Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-10
ALWAYS IN CITY.
SAYS N. OSWALD
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him in his efforts to break down 5he
witness stolid serenity and force from
him admissions or seeming admissions
that would serve to disCredit his testi-
mony in the eyes of the jury.
Oswald Sits Unruffled
Sometimes he would interrogate Os-
Wald in a soft, COaXing vein: again he
would resort to sneering sarcasm, ridi-
Cule, or assume a threatening attitude
as he would demand scornfully if the
witness expected the jury TO believe
what he was saying.
Through it all Oswald sat quite un-
rufled. seemingly but little interested,
but always careful. with an air of Cau-
tiousness which was more than sug-
sestive of his life and business actiV-
ity in the hidden haunts of vice.
He did not seem to care in the least
what the jury might believe. There
never was a trace of anxiety I'm his
manner and he rarely so much as
glanced at the jury box. When he did
it was with the same indifference he
has shown toward all things in the
course of the trial, with the single
striking exception of his own revela
tion of the manner I'm which he had
kept a population wondering and de-
tectives at a cost of hundreds of dol
lars hunting for him everywhere that
he was not.
Guilt Not Admitted
Again and again the cross examining
attorney made an effort to betray the
witness into some admissions of con-
scious guilt in connection with his deal
lnSS IN prostitution, but il was here
that he failed most signally.
Dwelling on the fact that Oswald Sc
cured the leases and titles to property
used in establishing The redlight dis
trict through question after question
Appel sought to make his point
Now, Mr.. Oswald" he would begin
persuasively, wasn't it because OF
your shame of conducting houses OF
prostitution, you. married man with
child? Didn't you want to cover ur
those dealings to avoid the public
shame?"
Promptly came the reply, with stolid
indifference: Il didn't care nothing
about that but [ didn't want the leases
in my name because it might cause
more talk against the district, and ag-
itatiOn to have it closed"
That was it.
Mick" Oswald had no moral nature
to protect from shame, but he had a
business which mad to be protected
from public opinion.
Deficient as the witness showed him
self on the moral plane, being entirely
immoral instead of immoral, and in
capable of comprehending moral con-
ceptiOns, he displayed great shreWd
ness in many little points
Did you divide the profits Of the
cottages, run ty ycu az houses of pros
utution in 1907, with Schenck, Harper
and Kern?" asked Appel.
IF you include all three, I'll have to
answer no." responded Oswald.
Questions involving disgusting details
of OsWald's occupation We're answered
in the same unruffled manner as all
others, Il did" or, YES, sir"
As calmly too, he admitted his per-
jury before the grand jury of 1908, at
time when he thought perjury might
serve to protect his interests in the
underworld and enable him ultimately
TO reopen the redlight district.
Once, when questioned regarding
what he had said about his income
after the closing of the redlght dis
trict. and making a correction on a
point which he seemed to have for
gotten, Oswald showed slight confu-
| sion, but recovered while Attorney
| Appel was smiling his triumph at his
associate counsel.
Wanted to "Get Even"
The witness admitted going to T.. T.
Earl chiefly in desire to get even"
| with the men he felt to have treated
him unfairly. but said he needed the
money, too, for his friends who had
made loans to him.
II did not think Harper, Schenck, Kerr
and BrOadhead had lived up to their agree
ment," he said. Yes, i was mad at then
in way. l thought they had given me Z
dirty shakedOwn all around, ana l thought
that by going TO Earl and forcing Kern anG
Harper 10 resign without anybody knowini
why, could get square with them and al
the same time have money to square VI
with the friends that had stood by me-"
Oswald said he demanded $4,000 OF
100000 from Earl for the story, provided
it was not made public, but only used
TO force Harper and Kern from office
but thought he ought to have $4,000 if
the matter came to the surface. In the
end, he had agreed to accept $4,000
| half of y. hich amount, he testified, had
been paid him before his disappear-
ance, and the balance was to be paid
six months thereafter.
a distinct change in the manner of
the proceedings was seen yesterday, in
the free hand allowed Attorney Appel