The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
PURSUED BY
A NEMESIS
The Hysterical Ashley
Sisters on E ]. Bald
wins Trail.
THEY LEAVE THE HOTEL
IN TEARS.
Their Intended Coup d'Etat
Proves a Dangerous
Boomerang.
WIGS AND FALSE NAMES LED
TO TROUBLE.
The Scheme Was 10 Force the Million.
aire to Adopt Miss Lillian Ash.
ley's Beb..
WIGS AND FALSE NAMES LED
TO TROUBLE.
The Scheme Was 10 Force the Million.
aire to Adopt Miss Lillian Ash.
ley's Bab..

young woman who made herself notori-
Gus by occasioning the shooting at E. ].
Baldwin in the Superior Court some
months ago during the progress of a
trial wherein she claimed that he was
the father of her babe, scored another
humiliating failure last night.
She and her sister, Emma, who had
been auartered at the Baldwin for several
days under the pleasing delusion that
their soJourn as MRS. and Miss Lay''
would prove a coup d'etat that would
make Mr.. Baldwin adopt the infant and
support its aunt and mother, were hustled
out of the hotel without ceremony
Hysterical and weeping like Niobe, the
heroine of the late revolver episode folded
her tent and hurriedly left the hotel in
carriage, stating that she was ill and
needed rest in some hospital. announcing
that her sister would remain for a
time with friends. AS they had no
money with which to settle the bill for the
elegant suite of rooms they had occupied
Colonel Kowalsky chlvalrously advised
Manager Stone to allow them to depart.
If they surrender possession they virtu-
ally give US nine points in the battle,'
said he, "and it is cheaper to let them 60
than to feed them here and allow them to
occupy luxuriant quarters"
So the women called hack at 8 o'clock
and were hastily driven away, having
been notified that they would be dealt
with harsbly if they remained and did
not settle their bill.
Il told them the hotel was mine" said
Manager Stone, land that Mr.. Baldwin
had nothing to do With it; that they had
come here under ALA es, disguised In
strange and startling wigs, and that
could not tolerate them. AT first they
stormed and fumed, the mother of the
babe being particularly fine buffer, and
declaring that she would notify her hus-
band in Chicago of the insulting way she
was being treated. This took us aback
and we hesitated, but they finally threw
up the sponge and went out as Colonel
Kowalsky counted time"
Mr.. Baldwin was in the lobby just be-
fore the women came down in The ele-
vator, but friends hurried him to the side
walk 10 avert the possibility of q shot or
other form OF assault. The old gentleman
had barely been hustled into the open air
when his Nemesis, much excited and evil
IDENTIFY greatly unstrung, swept through
the lobby and into the carriage that
awaited her. She was driven rapidly
over a circuitous route TO st. Luke's Hos
pital, where she was registered under an
assumed name and booked as victim of
nervousness
"In this strange and badly planned bat
tie," said Colonel Kowalsxy last night,
"these unfortunately advised young
women had a strange notion that there
was some sort of law by which they could
compel Mr.. Baldwin to support the child,
but l informed them that there was no
such law and that man could not adopt
a child, even if he wanted TO do SO, with
out the consent Of his wife.
They were greatly disconnected when
T..
Mr. Baldwin's control, ana when finally
and firmly ordered to go they wept and
wrung their hands"
Miss Lillian made many futile attemp pts
to communicate with Z. ]. Baldwin yes
terday, but none of her letters were
opened and few reached him at ALL
"She even went to the trouble Yesterday
to send him letter by Wells Fargo. but
her time was wasted. M-. Baldwin firmly
said: The child is not mine and l haveno
business with this woman and during the
entire siege he did not swervs from that
position. He was much ANNOYED by the
notoriety of the matter yesterday and
seemed greatly pleased when his Nemesis
had gone"
No actress ever bowed to a more inter-
ested or appreciative audience than the
one fair Lillian Ashley. her child and her
sister faced last evening as she stepped
out on to Powell street to start on the
journey from the hotel they had been re-
quested to leave.
The crowd had been anxiously awaiting
the appearance of the party for several
hours, and when the heroines suddenly
appeared through the doorway of the
Baldwin every one rushed to catch q
glimpse of the departing sisters.
A carriage was in waiting and the
driver, as soon as the party was safely in
stalled. shouted at his team with the ye-
N n ms uArhr 1rIa
tangled mess of orders and instructions.
The carriage rolled away; turned into
Market street, in a few minutes into Va
lencia street. and hurried toward the out
skirts of the City. When Twenty fourth
street was reached the horses were turned
from their course along Valencia ard
headed toward the black foothills in the
west.
This, however, was but ruse to throw
any possible follower into confusion. The
team sped round and round a few blocks.
s'raightened in Its course again and head
ed for 81. Luke's Hospital.
Arriving at the hospital the party
allghted and entered the Office of the phy-
sician in charge DR.. Armstead. Here Miss
Ashley told nurse that she wished TO be
admitted to the hospital, as she was suf-
ferlng extremely from nervousness and
physical disability, and wished an opera
tion performed within the next few DAYS.
, me patiehl gave tne attending nurse
hctltious name, but later when questioned
by DR.. Armstead admitted that she was
Lillian Ashley. She requested the ply
scian to allow no one to see her, and her
wishes will be respected.
She was placed in neat little room,
given quieting dose and she retired to
sleep. Her sister and the baby returned
TO the carriage and were taken to some
downtown lodging house. where they will
rest secluded from the inquisitive world.
p0p Till npuAm nurrr