Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-11
LUCKY BALDWIN.


San Francisco, January 5.--Miss
Fannie Baldwin, who shot T.. j. Bald
win, known rs Lucky" Baldwin, in
this city, yesterday, claims to be a
cousin of Lucky and that Mr.. Bald
adrift. Mr. Baldwin denies the re-
.lationship, and says the first time he
saw her was a few days ago, when she
applied to him for money to pay for
her life insurance, saying she would
commit suicide and thus bequeath a
fortune to her mother and sister.
She gives as reasons for
the shooting: / came from
Oregon, where my father and
other relatives are. MY mother died
met Baldwin, who is cousin of mine.
He gave me position rs teacher on
his ranch at Santa Anna. / afterward
came to this city, where he succeeded
in accomplishing my ruin. Some
months ago l went to Oregon, but
again returned here and sought Mr..
Baldwin for assistance. | have been
stopping at the Russ House, and for
several weeks have vainly endeavored
to find employment. A few days ago,
being again refused assistance, de-
termined to do something. l should
have killed him long ago. ! should
have killed HMM Los Angeles county,
He did not seduce me, he used force,
| and there is where / made mistake
| should have spoken and vindicated
my honor then, instead of crying my
self insane. j shot him where / In
| tended to shoot him. / never missed
mark in my life. i am good shot.
| could have killed him If | had
wanted to, and ought to have killed
him. He has ruined me and driven
me crazy. If | had wanted TO kill
him l could have come up behind him
and put my pistol to his back. The
sympathy OF the public is all with
the girl. A man who knew her in
Oregon says that she graduated from
Forest Grove University in that state,
and was regarded as quiet and highly
cultured lady. Her relatives are re-
spectacle, and she had never done
ANYTHING improper. A day or tive
ago she called upon this man and tolC
him that she had been OH Il visit HON,
for medical treatment On being
asked what allied her, she replied: 81
am out of my head, y at the same tim,
placing her hand upon her breast
She said she was not going to live Ion.
and intimated suicide. Mr.. Baldwin
earned the nickname lucky from tn
manner in which he acquired hi
great wealth. Twenty years ago IN
was an honest miner, delving into tn
bowels of the Comstock for his dali,
bread. He, with party of friends
staked out claim and settled dow
on ii with nothing to speak of but faitl
to work on. Nobody considered til
claim worth second thought, bu
Baldwin Eept on sinking his shaft
and WOKE up one morning with mil
lions in sight. Then the miners calle
him Lucky Baldwin. He has ha,
remarkable career. Going to Sal
Francisco, he associated himself wit
such men rs Senator Sharon, Ralston
of the california bank, Flood ant
} O'Brien, of the Nevada bank, and bel
ter known as the bonanza kings, Lath
am and others. Being spacious. an,
above all "lucky,n he having plent,
of funds at command, he soon mad
for himself name on Californi
street, where the old stock exchang
stood. His operations We're as bold a
, those of Keene's in later years, and
was not long before he was at dagger
point with the bonanza firm, but, witt
his universal good luck, general,
worsted them. His fortune a fe,
years ago was estimated at $50, 600, 00(
About four years ago he built tn
Baldwin Hotel and opera house, til
! finest hotel west of the Mississippi
although much smaller than tn
Palace. Tom Mcguire, the veteran
California manager, has Away
managed the opera house, although
Baldwin has sunk vast sums in lkeer
ing it up. He put up petroleum gas
works for the exclusive use of his hote
and theatre. 1t blew up and kille
one or two and wounded others. III
built it again. Ii took him months [
get the permit from the authorities, AN
he built it in the face of the protests
the entire population. 1t was at h
hotel that Mr.. Baldwin met and ma
ried his second wife, II beautiful woman
who lived two years only. Lucky
Baldwin's career since his acqu
sition of wealth has been
checkered and eventful as in the fort,
mines. His daughter, n lovely girl, ra
, away from her first husband, Snyde
T and he procured n divorce from he
! She subsequently married Bud
Doble, the noted hOrse-trainer, bl
: she did not mend her ways, and Dob
separated from her. Soon after his hi
ho.el was compltt d, Baldwin W,
sued by young woman, Vianic Nj
Cormack, whom he had employed
sew on tapestries, for $40, 600 for breac
f of promise and seduction.