The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-16
Alleged Widow of Turfman
Tells of Romantic Courtship
and Marriage.
W00ED AND WON BRIDE
AS TRUE LOVER SHOULD
Testimony at Will Contest Trial
Filled With Sentimental
RecOllectiOns.

Los ANGELES. Cal, Dec. 15.-The
legal battle for partition OF Elias J.
("Lucky'D Baldwins SIi ,000, 900 estate,
contrary to the provisions Of his will.
began today. and the sensations expected
by those who had known OF the old turf
mans procliyitics for romance and ad-
ventures In love were Immediately in pro-
cess OF Development. The plalntif III the
scNls Miss Beatrice Anita TurnbulI OF
Boston, the scveniccn-ycar-olJ daughter
of Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbu who
seeks s2.5o0.000 share or the Baldwin
estate on the plea that Baldwin was her
father. Miss Turnbull was not in tho
courtroom, having been excluded SO that
she might not hear the story Of her
mothers acquaintance with her alleged
father. But no other women were Kept
out. and fully half of the tlrong that
packed the big courtroom were women
who crancd their neckS and strained their
ears TO hear the story OF the love affair
that gave Baldwin more than one expert
enCc in court. and once brought him face
to face with death al the hands OF Mrs.
'rurnbulrs sister, who fired at him one
day In court.
Mrs. TurnbuI was The first witness. and
within three hours after she took the
stand was in maze OF cross -eXamlne-
tlon that took her over the ground uf
her testimony in her $I5.00D suit against
Baldwin for betrayal and brought the
present case to The crucial point.
Says Letters Are Forgerie5.
Tho attorneys for tho recognized
daughters and heirs Mrs. Clara Stocker.
Mrs, Anita McClauGhery and Sosaloa
Selby Of San Francisco. went straight 10
the point as TO which Of the two pleas
Mrs. Turnbull has made against baldwin
Is true and corrcct-thc one of seduction.
or the ono now on trial that Lucky
Baldwin had married Lillian Ashley by
contract in SAN Francisco on March ).
1899, and that Miss Beatrice Anita Turn
bull, the pretty sevcntcen- yearold plain
tin in the case, was the child of that
union.
Baldwin nj Winchester. Mass, in 1891,
her alleged marriage To him on March Z.
1899. and iiir severance of their relations
the following Mas Placldly she told At
torncy Gavin MrNab OF San Francisco.
cross examiner. that several letters. vital
to the ease Of the estate. were forgeries.
fact that they bore the indorsement of
| the clerk OF tho court who received them
in evidence in tho case which was tried
In san Francisco fourteen years ago. and
marked them as exhibits which Mrs.
Turnbull had sworn were genuine.
McNab asked Mrs Turnbull II she had
10 the death of Baldwin nearly two ycars
ago. When she said she bad written TO
that effect TO former Governor Long OF
Massachusetts some time during 1891, The
attorney challenged her attorneys To pro-
Jricc the letter Tile name OF Colonel
Albert Pope OF Boston was brought INTO
the case when Mrs. Turubuli. answering
the questions OF the cross-eXam,ner de-
clared that on discovering in May, 1928,
that Baldwin had deceived her In stating
that his wife had been divorced. she told
him she would no longer live with him.
"You did that because OF your regard
for the moral code. did you"" asked Nc
Nab.
Yes replied Mrs. Turnbull.
Then" McNab said, 'tt is not fact
that YOU sustained the same relations TO
Colonel Pope In Boston during october.
1892 that you assumed with BALDWIN
few months later
Mrs. Turnbull denied IL. and then came
series vi questions which concluded
SIS il not a fact that you know. the
money With which your house and lot IN
Pasadena was purchased came from Colo
pel Pope" -,
The letter that Mrs. Turnbull FIRST pro-
moon week she had spent with Baldwin
In San Diego. On direct examination She
had stated that she believed that Bald%ln
had registered her al the hotel as Mrs.
Baldwin. The letter. written prior to Tho
trial OF the seduction case in 1895. con-
tained the statement that the manager
OF the hotel ..tI told her that BALDWIN
that she ha IN introduced about the
hotel as Mis- .dwin. "a
io,rrpmcnt unln next Tuesday, wnen thS
cross s-cxaminatlon will be resumed.
Romantic Setting.
The story OF the old turfman's assoeia,
tion with Mrs. Turnbull had II sentimenlsi
setting in tho garden and park oi an oio
mause at Winchester SUBURB OF hoston'
where she said. she first met BALDWIN,
following correspondence whiSn s.aIieo LEU
when she wrote TO him TO ask ior cnp-
ninv from the name of a famous race
horse Mrs. Turnbull-or Lillian ashieS'
as she was then-was - ana ba,ow1h h No.
aIA n
gh, said but two years later, Wneh sn3
come To California and went 10 ms hotes
in san Francisco, he quickly hauS ine In
suggestion that she become his wite sn-
stead. , . ,eo, u-Lar che
told him tina, she believed ne arr aiISaIy ,hn, " ha
mad been divorced; but instead OF Seeklns
a clergyman or justice OF the peaGs,
she aoued he drew Up a contract on VIC
hntsi stationery, which both signed. Four
days later. Mrs. Turnoull tsstihea' ne
look the contract from her. Icing .l SS.o,,Id m1
tnat she might lose II ana 'ha' "e "oo'A
nut il in ii safe place
Filled With Sentiment.
Tbc sentimcntalism of Baldwin showed
all through MIS-. Turnouils s'oaS; E Ea
several dinner occasions. suS In ,rs
wore bouttonieres' NJ, .,. .. w. ibem She
did and they were introduced 10 the JuIy
today Photographs of her Which ne nao
taken al tue tlmr or the alleged HarriosS
we're introduced IN eNiuence' Ohe 'A
tnesc bore the numGer "22.
sVrhaf does no, refer 10 my age. SAID
Mrs 1urnbun "i had counted on the
morning after our marriage the number
NJ Kisses MIR. Baldwin gave me. ibey
vs. .,'ro,.d inst Iwenty-tWo, and ne told
me 10 write that on the back OF the
picture" ,..,.o, ,n,, ,,,o
iii baldwin I'm San Francisco, at his
SANTA Anita estate and at Coronado.
where they spent honeymoon OF week.
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