The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
SHE WILL
FOLLOW
BALDWIN
Emma Ashley Says She
Is Ready to Go
East.
LUCKY CANNOT LOSE HER
THAT WAY.
She Has a Friend Who vi !.
Telegraph Her All the Money
Necessary.
WANTS TO MEET HIM FACE TO
FACE.
If He Will Only Provide for the Child
the Sisters Say They Will
Let HIM Alone.
She Has a Friend Who vi
Telegraph Her All the Money
Necessary.
WANTS TO MEET HIM FACE TO
FACE.
If He Will Only Provide for the Child
the Sister Say They Will
Let H IN Alone.

Even should Lucky" Baldwin take
himself 10 the East he Will not be rid of
his Nemesis in the person of Emma Ash
ley, the sister of Lillian. who has SEEM
ingly devoted her life and energies TO
' securing what she claims TO be justice,
not so much for her sister as for Beatrice
Anita, her sisters child.
Emma and Baby Beatrice are still at
the home of Mrs. H. G. Woodman, 2161I
Dorland street. where they found refuge
Sunday night after leaving the Baldwin
Hotel Mrs. Wood man is a well-known
temperance and prison worker, and made
the acquaintance of the Ashley sisters a
the City Prison after Emmas attempt to
shoot Baldwin in court.
Commenting on the report that Baldwin
was preparing to go East TO avoid any
further annoyance from the Ashleys,
Emma remarked:
"He can't escape me by going East. He
won't be there long before | follow. l
have no money, but L still have few
friends left, and one of them in the East
has written to me that whenever l wished
TO go East she would telegraph me the
money necessary to pay my expenses. l
know ell the haunts of Lucky Baldwin
in the East. He generally goes to ST.
Louis. Saratoga and the places where
racing is going on. He shan't evade me.
He need not think he can escape me.
II want 10 find him and make him face
me. want to have a talk with him and
see if l can't make him do something for
the child and act like man. | only want
to have an interview with him. L think
he will listen to me if l can only meet
him face to face.
Just imagine the situation. Here is
the child of millionaire, whose mother is
too sick to earn her living, let alone doing
anything for her child, who is dependent
on charity for its maintenance. Can YOU
expect woman to rest quiet under such
cruel wrongs?
He is so contemptibly mean that
suppose he would spend millions on law
yers rather than give anything to support
his child. Neither nv sister nor myself
want any of his money We only want
him to provide for the baby. A child is a
great deal of care. She is always needing
something. She must be educated sne
must be clothed and fed and housed and
must have some one to take charge of er
II tried to have the child placed in the
Orphans Home on Haight street, but
they told me they could not take her in, ,
as their rules permitted the admission OF
orphans and half-orphans only. They
said 1t was great shame that there was
no law in this State which compelled the
father of an ilIegitimate child to provide
for IL. They promised to place the mat
ter before the board of directors, which
will meet week from Friday.
81 hardly know what | shall do. All
winter l worked aud supported US all; but
now my sister Is SICK and | must take care
OF the baby, so there is no one to earn a
dollar for us.
''But Mr.. Baldwin need not think we
are through with him vet for we are not
by any means. We will hound him until
he decides to be a man. II he don't do
something he won't live in peace.
II see that Reuben Lloyd, one of his at
torneys, says we are blackmaiers | can
only repeat that we don't want a penny of
his money for ourselves, but simply for
his child. To think of a miIlionaire's 8
child being thrown upon charity 1t Is
more than any one with any grain of
feeling can bear. 1t is certainly more
than | can bear. If he had only a little
courage he would face the situation like a
man.
81 hardly know which way to turn.
Tomorrow l shall again see what can
do tor the child and shall incidentally
continue to find Mr.. Baldwin and have q
talk with him.
man. who is lady 20 years of age, re-
marked IN suggestive, questioning.
sympathetic way: II wonder if he could
not be induced 10 pay So a month for the
child's care at the Boys and Girls Aid
Society. Don't you think he would?"
Before any reply could be made by the
reporter Miss Ashley remarked in hone
less, weary tones:
Hardly; l think he is too mean to do
anything unless he is compelled to. Even
II he were disposed to aid the child. his
lawyers would advise him against it,"