The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-01
LUCKY BALDWINs LAWSUIT.
A Rich Man Asked to Pay Half Million for
Alleged Beach Of Promise.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April 30-About two
weeks ago Miss Lou Perkins. handsome young
woman employed in dry goods store in Los
Angeles. mystetiously disappeared, and week
later it was learned that she had gone to San
Bernardino with William Fallon, son of mil
lionaire and noted politician in San Jose. Fallon
jr., was arrested for abduction and the mother
of the girl procured license with the avowed
intention to have Fallon marry the girl There
appears to be some obstacle to this proceeding,
as Miss Perkins, upon her return to Los Angeles
yesterday, entered suit against Lucky Bald
win for $500, 900 for alleged breach of promise.
Her story is that when she was
about sixteen years old, her father
rented some land from Baldwin, who fell in
love with her. that Baldwin took her to San
Francisco under pretense of educating her, and
there promised to marry her. She claims to
have his promise in black and white, and that
his intention of marriage was fully understood
by his daughter. Later he married another.
Miss Perkins claims that one evening, after not
seeing her for year. Baldwin met her by APP
pontment on street corner and said he still
loved her and was going to get his wife out of
the way and would then marry her in fulfill
ment of his pledge. By his failure to fulfil his
alleged promise she thinks herself DANA ged
$500 900. Papers were served ON Baldwin in
Los Angeles.
Twenty one years ago Baldwin was hostler in
San Francisco When mining speculation be-
came the rage he dabbled a little in stocks--a
months wages-and won about $500 the first
clip, and forthwith resigned his duties as sta
ble-cleaner and groom, and set up small livery
stable for himself. He found business good, and
with little money in hand made another invest
| ment in stocks, and drew out several thousand
dollars Then he sold his business, and fire.
uuented tha stock hoard AOofhar succasSfu
deal or two gave him the sobriquet of Lucky
and it has stuck to him ever since. His first big
strike was i'll crown Point and Becher in 1871.
Flushed with his triumphs and commanding
millions he went into Ophir with Jim Keene,
and both doubled their wealth Baldwin was
then one of the organizers of the stock board,
and after awhile, catching the building fever he
put too up the Baldwin Hotel which cost
era vanished he found himself poorer
than he had been for many a month"; but
still rich, and, getting his money into shape he
set out to enjoy life He purchased a mag
nificent ranch at Los Angeles, and retaining
possession of the Baldwin Hotel at San Fran
CISCO he put his remaining cash into safe invest
ments His fortune is variously estimated
to-day at from S., 100000 to $40, 00O 900, and he
lives as extensively as any man on the coast
Of his three former wives only one is dead His
first wife was a German. On one of his former
wives, at the separation, he settled 81, OO0 900.
In 1884 he married Miss Lille c. Bennett an
attractive girl of twenty. Some three years ago
Baldwin was shot at and wounded by young
woman named Verona Baldwin, who claimed
she was Lucky's discarded niece. She said
Baldwin had betrayed her, and, being DESTROYS
of Kidding himself of her, procured her posi-
ton at San Anita as teacher that the story
of her relations with him followed her, and she
was compelled to give up the school; that, being
out of money or friends, she returned to San
Francisco and implored him to assist her. but
without success. After making several calls On
him and being rebuffed. she determined to kill
him. People who knew the girl spoke of her as
highly educated and of good character previous
to her acquaintance with Baldwin. At her trial
she was found insane and escaped punishment
Baldwin's daughter, lovely girl, ran away from
vorce from her. She subsequently married Budd
Doble, the horse-trainer, but Doble separated
from her. Soon after his big hotel was COM
pleted Baldwin was sued by a young woman,
Winnie Mccormack, whom he had employed to
sew on tapestries, for $4O 600 for alleged breach
of promise and seduction