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Show "DOZENS Of OffiCERS LEAD A DOUBLE LIFE," SAYS EX-LIEUT. BURBANIi LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Fab. 12. Ex-Llent. Sidney 8. Bur bank waa re-leaaed re-leaaed from the Federal penitentiary her this moraine after nerving nearly fifteen months; and started for Indianapolis, Indian-apolis, where he will visit a brother for a few days. Burbank talked with an Associated Press representative after he left the I prison, and took occasion to critic ise I the officers responsible for his conviction. convic-tion. Some time later he will, he clared. make a statement regarding his .case that will create a sensation in army circles. Burbank, while in the penitentiary here, proved a model piisoner. He comes of a militarv family, his father I and grandfather both having ser cd m the I'nited States infantrv. His en K(iJ'ment in to a prominent voung society woman of Lea venworth precipi 1 tated a suit bv his Filipino wife. Mrs. ('oneepcion Yasquez of Valladolid. Occidental Oc-cidental Negroi, who formally filed her claims with the War department to pre vent the marriage of Lieut. Burbank. Filipino Wife's Charges. Two years ago Burbank retnrned to the Philippines with his regiment. Shortly after his arrival the Filipino woman filed an action against him in the civil courts for abandonment and I non support. She finally was granted a j separation, but not a divorce, and Bur I bunk was ordered to pay her $o0 a ' nicDfh alimonv for the support of their child Later Burbank was tried hv court martial and convicted of mbe7 rling companv funds and of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Burbank today asserted that he had been the victim of a conspiracy and W3s t convicted because he lacked influence. He Charges Conspiracy. "There are dorens of army offi,-prs who are living with these Filipino wo men.'' declared he. "but thev are for 1 tuna'e enough to escape the clutches of the blackmailers. I fell into their grasp. "I am through with the 'Yankee Doodle army.' " Burbank said, "and would not wear the uniform of an offt cer again if 1 could. ' ' Bnrbank denied th truth of a rumor that he is to marry a Leavenworth woman. wo-man. " T do not want her name dragged into my case again," he said. |