The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-03
LIFE Of NOTED
CHARACTER ENDS


career of the most remarkable mar
who ever figured in the west. The
man who records the events in the
life of Baldwin can write volume of
surprising interest, and it will be
record of the way in which vice tri-
umphed over virtue at every turn IN
the road. 1t is probable that old
Lucky" iefied every law of God and
man, and he defeated every antagon-
list he ever went against except the
one he met today. Many time AMI
oft it was thought that Baldwin was
broke, but he must have smiled at
the brin.- of the cloudei river as he
reflected oh the millions he was leav-
ing behind him in spite of the efforts
of thousands to take his wealth away
from him.
Lucky was a strange composite.
First and always he was gambler
and evel vthing, from the stock ex-
change and the race track down ~
three card monte, was included in his
ii; ii diversions. His remarkable
success at games of chance earned
for him his sobriquet. He beat the
mining exchange at San Francisco
during the palmy days of the Com
stock to a FRAGILE. One day he de-
termined to retire from stock gam
bling and closed out everything ne
had been carrying. He then said to
Reuben Lloyd, his attorney, "Rube
YOU have done a whole lot of good
work for me. Tomorrow / am going
to take one more flyer on the ex-
change and win 100000 for you. y
He tried it, but his luck had changed
temporarily, and after dropping ST.
100000 he quit and RUDE is still
looking for his 100000.
Lucky Baldwin owned ranches
all over Southern California. His
home place, the Santa Anita rancho,
consists of 5000 acres, and many
men who had previously visited all
known portions of the globe un-
uualifedly declared that Santa Anita
was the most beautiful spot on the
face of the earth. Everything that
nature and art were capable of had
been done for Santa Anita, although
we doubt the statement that it is
now worth s50,O00,000.
Baldwin had the greatest aversion
to parting with. a dollar of real mon
ey. He would not pay his men their
wages and he was continually in
VOWED in lawsuits brought about fy
his refusal to pay his just debts. One
time vixen he got pretty hard pressed
he decided all his property to Richard
&c rvey, his confidential man. When
IT,, clouds cleared away he :, / Gar
-av to re-deed the properly. IL
IaoE o.. over the deeds he found that
one for the Felipe Lugo rancho was
missing. He asked Garvey where it
was and that worthy said, ooh, have
concluded to keep the Felipe Lugo
for my trouble" Garvey had Bald
win in a hole and he did keep the
magnificent Felipe Lugo until Her
man Hellman took it away from him
for money advanced.
Next to gambling Baldwin devoted
himself to the pursuit of the fair
sex. Not only did he contract good
many matrimonial alliances but he
was mixed up with more scandal
than come into the lives of most men.
On the banks of a beautiful lake at
Santa Anita he had built an ornate
chalet and it was as close an ap-
proach to Turkish establishment
as was to be found in this country.
In the latter eighties Baldwin hap
pened to be temporarily unmarried,
and one day he stepped into the
room of the board of county COM
missioners where plans for a new
court house were being considered.
One of the competing architects, a
man from Sacramento, had his draw
ings displayed upon the wall and MS
daughter, most attractive little
miss of some sixteen summers, was
using a pointer to assist In the ex-
PLANTATION of them. Lucky, was
was then about sixty years old,
watched the performance, and when
it was over, drew the father aside,
and made formal proposal for the
hand of the little miss. 1t was ac-
cepted, and in short time the we'd
ding took place.
Then Miss Louise Perkins, the
prettiest girl in Southern California,
arnaarpd m tho crouo oud cuod