The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
Few Tears, but Many Anec-
dOtes, Mark MiIIionaire's
Last Hours of Earth
Old Time Friends Swap Yarns
While Waiting for the
Funeral Train
Concert of MOurnfuI Music
Held Before Casket Is
Laid Away

TEW tears but many anecdotes. no
formal eulogy but much inquisi-
= tivenesss. marked the last day on
this earth OF the remains of E. J.
CLucky'D Baldwin. millionaire mining
man and horseman and Californian of
the alert. progressive and exuberant
school
While the body Of the dead was be-
ing placed. with curious absence of
conveRtional rites, in the receiving
vault at Cypress Lawn cemetery two
questions perplexed the friends Of the
deceased and the many who knew Of
the man less intimately through the
chronicles OF his career. Those two
problems were:
VIII there be contest over the viii
Of Lucky" Baldwin?
What is the history Of Mrs. Rozeila
Selby, the daughter of Baldwin. who
came suddenly on Wednesday from the
semi obscurity Of an Oakland home
circle into prominence as publicly an
nounoed. acknowledged and slightly
benefited daughter Of the millionaire?
The first question is answered briefly
and with assurance by close friends Of
the Baldwin family with No"
Marriage Was Legal
The second is but partly answered.
David F. Selby. the Oakland candy man
and husband OF the newly discovered
daughter Of the rich old man. stated
yesterday that his wife was the child
OF Baldwin. that her mother was
Martha Agnes Fowler before her mar
riage TO Baldwin. and that Martha
Agnes Fowler and Baldwin were mar
ried legally He promised to produce
proofs on that important point when
the occasion demands. but for the pres
ent he said he would not offer the
corroborative evidence which he said
he had. He said yesterday:
There is very little 10 add to what
is already known about Mrs. seIby, ex-
cept that there is nothing mysterious
about her. She was raised and edu-
Gated in Oakland and San Francisco
The fact that she was Baldwin's daugh-
ter was generally known among her
friends. In the written statement which
Baldwin gave me and which will be
used at the proper time. everything is
made clear All that I viii say at this
time is that Mrs. Selbys mother was
a member Of a well known family and
was legally married TO Baldwin This
IS affirmed in Baldwin's statement held
by me and removes all possible doubt
about my wife's parentage.
Valued at Half Million
The property which Baldwin has be-
oueathed 10 my wife is situated inside
OF the city limits Of Los Angeles. and I
estimate its value to be $500, ,OOO."
viii you say whether there is any
Likelihood that Mrs. Selby viii contest
the will?" he was asked.
i must decline to be interviewed on
the question now" he replied.
Mrs. Selby is well known among a
small circle OF friends in Oakland. She
Iives at $40 Warwick avenue. in the
Aoams point district Her husbands
candy store is at 1857 Washington
street She could not be seen yester-
day, as she is in a delicate condition.
and her family would not have her dis
turbed nor worried by the notoriety
that has attended the denouement Of
her life's history. Close friends Of
Baldwin said at the funeral yesterday
that he always acknowledged the girl
as his daughter from the time she was
mite Of a child. Her mother died
when she was years old. and under
the care Of her grandmother she used
10 spend her summers at Baldwin's
Lake Tahoe resorts.
None OF the selbys were al the
funeral services at Cypress Lawn. The
other daughters Of Baldwin were there.
Mrs. Anita McClaughry was prostrated
with grief over the death Of her father
and could not be seen last evening at
her home in Oakland.
Little Grief at Funeral
The funeral service was strange in
concept There was little grief. no
formal words Of parting with the dead.
but in the little chapel AZ Cypress
Lawn. to the harmonies Of grand opera
music and compositions by the daugh
ter OF the dead. the relatives and old
tjme cronies Of the deceased sat silently