Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-07

excitAble, and handled her accordingly.
she always appeared to be worried and
at first was very secretive In her deal
ings with me, but gradually this wore
of. On several occasions she became
excited and began crying over trivial
matters
She did not appear to have had
much business experience, however.
was not sure then and am not sure
now that she was not merely acting.
! would say that at times she appeared
to be abnormal
Guards His Testimony.
Noel carefully guarded his testimony
and on several occasions declined to
answer the questions OF both the de-
tense and prosecution by claiming
privilege as lawyer not to disclose Ger.
tain OF his professional relations with
Mars. BlAlock when she was his client.
Leany spent most of the morning in
an EFFORT to support his statement of
Tuesday that the defense would en-
deavor to show that former Represent
alive Blanton Of Texas "in the last two
months has done more interference to
the business affairs OF Mrs. Blalock
than Capt. Burlingame ever did,
| Leahy called several witnesses to the
stand to show that Blanton had not
| only collected the rent on Mrs. Blalock's
property In Georgetown but had super-
vised the moving of her furniture from
the Seventh street studio to property
she owned In the 800 block of Fl street
northeast and subsequently, arranged for
its sale.
The defense is expected to complete
the presentation of It's case before adj
journment this afternoon. About 10
more witnesses are scheduled to testify.
Hart Denies Charging $50.
Mr.. Hart was called to the witness
stand shortly before the luncheon recess
and asked to identify letter he had
written for Capt. Burlingame in Janu-
airy, 1927.
Mrs. Blalock in her testimony had
said that Burlingame told her Hart had
charged him $50 for writing this letter,
but the assistant United States at
torney stoutly denied this charge when
questioned by Defense Counsel Leahy.
Hart said In answer to questions by
Chairman Dawson Of the trial board
that he had never gained an impression
that the off1cer had ever been interested
in Mrs. Blalock except In business
way
The last witness called before the
luncheon recess was Allen K. Reed Of
Chevy Chase, Nd He testified that he
| went to the Office OF former Repre-
sentative Blarton, with another man
named Phillips, to seek the former
legislators assistance In getting an ap-
pointment to the Metropolitan police
| force. While there, the witness de-
I clared. Mr.. Blanton became angry and
said he had no interest in the Police
! Department except to get" Capt. Bur-
| lingame and Capt. Lord.
| Reed said he went to the second pre-
cinct station and informed Capt. Bur-
! lingame what the Texan had said.
! Continuing his testimony, Reed told
Of being stopped by q stranger last
Saturday night about 1890 o'clock
while returning to his home after visit
ing neighbor. He said the stranger
/ asked him for direction to the home
Of A. K. Reed, his own residence. Reed
said the other man stepped back at
this moment and bent over to brush
some mud from his trousers. AS he
did so, Reed said, a pistol in his hip
pocket was exposed. Reed said that he
/ then drove away leaving the man
standing in the road.