Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-01
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only answer Harper had to give, ap-
parently, was being reserved, and
finally met the fate of a spoiled ell
max at the close of redirect eXamina-
tion.
Later Feebleness Shown
After asking that question, Freder-
icks proceeded with an air of weari-
ness, or possibly feebleness, with the
cross examination, and early in the
afternoon he abandoned it, not in the
manner of a man who has done his
work, but like one discouraged, CIV
ing the impression that at least the
shadow of his own charge against Har-
per touched him and he had cut and
run in the midst of fight"
Thomas H. Broadhead, at the open
ing of his direct examination by the
defense, stated that he is 80 years OF
age; that he was born on Kansas
farm and followed farming till he was
IT, when he came to California. lie
has been married fourteen years.
His answers were laconic until his
counsel requested him to be little
more explicit.
'What did you do first IN Califor-
nia?" asked Appel.
Skinned mules" answered the wit
ness.
do you mean you were a butcher?''
queried the attorney sourly.
"I drove mules" corrected the wit
ness.
"What did you do next?"
"Gripman."
This, too, he was requested to am
plify, and finally began giving more
comprehensive responses without spe-
cial instructions.
Denies OswaId's Charges
After denying everything Oswald
had said, concluding with the words
HE never gave me dollar in his
life." the witness was led to tell how
he had made the payments on his Cor
coran ranch Of 24O acres.
According to this story, the first
payment of the $4,000, with interest
added, was made in 1907 by mortgag-
ing his home in this city, the amount
of the payment being $2500.
The second payment, $500. in March,
1908, he stated, was met by borrowing
$500 from a brother-in-law, F. S. Wis
sett, whose present whereabouts he
does not know.
The third payment, $500, was made
by borrowing that sum from DR.. Sum-
ner J. Quint, who, Broadhead declared
volunteered to make the loan on a
noninterest bearing note, with YER
bal agreement that interest would be
paid If the farm turned out well
Broadhead had mentioned the fact
that $500 payment was due, and Quint
1t seems, jumped into the breach with
the Offer to loan $500. which amount
on the day the redlight district was
closed and the grand jury was in ses-
sion, was turned into checks which
later were turned over to the land
company as $500 payment
Wanted His Title Quick
AS a reason for the large payment,
the witness declared that he wanted
to get his title to the farm so that he
might mortgage 1t and pay off the
mortgage on his home.
The ~hext payment made was OBJ
tained, the witness averred, by borrow
ing $500 from his wife and sellinS the
1908 crop of grain on the property for
$955. That summer, Broahhead claims,
he received $250O from the Visalia Mill
ing company for wheat and barley
raised on the farm. This, he said, en-
abled him to repay the loans from his
brother -in-law and DR.. Quint.
Nothing has been asked the witness
so far regarding running expenses OF
this wonderful farm which pours such
wealth upon it's absentee proprietor.
The defendant was on the stand for
cross examination when court adj
journed for the day.