Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-05

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did you ever write any love letters
or love notes to her?'
Il did not"
Capt. Burlingame made all of these
denials in an even. assured tone of
voice. displaying no evidence of emo
ton at any time.
AS Capt. Burlingame took the stand
after the luncheon recess he was ques-
toned again regarding Mrs. BlalockS
visit to the station house. He told of one
instance when he returned to the sta
ton house and found Mrs. Blalock fin
ishing someS typewriting she had I'M
dertaken. Although the palmist denied
when on the witness stand that she
could use typewriter, Capt. Burlin-
game declared that she was an efficient
typist.
He also denied ever giving her $4,000
as Christmas present and 81 500 for
a birthday gift
He denied any knowledge of the tub
full of Spurned gifts which Mrs. Bla-
lock said she returned to him. He ad-
mitted receiving on one occasion a tub
containing some dishes and new alumni
numware, which he said had been left
on his front porch by man whom he
had befriended.
Tells Of Conversation.
Burlingame told of numerous CONVEX
sations with Mrs. Blalock when she
called him on the telephone to tell of
visits to her place of business by per-
sons trying to persuade her to help
them frame" him..
Capt. Burlingame denied that he had
ever given the palmist diamond ring,
asserting that he first obtained knowl-
edge of this when he saw story con-
corning it which appeared in the local
newspapers. He also denied that he
had ever received any shirt such as
those which Mrs. Blalock testified she
purchased for and mailed to him.
Never, he said, did he ask her to re-
turn any letters written by him.
An amused smile spread over the
captains face when his attorney asked
him If he had ever made any threats to
Mrs. Blalock and If he knew whether
she was afraid of him.
She told me once that was differ
ent from all the other men she had
known-that I was the only one who
had ever helped her without demand
ing payment IN some way Certainly
she was never afraid of me, and never
threatened her, either directly or by
implication"
Leahy Outlines Defense.
Chief Defense Counsel Leahy gave a
general outline of the defense at the
outset Of the trial and then called Capt,
Burlingame to the witness stand.
The defense. according to Leahy, will
establish to the satisfaction of the
trial board the following facts with
reference to the specifications under the
general charges preferred against him.
That Burlingame Is a married man
living at home, has son and a daugh-
ter and has been a member of the
Police Department for 80 years.
That either in October or November.
1926, Mrs. Blalock came to the second
precinct station where he was in COM
nnand. not. as Mrs. Blalock stated, for
the purpose of asking why her palmist's
license had been delayed-for licenses
were not issuable at that time-but she
came to the station house in a very
nervous condition and said, she had
heard her father, Tom Donohue, speak
of Burlingame.
She reminded him, Leahy said, that
her father was an old acquaintance of
his and said she owned two pieces OF
property and had been in constant
trouble about 1t.
That Mrs. Blalock had delusion
that someone was attempting to rob her
OF her property and called at the second
precinct station often and told Capt
Burlingame that efforts were being
made to rob her.
Left Numerous Papers.
many OF her visits, numerous paper per-
tanning to her property which She left
with Capt. Burlingame In this connec-
ton. Leahy said. Burlingame told her
that when he went to the District Build
ing he would look into these matters
further and upon investigation found
that one piece Of property had been
sold for taxes and that she was having
trouble with the building inspectors
Office over the other piece on account
Of the condition Of q rear wall, which
was bullying.
That Mrs. BlaIock frequently came
to the station house with complaints
about the condition Of the property In
need of repair, and that after consid-
cradle discussion and delay the rear
wall was finally adjusted, and the other
piece of property also was adjusted,
Al,
That when Mrs. Blalock moved from
1906 to 1904 Seventh street Burlingame
did not insist on making repairs to the
latter despite the woman S statement, but
that, on the other hand, she had sought
his assistance. These were the business
transactions, Leahy declared, Mrs. Bla-
lock had with Burlingame
With reference to Mrs. Blalocks
testimony, We will show you" Leahy
said, that there were no social rela-
tons between her and Capt. Burlin-
game. Her story in that respect is an
absolute falsehood. Capt. Burlin-
games visits to her apartment on Sat-
urday nights were not for social enter
tainment, but for the purpose of receiv-
Ing tips on gambling and other viola
tions that she frequently gave him.
We will also show that during the
two years Capt. Burlingame was in
command of the second precinct his
men were able to make more than 1000
arrests for gambling alone. In great
measure we will show that these arrests
were due to information Mrs. Blalock /
gave Capt. Burlingame."
Leahy then explained that secret |
code existed between Burlingame and |
Mrs. Blalock whereby he was able to !
communicate with her while she was
reading the palm of any one In her stu |
do. He pointed out that the code word !
used was books" Leahy further de- |
clared that the defense will show that |
on the Saturday nights Mrs. Blalock |
testified Burlingame had come to her |
apartment at al hours there were
one and two carloads of policemen on |
the opposite side of the street waiting |
for him to talk with the woman. and |
that he seldom remained with her more |
than two or three minutes.
"Red-Head Tips"
Mrs. Blalock was such prolific |
source OF information, Leahy said, that |
the men attached to the second precinct |
station often referred to her tips as
"red-head tips" instead OF the usual
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