Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
EXHIBIT %" IS
FIRST HARD RAP
AT BROADHEAD
FATAL CHECK AND DEPOSITS
AT BANK TALLY
ALEX. AlkMAN TELLS OF DEAL
WHEN REDLlGHT CLOSED
Hurried Meeting to Safe Deposit Vault
with Police Captain and Exchange
of Cash for Check
Rehearsed

OF lnOlldS II. DIOduIteAl abil S'
n charge of accepting a bribe OF
$1,000 for protection of the redlight dis
trict proved the most impressive bit of
evidence presented in relation to
Broadhead alone since the famous trial
began. .,,.
drawn By Alexander Aikman, nroprle-
tor of the Salt Lake bar saloon on
East First street across the river, III
favor of T. H. Broadhead, and was re-
ceived in exchange for $ll2O in cash
which the defendant in the present ac-
ton appears to have turned over so1ne-
what hurriedly to his friend Aikman on
the fatal day of redlight history in Los
Angeles, August 20, 1908.
Almost for the first time since the
trial began, nineteen days ago. an en-
tire day was given over to testimony
bearing chiefly upon the alleged guilt
of Thomas II. Broadhead, instead of
indicating the greater criminality OF
men higher up involved in the con-
spiracy which the prosecution has been
seeking to show existed under the ad-
ministration of Arthur c. Harper, the
recalled mayor.
Bank Employees Testify
Until yesterday the supposed sins of
Broadhea6 were postulated largely
upon the showing of his association
with Ed Kern and Sam Schenck, by
implication, in connection with the teS-
timony tending to show the existence
of a conspiracy to protect the redlight
district for the sake of graft, with
Police Commissioner Samuel Schenck
as the prime mover in it's workings.
Before Aikman was placed upon the
stand employees of the safety deposit
department of the Security Savings
oP 10 taIIape nj the Farm
ers and Merchants National bank tes-
titled, in the first place, to T. II. Broad
heads possession of a safety deposit
box and his visit to it at noon August
20, 1908, and, in the second place, of
Alexander Aikman's making of two
deposits at the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank on that day, each of an
amount in excess of $1,000, and the Sec
ond deposit being the exact amount,
S1120, of the check which Broadhead
received.
Alexander Aikman testified that he
had known Broadhead quite well' for
three years.
Mutual Bond in Chickens
''I went to see him at the police sta
tion, in his office, August 20, to ask
him about some chickens" the witness
went on.
Later testimony revealed the fact
fancy poultry, and that he had aided
his friend Altman in securing some
fine stock from England. But on that
day, which marked the downfall of
Oswald and his co-conspirators in the
redlight DEAL the since indicted cap
tain of police appears to have been
thinking of other things.
HE took $400 mostly in gold, out of
q place in his desk. and handed it over
to me, asking me to give him check
for it, | gave him the check, and then
went to the bank to deposit the money,
along with money l had" said the wit
ness.
Deposit slips from the Farmers and
Merchants bank introduced as exhibits
by the prosecution showed the first de-
post made that day by Aikman to
have been $500 in gold and $770 in cur
rency.
At this point, the first check made
out that day by Aikmaf to Broadhead
was offered in evidence and became
peoples exhibit L."
Interest Stirred to Quick
90" was not to appear till nearly an
hour later, but the crowd in the court
room felt that something was coming,
and fell quiet The lazy, lounging at
titudes of the bored spectators were
abandoned suddenly, and people began
to lean forward in their seats. Weary
smiles disappeared, yawning and even
whispering ceased and every eye be-
came fixed upon the ordinarily unim-
presslve figure that occupied the wit
ness chair.
"I think I had lunch after that"
Aikman continued, but I'm not sure
about that. 1 guess it was about l
o'clock, walking up Fourth street,
when l met Captain Broadhead again
at Fourth and Spring streets. He asked
me where l was going, and l told him
I was going home. He told me he was
going to the Security Savings bank at
Fifth and Spring, and asked me to go
along.
Il went with him. I saw him go up
to the place where you go into the
safety deposit part, but / wasn't notic-
ing much what he did. I was butting
round looking at the place, with its
fancy fixfngs.
More Money Produced
Pretty soon I heard him CALL Come
on, Aleclz,' and then l seen him going
into the vault. 1 went in after him.
Then he went and got his box. 1
didn't see him take all the money out
of ity because was still looking at the
nice fixtures in the place.
when 1 looked, some money was on
the table and some in the box. Then
he give me some money for a check
and he says: 'Aleck, here's some
money. Give me check for this
81 took the money and gave him the
check for the amount of it, not think
ing anything much about it. The peo-
Pile in there was awful nice to me, and
was showing me the nice fixtures Oh,
yes. Well, 1 took the money he gave
me and took it to the bank"
"And you gave him a check for it?"
asked Joe Ford.
Eyes, sir"
"Is this the check?"
Eyes, that's it,"
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