The Washington times., 1929-03-11
DIG BANKER
At POLICE
Trial

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e. Bnrlingame was completed
today before the extraordi-
nary police trial board. A
few more witnesses may be
called on his behalf in re-
buttal late today.
Prosecuting attorneys. Immediately
after the defense rested, started
calling rebuttal witnesses, with the
intention OF piercing the carefully
b,iilt.up story which Burlingafne
presented as his defense against
charges of conduct unhecpnling m
officer and prejudiciai to the good
order, reputation. and discipline OF
the police force. The charges are
based on love letters which the
veteran policeman is alleged to have
written Mrs. Helen +. Blalock,
Seventh Street paImist.
Near Last Lap
DEVELOPMENTS before the special
board this morning included:
The defense rested without call
Ing the additional witnesses which
II announced Saturday Il weuId
have ready today.
Testimony that the palmist OBJ.
tanned = certified check for ", 500.
payable to BuFlinSame. after tell-
ing d bank official that she de-
sired to return money given TO
her which she did not wish to re-
tain.
Questions by members Of the
board drew from prosecution
witness, = policeman. the adEnis-
sion that he knew Of nothing In
the conduct OF BurlingaIne and
Mrs. B'aIOck which could be re-
garded as preiHdicial to the force.
The prosecution recalled wit
nesse& to substantiate the story
told by Mrs. BIalOck. which had
been denied In toto by the defense.
Definite indication that the trial
will end late today with argm-
ments.
Auditor ON Stand
Bert H. Parsley, auditor of the
National Bank OF Washington. was
the first witness called in rebuttal
by the prosecution
Parsley said that ne knew Mrs
( Blalock- as former depositor in the
bank and said that when she opened
the account Bua1ingame was with
her and introduced her. This was
on December ~, 1927.
Parsley testified that on January
Z, 1923, Mrs. Bialock came to hiTn
and said that some one had given
her money which she did not wish
to accept, and asked the best means
of returning it. The bank official
said that he suggested certified
check and that at her request he
drew such a check for $500 pay.
able to BurlingaTne. The check has
been admitted in evidence as a
prosecution exhibit and is endorsed
by the defendant.
On cros-examination I4eahy ques.
toned Parsley about the deposit
and showed none of the deposit slips
for the account was made out in the
handwriting Of Burlingarne.
Green Denies story
The prosecution then called Charlie
Green, colored truckman. who previ.
ously had testified that he had
hauled a galvanized iron tub from
Mrs. BIalock's TO Captain Burlin.
games home. This evidence had
been contradicted by Robert T. Mil,
ler. local attorney. who said that
he had hired Green to take the tub
to Burlingame's home.
Green said today that he did not
know Miller and that he had never
been stopped on the street and
given a job by him, as the attorney
testified,
A furry was created in the board
room when Major Donald "A. Dayi-
son, chairman of the board. asked
Green IL any one had asked him
why he, testified as he did formerly
Green said that colored policeman
named stevenson and another police,
man had come to his home the
Sa aturday after he appeared and that
stevenson had asked him why he
had told him one thing and then
had testified to something else be.
fore the board.
Technical Point
Green went on 10 saw that the
day before he previously testified
Stevenson had come TO him and
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