The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-17
BLAMES THE GIRL.
ActressSister of Bullock Accuses
Annie Blankenship.
Disbanded Company When Sec
Ond Robbery Occurred.
WANTS RINGS BACK.
II They Are Not Returned
Law Will Be Invoked.
Strangers Write sympathetic
Letters to Bandits Parents.

my brother Earl is in his grave I will,
+, In a few days. go to Lawrence and
take an officer to Annie Blankenship
and formally demand the return Of two
| rings that were given her by Earl. If
she refuses to surrender them ! will
invoke the aid of the law
This statement was made by Mrs. ].
B. Burton. sister of the boy bandit,
Earl Bullock, who killed himself last
Friday to evade a posse of pursuers
after robbing a bank at Eudora, Kan.
Annie Blankenship was the only girl
he ever loved. and the claim is made
that when she broke her promise to
marry him he turned bank robber.
One of the rings Mrs. Burton says
she gave to Earl. and the other be-
longed to his father. it being pres
CIT from Mr.. Bullock's wife.
Earl had robbed the same bank
twice. The first robbery was several
weeks ago and he evaded arrest and
went SOUTH. The police authorities
made an effort to locate his where
abouts through the medium of decoy
letters signed by Annie Blankenship
and which were mailed to Mrs Burton
and Mrs. Bullock, the boys mother.
Bitter Against Annie Blankenship.
Both women denied any knowledge
one with her .etters.'' declared Mrs
Burton wrote to the girl asking her to
ter teening with expressions of love
for Earl requested that she be per-
mitted to keep the jewels as reminders
of her affection for him.. In this same
letter she inplered information con-
corning him so she could go to him,
and atone for her cruel treatment.
'Ammfe Blankenship was fooling no
one with her letters declared Mr..
Burton Both mother and myself dis
cerned her motives 1t was clear to
CHI rl1,te cd in
Ter writings by some designing forces,
and we discontinued our correspond
ence with her after it became apparent
that she would not surrender the rings.
BuiIoclS's Sister Closed Her Show.
I'VE knew not where Earl was, or
where he had gone. I had about made
up my mind to let the girl keep the
rings until after deplorable affair
of Friday at Eudora, and her duplicity
in signing the letters sent mother and
I resulted in my determination to re-
cover the. rings by process of law If
necessary.
Mrs. Burton is an actress and was
appearing with a company playing
East Lynne at Nortonville. Kan,
when she learned of the second rob-
berry and death of her brother
81 Immediately CLOSED my engage
ment and the company disbanded."
said Mrs. Burton. Il will not return
to the stage for some time, at least.
and nervous shock 1 have exper-
fenced.
Many Letters of Sympathy.
eff people believe we are friend
less in our misfortune they are mis-
taken, for we are continually recelv-
ing words and letters of sympathy,
many of them from total strangers
Every one 1 have talked with blames
the girl and says that the boy was not
in his right mind.
"Of course he was not in his right
mind That girl trifled with ms
affections. and drove him to the COM
hitting of the bad deeds scored
against him."
letter of sympathy
My Dear Mr.. and Mrs. Bullock:-I
am an, entire stranger to you. but L
am deeply sympathetic with you IN
your great sorrow. 1t was in SYM
pathy with you and your boy that L
read the accounts of your grief
Be brave; God avenges all wrongs.
Your boy was i'll, unbalanced from
brooding over heartless, shameless
creature of perfidy and today is with
Him "who righteth everything. he
is gone from you, is better SO tnan
as Annie Blankenship- Grieve not
over him more. Many are sorrow1ng
with you.
Brush the serpent from YOU, the
girl who can play with mothers
loving heart is beyond good
woman,s thought She will be pun
ished two fold. Be brave and trust
in God.
ONE OF MANY FRIENDS.
Kansas City, Nov. Is, 1909
Funeral Was Held Monday.
Poor Earl" sighed Mrs. Burton, there
was smile of happiness and contentment
on his lips as he lay in his casket IN the
little chapel at Elmwood cemetery Mon
day evening preparatory to being conslsn-
ed to his grave. He was not buried Sun
day as has been stated We let that i'm,
preston go out that the burial could
be conducted free from the intrusion OF
the morbid and curious
"Our friends understood when the burial
was to be and Monday evening they as
sembled in the little chapel and brought
with them profuse floral offerings.
These were laid in the casket in all
their freshness, purity and loneliness.
REV Mr. Fillmore, of the Unity society.
delivered a short and comforting ser
mon. Hymns and psalms were sung. pray
ers were offered and then came the end
The sexton closed the grave over my mis-
guided brother Earl-misguided by
heartless intrigante.'