Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-30

7 INSTRUMENTATION for refusing
to take the stand and answer
Il questions in his own case is an
other charge that rests against Thomas
H. Broadhead, the suspended captain
of the police department, and this
charge will be added to those brought
by the Municipal league when the case
is continued tonight.
Although every member witnessed
and heard the specific case of insubor-
dination with which Broadhead is
charged, still a formal trial must be
held. Prosecutor Guy Eddie said last
night that, to preserve the formality
of the proceedings, he would call just
one witness tonight to testify to the
charge of insubordination.
Broadhead refused to take the wit
ness stand when the mayor made a
formal demand Tile police captain
took this action on the advice of his
attorney, Horace Appel. When he had
refused, and while Prosecutor Eddie
was preparing the formal charge of
INSTRUMENTATION, Captain Broadhead
positively beamed benignly on every
one around him.
Prejudice Charged
Because of a long controversy of the
San Pedro liquor permits it was 10
o'clock before the commission got to
the Broadhead case, and when at last
it was reached Attorney Appel con-
sumed nearly three-quarters of an
hour in objecting to the police COM
mission hearing the case atiall, on the
ground of bias and prejudice, and then
trying to explain to the commission
that it had a right to overrule his OBJ
iections but that he was making them
in order to have his record clear
1t was not until Commissioner Trask,
who is the only lawyer on the board.
came to AppePs rescue that the COM
mission understood that the objections
raised by the attorney were technical
and legal ones, and that they need
have no weight as far as the commits
sion was concerned in the hearing of
the Broadhead case.
Attorney Appel objected to Commits
sioner Andrews sitting in judgment on
his client, because Mr.. Andrews was a
members of the famous grand jury
which signed the minority report Sc
verely criticising the Harper admins
tration. He declared that, on account
of his views expressed in that minority
report, Mr.. Andrews was prejudiced
against his client and could not give
the case a fair and impartial hearing.
Prejudice Denied
Mr.. Andrews was about as near to
being angry as he ever gets and when
Appel had finished took the floor and
emphatically denied that he was preJu-
diced against Captain Broadhead. He
concluded by saying:
Captain Broadhead can receive as
fair treatment from me as would any
man from any other planet"
Appel objected to Commissioner Top
ham on the ground that he had rem
dered a report to the police commits
sion concerning the evidence at the
Broadhead trial in the superior court,
and claimed III tlc it port S."
Topham's prejudice.
He objected to the mayor because
the mayor was a member of the Mu-
nicipal league. the body that brought
the charges The mayor is not mem
Der, as his membership was automatic
ally stopped when he became paid
city official under the rules of the Mu-
nicipal league.
commissioners Trask and Graham
were the only members of the board
against whom Appel could find no
objections.
Even Prosecutor Surprised
Prosecutor Eddie was surprised
when Broadhead refused to take the
Sldlu. bul IlS qulChIy tpbh
of the bunder when Broadhead did
refuse Broadhead was the first wit
ness the prosecutor called when Appel
and the commission had stopped their
discussion on the matter of prejudice.
When Captain Broadhead declined to
be sworn or answer any questions put
to him, Mr. Eddie asked the commits
sion to adopt n motion instructing the
mayor to formally demand that Broad
head be sworn and take the stand This
was done and Broadhead again form
ally refused.
Then Eddie suggested that the board
institute proceedings on its own initia-
tive on a charge of INSTRUMENTATION to
be added to the other charges He
asked to be given a few minutes to
prepare a formal charge according to
the language of the charter.
This charge was prepared and
adopted by the commission and Broad
head cited to appear before the COM
mission at its meeting tonight to an
swer to the additional charge Broad
head and his attorney waited until
Secretary McKeag could make copies
of the formal charge and accepted SER
vice for tonight's meeting.