Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
DEFENSE INDICATES
BURL|NGAME PLANS
DeniaI of Authorship of Love
Letters to Pianist
Is Expected.
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he documents because he said some
people might draw from his statements
a conclusion as to who wrote the letters
Finally Leahy produced the type
writer and asked DR.. Souder to give a
practical demonstration OF how 1t would
function under operation by different
typists. The discussion that followed
was highly technical.
Testimony Interrupted.
His testimony was temporarily in
TO the board for protection from pho
tographers who were making time ex-
posures of him examining the type
writer. He had previously requested
| that no pictures be taken while he was
on the stand, and the board decided
that his wishes in this matter should
be respected
The prosecution had established two
of Its main contentious as the hearing
was adjourned yesterday afternoon.
After testimony which left the ques-
ton in some doubt, the defense sur
prised its opponents by admitting that
the signature on the widely discussed
"heartsore daddy letter was that OF
Cdpt. Guy 4. Bufllngan1e
The second victory for the prosecu-
ton came when DR.. Wilmer Souder
Bureau of Standards expert, testified
that the typewriter taken from Capt
Burlingame's Office at the second pre-
cinct was the only one In billions" with
which the ardent love letters to Mrs
Blalock could have been written.
This testimony Is believed to have
concluded the prosecutions case in so far
as the love letters are concerned. There
has been no direct evidnce that Capt
Burlingame wrote these letters, the case
against the police officer resting on the
differences to be drawn from Mrs. Bla
locks testimony that she discussed with
| him matters brought out In the letters
| which were known only to her and the
| captain, and the established facts that
they were written on the typewriter In
| Burlingame's Office and that they bore
his signature.
Leahy Makes Announcement.
The biggest surprise of the trial--ths
admission Of the authenticity of thu
signature on the "heartsore daddy
letter--cane after Harry M. Luckett
chief clerk and property officer of the
/ police department, had failed TO identify
| 1t positively as that of Capt. BuRlin
game. Chief OF Defense Counsel william
| e. Leahy then announced he woule
admit the signature In order Ito cleal
| the record" The defense also admitted
that Capt Burlingames signature wa'
attached to two other letters which
| figure prominently In the case.
| One OF the other lstters, signed Guy
E. Burlingame," bore the date Of Sep
/ tas akAp 20 ,nnA 81.
! tation Dear Helen" 1t was business
letter. The third letter was addressed
Helen" and signed Guy"
Admits Endorsing Checks.
Capt. Burlingan,e, through his coun-
sci. also admitted the Endorsements or
three OF the checks for large sums Of
money. which Mrs. Blalock had pre-
viously testified she had returned Il
| Burlingame for deposits he had made II
| her bank account. One of these wa.
for 5000, another for $4,000 and tht
third for $540
Luckett appeared In the dual role a.
a prosecution and defense witness
When he concluded his identification OF
Burlingane's signatures for the prosecu.
ton the defense used him as a char.
aeter witness and he paid high tribute
TO the officers record and activity as q
law enforcement officer.
Edwards Lauds Officer.
Lieut.. L. I. A. Edwards, assistant
personnel officer of the Police Depart
ment, also was used by both the prose
cution and the defense. He likewise
lauded Capt Burlingame's activities in
rounding up liquor and gambling vio-
OF 81 years service in the Police DE-
partment, which Defense Counsel
Leahy read into the record 1t contained
10 concentrations, IL complaints, 4
Feprmands and cases where the Of
flcer had been fined for minor viola
tons OF the police regulations.
| Indicating some misunderstanding
| the text of the "heartsore daddy" let
| tiers, which Burlingane bore his sigma
tufe. contained protestations OF love
and said:
after what we have been to each
other, that you should have such unfair
and unkind thoughts and suspicious Is
unbelievable.
y have never done anything to justify
such thoughts or suspicious. All OF my
efforts have been to honestly help you
| In every way possible. To relieve you
of worry and In the only way possible
to me TO assist you to carry the load
that you had upon your shoulders.
Edwards Praises AceuS d Man.
Lieut.. Edwards characterized Burlin-
game as "one of the very best men In
the department" and said he knew no
hours In his devotion to duty. He then
exhibited a statistical report showing
| that $4,000 arrests were made In the
second precinct under Buriingame's
command In 1928.
A 45-minute recess was taken wher
Edwards completed his testimony, at the
request OF Chief Prosecutor Bride. who
said he wanted to confer with the de.
tense counsel before calling the next
witness.
DR.. Wilmer Souder. typewriter exper.
of the Bureau OF Standards. called By
the prosecution after the recess, testi.
fled that the typewritten messages In =
PRODUCED as evidence were written or
the typewriter found in Burlingame's
Office at No. 2 precinct police station
by an agreement between counsels II
was admitted that the typewriter i,'
question was the one In the precinct
station which Burlingame took to his
own home and then turned over to thu
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