The herald., 1894-05-09
SHE'S AN AIRY FAIRY Lillian,
And She Wants Lucky Baldwin
to Ante Up Literally.
She Says He Is the Father of Her
Pretty Little Child.
4 Big Damage Suit Breuxht Against
the Millionaire OF Santa
Anita by Boston
Girl.


the "lucky," has had with women no
one but himself will ever be able to tell.
How many times he has been the victim
OF female blackmailsrs is matter which
he himself cannot, perhaps, positively
assert Bat that his escspsdss with the
fair sex have brought him into court.
and subjected him to unflattering criti-
cisms and unpleasant newspaper notori-
ETY. on many occasions, cannot be de-
MED.
1t fs not necessary to rake up the files
OF the past; they are not yet ancient
enough to have been forgotten by IL ose
alike whom such literature attracts and
those whom it repes. 1t has been some
time. however. since the name OF E. j.
Baldwin has been prominently connect
ed with that OF female who made 1T q
matter Of record that the charms oil
man old enough to be her grandfather
could have such attraction for her that
che would on his account abandon the
paths of virtue.
Whatever may be the sercery OF Lucky
Baldwin's Establishments. whether they
consist OF rain of gold pieces or bank
bills, or something no more tangible
than promises and protestations, he is
credited with succeeding very fairly in
his designs. That is at least what his
alleged victims claim, and they are also
unanimous in pretending that as soon
as his infatuation for them ceases, that
then the base of supplies is rudely over
thrown with an effective thud.
The latest alleged victim OF the desires
OF this Santa Anita Don Juan is Miss
Lillian A. Ashley, q young lady who
formerly imbibsd intellectual culture in
Msssachu setts, but who is now nursing
a girl baby, six months old, in the Eden
like precincts OF Pasadena.
Miss Ashley's complaint, which has
been filed in the county clerks Office, is
very prosaic, and If Lucky Baldwin used
any of his Pact0lean Establishments
upon her to bring her to her present
pass, deponent fails to say so, but in a
few very matter OF fact sentences gives
the story Of her fall.
Lillian A. Ashley first tells that she is
now and always has been an unmarried
female. and that, quite to the contrary,
Il. j. Baldwin, at all times mentioned
in the complaint, was q married man.
Neither of these facts seem to DO al
ings which are narrated further on, but
it ia presumably to show that the man
was more wicked byresson of his greater
knowledge in the premises than the
frail plaintiff, that they are set forth.
On a dark night, the Sd OF March,
1898. while the plaintiff and defendant
were in San Francisco, she gave way to
his opportunities, articles and false
promises, and allowed herself to be Sc
duced. After that the intercourse was
continued for some time, very likely
until the 18th OF May, when Mr.. Bald
win went east. He did not thereafter
return to California until the 1st OF o.
tober.
After Mr.. Baldwin's departure Lillian
A. Ashley found herself to be in a deli
cate condition, and from that time on
her troubles began. She became sick
and for seven months was unable to
work or earn living. On Dece nbe
9TH she was delivered of q female child.
Now she claims SIS. 900 damages from
. Mr.. Baldwin. Nothing more. nothing
less!
Such is the plain. unadorned tale
shown by the court records in the case.
Her atterneys, Messrs. Wslborn & Hut
ton, have positively refused to say who
Miss Ashley 10. where she can be found,
what her business 10, or to give any in
formation respecting their client.
THE PRETTY PASADENA PLAINTIFF.
Mas Ashley was found by a HERALD
reporter, at her home in Pasadena, last
evening, whore she'is living in a modest
little cottage, ON Summit avenue, half
buried in Roses, and unknown to even
her next deor neighbors. Here she has
lived with her sister ever since the birth
OF her baby, some six months ago, in
entire seolusion, seldom venturing out,
aRd masking NO acquaintance. When
found by the HERALD man she was
busily engaged in looking after the de-
mands OF bright, blue-eyed baby girl,
who has seen about six months of this
cold and cruel world, and from appear
ances it has not disagreed with her by
long way. This baby, who promises to
cut such an important figure in the com
ing suit against the famous Lucky" is
said to decidedly remember her alleged
papa, and this point will doubtless be
made the most of by the prosecution.
The child has her mothers dsrk-blue
eyes, but otherwise it is claimed favors
the otker side OF the house.
Miss Lillian Ashley is an attractive