The San Francisco call., 1910-12-24

had threatened to blow herself up.
asked him where she could get any ex-
p1osives and he said he had found her
glycerin, kept in the medicine chest for
medical purposes. I pointed out that
the solution was far too weak for the
purpose of blowing ones self up. Doc
tor Burke did not reply. He walked
to a window, looked down the road to
where his house stood and then. turn
ing, said: L will stick to those later
who stick to me now"
Affairs began to grow from bad to
worse, Doctor Hit explained in his an
were his fears that he wrote to Attor-
ney Naylor of San Francisco, appr1slng
him Of the conditions.
'T was suspicious and III at east, he
said, "and I wrote to Naylor because
knew him to be an old friend Of Doctor
Burke's and also of mine"
The letter was as follows:
Dear Friend: Please keep this on file
for some time until we see how things
turn out. Yours. ADDISON.
Santa Rosa, Dec %, 1909.
MY Dear Mr.. Naylor: Pardon me for
using this paper, as l do not wish to
use the regular letterhead. Condi-
tions here are drifting closer to the
dangerous shore, I fear, as Doctor
Burke has revealed several times that
Mrs. Lu Smith is trying to get some
dynamite out of our cases and has
threatened to blow herself and child to
atoms.
:'This does not sound just right to me,
and Miss Smith agrees with my opinion
in the matter.
II trust no great tragedy is to take
place. as it would be a terrible thing.
Doctor Burke sent Mrs. Lu Smith more
money today, so it seems he is living in
fear. think the man taken to town
the day the three men claimed to be
autoists in trouble (November 26) was
a lawyer and that he fixed 1t with him
will be down, / suppose. Friday or
Saturday. can't say positively at pres
ent. Will drop you a line later if I
find I can come With kindest regards,
am, yours very truly,
A. W. HITT,'
LII eta TELEPHONED
Continuing, the witness said that
after Doctor Burke had left for the
mine he had encountered Lu Eta
Smith at the telephone, trying to get
legal help from San Francisco.
'I thought that Doctor Burke should
know of this" he said, "and when he
returned I met him at Fulton with the
intention of thrashing out the entire
situation. AS we drove to the sana-
torium I asked him peintblank If he
was the father of the child. He re-
piled, saying that he was not the
physical father, but might be the spir-
itual father, as Lu Eta Smith had a
great regard for his higher mentality.
I did not pretend to understand the
situation and remarked back that what
ever may be the extent of the child's
spiritual paternity, in my opinion 1t
was undoubtedly Burke physically.
asked him if he suspected either of his
two nephews of being the father and
he said he did not.
In regard to the dynamite Doctor
Hit said:
AS Doctor Burke left the train he
was carrying a small grip. He refused
to place it down in the bottom of the
buggy. as / requested but carried it
on his knees all the way to the sanf-
tarium. We had plenty of room In the
buggy and 1 remember the incident be-
cause of It's popularity.
PLOT DENIED
On cross examination Doctor Hit
was questioned closely as to the al
legged plot to oust Doctor Burke from
the sanatorium. He denied all knowI-
edge of it.
AT the time you had that conversa-
tion with Doctor Burke at Fulton did
you say anything about the mental
condition of Lu Eta Smith," he was
asked.
Yes, we discussed that phase also.
Doctor Burke informed me that the
woman was crazy. l asked him why
he did not have her sent to an insane
asylum and he replied that she would