Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-22
HARRY

"Your Mother Died This Morning"
The story is fuli or human interest
Il h veilod with q chain of peculiar
circumstances IN which o fiepialher
nguFss prominently and reads IKE
nctiua
your mother died this morning
roaa q telegram from one, iauchart
which Harry Baldwin received here
yesterday afternoon without funds
in dofrny The cxponaCs OF q trip 90
los Angeles the young man was al.
most beside himself last night Since
his advent into Albuquerque several
moaths ago De has hoou unable 90
make successful usconHions His last
attempt nj Traction rark resulted in
serious damage 90 his balloon which
was Injured by FIRE Since thar time
ho has been doing nothing The easy
money hD hrd chrsed in previous
professional cngaRemep'h Was nearly
gone Win bis balloon la bad repair
ana no way oi getting 20 place
where be- might appear. hls fortunes
are at low cbh.
However. naldwia had relatives
and friends hack ln Wisconsin, his
mothers home Ho tnlcgraphed them
for assistance This morning he ex
ptcted to nnd money for him az the
Western Union offices. ilo had plan.
ned to leave for los Angeles this
.morMng However, he changed hia
MIND flc determined tn meet his
mothers body here and accompany %
No. Milwaukee. where b. aHnnFcd o..
porter for The EYeniag Citi2en thoj
wou's undoubtedly ship o FOR burial
Waon be- went 20 the 0iilcg Tor re-
piles 90 hia toiograms for assistance
he Naa hpndrd the message chat hlH
mother was not dead He hastily
scribhled reply which was lmme
disisiy clicked over the wires
a stop Father Figures
Harry baldwin has had a deal of
experience ln hls i0nrneyinR about
he eunriV aa an agruntuf re says
ho Is 90 years old huf hia smooth
hnylsh face makes him appear much
younger Contact With people in all
the walks of liic has made him eanil.
QUE Experience has taught hlm iO
talk Httlo of himself and hia untect
dents Therefore. ns reptiles 90 IN.
ieFfoRaiOflgs rQGNfdlng iho haidWin
mmi'y were rather guarded
"
naldwln'a hiteaiiOa was called io
Ia clipping from the Loa Angeles "a
amlner OF last Friday The story VS.
y heaFi ihrub u said Mrs. uerrick
wea Frustrated over lhg absence OF
her son. an 0cronauf who was last
aeon az Fresno. California. SIX
moaIhs ago hy friends sh, bad not
seen her son for ave years ihe story
said 6hc had apparently worried
herself into "a state uf coma Al tln
hospital they believed bcr dead. They
learned recently that ihe absent one
was ln Albuquerque through Chiei
McMililn az the Albuquerque police
nnd wired him here
Whom be- received the telegram
ni,0ui his molhcr'a death ho declared,
20 have rot seen her in seven years.
have not heard from her directly
f0r tWo years Wby3 neqnuae the
ldea of addressinH her by lho name
oi my Nepialher was abhorreut to
me
Wus your dislike for she man
whose name your mother bears ihe
foasnn sou have not rqturled 90 Der
since hor mafriaHo9 was asked
You mny draw yOnr own cuncln
alons.f ho replied
heard from mY mother frc4ucni.
If afer ( iefi her we carried on
q correspondence bni since sine mar.
riod again have olly heard from
hes Indirectly
Ihe statement ID lho Examiner
story alolt my helug aeea ln ffesno
IS months ago la "a miaiake Z have
rNf knan la N.r.nnu IuF DIHnffnu
montHs / made au ascension there
Shea d has lefa spffn Yeats since
leli home. GOT ave-
The Wrcno Bald~in.
"Wha\ worried my m,Vhff ihr