Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
Send Letter to Gibson House
Subcommittee Advising
Decision.
DECLARE HIS ACCUSER
SHOULD BE RETURNED
Take Stand That Final Action
Should Not Ensue in Absence
of Mrs. Blalock.

The Senate, voting on the District
appropriation bill this afternoon, adopt
ed an amendment to the measure pro-
viding that no part of the appropria.
ton be spent TO salary to Capt. Burlin-
game until he has been vindicated Of
the charges made against him.
The District Commissioners TODAY
politely but firmly refused the demand
Of the Gibson subcommittee of the
House District committee to suspend
Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second
precinct on charges made against him
by Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, a Washington
palmist
Reafirming the stand which they
took last Tuesday, the Commissioners
dispatched letter to Representative
Gibson, the committee chairman, In
which they stated that as much as they
regretted any conflict with the views of
members of the subcommittee tfey felt
that they would be untrue to their own
responsibilities and duties if they sub
Stituted the subcommittee views of the
matter for their own.
AlI-Day Session Held.
The letter which went forward to MFR.
Gibson today was the result of an all
Gay session yesterday followed by q spe-
clal meeting lasting about an hour and
a half today.
The letter, signed by Commissioner
Dougherty. read: Your letter as chair
man of the subcommittee of the Dis
trict OF Columbia committee of the
House OF Representatives making a sur
vey OF the government of the District
addressed to me under date of Febru-
airy z, 1929, together with Enclosures
mentioned therein, referring to Capt
Guy E. Burlingame of the Metropolitan
Police Department was received yester-
day morning and promptly laid before
the Board Of Commissioners.
After careful consideration the
Board OF Commissioners directs me with
great respect for you and your subcom-
mittee to submit the following:
= No essentially new subject matter ap-
pears to be contained IN the photostatic
copies of papers forwarded with your
letter of February I. 1929. Your said
letter expresses the view Oh the slibcon1-
mittee that Capt. Burlingame should De
suspended pending investigation.
The charges made again Can't.
Burlingame contained in the affidavit
of Mrs. Blalock are in substance that
he sought to and did obtain from her
considerable money, and that he made
love to her for the purpose of obtain
ing her property by fraud The charges
OF crime therein contained are prirna-
rily for consideration by the United
States attorney for the District of CO.
lumbia. The charge of conduct unbe-
coming an officer Is proper subject for
consideration by the major and super
intendent of police. the Police Trial
Board and the Commissioners in con-
nection with disciplinary measures. The
Commissioners, of course, expressed no
view as to the guilt or innocence of
Capt. Burlingame upon any of these
charges. and he has exercised his right
in making no statement regarding them
until he is formally charged and given
a forum in which he may have the
proper hearing.
THE question of whether Capt. Bur-
lingame should be suspended has here
tofore been given careful consideration
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