New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
LUCKY BALDWIN SUIT
Mother of Miss Beatrice Turn
bull HeckIes Attorneys.
INTERESTING LETTER READ
Paternity of Child in Question
Fight for Late Turfmans
Millions.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 20.-More letters
came out of the past to-day to confront
Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull, chief witnes:
in the Lucky Baldwin will case but witt
remarkable fortitude, ready wit and wari
ness that carried her safely over cleverly
set traps. the woman who is fighting fol
s.. 500, 600 as her daughters share of the turf
mans estate not only met the attacks OF
the eross-examiner, but fought back
All the morning she faced the onslaught
with calmness. although the questions
hurled at her made the women in the court.
room uneasy. This afternoon, when, ap-
parently by agreement. attorneys of the
opposing side treated her with more consid-
Grafton. she started to heckle them
Yes I said these letters were forgeries.
she said. defantly, referring to letters con-
corning her acquaintanceship with Colonel
Albert Pope, millionaire Boston manufact-
urer. II said they were forgeries, empha IT,
cally so. II you ask me why / say SO, ask
James r. Wood, who forged so many
others
James r. Wood is the Boston detective
who, according to the testimony. arranged
settlement between Pope and Mrs. Turn
bull in 1894 when Pope is said to have
bought her a house in Pasadena
Wood was in court, and when Mrs. Turn
bull expressed doubt as to the authenticity
of one of the letters said to have been
written by her Gavin McNab, the cross
examiner, said he would refresh her
memory by giving her glimpse of Wood.
stand up, Mr.. Wood he said.
Wood arose. He is an elderly man, with
a white mustache.
YES that Is James R Wood quickly
responded Mrs TurnbuIl land I wish to
say that Mr.. Wood is the wickedest man
I ever knew
McNab in cross-eXamination continued
his efforts to show the jury that Mrs.
Turnbul not entirely unsophisticated
when she met Lucky Baldwin, she al
leges. He introduced letter which she
admitted she had written to Lewis Leach,
president Of the Farmers Bank, of Fresno,
Cal. some time in 1889 In her previous
testimony the witness said that this letter
was one of series written by her to vari-
Gus horsemen. The letter follows:
l was born and raised in Vermont. love
horses almost TO Distraction: am twenty
years old. alone in the world. my own mis-
tress, and have to earn my own living
Saw your name In 1.-The Horseman" in
connection with the great hna international onsa
loving friend in California to secure me
nice position, also further my interest
in various ways. so that I can go there in
the near future, l have written you My
Eastern prince is Wesley P. Balch. but as
I am going to California to live for a
while, shall need count" on the Pacific
Coast. Now. if you are wholesouled
youth with the "ducats," good figure and
fair looking face, write me and inclose
photograph, and on receipt of same will
tell you more about yours truly.
MISS L. A. ASHLEY. or THE BLONDE.
httornays for the estate said later that
they had scored Il tactical advantage by
It was the only one, it was asserted, that
she refused to admit a the trial of her first
suit.
In one Of these alleged forgeries occurred
passage describing an oath Mrs. Turnbull
took regarding the paternity of Miss Bea-
trice Anita Turnbull, the plaintiff. AS
written it read
May God smite me into a thousand
atoms if Colonel Albert Pope is not the
father of my child
THAT is forged interpretation, prompt
ly interrupted Mrs. Turnbull. IT did make
such an oath my knees in the office of
James r Wood. But I said then May God
smite me in thousand atoms If Z. ].
Baldwin is not the father of my child and
If he was not married to me by contract
prior to my entering the marriage relations
with him "
''Why is it, Mrs. Turnbull," queried Nc
Nab, that your memory is so clear on
things that favor YOU and so bad as to
things that do not favor you?"
Shame has burned some things on my
memory. Mr.. McNab. Then. too there are
things a woman never forgets,' Mrs. Turn
bull replied.