The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
SeIby Family Absent

None Of the mysterious Selby family
Of oakland was present at the Gene
terry.
A clique Of old horsemen waited all
day at the cemetery gate for the re-
mains Of their former colleague in
sport TO arrive. among them were
Theodore (@Pony') Ross. livery
stable man Of the old days when Bald
win also ran a stable; Jim" McCue Of
Corte MADEIRA, the sturdy old circus
owner. capitalist and incessant liti-
CANT; Henry Rosenbaum, the wholesaI e
butcher, who delighted TO drive fast
horses; Barney Schreiber, the famous
book maker, and T. H. Cooke, who was
Baldwin's trainer and track manager
for his racing stable. Mrs. Rosenbaum
and Mrs. Schreiber were with their
husbands Other men who We're as
close to Baldwin in the old days. and
who passed the long hours Of waiting
in chat and gossip over the dead, were
Dr. James II. Gates. the pioneer drug
gist; oscar Tolle. former clerk of the
state supreme court; Detective Sergea n
Bob" MOgan. the old associate Of
Chief Lees, now attached 10 the dis
triet attorneys office; Charles Alpers.
the old time musician; Robert Abrams.
who was carpenter at the old Baldwin
hotel. and others who were associated
or connected with the millionaire dur
ing his lifetime Mrs Ernestine
Kreling, owner Of the Tivon theater.
waited during the day for the remains
10 come. Bob" Jackson, the colored
coachman for the Baldwins, was there
to give his last salute to the dead.
Stories of Baldwin
DR.. Gates, Jim" McCue, Pony" Ross
and Robert Abrams spent the afternoon
together trading stories Of the dead.
He loved TO see beautiful women
handsomely gowned and to see fine
horses fat" declared Jim McCue, and
that showed he had a big heart"
Yes" amplihed Gates, 1T was the
fine animal that he delighted in"
He was always in a position and
willing to help out a friend who needed
money" said Ross.
He was slow in making friends. but
when he had found a friend he stuck
fast TO him." echoed Gates.
Abrams had a word to p1t In from
time TO time.
The stories and analyses of charac-
ter did not always gibe
He was a great poker player one
would comment He used TO SIT down
TO games with William Sharon when
the stakes would be $4,000"
He couldn't play much Of a game Of
poker" another would assert more crit
ically, but he liked the game. as he
was a great 'speculator"
He wasn't a speculator in the true
sense Of the word" declared Detecfive
Hogan, who was a shrewd young man
in the police department at the time
Baldwin was turning over his great
winnings in Comstocks. He went into
things knowing just where he was
coming out"
Funeral Train Arrives
So the symposium on Baldwin waged
until the funeral train arrived. The
drawing room car Pacific had beer. at
tached 10 train No. II from Los An
geles. At San Bruno the car was de-
tached from the train, which continued
to the city over the cutoff, and the car
with the remains was drawn up to
Cypress Lawn by special engine.
The casket was taken from the train
before the mourners left the car. The
body was in a massive bronze caslxet
II had to be removed from the car
through window, was passed down
into the waiting hands of the cemetery
assistants, and trundled from the
cemetery entrance to the chapel over
way carpeted and laid with acacia
blossoms. Preceding the casket were
members Of the funeral party who ac-
companied the remains from Arcadia.
H. A. Unruh, for years Bald. sn's man
ager and now executor Of the estate
under the Will led the cortege. Behind
the casket came Mrs. Lily Bennett
Baldwin, the widow attended by her
brother, Albert Bennett. IN order there
followed Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stocl1er
a daughter. and her husband. Harry
StOcker; Mrs. Anita Baldwin Nc
Claughry, a daughter. and her husband.
Hull McClaughry, assistant postmaster
al San Francisco; Albert Snyder Mrs.
Stocker's son. and his wife: Mrs. Rose
bud Doble Aullender and her husband.
end then the friends Of the family.
Mrs. Mcflaughry displayed deep grief