The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-20
Trying Hard ito Hare Filipino
Marriage Annulled.
HE TELLS HIS. STORY.
Admits He Was on Intimate
Terms With Mrs. VasqueZ.
Asserts Positively That He Did
Not Marry Her.

2QnullnenG VI 1@lS0AGAdhI
q. Burbank against Mrs. Conception
yasouez did not conclude Wednesday.
When the court adjourned Lieutenant
Burbank was on the witness stand I'M
dergoing a trying cross-examination
at the hands of the lawyers for the
Filipino woman.
Lieutenant Burbank testified that he
was an officer in the army in the phil
ippines two and -one-half years, most
of the time at Valadoud-s he -salo thae
he knew Mrs. Vasquez Wen, tnat ne
knew her from September 1901, 10
May, 1902. but that they were not mar
ried. He denied that they were ever
married. ever went through any KING
of a marriage CEREMONY and SAID an
the records pretending to bear on TINS
were forgeries He said that ternah-
do Mapa, the justice OF the peace "n NJ
enemy of his; that Mapa was suspect
ed Of being an insurgent, ana that II
was rumored that Mapa was IN con-
spiracy that set a price OF $oOo on MS
head. ~,
Lieutenant Burbank said that MIS-
Vasquez was a woman whose reputd-
ton was not good She was .EVlns win
her cousin when he first became ac-
ouainted- with her. He denied mat
Mrs Vasquez ever lived at his oflclai
residence but she ate with MN lew
times. and that he ate at her mousse
many times.
The attorneys for Mrs. -Vasquez OPP
ened the cross examination with a alne
OF questions tending to show that Lieu
PENDANT Burbank lad never lived in
Kansas except while on the Fort LeaN-
enworth' reservations as an army otlceI'
and as a result could not estaDiisn d
legal residence in Kansas.
T,ieutenant Burbank showed signs OF
losing his temper when the lawyer
asked him how the F1lipinoS came 10
know the full name of his rather ana
his mothers maiden name SO as TO De
able to insert them in the allegeG
fraudulent marriage license He salo
that he was not able to tell, OUT
thought that he had mentioned II TO
Mrs. Vasquez. He acknowledged IN
reply to a. question that he had board
ed part of the time while at Vala-
dond with Mapa, the justice OF the
neace He also said that Mapa was q
merchant. and added that &c sold
Copies of the letters forwarded by
Mrs. Vasquez to the war departnlsi.'
ing terms by Lieutenant Burbank ana
referred to as his wife We're onereq.
Lieutenant Burbank denied Wr1IlnS
them. A warm legal debate followed,
the attorneys for Burbank endeavorins
to keep them out EEhe attorneys Iof
Mrs. Vasquez c0ntsnded that Lleuten-
ant Burbank acknowledged writing
these letters in an official communica-
ton that was submitted through the
post ,adjutant at, Fort Leayenwortn.
This he also denied An. adjournment
row. morning whens the fort adjutant
will be summoned to testify.
In addition to the evidence OF Lieut..
Burbank. a deposition was read from
Major Bernard A. Byrne, who was on
duty part of the time at Valadol1d,
SAYING that ne never saw any notice
posted of the alleged marriage license
This testimony was OF a, tenor to give
Mapa bad name and to discredit
Mrs. Vasquez-
Another deposition was read from
First Lieut.. H. G. Young, Sixth in
fantry who served with Lieut. Bur-
bank at VaIadolid. Lieut.. Young tes-
titled that Justice Mapa was mer-
chant and saloon keeper and that he
did not like Burbank. He said that
Mrs. Vasquez was not Burbanks WIFE
He told of calling with Burbank to
see Mrs. Vasquez at her home when
she was i'll, and that she told him her
also told of himself and Burbank TAX
ing Mrs. Vasquez to a dance, but said
that Burbank did not introduce or
acknowledge her as his wife.
Lieut.. Burbank was in court with
number of soldiers witnesses The
first testimony offered was that of Ser
geant David Costello, now at Fort Ma
cara N Y. 1t was an affidavit and
disclosed the line of attack on the part
of Lieut.. Burbank against Mrs. Vas
quez- Sergeant Costello swore that he
was with Lieut.. Burbank practically
all the time in the philippines and
that no notice of the alleged marriage
ever appeared on the town bulletin
board at Iloilo- He said that Mrs
Vasquez was a woman of il-repute,
that she had been divorced from her
first husband before his death. The
attack on the woman's character led
to a warm legal discussion. but Judge
Fitzpatrick ruled to allow the testimony
on this line.
Sergeant Costello testified that Fer
nando Mapa, the justice who swore
that he married Lieut. Burbank and
Mrs. Vasquez. was an insurgent; that
he was half Chinese and half Filipino,
and could not be believed on oath;
also that he, the sergeant, would not
believe the oath of any Filipino. Ser
geant Costello said that Lieut.. Bur-
bank was disliked by the Filipinos and
that they had a price of $500 on his
head. Also that Mapa especially
hated Burbank because Burbank's de-
tachment killed a half brother of
Mapa.