The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-01
LOVE LETTERS
HOLD. SECRETS
What Did Da Silva Write to
Miss Burbank About? The
Secret Service Knows
SOUGHT INFORMATION
Epistles Said to Contain
Much of Value in Fixing
Blame on the Accused

Silva have been discovered, but there
are still rumors of others. The tell
tale correspondence now in the hands
of the Government secret service men
refers here and there to two mysterious
women, but they will have no bearing
on the plans of the prosecution. The
case for the United States is almost
ready to present, and Miss Aginita
Burbank is the only woman who will
be conspicuous figure in future de-
yelopments.
Miss Burbank is quiet, unassuming
young lady, and is not thought to be in
any way accountable for Da Silva's
shortcomings, yet she will undoubtedly
be an important witness in identifying
the letters that passed between her and
the ex-interpreter. These epistles are
said to throw considerable light upon
the methods adopted by Da Silva to
secure inside information through the
unsuspecting stenographer.
Hypnotism Is the fanciful side Of the
Da Silva stories. The employees Of the
Chinese bureau do not think that the
strange man who dotes on femininity
could hypnotic anything more sus-
ceptible than a simpleminded Chinese
who desires to cross the border into
the United States, and knows that 1t
costs money to do it.
There are several patches OF the Da
Silva-Burbank letters which, it is
thought, will assist in completing the
chain of evidence against the accused
man. The prosecution will not make
these letters public until it finds a
proper place for them in the testimony.
In the mainline Miss Burbank has been
instructed to have nothing to say re-
garding the case. She talks to inter-
viewers of superficial things only.
THOSE MYSTERIOUS LETTERS.
There is a mild current of comment
about the Federal building that tends
toward the discussion of the communi-
cations and whispers of the letters that
were written to and by Da Silva when
he was in Shanghai and Canton. Let
tiers subsequently received by Da Silva
in San Francisco breathe of love, and
are said to show that the man was try
ing to gain information from Miss Bur-
bank. He did not succeed in finding
out much of value, but it would be i'm
become possessed of official secrets.
To return to the Da Silva game of
hearts, there is one Of his conquests
who has certainly refused to be hyp-
Noticed. Furthermore, she is not GER
tain that his musical exploits are born
of the sort of harmony that drives dull
care away and invokes spirit OF
alteration. During the execution Of the
''Voice of Love-" she says, cupid did
not come from behind the score and
fill a feminine heart with tipped
arrows from which had been extracted
no modicum of sting. This particular
young lady in question is Miss Carmen
Navarrete, who resides at 92S Broad
way, where she makes light of reports
of her deep affection for Da Silva and
looks upon him and the world in gen
eral as a great joke.
Il repeat that 1 once liked Da Silva,
but if he is in love with another
woman, that settles it with me- Life
is too short to bother much over men
anyway" she said by way of assur-
ance that Svengali had not glared into
her big brown eyes. I'm all for my
self when it comes to love matches.
Da Silva is out of my life and am not
worrying .
The inroads on Da SilVa's affections
said to have been made by Miss Bur-
bank do not worry Miss Carmen in the
least. She says that Da Silva loves
music and so does she, but that he is
not in it with a real nice electric piano
when it comes to ragtime. Guitars,
too, have their place, but not when it's
fOggy at North Beach. Love is only
passing whim and that fades like the
colors on Fourth of July flag when
it, like momentary affection, is under
the weather.
Miss Carmen may have been one of
the young ladies that Da Silva had OIL
his visiting list, but one thing is cer-
tain, she knows little if anything about
the mans business relations with the
Government. So to the wings with this
dainty young girl who has played d
speciality in the half-breed interpre-
ters drama of hearts and passports.
A GAME OF LOVE.
With Miss Burbank the game of love
seems to have been little more ser,-
Gus contest. Da Silva appears to have
held the winning hand. What Miss
Burbank knows will be of value to the
secret service men. If she can be in
duced to believe that all has not been
exactly fair in Da Silva's protested
love for her. she may tell everything.
An important bit of news that trav-
eled the corridors yesterday was that
Miss Burbank is supposed to have in
| formation that will make it unneces-
sary for the Government officials to go
to much trouble in looking up evidence
in the Far East TO convict their pris-
| oner.
Upon q woman's whirns and ca
prices rest important developments in
the case. The query is, will she remain
true to the man who once said he wor-
SHIPPED her, or will she say Revenge
is sweet" and tell all she knows when