Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
PALM|ST TO TELL
GRAND JURORS Of
BURL|NGAME CASE
Mrs. BIaIock, Returned to
City From Chicago, Hidden
by Justice Agents. ?
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR .
BEFORE POLICE B0ARL
Blanton Willing to Appear at Tris.
if Called by Prosecutor
Bride.

Mrs. Helen F. Blalock, accuser OF
Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, suspended
commander Of the second police pre-
cinct, has been subpoenaed to go before
the grand jury tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock to tell what she knows about
the charges.
Returned to Washington from Chicago
last night under guard Of three agents
Of the Department of Justice, Mrs. Bla-
lock was whisked away from waiting
newspapermen and secluded in down.
town hotel where she is registered under
an assumed name. She will be the
principal witness against Capt. Burlin-
game at the trial before the Police
Board, which is scheduled to get under
way tomorrow morning at the sixth pre-
cinct station. She will appear at the
trial Immediately after she testifies
before the grand jury.
Although the authorities refused to
reveal Mrs. Blalock's hiding place, it
was learned that Corporation Counsel
Bride, who is to prosecute the case
against Burlingame, conferred with her
at O'Clock this morning. Represent
ative Blanton Of Texas, who aired the
charges against Burlingame in Congress.
also conferred with the palmist. Mr..
Bride intends to hold another confer
enee with her some time this afternoon
and serve the summons which will
require her to appear before the
extraordinary trial board.
Representative Blanton indicated to-
day he would attend the trial If Cor
poration Counsel Bride desired. In a
statement week ago, Blanton an
nounced that he would not be witness
at the trial.
With the return of Mrs. Blaloek.
however, Bride probably will not find
It necessary to have Blanton testify.
In the absence of the palmist, the
corporation counsel proposed to ask
Blanton from whom he received the
love letters that he introduced as evi-
dence in the case. Now Bride plans
to get this testimony direct from the
complaining witness.
Man May Be Called.
A new element was injected into the
trial board case today when 1t was re-
ported that another witness, a man.
would be called to testify against Capt.
Burlingame.
Mrs. Blalock was served with the
grand jury summons last night as she
stepped from a Baltimore & Ohio train
In the Union Station
Mr.. Bride said he intended to ask
Mrs. Blalock only one question when
she takes the witness stand 1t will be
whether she received from Capt. Burlin-
game the sentimental love letters which
were introduced as evidence in the case.
Closely Guarded on Arrival.
Bride and j. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Bureau Of Investigation of the
Department OF Justice. met Mrs. Bla-
lock at the Union Station last night
and accompanied her to her hiding
place. A large group of special agents
also were at the station to prevent any
one from talking to the woman.
Although Mrs. Blalock is not under
arrest, the Department of Justice op-
eratives will keep her under close sur
veillance until the close of Burlingame'S 8
trial. Two agents have been detailed
to guard her room. and a woman agent,
one Of the three Department of JIstics
operatives who accompanied her from
Chicago, Is staying with her in tho
room.
Hoover said he would give the woman
all the protection that she desired an6
would keep his agents with her untt
she no longer wanted them. He TOLD
her that she was at liberty to dismis
the operatives at any time and had tn
freedom to leave her room or intervief
any one she pleased without theft
presence.
Reporters Outwitted by Guards.
Mrs. Blalock returned on a train
which arrived in Washington about $40
o'clock last night. A large group Of
newspaper reporters and photographers
who had been tipped of" that she
might return some time during the
night were at the station to meet her,
but by cleverly executed plan the De-
partment of Justice operatives got the
woman out of the station and to her
hiding place without her being seen by
the newspaper men.
The train was scheduled to arrive on
track l3. AS 1t came into the Union
Station. however. the trainmaster at the
request OF a Department of Justice
operatives had 1t switched to track No.
While the newspaper men and ner-
sons waiting to meet the Chicago train
were watching track Is for its arrival.
the train had come to stop on track
~ and Mrs. Blalock had been taken
away before 1t was discovered that the
train had been shifted from the track
on which 1t was scheduled to arrive.
Mrs. Blalock was out Of the Union
Station and on her way to the hotel
three minutes after the arrival of the
train. She was taken to the freight ele-
vator on the ground floor of the station
and then into the baggage room In
the basement, where three Department
OF Justice machines were waiting. The
machines sped away before the news
paper men learned what had happened.
Hoover explained today that Mrs.
Blalock requested that she not be dis
turbed by reporters, whom she knew
would be waiting to interview her. He
pointed out. however. that the plan
was executed through the assistance
Of the Washington Terminal authori-
ties.
Mrs. Blalock Eludes Collins.
william H. Collins, assistant United
States attorney for the District, who Is
investigating the Burlingame- -Blalock
case at the direction Of the Gibson sub
committee Of the House, returned from
Chicago at $3.50 o'clock this morning
with the Federal subpoena that he had
taken there to serve on the woman.
Collins left for Chicago Wednesday
afternoon few hours after the De-
partment OF Justice announced that It's
agents In Chicago had found Mrs. Bla-
lock. 1t had been originally planned TO