The Washington times., 1929-03-11
END NEARs FOR.
BUREINGAINE
TRIAL
lcontInued fron1 First Pasel

anything 10 fJWeptysSecond ana y
streets Northwest. Green said that
he had. told the policeman that hs !
had not, but that the policeman
had not asked him IL re had moved
sanythiDg to 1910 Twenty-ss second
Street BurIingame's home. He
said that he thought his answsr .
Stevenson was correct became Il
never did move anything 10 Twenty.
second ana p Streets.
Policeman Herbert B Garland.
formerly attached To the second
precinct, took the stand to- deis !.
i5that Captain Buriingame had ever
/ In the rear of Mrs. Bialock,s henie
when he caught him smoking.
Garland testified that he hssi
seen Harlineanie's car parked 81
the vicinity Of the palmist's about
2B times, but that he had not seen
/ the captain enter or leave the car
while it WAS 30 parked.
Not His Business
The names OF Mrs. BIalock andS
aptain Burlingame were frequently
linked together in discussions ii
public places in the Second Precinct,
Policeman James w. Garland, nov
attached to the Ninth Precinct,
testified. He was unable, however.
to give the hoard the trend Of any
or the discussions, pointing out
that whenever he heard the two
names mentioned he left the place.
1T was none Of my business.
he said.
Major Dawson asked Garland II
| In nay Of the discussions he had
heard anything that might lead him
70 believe Capthni Burlinsame /
guilty OF conduct unbecOn1ing an
officer. Garland asked for i defini.
ton OF what constituted conduct
unbecmoIng an officer, and when
It was read to him, testified that
be had heard nothing that might:
lead him to believe the captain
guilty OF such 4 charge. ~
i Heard Such Tales.
Major, Dawson then asked II he
had heard any of the men in the
l ! Second precinct say anything that
led him to believe they thoughtl
the captain guilty of unbecoming
conduct. He said he had heard
some Of the men say things that
led him OF beliey the captain guilty
Of such conduct but he had paid no
attention to 1T. -
Walter Fowler, assistant croporaf
tion counsel. asked Garland il he.
had not. said that after Captain
Burlingame came to the second
1 precinct about 50 near beer saloons
moved from the Sixth to the Second.
i precinct.
He denied that he had ever said
such thing and then. Fowler,
asked him IL he had not told Cor.
poratlon Counsel William w. Bride
at q conference In his office that
he had received orders from the
captain to ''lay Off one near.beer
saloon on Seventh Street. He denied
making the statement also,
/ James r. Hendricks. station
c.Grk at the Second precinct for the.
past 20 years and q veteran of 50.
years service on the police force,
was next called to the stand. He
said he had never seen Mrs. Blaiock
using a typewriter in the captain =.
office, although he VISA in posi.l
lion TO look into the office every
day. y
Proud of Record
The name Of Mrs. Bla lock was,
never discussed among the men So
1 FAR as he knaw, the witness testi.
fled. and he had never heard that,
she was giving the captain IN.
formation that led to raids.
After Hendicks had completed his
testimony, Major Davidson asked:
Mrs. Hendricks. you are proui
OF your service OH the police force
are you not?''
1 Yes, sir" Hendricks said.
Has anything ever occurred ad
i No. which gave you the impress
sion that Captain Burlinganle has
done anything 10 stain the reputa
tion OF the forcs?' s.
Never"
Points That Stand OMt "
AS the trial goes into its final
stages the following points stand
out most prominently:
Mrs. RIaIOck's tlos;tiye a.
sertiOn that Burlingail,e haa sim.
prODers relations with her: that
he wrote her ail Of the Ferya0t,
love letters introduced a the
4 trial: that he pursued her re-:
lentleSslN. and that he tried 90
4 shower large gifts 81 money upon
/ her.
9-TestimOmy 81 wilmer SOuder:
tyDeWriting EXPERT ~ the Bureau I
/ Of Standards. that all Of fhe love
letters were written on the tyre
writer used by BHrlingame at the
Second nFecincf.
3-Admission BY Rurlingal,se
that the signatures IN evidences
introduced against him are his
own.
4--Mrs. Blal0ck's emphatic dea
HiaI that she could nse type
writer or that she had ever giveml
Bllvlfngame information OF cri,n-.
inaI activities.
-BurIinganDe' declaration that
he signed the "heartsOre daddy
letter as Joke. and:
q -Ebat all 0f the love letters
except three were typed ~ Mrs
BlalOrk and that the other tllrees
We're written by him. hut that she
dictated them wOa Il for word.
s--Fhat his relations with Mrs.
BIalOck were ~ n purely busl. /
ness nature, undertaken because
q she was one OI the best sources;
at information he had ever found.
and because size was i valuable.
asset to the police department.
8-That the only giit he ever;
ave her was / inexpensive silk,
handkerchief. ?
9--C0rrOb0rati0n Of Euriin.
games testimony, nv policemen
Gf the Second Drecinet who Dr.