Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-17
MORRIS C. BAUM.
Some New incidents Regarding
His Movements.

Some New Incidents Regarding
His Movements.
Mrs. Clements, an English lady who
arrived in the city on Saturday evening,
furnished a HERALD man yesterday with
some interesting incidents regarding
Morris G. Baum, whose unpaid paper"
is just now creating good deal of excite
ment at San Francisco. Baum, it will be
remembered, was a prominent cam
paigner for the Republican side during
the recent national election, and was also
a high-fyer in the Bay City Society.
He went to Europe on the 31st of March
last in company with Jessie Wiers, one
of the leaders of the demi-monde of the
windy city, and during the last thirty
days some of his promissory notes. hav-
ing become due, it is found that they
have been endorsed with the name of a
firm the members OF which disclaim all
knowledge of them. Baum's presence
;s therefore badly desired, and it is said
that he will have a lively time clearing up
his entangled affairs should he return.
'fBaum came across the Atlantic with
me on the City of Paris" said the HER
AIDS informant. "We left Liverpool on
the 29th of May and arrived at New Y ork
on the 5th of June. He was accompanied
by his wife, at least that is what they
were known as on the steamer, though
was astonished to discover their real
standing when, on my arrival here,
read in the papers the accounts of his
derelictions. Mrs. Baum, or Jennie, as
he always called her. was quite a
favorite on the boat and was a
very interesting woman. She was
always we'll dressed and in good taste,
and she told me that she was bringing
back to America a costly wardrobe that
she had had made in Paris. Ball
dresses, tea gowns, morning robes and
go on, she talked about, and at the usual
run Of those things from the Partisan
modistes, her outfit must have cost a
good deal. Baum WAS one of the best
dressed men on the boat, and seemed to
have plenty of money, for he was good
liver. They told me they had been
in the principal English cities and
also in Northern France, and that they
had enjoyed their continental jaunt very
much. One thing noticed that struck
me as rather strange. On all ocean boats
it is always customary for each of the
travellers to have a souvenir list of the
passengers, and when glancing over mine
I found that Mr.. and Mrs. Baum were
not mentioned. asked Jenie why it was,
and she made an excuse that they had
engaged their berths late, and that,
therefore, they could not get their names
on the printed list"
"On arriving at New York." contin-
ued the speaker, 81 bade them goodbye,
and was rather sorry to leave them, as
they had been very kind to me en- voy-
age. They asked me to come and see
them in San Francisco, and gave me
several letters OF introduction, one of
which is to the soprano singer in the
cathedral in this city. Mrs. Baum told
me that she was going to stay little while
with her sisters in New York, and added
that her husband was going on TO San
Francisco as soon as he received some
letters he was expecting. 1T will be our
first separation since we were married ,
three years ago, said Mrs. Baum, as che
concluded telling me of her plans"
"That is all saw of them," concluded
Mrs. Clements, land about all l know
regarding their movements"