The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-06
A NOTED WITNESS
Annie Kelly, Baddeiey's
Friend, Dead.
The Promoter of the Celebrated
WOrthingtou Tragedy Succumbs
TO Consumption.

Annie Josephine Kelly died late las
evening, AMI her death recalls a tragic
event which occurred not so very long age
and in which she played quite prominent
part
On the second day of last May Mrs
Louise Worthington Inflicted a eunshoi
wound upon Henry j. Baddeley. which
eventually caused his death.
Baddeley had weaned Mrs. Worthington
away from her husband and then deserted
her. The woman. frenZied by the treat
ment she had received, took his life. and
Annie Josephine Kelly was the cause OF
all the trouble.
Annie Kelly and Mrs. Worthington were
friends of long standing. AS girls they
had been chums. and after one married
the friendly relations con tinued.
1t was through Annie Kelly that Mrs
Worthington first met Baddeley. just as il
was in consequence Of her advice and sug.
gestions that the two eventually became
on terms of intimacy.
The Kelly girl was of jovial DISPOSE
ton and inclined to be gay. She gloried
in lively company and quiet times. Henry
Baddeley had a friend of whom size was
enamored. and in order that she might see
1lm frequently SU6 uTEeQ MIC w
ton on To cuitlvatlng Baddeley, so that the
four could go out on larks together.
In consequences of this planning and ar
ranging on Miss Kelly's part, Henry
Baddeley was killed and Mrs. Worthington
is now serving a twentv-five-year term In
the State prison at San Quentin. The
Baddeley family is bowed with sorrow
and shame and the Worthington home is
broken W.
During the progress of Mrs. Worthing-
toms trial evidence was introduced the
tendency of which was to brand Annie
Kelly as notorious woman. Witness
told of her misdeeds and lawyers excori.
ated her, but not one word was spoken in
her behalf. And yet she was little more
than mere girl At the time of her death
she was but few months more than 19
years of age.
Annie Kelly was born and raised in this
city, and amid such surroundings as
should perhaps excuse much that she may
have done.
Hei folks were poor and her help was
necessary to support the home, even when
she was but child. The girl was pretty,
and-well, hers was the fate that has been
meted out TO many other pretty girls who
grew to know the ways of the world in
caDneries AID factories.
During the excitement incidental to the
killing of Baddeley Annie Kelly said, in
q
porter: well, perhaps / am bad. but what
else could be expected Of me? / never
learned what il was to be good.
Whenever l wanted anything / had
to work for it and work hard at
that. 1t seems as though l just
stepped from baby clothes into woman
hood. l suppose | am not as good as
some women, but that is because l was
never taught different When young /
acted as / supposed every one else did.
Wien 1 was old enough To realiZe that l
had made mistake and chosen the wrong
path, the world would not let me ,hange
my course"
Those words briefly tell the story of
Annie Kelly's life or az least of one por-
tion of il. In the WOrthington- Baddeley
affair she planned and schemed as only a
wicked woman might.
1t was she who pointed out to the wife
the wea ker side OF her husbands eharac-
ter and held up for her worship the ideal
Baddeley. Ii was she, also, who urged
the pair to run away, thus breaking up the
Worthington home, and later on py her
wiles induced Baddeley to desert Mrs
WorthingtOn and bask in her smiles.
While the Coroner's inquiry into the
causes which led to Baddeley's death was
being conducted it was found necessary to
continue the case MANY times in oonse-
Quence of Miss Kelly's inability to be
present.
Consumption was then playing sad
havoc with her and it was only after a
severe effort that she eventually succeeded
In appearing to give her testimony. From
that time on the disease developed RAPIDLY
and finally caused her death.