Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-27
BRIBERY CASES
WILL Be HEARD
ARRANGEMENT OF ACCUSED
SET FOR TODAY
TESTIMONY THAT CAUSED IN
DIcTMENT MADE PUBLIC
Witnesses Differ Regarding Source
from Which $500 Came-Aikman
Tells of cashing
Checks

Checks
Former Chief of Police Thomas Fl.
Broadhead and former Police Commits
sioner Sam Schenck will be arraigned
before Judge Davis in department
twelve of the superior court this morn
ing on a charge of bribery in connec-
ton with the alleged protection of no
torious houses in the tenderloin.
According to the testimony before the
special grand jury there is some ques-
ton as to where Broadhead secured
$500 August 20 of 1908. Police Surgeon
Sumner ]. Quint testified that he had
loaned the deposed police official the
money without security or written
promise that he would be paid interest
on the sum. That Broadhead was made
uneasy by the possession OF SO much
cash at one time was brought out in
the testimony of Alex Altman, saloon
keeper and friend of Broadhead's, who
declared that the former police chlet
turned over S40O and $1120 in two sums
to him in return for checks for the
equivalent amounts.
The $500 which Quint claimed TO
have loaned Broadhead was, according
to the police surgeon, taken from pox
| in the safe deposit vault department Oh
the Commercial National bank. Ihe
| testimony of various bank employees
disagree with that of CUNTS
! According to the testimony of MISS
Susan Dean, who was in charge of the
safe deposit department of the panh'
| and Benjamin Levy, clerk IN the
bank, there were no admission Sips 10
show that Quint came to the bank at
all on that day. According TO thelr YES
timony before the grand jury 1t IS
necessary for everybody not connected
with the bank to sign admission Slips
before they are allowed to go to their
| boxes.
There on August II
The last slip of admission signed by
Ouint prior to September 10 was dated
August II. Qqint, according TO ms
own statement, had an account at the
bank at the same time e:ood he a a5sOo au-
mitted owing the bank $4,000 or $2SO0.
CUNTS testimony in reference to the
loan in part follows:
| Question by Fredericks-Do you
know Thomas Broadhead, formerly
chief of police, now captain of police?
| Ayes, sir, very well.
O.-Been associated with him at the
Police station?
| Avery intimately.
O.-Very intimately? State whether
or not in the summer of 1908 you loaneu
| him money.
! Al loaned him $500.
O.-What is the date of the loan?
| A.-The goth day of August.
| O.-What was the conversation WIN
Cant. Broadhead at the time you loaned
him this $500?
Ale was telling me he was hard
IN and said he was paying on on ms
Corcoran ranch and something OF that
kind. 49,, =.
answer to questions that he had taken
| Broadhead'e note for the money whlcn
he supplied from sum which he kept
| in a safe deposit box. He said that
| the note had been deposited in the
hoy and admitted that $500 on Whlch
he was paying per cent interest.
No Interest on Money
He admitted that he had not asked
| Broadhead for any interest on the
$500. and had the money in the safe
deposit bank while he was still IN dept
! to the bank. Broadhead, he said, mad
promised to pay him interest," Wnen ms
! crops were sold in the fall the po-
lice surgeon admitted the interest or
the principal had not yet been PAID
but stated that he had hopes. Qulnt
testified that he turned the money over
to Broadhead sometime after IL o'clock,
| August 20.
Altman Called
Aikman, when called, testified, In
part, as follows:
Broadhead?
| ACUTE well, sir.
Q-How long have you known h1mI
Al have known him, to be quite
well acquainted with him, for about
! three years.
Showing Altman a bank deposit
! slip. this question was asked hi: "Dld
Won receive any portion of that money
from Mr.. Thomas H. Broadhead!
| Ale gave me that gold, $3.50 there.
7 gave him a check for $500 in return
| of it and he gave me $50 back in the
bank at the corner of First, and the
other-down there.
O-First and what?
N--Sixth and-Fifth and Spring.
Q-At the Security Savings bank?
Ayes.
| $500 from Broadhead
Altman stated that he had been
given the $500 at Broadhead ONCE
about noon He said their talk had
been about chickens. He testified that
the former chief was quite chicken
| fancier and had visited his residence
and place of business, 1134-l136 East
First street on numerous occasions.
| Altman declared tnat ne lHSu ISL ia
the bank and met Broadhead again on
the way back. The pair, according 10
| Ailxman's testimony, went to the safe
deposit vaults of the Security Savings
hank and there he was given $ll20 IN
return for check for the amount.
| Altman admitted that later, AFTER
thinking the matter over, he became
Suspicious of the chiefs manner and
when the Cancelled checks of the bank
came in he put them in dlnersnt
place from the others. He admitted
| destroying his stub book, but declared
that he did this after bottle OF INK
had been spilled on it.
DR.. C. w. Bonynge, CUNTS assist
ant and son of the president OF the
| Commercial National bank, told the
| Jury that he had carried key to
Ouint's box, which they shared to-
gether. He said he saw large sums OF
money in the box at various times and
! on one occasion spoke to Qulnt ABOUT
| IT. Ouint, he said, declared he had
reason and passed it over as II 1t was
| joke. -
neither Bonynge nor anybody else ever
gained admission to the /safe deposit
vaults without signing a slip. MISS
Dean admitted however, that one OF
the directors had access to the vault
without being compelled to sign an
admission slip.
CATCHER POWERS DEAD