Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
EFFORTS TO GET"
CAPTAIN CLAIMED
Witness Quotes Staples as
Saying Legislators and
Others Were at Work.
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pies an Office in the same suite with
F. r. Noel the attorney who yesterday
reported the disappearance Of two i'm
portant files the defense planned to use
was the first witness. He testified that
Btlrlingame and Mrs. Blalock came tC
the office about a year and half age
and the latter appered to be in an angry
mood. He said while she was there
he saw her tear up some papers anc
scatter them about the room. After
collecting and piecing together these
papers, he said, he found them to De
duplicate tax bills and lease which MI
Noel had prepared for the palmist
Primer also supported Noel's testi'
n1ony that the two files which con-
tanned papers in the case of Schrmel
against the Gibson subcommittee OF
the House and correspondence between
Mrs. Blalock and Noel. whom he repre-
sented pre- essionally at one time. mac
disappear I'd from the office. He salo
he had made a search for these nleS
but had been unable to find them.
Leahy asked Primer when ne last
saw Mrs. Blalock in the office. He re-
piled that it was the time When She
tore UP the papers.
nrecinct. a former mechanic at the de-
funct Police Repair Shop, testified that
on September %, 1927, he and Police
man Thompson were called to the sec
ond precinct station to start the patrol
wagon and while there saw woman In
Capt. Burlingame'S office sitting at the
typewriter.
Policeman ThOmSpon next TOOK the
Stand and corrOborated NiblockS teSt1-
monv. He went further, however. ano
said that the woman in the captain
Office was "pecking' on the typewriter.
Mai. Donald A. Dawson, chairman OF
the special trial board, asked Thompson
If there were any distinguishing char
acterisIics about the woman that ne
was able to recall. He declared Sne
wore a hat drawn tight about her heao
and he could not distinguish the color
of her hair.
ATTORNEY Robert l. Miller was next
called. Prosecutor Fowler Immediately
raised an objection TO the witness pc
cause he said Miller had been in the
trial board room and had heard some
of the testimony, when all other wit
nesses had been excluded. CHAIRMAN
Dawson overruled the objection.
Miller then told the trial board ABOUT
a galvanized tub containing dishes and
aluminium ware he sent to Burlingame
home more than a year ago. The ar
ticles in the tub, Miller said, were given
to him by client who left Washington
and who had later written to him Sug-
costing that if he had no use for the
dishes and aluminium ware he should
send them to Capt Burlingame be-
cause the officer had befriended him
with small loan.
Asked About Drivers Identity.
Leahy asked Miller If he was able to
identify positively the driver of the
truck whom he hired to carry the tub
to Eurlingame's house as Charlie Green,
the colored expressman Mrs. Blalock
had testified she had engaged to deliver
a galvanized tub of gifts to the cap
tain's house. Miller replied that he
saw Charlie Green while he was on the
witness stand at the trial and thought
that he was the same man whom he
hired to haul the tub Of dishes and
aluminium ware.
! Miller's story corroborated substan-
TALLY the testimony Of Capt. Burlingame
when he was on the witness stand
The officer testified that instead of a
tub of unwanted gifts which Mrs
Blalock said she returned to him., the
tub that came to his home was one
containing dishes and aluminium ware
which the man to whom he had lent a
small sum of money had sent him
through Attorney Miller in appreciation
Policeman E. L. Gibbons, described by
Mrs. Blalock as a perfect gentleman,
took the witness stand and declared
fhof 1hn1ff nina rnnY1fhc tho YNo1FV1icS
told him Capt. Burlingame had "done
her a great service in handling her real
estate and had been awfully kind to
her.
Gibbons, who Is stationed at the sec
ond precinct, said that he has known
Mrs. Blalock for about IA years. Since
Capt Burlingame came to the second
precinct, he has seen Mrs. Blalock in
the station house on four or five diff
ferent occasions, and has seen hel
sitting at the typewriter table in the
captains Office He said, however. that
he has never seen her operate the ma
chine.
Told of Plans to Leave.
He also said that Mrs Blalock tolC
him some time ago that she was plan
ming to leave Washington for Chicago
pGGdQoC cIlC was CARCA ACALNAAes Wv AS&AN~
difficulty in getting a palmist license
here.
Gibbons testified that Mrs. Blalocl
told him about 10 years ago that she
was very much afraid of her HUSBAND
and that she feared he might try tt
dispose of her jewelry. On two occa
sions, he said, he arrested the HUSBAND
on complaints made by Mrs. Blalock
Gibbons insisted that he never heart
Mrs. Blalock say anything detrimental
to Capt. Burlingame. He denied tina
she ever told him the captain wrot'
any love letters to her or that sh
ever gave any indications that she wa
afraid of him. He described the palm
list as being highly nervous and excit
able and said that he had investigated
at least IS of her complaints tina
burglars were trying to break into he
establishment.
Sergt. N. 0. Helmes, also Of the sec
ond precinct, told of going to Mrs. Bla
locks place of business on one occa
sion with Gibbons to investigate com
plant made by her that some one hat
stolen a pistol and a ring from he
apartment He said they arrested col
ored man on information furnished b,
her, but that the ring and pistol wer'
subsequently found under mattress IL
her room.
He said he accompanied Capt. Bur
lingane on at least 500 raids, and tina
on many of these the capatin stoppet
at 1904 Seventh street and procured
slips from Mrs. Blalock. He also SAT-
that he had seen the palmiSt in tn
station house number Of times and ha
seen her writing on Capt. Burlingame'
| typewriter.
| Fowler croSs-examined Sergt Holme
| for more than half an hour, but failet
| to shake his testimony regarding tn
slips and the operation Of the type
writer by Mrs. Blalock.
The last witness called before tn
noon recess was Policeman G. Thayer
former raiding partner Of Capt. Bur
lingame. His testimony was substan
TALLY the same as that given by the of
ficers who preceded him on the stand
He said he had seen Mrs. Blalock il
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