Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-03


" head, captain of police with
clean record behind him. when men
high in the official life of the Harper
administration came to him with the
plan of protection of the Oswald red
light district, asking his aid in the fur
therance of the conspiracy to permit
the breaking of the law for the sake OF
bribe money. Had he then refused TO
enter into those nefarious plans ana
had remained true to his oath of office
his advancement in his chosen career
would have been sure. We need waste
no sympathy upon him. He had his
chance, and refused to grasp it. He
listened to the call of avarise, of greed,
wishing to stand in with the admins
tration, thinking, perhaps that those
men, or men like them, would remain
in power in the city forever. He took
the course which would enable him to
buy little more property, CHANGING
the sacrifice of his future in the career
he had chosen.
"That is not all. He still is standing
between those men and the punishment
which is so justly due them. Gentle
men of the jury thank you"
In these words Joseph Ford, deputy
district attorney, closed his argument,
two hours long, to the jury in the trial
of Thomas H. Broadhead, former chief
of police, on a charge of accepting
running of the Oswald crib houses in
the district which, as captain Of police,
was under his control. -
Horace H. Appel of counsel for the
defense followed Ford with three hours
of time ahead of him by agreement
with his associate, J. w. Mckinley
who will take an hour for his part OF
the argument today. The district at
torney, j. D. Fredericks, will have two
hours to close this afternoon, and then
the case will go to the jury.
Jurymen Watch Clock
Appel in the course of his argument
said, "Oh If I could only talk to you
for a week." then checked himself and
added as an afterthought without tir-
ing you" At that time several of the
jurymen already were yawning and
others seemed worried by the great va
riety of sounds the attorney had been
making. Frequently his voice would
rise to a wild howl, and then sink to
a hoarse whisper.
He began with a wall, deploring the
sad fate of the nation which presented
this spectacle in this age of civiliza-
tion.''
oswald he characterized as zone of
the most despicable vipers that ever
lived, Broadhead he referred to as
this hard working boy from Kansas.
Facetiously he cautioned the jury
men against ever buying any land,
should they happen to be placed in a
public position as they would be sent
to the penitentiary if they did. He
advised them. rather, to get out in
the highways with a pistol and hold
up somebody, and then, he declared,
they would be considered honest men.
Counsels auditors looked rather
blank at this, apparently failing to
grasp any point which may have been
in his mind
Though he spoke of the defendant
sentimentaly now and then, and re-
ferred touchingly to the fact that
Broadheads home was '1ittle" and his
family also "little," he seemed to do
so with an effort as his forte clearly
was bitterness. 1t was when railing
at Oswald that he spoke with greatest
freedom.
Attacking the idea that the redlight
chief might have told the truth, Appel
StorlDed.
Rough on "Human Ben's"
"When he has the hardihood to take
fair woman by the hand and drag her
into a den of iniquity and place
chain about her neck! Can the truth
Vegetate there, in a heart full of sin,
In such an Immaculate monster? 1t
isn't pleasant to talk about human
bein's that way, but out from every
pore of his system oozes falsehood
and perjury"
It was not for oswald as the farmer
of fallen women that he had most
opprobrium. however but for oswald
the politician, though while on this
tack he wandered far afield.
Ever see a politician?" he croaked,
crouching before the jury box. Did
you ever see the headquarters of
politician, where the men that come
are knock-kneed, broken down and
ugly every way? great deal of it
is the candidates own fault. You can
be sure your mother and your wife
and your sister never will take any
part in politics until you clean up the
headquarters" The jury stared at him
wonderingly. oswald is a politician"
he shrieked in explanation "This pol
itician went to Mayor Harper and
tried to get money out of him. but
poor Harper was practically broke.
Like a Lamb to the Slaughter
."There was an honest man, A. c.
Harper. a great, bg-hearted man. un-
used to the ways of politicians, who
was taken out of the peaceful pursuits
of quiet commerce by a crowd of Vul-
lures for their own convenience"
So he went on, with profusion of
fantastic gestures of arms head and
other mobile portions Of his thick-set
body. sometimes dwelling on the evil
dence, but more often indulging in dis
sertations upon something suggested
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