Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-01
Famous Plunger and Turtman
Died at His Residence in
Arcadia on His Ranch.
HIS FAME WAS NATIONAL
Boru in Illinois. Boyhood and Youth
spent in Indiana and Wisconsin,
lie Went Co California In 1858.

Los Angeles. March .--E j. Baldwin,
famous pluuFor ana turfmau. known
throughout the country ana Europe
as Luck" Baldwin. died at bis rcsi-
deucc iu Arcadia on the celebrated
BaldUiu's ranch. 10 miles from Los
Angeles at o'clock this morning He
was 81 ye1rs old. The end came after
lingering illness of several weeks.
he passed quietly away surrounded
hy hs friends after having been uu-
conscious most or the night 40 his
bedside this morning were Mrs. Bald
win their daughter. a. niece and Oth-
ar relatives
The illness which finally resulted
600 tho death OF Baldwin began on
Feb. o. At that time he experienced
serious sinking spell nearly result
ing in his death but from whics DE
finally rallied and made gallant
fight for lifc Previous 10 this attack,
however. DE had suffered for several
weeks with influence and had refused
Geo he attended bv physician. aud
when Dr. j. w. Trueuo rtnv. of this
city was called ON the night of Fob.
O.. DEE found baldwin much enfeebled
and 200 highly nervous condition.
The wonderful vitality Of the aged
millionaire and his grim determine
t'ou Goo get on his feet again carried
lm through several occurrences of the
heart trouble, hut he grew weaker and
less able 90 resist the next one.
AT the time Mr. Baldwin was first
seriously stricken. Mrs. Baldwin. whom
hD married -3 years ago. when she
Was bur rs years of age. was in
Sacramento and did not learn of her
days later She then ha-tcned to his
Hcbosldt and haas been his almost cone
slant attendant from that time until
the end. For the greater part of the
-a years of her married life. Mrs.
Baldwin has remained ina San Franz
cisco while Baldwin has divided his
ilmC between Dis ranch al santa
Anita and the north Some times De
has been at Lake Tahoe. other times
Do Alaska and again in san Francisco.
lie preferred Santa Anita. however.
ana one of the greatest inhibition OF
his life was to see the race track
there become the greatest In the Coun-
try.
Baldwin viii De- buried ga san Fran
cisco bpt hc date oC tie funeral has
not bed !, determined. A conference 'oG
reativf WIS held LASTING most of tho
dav iu reference 20 this aud other mat
ters The body win Zee brought 90 los
Angeles and De- taken probably by spe-
Ciai train t1 tho place of interment
Tho fortune LEFT by Lucky Baldwin
IS estimated by n A. Unuuh. his man
uger. at $4,000 COO 10 may be "a million
or two .0u either side Of this sum. Lit
.le is known of the details of the viii
I left hv the noted turfmau disposug OF
This vast amount 10 is certain. how
ever that Dis wife and daughters have
/ been FhDr4IIF UTDvIHed for hint no 4n-
uouncemcut has been made regarding
bis othor requests. Many rumors OF
/ impending contests of the will have
been rife during Baldwus illness but
they have mot yet appeared iu tangible
form. 10 o. reported that the viii con-
tains 90 specific statement denying the
existence OF moIr than 20 single widow.
thus providing against "a possible cone
test uou that direction.