Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
NAME OF
REFORMER
TERRIFIES
BrOadhead Attorneys Gasp
at "WOOIwine"
DEPUTY FORD SPRINGS MINE
UNDER DEFENSE
WITNESS KERN NoNPLUssED BY
UNEXPECTED QUESTION
Sudden Injection into Case of Mention
of Former City Prosecutor Who
Quorreled with Fredericks
Astounds All
WITNESS KERN NoNPLUssEo BY
UNEXPECTED QUESTION

A I the first question involv-
a ing the name of Thomas L.
a Woolwine, former city pros
ecutor, in the cross-examination
of J. Edward Kern yesterday
afternoon by Deputy District At
torney Joseph Ford, a striking
change came over the witness
and counsel for the defense.
Apparently there had been no
suspicion up to that moment that
Woolwine, after the amenities
which passed between him and
]. d. Fredericks last fall, would
be called by the prosecution, but
the questions, laying a, foundation
for the impeachment of the wit
ness, Kern, by testimony which
Woolwine is expected to give,
showed clearly that he is to ap-
pear.
The manner Of the witness,
which up to that moment had
showed only occasional anxiety,
changed swiftly; he flushed and
paled by turns as the questions
were asked, and the answers were
Glow in Coming. His eyes, wild
ened with apprehension, roved
restlessly about the courtroom
while the deputy district attorney
was speaking, and during the
time taken up with all manner of
objections interposed by counsel
for the defense, but he always
looked at Broadhead's attorneys
at the conclusion of each ques-
ton.
Broadhead's Counsel Nonplussed
The witness displayed no haste in
answering the questions at any time.
vet the counsel for the defense seemed
obsessed with fear he might answer
too quickly. Theis sarcastic smiles had
disappeared. their lazily complacent
attitudes, lounging back in their chairs,
had been abandoned. Frantically they
waved their hands at the witness to
keep him quiet, that they might make
their objections, giving him further
time to collect his thoughts.
Appel forgot the previously uttered
Injunction OF the court against his
muttering in the courtroom, and even
dignifed Mckinley, usually so obser-
want of the niceties of court custom,
once so far forgot himself in his anx-
iety as to begin hurting out question
to the witness. He got only SO far,
however, as, But you" when he re-
membered that the witness was In the
hands of the prosecution for cross eX
animation, and checked himself with
a cough OF confusion.
A preliminary question was asked by
Joseph Ford. preparing for the sensa-
tion he was about to spring.
"Mr. Kern, were not many COM
plants made to you as chief of police
about those crib houses being allowed
to run there on Commercial street west
of Alameda?"
, Very few" answered Kern ser
enely.
Ford seemed to draw long breath,
and smiled a little. Then he asked
sharply:
did not Thomas II. Woolwine make
such complaint to you?"
There was great quiet in the court
room. accompanied by swift changes
of expression and attitude on the part
of the interested persons gathered
there.
Witness ParIeys for Time
IL think So" stammered the wit
ness at last
Ibid not Woolwine complain to you
of those houses on Commercial street
east Of Alameda?" insisted Mr.. Ford.
After the waving of hands by coun-
sci. objections to the question on the
hot aaI fHnrs
answered" and on any other grounds
that occurred to counsel, and the over
ruling of the objections by the court,
the witness, rallying a little. replied:
He wanted such places closed all
over the city"
did not Woolwine tell you that the
houses-those red brick cribs-must be
closed, and did not you say to him that
you would not close them because it
would scatter the inmates all over the
city?"
Kern's blue eyes were staring wildly,
and his. big fingers clawed nerVously
at the arms of the witness chair.
81 don't recall it in those words" he
mumbled.
Ford refused to be satisfied with such
an answer, and in the face of further
objections in which the defense claimed
the ground had been gone over. he
persisted. demanding a definite answer
to his question.
"The conversation was largely per-
sonal," said the witness, plaintively.
between Woolwine and myself-what
he thought and what [ thought"
Ford rose to his feet and stood for a
moment gazing at the witness with a
sternly speculative air. Then he asked,
very slowly, very decidedly;
Recalled Some Things
"Did not Woolwine tell you those red
brick crib houses, the so-called mu-
nicipal houses must he closed, and
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