The San Francisco call., 1910-02-14

SANTA ROSA, Feb. 13.-With an
armed force of deputy sheriffs in pos
session of the grounds of DR.. willard
p Burkes sanatorium and with
Burkes own employees armed and vim
dictive, the rest cure" home as a name
for the Burke place in the hills near
Santa Rosa today seemed a piece of
irony. 1t was the least "restful" place
in Sonoma county. Even the patients
and retainers who had left quiet homes
for the tumultuous environment of eX-
plosives were busy today while the
deputies under Sheriff Smith searched
every Granny of the health retreat
for sticks of dynamite which We're
supposed to have been left after the
explosion which nearly caused the
death of Miss Lou Eta Smith. So
restive was one of Doctor Burkes
watchmen today that he had to be
suppressed by the sheriff after he had
made an assault with a revolver on
A. r. Waters, Call correspondent.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Others about the place were engaged
in reiterating the words of some reso-
lutions of respect and esteem for the
venerable accused, which Doctor Burke
himself drew up and had signed by all
his relatives. retainers, employees pa
tients and some neighbors. The reso-
lutions of admiration are particularly
forceful and effective until the rela-
tions which the majority of the sign
ers bear to Doctor Burke are known.
In the midst of the turmoil and
scandal at the Burke sanatorium the
attitude of the wife of the accused
doctor is marked with dignity and
poise. While the other relatives of the
long bearded practitioner have sue
ceeded admirably in making a serious
situa ton much more serious, Mrs.
Burke has stayed apart from the
trouble.
AS the automobile in which Burke
sat a prisoner between District Attor-
ney Lea and Deputy Sheriff Anderson
was leaving the resort a silvery gray
head was seen at one of the windows
| of the building in which Burke lived.
! His wife was watching her husband
being taken to Jail to face charge of
having attempted to injure with dyna-
mite the woman who claims that Burke
is the father of her child.
MRS BURKE RETICENT
! Mrs Burke has consistently refused
| to discuss the case. She had been
! treated with every consideration by the
| county officials, who are convinced that
! she has had nothing to do with the
| outrage which is charged to her hus-
| band
Miss Smith, in the county hospital,
refused today to discuss the arrest of
the man who shel claims has wronged
her grievously under the mask of
| hypocrisy and sanctimony. When she
was told that the sheriff had sworn to
| a warrant for Burke's arrest and that
he had, been taken into custody she
sat thoughtfully for a few moments
and, then said that she would not dis
cuss this development of the case.
The school of philosophy of which
Miss Smith is a devotee is not given to
oral expression. One of her faVorite
books of the many recondite volumes in
her library is "Psychoma, or Soul
Sleep" by Helen Rhodes. 1t is thesis
on esoterc things. One of the pas
sa ges which impressed Miss Smith so
forcibly that she underlined the words
is: Spiritual appreciation is the
thought of which human action is mere
utterance; it's own sure guide is the
motive and purpose within itself"
Appreciation of that sort Of literature
is better felt than expressed.
CLAIMS BALEFUL INFLUENCE
Miss Smith. once a student in the
University of California, filled with
warnings for the mystic, thin. angular,
aged 40, came under the domination of
Doctor Burke She says that the In
f1uence which the rest cure" proprietor
eXerted over her was such that she
became the mother of his child Doctor
Burke denies that allegation. However,
Doctor Burke has also asserted that
Miss Smith is insane, while every one
not under the influence of Doctor
Burke declares positively that the
woman is not insane, but is rational in