Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-27
KERN SAYS mo-
TO ALL QUERIES
IN GRAFT TRIAL
FORMER POLICE CHIEF SEEMS
NERVOUS ON STAND
CoLDLY DENIES STATEMENTS
MADE BY OSWALD
Explains at Some Length How Ex-
penses for Trip to Cities
in the East Were
Paid
EDWARD KERN, whose testi-

EDWARD KERN, whose testi-
mony In detailed denial of
statements made by N. d. Os-
wald in the Broadhead trial was begun
wednesday afternoon, was not recalled
to the stand until nearly o'clock yes
terday.
His testimony was similar In It's ma
ture to that of the preceding day. but
more was required of him, and more
than once he seemed to be in fear of
failure to meet the situation exactly as
was required.
In the course of several answers
which involved somewhat extended
statements he raised his voice to a
high pitch, and then let It fall again
when the questions called only for the
formula. II never did" So low he
spoke, on one occasion. that the ques-
tioner, Attorney Appel, did not hear
him.
"Huh?" demanded Appel, in tone
which easily might have been taken for
one of disapprovaL
The witness was startled, apparently
feeling that he had made some serious
blunder
Repeat that question, please" he
demanded of the court reporter. 1t
vas repeated, and the witness then
perceived that he had given the right
answer-'I did not"-and gave 1t again.
Witness Is Mixed
once, however, the witness did get
mixed when Appel gave an extra twist
to one of his tangled questions. The
question, stripped of the thorns and
roses of the attorneys diction, was,
did oswald tell you he himself would
ray Broadhead his share?''
Kern answered, Il did not"
did he say that TO you?" snapped
Appel.
-, oh" gasped the witness HE did
Item by item Kern coldly denied the
statements oswald had made regarding
conversations with the chief in which
matters relating to the redlight district
were said to have been discussed He
made specific denial of almost every
thing Oswald had said, whether of an
discriminating character or not. More
than a score, of questions were asked
regarding the alleged payment of
money by Oswald to Kern, and the lat
ters alleged disposition of it, giving
the witness opportunity to contradict
with fiat negatives each portion of the
testimony eaven by the redlight chief.
Kern Makes Explanation
Kern explained at some length how,
according TO his version, he obtained
money for the expenses of his eastern
trip, I'm the spring of 1908, when he Wis
tied New Orleans, New York, Chicago,
Des Moines, Denver Salt Lake City,
besides attending the police CHIEFS
convention in jamestown,
1.-THE city council appropriated $780,
said the witness, land l borrowed $500
from Marco Hellman, for which I gave
my note. The note was destroyed when
/ paid it. 1t was paid by check on the
Merchants National bank, in which I
had deposited $4,000 Immediately on my
F0fIJri1 the asst. I received the
money from my mothers estate, which
was settled up while ] was visiting at
my old home in Iowa"
Kern admitted having made one visit
to the redlight office in the Hellman
block at Second and Broadway, but
denied all others which Oswald and
William Lawrence Fetter had testified
to- He said he went there to see Os-
valid about site for new city JAIL
which the redlight chieftain, acting as
a real estate agent connected with the
Grider & Hamilton office, was trying
to sell to the city.
Visits of Oswald to the witness in
the office of the chief of police were
admitted. some of them being account
ed for on the same basis of real es-
tate transaction for a jail site, and
others by the claim that oswald came
to arrange for transfers of saloon IL
eenses for his relatives. or to bring
fight tickets to the chief.
Mayor Seems Restless
A. C. Harper, former mayor, wan
dered in and out of the court room, vis-
ibly perturbed, while the direct exam
ination of Kern was in progress. He
has grown more and more restless
daily since he has been in attendance
on the trial, as a witness held in abey-
ance, and appears to be looking for
ward with dread to the time when it
win he his turn to go upon the witness
stand and make specific denial of the
statements made in testimony tending
to involve him in the charges of brib-
cry in connection with the underworld
which have been brought against
Thomas Broadhead.
At the morning session a foundation
was laid apparently for testimony des-
ignated to show that Broadhead OBJ
tanned money. and not from Oswald,
about the time he is charged with ac-
cepting bribes aggregating $1,000 from
the redlight chief.
John C. Beckwith testified that he
going into the office of Captain Broad
head one day, had seen the captain
sitting at his desk with DR.. Sumner j.
Ouint police surgeon, and that on the
desk was a pile of money in gold and
currency. Cross-examination of this
witness brought the admission that he
is a close friend of the defendant and
of DR.. Quint.
AT the close of the days proceedings
Kern was still on the stand for direct
examination.