Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-10
'RedIight King Here, While
Detectives Were Busy
SMILES AS HE TELLS HOW He
FOOLED OFFICIALS
JUDGE ORDERS THAT LETTERS
BE BROUGHT TO COURT
Communications from e. T. Earl and
John D. Fredericks Probably Will
Be Produced In Court by
Brother of Accused
EkT DID not leave Los Ange-

C6T DID not leave Los Ange-
les city at ALL" testified
a Mick" Oswald ten min
utes before adjournment of court
yesterday afternoon, in answer
to a question from Attorney II.
H. Appel regarding the where
abouts of the redlight chief dur
ing the time that he was being
searched for by detectives from
Oregon to Mexico.
This testimony was given with Inc
same quiet air Of stolid sincerity that
has characterized Oswald's manner
throuehout the five days he has oeen
upon the witness stand, but a moment
later he smiled, almost for the nrst
time since the opening OF the trId,, I.,u
his thoughts seemed to be wandering
back TO the time. last March, Wheh
thousands of persons were wondering
where the missing redlight manager
might be hiding out. Appells next
Question had to be repeated TO nun De
fore his mind came back to the court
room where he was tcstifying for the
prosecution in the trial of former
Chief of Police Broadhead on a charge
of bribery in connection with the pro-
lection of the redlight district in Los
Angeles.
In the City All the Time
"I was In the south part of the city
all the time" the witness continued, In
response to further questioning, still
with the show of animation and inter
est which he had displayed for the
first time In the course OF the trial at
the asking of the first question re-
rarding his hiding place The tone of
his voice. even, had changed striking
ly. no longer sounding dull and indif
ferent His whole manner was IN
marked contrast to the llstlessness he
had displayed before.
The man who had dealt in the bodies
of women as dspassionatelY as any
tradesman deals with his wares, with
as little thoueht of wrong; utterly con
scienceless in his purchase of the priv |
ilege of evading laws which he looked
upon only as an interference with ms
business; slow Of wit, except along the
line of protection of his Illegal inter-
ests; unimag ginative in the main, had
yet been touched in his imagination byI
the stir his disappearance had made
and the wild speculation as to his
whereabouts that followed.
"For a few daVs ] stayed with Mr..
Paul, my brother-in-law. and after
that in another place. never left
far from the house where I first
stopped.
Saw Offers Of Reward
Eyes. I read the papers" His eyes.
almost fishy In their ordinary dullness,
actually sparkled. Somewhere in his
peculiar being the imaginative faculty
had lain dormant, to be aroused by
the dramatic quality of his own sltua-
ii, n I'm the city of Los Angeles, from
r..1,ic bo N haNa nnl
while he read, day after day. the Of
fers OF reward. climbing up to $1,000,
and the detailed descriptions of his
supposed flight. north. east and south;
of his hiding in the mountains of Inyo,
or of his gambling away his Ill gotten
gains in the Monte Carlo of the coast,
in Tia Juana Mexico
There was a stir in the court room.
too, as Oswald's revelation of his hid
ing place, after months of silence, was
made. There were some half smoth
cred EXPLANATIONS of q character not
supposed to he good form in court
room with the court sitting, except in
the way OF testimony.
In the midst of 1t all, conscious of a
proud moment in his career. stood At
torney Appel, bowling and smiling like
an actor who has made a tremendous
hit. For had he not asked the ques-
tion which resulted in clearing up the
mystery of Oswald?
Mystery Not Clear
The mystery was not wholly cleared,
however, for the case was continued
before the witness, obviously seeking
to avoid the point, could be made to
tef what other place he had been in
hiding in the vicinity of Fortieth
street and Flgueroa, after leaving the
home of Mr.. Paul.
Even as Judge Davis began the for
mula customary in continuing a case
Attorney Appel begged for a moments
stay to spring another little sensation
as climax to his big days work.
Your honor" said the attorney, 81
asked Jake Oswald the witness
brother, to come here today and bring
two letters which are in his possession,
one addressed by e. II. Earl to the wit
ness. Mr.. Oswald, and the other by the
district attorney to ]. G. Althouse.
Jake Oswald came, but has not got the
letters, he says I ask your honor to
make an order that he bring them to-
morrow"
Ordered to Bring Letters
The order was made, and so the days
session of the Broadhead case closed,
very much in the manner of an install
ment of some sensational novel in the
old time weekly paper.
But Appel had talked of those letters
and their contents some days ago Ac-
cording to him the one from Mr.. Earl
to oswald direct, through his brother
promises the deposed chief of the red
light district $4,000 and immunity from
punishment for his admitted per-
Jury before the grand jury of last year
The letter from Capt. Fredericks tol
J. G. Althouse, a relative Of Oswald, isl
said 70 contain similar but of1clal as
surance on one point, that immunity
from punishment would be Oswald's re-
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