Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25

| frightened Immediately after Capt.
Burlingame's first visit to her hcme,
| and that she lived in great fear of him
from that time on.
why, then" Leahy asked, did you
permit him 10 help you financially?
Because feared him"
Mrs. Blalock declared she was in such
: great fear of the police officer that on
several occasions she closed her place
of business to keep him away from her.
Leahy asked her what she did while her
place was closed and she replied that
she stayed inside behind locked doors.
Capt Burlingame had key to your
apartment, didn't he?"
"Yes, he had key, but also had
the door barred" Mrs. Blalock declared.
She also said that she told Capt. Bur-
llngame she was going to make a COM
plant to Maj. Hesse, superintendent of
police
Did you make this complaint; did
you go to see Maj. Hesse?" Leahy asked.
Mrs. Blalock said she did make the
complaint in person to Maj. Hesse, but
moment later in response to another
question she reversed herself and de-
clared she never went to Mai. Hesse,
but only threatened to do so.
Mrs. Blalock said to the best of her
recollection she visited No precinct
only twice, once to inquire about her
palmist license, and again to keep Bur-
lingame from making payments on her
property.
Under persistent questioning by
Leahy Mrs. Blalock admitted that
Capt. Burlingame had accompanied her
on business trips to the District Ma
tional Bank. that he had advanced
money to prevent foreclosure of a
mortgage on her property and, that he
had witnessed together with Isaac
Nordlinger several of her business
papers.
Leahy devoted the early part of the
afternoon session to questioning Mrs.
Blalock about the mass of receipts,
checks and brown envelopes which
were introduced as evidence Saturday
by the prosecution. He brought out
that in number of cases the palmist
had reimbursed Burlingame for ex-
penses he had incurred for repairs
made on her properties, months after
the captain had paid the bills.
The woman insisted throughout that
Burlingame had the repairs made
against her wishes and that the only
reason she permitted him to do SO was
that she feared him" She used this
phrase repeatedly in her testimony
Considerable time was taken by Leahy
in questioning Mrs. Blalock about an
envelope which she claimed contained
the 81, 500 Burlingame tried to give her
for birthday present. She persistent
ly insisted that the envelope held 10
500 bills and one $500 bill, even after
the suggestion by the defense counsel
that it contained Chinese silk hand
kerchief.
Given the passbooks for her accounts
at the bank, she was told to find a
record of the deposit of the $1,000 which
she claimed Saturday Burlingame had
put in the bank after she had refused
TO accept the gift Unable to find a
record Of the $500 deposit, she sug-
gested then perhaps the money had
been deposited in smaller amounts.
Weakening under hours of incessant
cross-examination, in which she proved
no equal to the forceful Leahy. Mrs.
Blalock contradicted her own testimony
time and time again as she was SUBJ
lected to rapidflre of questions deal
ing with dates, bank book entries, re-
celpts and checks.
Refers to Documents.
AS the afternoon session drew toward
It's close, the witness was in such a
state of confusion that she could not
answer intelligently even the simplest
OF questions without constant reference