Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-02
District Attorney Is Also
Given.BOdy Blow
FORMER PROSECUTOR WIELDS
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
SAYS HE HAD NO CONFIDENCE IN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Sumner j. Quint, Police Surgeon, Also
Under Fire In Trial of Former
Police Captain Thomas A.
Broadhead
THOMAS LEE wooLwINE, placed


upon the witness stand by the
Il prosecution in the trial of Thomas
II. Broadhead yesterday, proved a
double-edged sword, cutting both ways
and cutting keenly. When he left the
stand, few minutes before adjourn
ment of court last evening, counsel for
the defense looked blank and worried,
while ]. d. Fredericks, district at
torney was shaking his head in an
exasperated manner, much like bear
with his ears full of bees, and growing
angrily.
Mr., Woolwine was called to the stand
at $3.50 O'Clock in the afternoon, at tho
close of a five-minute recess. His di-
rect examination, for the prosecution,
was assigned by the district attorney
to his deputy, Joseph Ward. The testi-
mony began very quietly, but every
body seemed interested except Capt.
Fredericks, who had assumed an air
of boredom.
The witness gave his name and then
his age, "a years, and stated that he
had been prosecuting attorney from
some time in March, 1908, until October
of that year.
So far there had been no objection
from counsel for the defense, but they
were ready, crouched like cats pre-
pared to spring.
WooIwine Accuses Kern
"About May /, 1908, did you have
a conversation with Mr. Kern. then
chief of police, at the police station,
in which you said to him, 1 want
you to assist me in prosecuting the
denizens of the redlght district and
did Kern answer, No, that would scat
ter them through the residence dis
tricts', and did you then say, Then
want you to help me close the most
notorious places, and especially those
which are called the municipal dis
trict. including the brick crib houses,
on Commercial sttvt east OF Alameda
did such a conversation take placer
asked Joseph Ford.
J. w. Mckinley leaped to his feet,
fairly shouting his objections, which
the court overruled.
.It couldn't have been far from May
L." responded the witness ref1ectively,
'IIe did answer that he would not close
them. Yes, that was the conversation
in substance"
And some time after that was there
another conversation between you and
Kern, in which you asked him to help
you close the red brick houses in that
district, and did he refuse, saying: Ii
is not the policy of the administration
- to close them; and did you then say:
Il don't know how l can do anything
without the help of the police depart
ment, but ] am determined to close
those places?'" asked Ford
Demand Was Refused
"I made some such demand on him" "
answered the witness, "and he told me
it was not the policy of the mayor and
police commission. l spoke of those
places as the municipal houses"
In answer to the next question, Wool
wine said, speaking of Kern:
HE did request me not to stir things
IN till he came back from the trip
east he intended taking. He said he
was subordinate, and would obey the
orders of the mayor and police COM
mission
Every word Of this was in direct com
tradiction of positive statements which
were made by Ed Kern on cross eXami-
nation last Friday
Ford continued: Ibid you have an
other conversation with Kern, after his
return from the east, between July 1C
and August s, While Mayor Harper
was in the east, in which you told him
again that yon wanted his help.to close
the notorious district saying that those
bricks were more complained of than all
other places, and did he refuse, and
ask you not to take any action while
the mayor was out Ol lne CITY LA
you then tell him that the city is never
without a mayor, and that that would
not do as an excuse; that you intended
to take the public into your confidence
demanding that the police be un-
shackled?"
Eyes" answered Woolwine.
"Cross examine" said Ford.
Attorney Appel arose
Were you not deputy district at
torney also at that timer" he asked
the witness.
Il was" Woolwine answered.
"Why, then. did you not report
these matters to the district attorney?
Because" answered the witness
simply. Il had no reason to believs
that such report would receive con
sideration or be productive of any re-
suits"
Appel asked question after question
in an effort TO Show that the witness
had not made every possible effort
lacking the assistance of tile police de-
partment 10 close the municipal red
light district" but succeeded only in
leading the witness to strengthen his
testimony.
IT did make an effort to get CON
stable De La Monte to gather evidence
SO complaints could be issued" said
Woolwine in answer to one of the ques-
tions, but was not permitted to state
the result of that effort.
Then the attorney tried to show
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