The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-11-12

cnuICn recently from NldChlnde w
Bishop Davies of the Michigan diocese:
Bishop Davies telegraphed a notice OF
the removal of Mr.. Baldwin to Rev.
DR.. Frisbie, secretary of the
committee of the diocese in Detroit,
with instructions to notify all the bish-
ops in the country of the action taken.
1t is said hat Mr.. Baldwin was de-
posed at his own request in order to
avoid a public trial. Back of this &C
ton of Bishop Davies are broken vows,
broken homes, bigamy and the wreck
of the happiness of three trusting
women. Nc one knows to what part
of the world Mr.. Baldwin has gone to
escape prosecution.
Rev. Mr.. Baldwin is a native Of Day.
ton, o., and is about 35 years old. He
is the youngest of twelve sons. He was
ambitious and religiously inclined, and
studied for a time in the University of
Chicago. He had a pretty hard time
there. Some of his relatives promised
him assistance, and he entered Yale
college. He was noted there for his
~studiousness, piety and marked pro-
hNlCASJ Ill ldllSudSCO. L spent lhlCS
years at Yale and left before gradu-
ating to accept a position as tutor in
languages in the University at Leip-
sic, where he continued his studies and
received his degree in 1886. He was
one of the first honor men, and carried
off the first prize for an essay on the
Sanscrit language. 1t was about this
time that Baldwin, who had received
the title Of professor at the university,
became prominent in society and a
visitor at the American colony. His
fame as a linguist was known through
out Germany, and a brilliant future
was apparently in store for him.
Shortly after his graduation he met
Miss Adelaide Crittenton, the daughter
of Charles N. C~rittenton, millionaire,
founder of"the drug house of Charles
N. Crittenton & Co., 115 Fulton street,
New York, and of the Florence mission,
in Blocker street. Miss Crittenton
was c%haperoned by her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Crittenton, and her beauty
and accomplishments made her a great
social favorite in the American colony.
Mr.. Baldwin fell in love with Miss
Crittenton and told her of his devotion
in the home of one of her friends in
Leipsic. Miss C%rittenton was startled
and, not daring to trust to the prompt
ings of her heart, suddenly left Leip-
sic and hurried to London. Mr.. Bald
win learned where she was n fol-
lowed her. He pleaded his suit with
such ~eloquence that the missionary life
work of the young m faded from
her view and she married him without
the consent of her parents, it is said.
The parental forgiveness was soon
forthcoming, and Mr.. Crittenton was
the first to welcome his daughter and
s~on-in-law when they came to New
York city several months later. Mr..
Crittenton opened to them his home in
One Hundred and Eighteenth street
ana they lived there for nearly a year.
Mr.. Baldwin, when the liberal al
lowance had been settled upon his wife,
gave UP all thought of other work and
devoted most of his time to the study
Of languages. The facilities were not
to his liking here, and he induced his
wife to move to Oxford, England. His
fame as a linguist and scholar had pre-
ceded' him, and he was welcomed as a
tutor in the university. 1t was about
this time that he became associated
with Professor John Crosby Brown Of
the Union Theological Seminary, Rev.
DR.. Briggs of New York and other
noted linguists in Europe in the COM
pilation of a Hebrew lexicon. 1t is