Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-13
JURORS HEAR CHARGES AGAINST
HARPER, KERN AND BROADHEAD
Former Boss of Redlight District Reveals to
E. T. Earl Entire History of Deal Where
by Notorious Resorts Were
Allowed to Flourish

month was because Savage was closed
up and was hollering his head off, ana
AL agreed the best thing to do would
be to pay Savage which oswald SAID
he did.
''Some of the books and checks indi-
cate they paid the money TO Iom say
age every month. oswald said he
wasn't satisfied with the statement
from Kern and went to the mayor and
said: How about that, mayor? The
chief says to pay the money to him.
Oswald said the mayor replied: Yes,
that is all right, Nick; you pay the
money to the chief and / will get my
share of it,
Opened in February, 1908
ION that basis they opened up their
new crib and were in full blast in
February, 1908. and they continued in
full blast for seven months. He said
they had an Office in room 124, Holman
building. | asked him if the chief
came to that office. He said he did. L
asked him II he paid the chief any
money in that office. He said he did.
] asked Nick Oswald when he made his
first payment. He said in February,
1908. l asked him where he made II.
and he said at the Office of the chief
of police. 400
:" TO Kern
Il asked him If he paid it to Kern
personally. and he said he did and IN
Kerns private Office. He said it was
currency. in an envelope. l asked him
if Kern showed any hesitancy in ac-
cepting it, and he said, None what
ever Oswald said he paid to him
$780, He said all the monthly pay
inents were made regularly and that
each of them was $500. Once, later in
the summer. he met Mayor Harper and
asked the mayor if he got his money,
and the mayor said, No; l only got
$780, He said he asked the mayor the
same question once or twice prior to
that time and the mayor had said,
Yes, | got the money On the occa-
sion when he said he got only $3.50
Oswald said, why, l paid the chief
$500 for you. He should have given it
to you
Mayor Assures Protection
oswald said on account of the agi-
tation regarding Police Commissioner
Fuller's connection with houses in the
redlight district Oswald called up
Mayor Harper at his home one even
ing and the mayor said: Come down;
I will see you down here So he went
down and had a Talk with the mayor
about the redlight district, and the
mayor said, My boy, it is all right
Don't you worry, and l will stand pat.
Oswald said that the night after the
conversation at the mayors house as
he left he gave the mayor $500 in gold.
1 asked Oswald if the mayor showed
any hesitancy in accepting the money,
and oswald said, None whatever
Draws Money in Advance
about the time he made the pay
n1ent to Mayor Harper--or, possibly,
just before that-the chief was absent
in the east on a trip, and when the
chief went away Oswald said the chief
had told him he was to give him
$500. He said, L am going to be away
next month and l will keep Broad
heads $500 myself to use while 1 am
away, and next month, Nick, you give
Broadhead his $500 for this month and
his $500 for next month. AS l recall it,
Broadhead telephoned to him that he
wanted to see him; he went over and
Broadhead said he wanted his money,
and Nick said he told him he was
little hard up and could not pay him
the $1,000 then, and Broadhead had said
to him, We'll, I need it damn bad he
said; Il have got a ranch to pay for
and I need the money.
"I can't pay it now Oswald said to
him. but l will pay you $3.50 a week
during the month, if that will help you
out
.Where did you paw that money,
1t over in Broadhead's Office.
"'When you took the money over
there the first time to hand to him,
did he show any reluctance to ac-
cept it?"
"'None whatever
"'Were there any comments|
"'He said, Here is your money"
Officials Visit Office
"Did Broadhead ever come to your
office, 1874 Hellman building, Second
street and Broadway?
HE said he did not remember that
he ever did He said the chief came
there several times and got his money"
In reply to question about sam
Scenck Mr.. Earl said THAT Oswald
had told him that Schenck was fire.
uuent visitor at the Office 124 Hellman
building, but that he paid little at
tention to him. He said he asked Os-
valid if he had paid money to Schenck
in presence of illnesses and that
oswald had replied that he could not
recall, but did not think he had. He
said he paid him generally in coin.
Oswald said" Mr.. Earl testified,
"'You will find A check among those
that is payable to c. ]. Boring. as ! re-
member the name That check is the
check that was given 10 Sam Schenck.
] think you will find that check is in
dorsed by Paul Schenck. "
Mr. Earl told of Durand's visit to
his office and of the story the man told
him regarding the way in which bust
ness was transacted in the notorious
brick houses.
"'Did you have a city licenso?' I
asked Durand, and he said they had no
license. He said the chief of police on
one occasion had come down there in
the daytime with some navy officers,
when the fleet was here about a year
ago, and the chief showed the men
around through the building. He said
women were there. He said that tIe
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