Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-06

light district was Oswald's answer.
A LII through the long day yesterday
u the fight in the Broadhead trial
"A was waged bitterly by Joseph
Ford for the prosecution, on the one
side, and j. w. Mckinley, of counsel
for the defense, on the other.
Ford fought doggedly, along his chos-
en- course, displaying thorough COM
prehension of the well worked out plan
of the prosecution, and refusing to be
led or forced aside at any point by the
shrewd and sometimes brilliant strokes
of his opponent.
The plan Of the prosecution was to
have the story of the redlight districts
told from the beginning, as the events
took place, revealing in the actual or
DER of development the formation of
criminal conspiracy on the part of pub
lie officials with oswald, the dive
keeper to obtain graft money from the
reopening of the crib district in Los
Angeles.
The plan was carried out, in the face
of objections and arguments that con-
sumed the greater part of the time
during the first two days of actual trial
of the case, since the deposed redlight
manager was called to the witness
stand 1t was only near the close OF
the proceedings yesterday that the
story of Oswald, halted bv a thousand
interruptions, was carried forward by
the patient questioning of Joseph Ford
to the point at which the receiving OF
money by Captain Broadhead, in May
and June of 1908, was related.
Struggle Fierce at Times
At times the struggle was suggestive
of a mass play in a football game,
where effort and strain are shown so
clearly, and progress is made by inches
/ only.
Attorney McKinley's attacks were
swift and sharp, and his eyes would
flash and he would chuckle little TO
himself at the close Of each, as ne
watched for the answer of the court or
the effect upon the prosecutor. Ford
met them slowly, never even smiling
his eyes staring unseeingly across the
court room while his mind turned IN
ward to study the plan of prosecution
from which he never once allowed him
self to be sWerVed.
At the morning session, aroused by
one of McKinleys clever, singing ar
guments, District Attorney Fredericks
/ arose and addressed the court: "IhlS
/ witness story would have lasted about
/ twenty minutes instead of all yester-
/ day and today, if it had not been for
/ the continuous objections and argu-
mcnts of the defense"
Advised by Mayor Harper
Oswald told how. advised by Mayor
/ Harper to go ahead, he had secured
/ possession by lease and purchase OF
! several lots on Commerclai street easI
/ OF Alameda. on which he had told the
MAYOR two large crib houses could be
/ built. The purchased property was
/ bought in the name of william Law
/ renee" which was part of the name or
William Lawrence Fetter, a bookkeep-
/ er who afterward, according TO the
1 story. kept the books of the redlight
/ district in Oswald's office in the II. w
/ Hellman building at Second street ana
/ Broadway.
| The names of Nicholas QuirOlo, John
( FOhl. Joe Petit and others were men
/ toned as servants of the redlight mas
/ ter i'm the unlawful traffic carried on
/ behind blank walls. Hector Rabagl-
atti was named as a petty partner OF
/ Oswald in the profitable infamy, own
ing one of the lots i'm the second crib
district established, after the abandon
mcnt of the old BallerinO district be-
cause of public outcry.
oswald told of a conversation with
ed Kern, chief of police, i'm the redlight
office at Second street and Broadway,
in November, 1907, when the crib build
| ings We're ready for occupancy.
Plan Is Framed Up
He said he did not see how he could
close Tom Savage's houses on CONNER
cial street, west Of Alameda, and leave
our district, on the east of Alameda
street. to run. He said the papers
would soon find out about it, and the
public would protest
'T suggested that ne make a general
raid and close all the cribs. and then,
after a while, let the women go back
to our district and keep everything else
closed He said that would be good
idea. but that ( would have to see that
Savage was taken care of. | said l
would do that.
about December /, 1907 the raid was
made and the plan carried out About
the same time | got out petition pro-
testing against the keeping of houses
of prostitution in the places on the
west side of Alameda street, where
Savage had been keeping them. and
had it circulated through the neighhor-
hood. Those places were not allowed
to open again.
Rakeoff Decided On
TN January 1908. I met Harper,
Proadhead and Kern, and we talked
of matters connected with the redlight
district Kern said he must receive
$500 a month, of which he would pay
$500 a month each to Harper ana
Broadhead. He said I would have to
take care of Sam Schenck, and that |
had better fix things 18th him scpa-
rately.
THE first time | had any conversa-
ton with Broadhead about the district
and his share of the money from 1t
was lust before Chief Kern went east
in the spring Of 1908. The district, af-
ter being closed i'm December in the
raid that closed Tom Savage's place.
was opened up about the middle of
January, 1908, and remained open un-
til August 20
THE first money paid to Kern was
in January. 1908. March I | paid Kern
1880, according to the agreement, and