Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-12
captain CLEARED
BY TRIAL BOARD
BurIingame Says He viii Go
Back to Precinct To-
morrow.
Continued From First Page.)

trial had been halted abruptly Is min
uteS after its start this morning when
the defense and prosecution attorneys
asked for delay to discuss the neces-
Sity of making a verbal summary.
After this conference it was agreed
that the summation was unnecessary.
The trial board recessed at 10:15
o'clock this morning and reconvened at
LOG O'Clock this afternoon to receive
the report of the result of the confer
ence between the opposing counsel.
Chief Defense Counsel William E. Leahy
announced that the defense and the
prosecution had decided to submit the
case without any further argument.
Corporation Counsel william w. Bride,
the chief prosecutor, confirmed Leahy S
statement.
Chairman Dawson asked both the
prosecution and defense If they were
willing to submit the case without any
further evidence or discussion and. re-
ceiving an affirmative reply, adjourned
the board. The session had lasted but
two minutes.
The trial went into its closing stage
at / o'clock this afternoon, following
an unexpected recess this morning to
permit opposing counsel few hours In
which to confer and epitomize their
arguments with view to expediting the
closing proceedings.
The recess brought the trial to an
abrupt halt at 1915 o'clock, Is minutes
after the start. following mild legal
skirmish between the defense and pro-
Secution attorneys over the course Of
procedure. 1t was ordered by the spe-
cha trial board at the joint request OF
the opposing counsel.
A crowd nearly as large as that which
damned the small, stuffy trial board
room in the sixth precinct police sta
ton on the opening day of the trial had
been attracted by the prospects OF the
oratorical fireworks in the concluding
arguments. All of them appeared to be
disappointed over the delay.
Mrs. Burlingame also was among the
spectators. 1t was her first appearance
at the trial. Dressed in black coat
with fur collar and a small dark blue
hat, she said beside her husband, and,
like him, appeared to be somewhat puz-
Zled over the tactics of the defense and
prosecution lawyers as they jockeyed
with the trial board for a few hours
delay in the trial.
Immediately after the recess William
E. Leahy, chief. defense counsel, and
Henry F. Woodland, his assistant. went
to the Office of Corporation Counsel
Bride, at the District Building, for a
conference. Bride attached considerable
secrecy to the purpose Of this confer
ence, but Leahy said it had been called
to permit the opposing counsel to agree
upon certain vital issues to be argued
with view to bringing the trial TO q
termination this afternoon.
AS soon as the trial board convened
Bride leaped to his feet and made a
motion, for the purpose of saving time,
he said, that the case be closed without
argument. He pointed out that the trial
board vas not a jury, composed as it
was of three outstanding officials Of the
District, who did not need the benefit
of the summation of the defense and
prosecution to enable them to reach a
verdict
Further arguments would be an
absolute waste of time Bride declared.
II suggest that in the interest of every
body the case be concluded without
argument on either side"