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the Office of James r. Wood But said
then. May God smite me into a thou
sand atoms if E. J. Baldwin is not the
father of my child and if he was not
married to me by contract prior to my
entering the marriage relation with
him."
SHAME HAS BURNED MEMORY
why is it, Mrs. Turnbull?" queried
McNab, that your memory is so clear
on things that favor you, and so bad
as to things that do not favor your
shame has burned some things on
my memory. Mr.. McNab. Then. too.
there are things woman never for
gets" Mrs. Turnbull replied
When court adjourned Judge Rives
| announced the case would continue to-
morrow and every day thereafter until
1T had been completed. Attorney Nc
Nab said the cross examination Of Mrs.
Turnbull probably would not be fin
ished for two days.
Miss Turnbull, the pretty II year
old plaintiff, and daughter of Mrs
Turnbul1, was not present. nor has she
appeared since the case began.
over COuIlnu0Q ODJeCIlOnS hCINdD
sued the examination of Mrs. Turnbull
in reference to her connection with
James r. Wood, a Boston detective.
who is said to have assisted in the
preparation of Mrs. TurnbulFs case in
the seduction suit.
Whom did he representa-" was asked.
William Redding.'
Whom did Redding representa-"
Colonel Albert Pope"
What was the conversation when
Wood came to your"
He said he thought 1 was a good
girl. but that he had been employed
to look up my record. Mr.. Redding was
there and he said he thought that per-
haps Colonel Pope had wronged me. He
said he thought Colonel Pope would
buy me a home in Pasadena if would
go and live there
This conversation occurred in June,
1898. one month after Mrs. Turnbull
testified she had declined to live with
Baldwin. following her discovery that
the alleged marriage contract was
worthless, because his wife had not
been divorced.
DECLARES LETTERS FORGED
Questioned regarding letters written
to Woods and introduced in the seduc-
tion suit, Mrs. Turnbull declared:
"The envelopes are mine but the con-
so close, that is. they follow the text
of my originals, with interpretations so
cleverly introduced, that / can not tell
which is true and which is false
McNab brought up the seduction case.
do you mean to state that you sued
Baldwin for $4,000 for seduction.
knowing that you had been contract
wife and did not mention that fact?"
Il was not asked about that" replied
the witness.
This was the same reply Mrs. Turn
bull made before, but for the first time
she exhibited emotion and her voice
broke when she added:
Il told only my shame. 1 believed
then that the marriage contract was
null and void
1t is probable former Governor Long
of Massachusetts will come here to tes-
tify relative to letter Mrs. Turnbull
wrote him.
MET POPE IN 1892
Mrs. Turnbun said she met Colonel
Pope in May, 1892.
"He used to lecture at the Y NJ c.
A. and wrote textbooks. I met him at
that time" she said.
"In the settlement made by Pope
didn't you receive $500 a month";
II don't know. I received money and
spent it,
Did you sign a release of Colonel
Pope at the time he gave you the Pasa-
dena home?"
Il don't remember. If you have a
paper with my signature upon it I
could identify it," the witness chal-
lenged.
McNab then handed the witness an
other letter, asking whether she re-
membered it.
Scarcely glancing at the letter, Mrs.
| Turnbull calmly pronounced it for
gerry.
How can you say this letter is a
forgery when you have not looked at
it?" asked McNab.
II saw the date
'sThen, when this letter was intro
duced at your seduction trial, you said
| it was a forgery. did you?"
'I did, most emphatically. Let me
tell you that there are three forged
letters that are burned on my memory.
They were dated June IT, June 10 and
May 80 1894. 1 swear l never wrote
them. They were tampered with
These letters were alleged to have
been addressed by Mrs. Turnbull to
James r. Wood.
HEARING CoNTINUED-Owing to the illness
of Attorney William H. Devlfn, attorney for
fNrT