Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-23
LII eta SMITH
ON THE Stand
Trial Of Man Charged With
Dynamiting Tent Hocc
Is Begun.

l
;. Burke sanatorium u, Rurkcs, four
niles north of Santa Rosa, Cal,
charged under grand jury indict-
ment with dynamiting the tent cot
age occupied by Miss La Eta
smith, former nurse in tho lnstltu-
ion, and her months old son,
whose father Is, Miss Smith claims,
Doctor Burke. was begun on the 9th
Of this month.
| The alleged dynamlting took place
IN the night of February :. 1910, but
lid not become public for several
lays later, when II was reported to
he authorities by one of the sana-
orium employees. Developments later
caused the matter to be presented to
he grand jury, which returned the
indictment charging Doctor Burke
with having made an attempt upon
the life of the woman and her infant
child
| The cXaCt nature of the institution
managed by Dr. Burke Is up for ques-
ton and so far 1t would seem that
II Is run on sort of free love plan
The substance of the case, which
bids fair TO become sensational be-
'orc II Is finished. Is that Miss Smith
forty years of age) was an inmate
# the Institution run by Or. Burke
or quite number of years, being
under treatment for which she was
unable to pay and was giving her
services as nurse to pay her bills
In the course of events baby was
born to Miss Smith and she charges
the doctor with boing the father Of
The child
Doctor Burke removed her and the
child to n tent outside of the main
building, where he claimed that he
could give her better treatment. One
light there was fearful explosion
If dynamite at or near the tent oc-
,upicd by Miss Smith and she and the
,hild were slightly injured The
ihargc that Is now brought against
Dr. Burke by Miss Smith is that his
Intention was TO kill her and the
jaby.
II will be remembered that Miss
smith passed through here some
months ago on her way back to the
coast from China. where II would
seem that she had been in hiding
through the influence of some one
for the purpose of getting her out of
the way. she having brought suit
previously against DR.. Burke.
The following Is an cpitome of Or,
| BurkC's beliefs as understood by one
of his foremost pupils:
THE whole creation. from star
mist TO man. Is manifested or OK
ecuted thought OF life, God Every
thing has its place in the economy
of the whole, and at every instant
If time all things are at their logical,
hence right, level, according to tho
avs of growth, evolutionary process,
and the balancing of cause and Of
feet, which stands as the cquilibrat-
ing force in al development, or ac-
ton
Power OF Spirit.
Life, God. is spirit, finer in sub
lstance than physical vision or perccp-
ton can see or feel! but the power
of spirit Is according to the agent oil
vehicle used in its distribution.
"All the way up the line of crca-
ton since The first nebulous segre-
cation, lie has been giving progress
sive,y fuller and fuller expression OF
itself, until in man we find the high
est form through which physical
manifestation can be made.
In man we find the perfected
mechanism, a most marvellous. mys-
FERROUS, live machine, through The
various organs and functions Of
which VIC may come unconsciously in
close touch with the divine thought
Ono can not exist without food
and drink, yet the means to satisfy
these absolute needs can be SO abused
as to destroy life instead of sustain
J inG II, and If the conditions for its
expression are not in line with the
highest good, II brings deepest mis-
cry In its train.
ITO recognize the divine thought In
all the workings of nature Is the true
spirit of worship. 1t is this recogni-
| llDH WHICH bluyS lnH Hhhu VI 'h' SUI
geon here, making him look deeply
for n possible solution of physical
difficulties which will leave inviolate
the sacredness of the human physical
temple"
District Attorney Smiles.
The district attorney of Sonomf
county laughs at the whole thing Tt
him the law Is the law, and he who
violates the law is guilty of an of
Tense, that and nothing else.
He says. All want Is to try DIR
. Burke on the charge of dynamitin;
the tent of l. Eta Smith.
The developments of the case arr
producing common theory as to thu
standard of morals of Doctor Burkel
sanutorum.
All Queer and Strange.
II is all queer and very strange
this condition that existed at his san
atorium. Other women besides III
Eta Smith are said to have believes
: and Endorsed the unconventiona
theories as ayowcd in the love thesi
of the physician,