Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-06

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friends that she had stolen" the former
sweetheart Of the paimist,
TO his once with three love letters,
which she said had been written TO her
by former sweetheart. She explained,
she said, that she had broken on win
the man and that he wrote the letters
hoping 10 effect O reconciliation. When
abe refused TO renew her friendship with
the man, Ruriinganne said she told
him, the rejected sweetheart became
friendly with another woman VINO knew
Mrs. Blaiock.
This other woman, according to the
captain, annoyed Mrs. Blalock by boast
IND TO her friends OF her conquest, ne
said Mrs. Blalock intended TO snow
eopies OF the mans letters to- her
friends to dikprove the other woman 9
claim that she had taken the man
away from her"
In response to questions from Mr..
Fowler, Burlingame said he failed TO
realize that the copies he was making
might be used against him later on,
because the pianist had never given
him any reason to suppose that she
might turn against him.
Denies Having Key.
He testified he could not remember
that any bolts or padiocks had been
placed on the doors in Mrs. Blalock's
apartnent and denied he ever possessed
q KEY which would permit him TO enter
her place of business. He also said
that he never carried any skeleton keys
which would open the lock on her door.
Capt. Buriingame denied he was ever
jealous of the palmist's attention to
other men, declaring ne DID not know
whether she ever had friends ctnef
than himself.
He again denied he had any know
ledge OF a colorcd expressman bring
Ing . tub full OF spurned gifts from
Mrs. Hlaiock to his home, aS charged
hy the prosecution. He said that he ana
Mrs. Bfalock never auarreled, ana trust
ed each other implicitly,
SAYS She Came to Once.
Huriingame said he last visited her
apartrnent on Thanksgiving day, 1928,
He insisted however, that she continued
to communicate with him, and teie-
paoned him at the station house on
several subsequent occasions. lie ad-
mitted that on several occasions he
had arranged business advertisements
for her In colored theaters..
Capt, Hurlingame said that ynNe
she could operate o typewriter better
than he could. On several occasions,
he said, she came 10 his once and
stayed there several hours, "peck!ng on
the typewriter"
Letters Taken Up.
One by one Fowler produced the love
letters and asked Buriinganae Wha'
PARTS of them he had assisted Mrs
Blalock In writing and quiaEed him
about discussions he had with her ovel
the sentimental passages. In connee'
ton with one OF these letters the Officer
said ne laughed at Mrs. Blaleck because
| the contents seemed to be SO SenSeleS:
and so different from the others ane
she got mad about this and said wa
too damn smart and the would take
the letter and finish 1t herself"
Next calling attention TO the SINH
larity in the punctuation OF one OF thu
| letters, which Burlingame admitted he
had assisted the palmist to write, Prose
euter Fowler said; you and Mrs. Bla
lock worked pretty harmonieusly or
that"
Quizsed About Other Man.
Again veering back to the man II
whom Buriingan1e said Mrs. Blaloek hat
written the love letters to convince hel
friends that she had not lost him
Fowler drew from the officer a further
! description OF the man. According Il
| Burlingame, he had recalled having
heard the palmIst say that he was 9
''seif.made man"
Calling attention to a paragraph IL
one of the letters In which the writer
said his whole life has been full o.
work" Fowler asked; tpoeg that cal
anything TO your mind, captain"
Nothing. except further reference Il
that man."
citing another paragraph in this let
ter which declared that the writer hat
not tried to help Mrs. Blalock fo
selfish motives, but to get her business
matters in sharpe, Fowler asked Bur
lingame if he had done that for tn
woman,
Il did" he answered.
Declares Signature Accidental.
An explanation of the widely discuss
ed Heart Sore Daddy" letter and tn
reason for the termination Of his rela
tons with Mrs, Hlaiock were given b.
Burlingame yesterday afternoon. Hi
admitted signature on the sentimenta
note, he said, resulted accidentally Will
he and another policeman were tryin
J TO KID" the palnist
Mrs. Bialnck came TO my ofiee On
morning and asked II she could writ
| q letter on my typewriter" said Bur
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