdnr - jury does e hear .n":?-" 'witnesses today, but hopes to have all the evidence bolvn it late wmarmw Among those summoned by the State are the surviving members of the Hall family and Stewart Carneal, 12 ear-old playmate et che younl Hnll fl‘en who _hel, from ¢ e porch of Mrs. John nm-kley, where lc had been left by mistake. Sleuths Among Witnesses. Lieut. .Yuleph Itzel and Sergt. Charles Shalter Baltimore, Sergt. _John Fowler ot Wuhlx\mn, Officer Frank Prince and other coun “{'pouwmm who worked on the case be among the opkins University; Raymond v-w detective and author- ity on bombs; Esther and Russell L. Jones, sister and brother of Mrs. Bra- dy, mother of Leroy; Leslie Hall, Mrs. Nora Hall and Willlam and Essie Phelps, at whose home Herbert was staying when the bomb exploded. Wood and Kennedy are to tell the i:ry about the bomb fragments found the Hall home and turned over to police authorities. CHANGE OF VENUE [ NOT 10 BE ASKED s Publishers of Independent at Rockville to Go to Trial on Some Indictments. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, April 10.- Mont- gomery County's politico-legal feud, growing out of charges contained in the Rockville Independent, a county weekly devoted to the affairs of the so-called anti-Democratic organization faction, of maladministyation of the governmental business in this political subdivision, will be f¢ it out on the home grounds, and & jury of 13 citizens will be selected to sit in judgment on the matter, which was precipitated into the judicial aren when nine indictments, charging four editors of the paper, past and present, with eriminal libel, were return the grand jury, following a demand of -administra n "leaders gation, No Change of Venue Sought. This much was made plain today, || following & conference of several hours yenumy of the officers and directors the Independent held in the offices ot Edward Peter here. E. Barrett Prettyman, attorney and president of the company which publishes the paper, —_— Havre de Grace WEEKDAYS } Races 15:ihs to 26, inc. Special Train Direct to Race Track Parler Car, Dining Car, and Coaches Lv. Washington (Union !llllung, Ar. Harre de Grace Race Track 5 P.M. First Race Starts 2:30 ru Returning from Track immediately after races Pennsylvania Railroad ed by |7 or an- investi- || T mmu. ‘would be '.haz‘n ury t,rm would be Smith, attorney for I(orm A. Bealle, 'dlwr of the paj g:lnr the O.Imn it was taken over g;'t res- ent company and who also was mmed Lhree nl f.he indictments, said tha fined to but as soon as that no it and homalno! made it pllm um the other editors would elect to trial on some of the Mle'mmh Dut ‘would seek to have the others q He pointed out that the uuuhl “of some of the in- dictments would In sought for the pur- pose of medmu & eunolullon of the case uum lelm'l, to try al months. He uld Ihn one o! m mfig{menh lninlt it he would come | Casey voluntarily to ville to surrender and give bond. Mr. Smith ited out that th charge of criminal libel is a misde- meanor in Maryland, and that, there- fore, it u not an extraditable offense. He indicated that at this time he |conf Eh“me‘ to go before the court and ask elizullhlnl of the indictments as to e. ‘The basis of the attack on the in- dictments probably will be, he uld similar to the claims made in the tition filed by F. Barnard Welch on half of W. J. Casey, present mlnnllnu editor of the Irdependent, and the Montgomery County Publishing Co. that the grand jury was prejudiced, in that it had in its personnel not only a nephew of one of the county com- missioners, but certain people who owed their positior; to the present board of county commissioners, who, together | M with E. Brooke Lee, appeared before the inquisitorial body and demanded the in- vestigation which resulted in the return of the indictments. On the other hand, Mr. Prettyman afe Deposit | Boxes as low |as $3.50 year| three alone, beuuu ol th detailed utumony which would have to be presentes “We will not ask for a chnnn of venue,” Mr. Prettyman uld ln a tumnl statement which made erence. “We will ask lor . ury trial. We will not move to quash the indictments, but in order to expe- dit: the case we will move to quash lome of them. The directors of the In- rendem. are unanimously behind the editors employed by the present com- pany. “We figure that it will take about one month to make preparations for the trial, and we probably will ask the court today to allow that much time before the cases are called to trial. “The directors of the Independent are very glad that the indictments were re- tumed so that the whole situation in ontgomery connty may be aired at a pubhc trial. directors are confi- dent that the edlwrl will be acquitted, and we ask that 'the citizens of Mont- gomery County not form any judgment On the controversy until all of the evis Facilities for All Your Banking ~—will be found at "Columbia National"— ° also a spirit (hng makes for co-operation and mutual understanding. € Wouldn't you ing connection? value that sort of bank- Come in, at your con- venience, we'll be glad to see you. 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