Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-11
LUCKY" BALDWIN SHOT.
The Noted California Millionaire
Assaulted by a Woman,
The Girl Claiming to be His
Cousin and that She Was
Only Ayenging Her
Wrongs.
Hit ia the Arm Bat Not Dagger
ouaIy Hurt.

New York San.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 5.--E. j.
Baldwin, known as Lucky" Baldwin,
a weli-know millionaire, and proprie.
tor of Bsldwin's hotel, was shot at 10
a. m, yesterday in one of the corridors
of the hotel by Miss Fanny Baldwin,
aged 90 years. AS MIR. Baldwin and
his niece, Mrs. Carroll, were walking
down the hall they passed Miss Bald.
win, who turned and fired one shot
from a pocket pistol, striking Baldwin
In the arm. Niles Baldwin followed
him up and attempted to shot again,
but the revolver became entangled in
her dress. She was arrested and
taken to the city prison, and a charge
of attempted murder was preferred
against her. Mr.. Baldwin's wound is
not dangerous.
Miss Baldwin claims to be a cousin
of Lucky" and that Mr.. Baldwin
had wronged her and cast her adrift.
Mr.. Baldwin denies the relationship,
and says the first time he saw her was
a few dayn ago, when abe applied TO
him for money to pay fer her life in
sursnce, saying she would commit
suicide, and thus ~bequeath a fortune
to her mother and sister. The girl is
a tall, slight brunette, with red sheekS,
large, handsome gray eyes, r~etrousse
nose, small mouth, and resolute cast
of c~ountenanco. She gives as reasons
for theshooting:
81 came from Oregon, where my
father aud other relatives are. My
mother died some two or three years
ago. Here l met Baldwin, who is u
cousin Of mine. He gave me a posi-.
ton az teacher on his ranch at Santa
Ana. / atterward came to this city,
where he succeeded in accomplishing
my ruin. Some months ego / went
to Oregon, hut again returned here
and sought Mr.. Baldwin for assist
aEcs, 1 have been stopping at the
Russ house, and for several weeks
have vainly e~ndeavored to find en-
ployment. A few days ago, being
again refused assistance, 1 determined
to do something. l should have
killed him long ago. ] should have
killed him III Los Angeles county. He
did not seduco me; he used force; and
there is where | mace a mistake. ]
should have spoken and indicated my
honor then, instead of crying myself
ineane. l shot him where l intended
to shoot him. / never missed a mark
in my life. l am O good shot.
could have killed him il l had wanted
10, and / ought to have killed him.
He has ruined me and driven me
crazy. If l had wanted to kill him ]
could have come up behind him anG
put my pistol to his back"
Baldwin is notorious for his liasons.
The sympathy of the public is all with
the girl. A man who knew her il
Oregon says that she graduated from
Forest Grove university in that state
and was regarded as a quiet and we'll
cultured lady. Her relatives are re
spectacle, and she had never done any
thing improper. A day or two age
she called upon this man and told hin
that she had been on a visit home fol
medical treatment. On being sskel
what allied her, she replied: Il an
out of my head" at the same tim,
placing her hand on her breast. Shr
said that she was not going to liv,
long, and intimated suicide.
MIR. Baldwin earned his nickname
"Luck" from the manner in which h,
acquired h1S great wealth. Twent,
years ago he was an honest miner
delving into the bowels of the Com
stock for his daily bread. He with
party of friends staked out claim an,
settled down on it with nothing t.
speak of but faith to work on
Nobody considered the claim worth
second thought, but Baldwin kept o,
sinking his shaft, and woke up on
morning with millions in sight. The
the miners called him LUCKY" Bald
win. He has had a remarkable career
Going to San Francisco, ne associate
himself with such men as Senate
Sharon, Ralston of the Csliforni
Bank, Flood and O'Brien of tn
| Nevada Bank, and better known a
/ the Bononza Kings, Latham an
others. Being sagacious and abov
all 'lucky," and having plenty O
funds at command, he soon made TO
himself a name on California street
where the old Stock Exchange stood
: His operations were al bold as those c
Keene's In later years, and 1t was no
8 long before he wac at dsggers' point
with the Bonanza firm, but with hi
r universal good luck generally worate
them. His fortune a few years 90
d was estimated ct 800, 600, 600. Abou
four years ago he built the Baldwi
Q Hotel and opera house, the finer
g hotel west of the Mississippi, althoug
much smaller than the Palace. ToI
Mcguire, the veteran California mar
l ager, has always managed the opel
d house, although Baldwin has sunk va
d sums in keeping 1t up. He put U
a petroleum gas works for the exclusiN
It use of his hotel and theatre. 1t bic
J, up, and killed one or two and woun,
ed others. He built it again. 1t toe
a him months to get the permit fro
the authorities, and built It in the fa
of the protests of the entire popul
It ton. It was at the hotel that nj
p Baldwin met and married his secor
.s wife, a beautiful woman, who lived tv
years only.
I" Lucky" Buldwin's career since b
acquisition of wealth has been
AZ checkered and eventful as in Il
forty-nines. His daughter, a love
lie girl, ran away from her first husban
If Snyder, and he procured a divor
Or from her. She subsequently marri
y Budd Doble, the noted horse traine
IN but she did not mend her ways, @.
IN Doble separated frou her. Soon aft
lg his big hotel was completed. Baldw
WAS sued by a young woman, Vinr
~ Mccormack, whom he had employ