The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-21
Woman Who Is Fighting for a
Share of the Lucky Bald
win Estate for Her Daughter
Shows Remarkable Courage.
ATTACKS OF LAWYERS
MET WITH READY WIT
Her Past Life MerciIeSSy Ex-
posed and the Name of Col.
Albert Pope of Boston Is
Brought Into the Case.
MISSIvE TO FRESNO MAN

I o. ANGELES. Dee. .O.-Wore letters
Il cHmc out at the past today 10
coafront Mrs. IIIIian AshIrv TURN
bull, the star witness IN tb~ .Iu~L,s
hAidwin VIII contest. but with remark
"hic fortifudc. ready wit aud N ,,nri-
ness mat carried her safely over cIrV-
cry >e' traps, the woman who ~ fight
tuE for S@-J0O,OOO ~ her dnurhfrr'r
share OF the late turfmau-z estate. nof
only met tho attacks Of tho Cru~S-cr-
Hminer- hut frequently fouEht hack.
All morning she faced ~ sInxhtuE on
set aud was calm. although the qucs-
lions hurled Ht her frequently made
the Other women Ia the court room
blush and look down. and thrn his AFT
ernoon. when apparently by agreement,
thc attorneys Of the opposing side
treated her with more confederation.
she started 10 hcckIe them In return.
Yes. 7 said those letters were rnr-cr-
ies.' she declared dofautI-. referring
TO letters concerning her relations with
Colonel Albert Pope. the millionaire
Boston manufacture. "Nre said they
were forgnrlrs. cmuHa affN eu Ir VOtl
ask me why 7 say 500. ask Air. James X.
Wood. who forged 500 MANY others"
James r.. Wood is tEr Boston de-
/ tective. who. according to tho tcsti-
monay, arranged settlement between
( Pope and Mrs. TurnbuU iu 1894 when
/ Pope purchased Tor her house IN
Pasadena.
Wood was in jhc court room. and
when Mrs. TurnbuI expressed doubt as
20 the authenticity OF enc OF her al
/ legged letters. Gavin NcNah. tho cross
examiner said Doc would refresh her
memory hy giving hcr glimpse Of
Wood.
stand uu. Mr. Wood DO said
Wood arose. Do i- am elderly man
with a white uuu=tachs.
eyes. that is James r. Wood quick
| lv said Mrs. Turuhul. "aud Q wish 20
say that Mr.. Wood is the vickcdest man
I ever knew"
Letters Escape Fire.
An explanation OF the unexpected an-
| pcarsncc I'm this case Of Tho letters that
I PLAYED SO important "a part in Mrs.
TurnhullS seduction suit against EalI-
| win in 1895. came late this afternoon. IL
had been believed that trr letters were
4 I'm the court archives OF san Francisco.
and every one marvclIod that they had
/ escaped the fire Of 1906. until thev
I I'm the fire at all. but had been re-
turned years ago fo Wood. who brought
! them from Boston some weeks ago for
use I'm the case now ON trial.
! McNah. In his Crozs-oN 9 u nation. con-
tinucd his efforts fo show tine Jury that
| Mrs TurnbuI had not been spotIcss
woman before she yielded Co Tho bland
| ishmcnts OF Lucky Baldwin. as she
alleges. In this connection. Dc intro
duccd letter which she admitted She
had written to Lewis Leach. president
/ Of the Farmer bank OF Fresno. Cal.
some time I'm 1889. I'm her previous tos-
timOuN the witness said that this letter
twas one OF series written by her 10
various horscmCn. and that ono or these
addressed TO- Baldwin had started the
CORES poudcucc which led Co their meet
| ing in 1921. The letter read.
/ Il was born and raised iu Vermont,
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