Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-28
ACTRESS, BALDWIN S
WARD, ASKS $4,000
Woman Sues for Money That She
Says Lucky Promised Her
for Quitting Stage
RECITES HER LIFE STORY
Claims Childish Art Charmed the
Millionaire and He Contract
ed to Educate Her
REcITEs HER LIFE STORY

Another claimant to share in the
millions of e. j. (Lucky) Baldwin made
her desire known yesterday by filing in
the superior court suit for $4,000
against H. A. Unruh. as administrator
of the last will and testament of the
dead turfman.
The claimant. Zelda Sanders Aedo,
recites In her complaint that she Is the
daughter Of William and Alice Sanders,
and that between the years of 1893 and
1894 she was a child actress of renown.
While in the height OF her fame and
while she was playing leading roles, al
though only 10 years old, her clever
ness and beauty attracted the attention
of Baldwin. He sought her parents,
she alleges, and playing upon the fact
that she at such an early age was able
to earn $25 a week. described her pos
sibilities after she had been under his
care. He wanted to be given complete
control of her until she was 20 years
old, she asserts, her education, clothing,
maintenance and all things pertaining
to her to be under his guidance.
If her parents would do that for the
elderly man, who had taken such a
fancy to the child actress, he would
give her $4,000 in addition to the care
of years. Her parents yielded to his re-
quest, and so she gave up her stage
life, with it's brilliant prospects and her
home in New York. to come west with
her mother.
For a while, she alleges, they were
guests at Baldwin's homo at Santa An
tia, and later made considerable stay
at the Hotel Baldwin in San Francisco,
q hostelry owned by the millionaire.
All of the time Baldwin, according to
the complaint, was In complete control
OF the little girl, giving his attention to
her education and having the full
right to her society"
AIDS IN EDUCATION
The plaintiff admits that Baldwin
carried out his part of the agreement
SO far as educating her, clothing her
and maintaining her are concerned.
but declares he failed utterly when 1t
came to giving her $50, 900. According
to her. Baldwin claimed he could not
do it, owing to financial losses suf-
fered when the Hotel Baldwin was
destroyed by fire, but agreed to do so
later or to make a provision In his
will that she should have that amount
Now the plaintiff asserts that she
has been unable to find in the dead
multimillionaires will a provision by
which she is to receive $50 900 and that
she even presented her claim to I'm
ruh, as the turfman's executor, only
to be refused July 20 OF this year.
The result is her suit.
She is supposed to be in New York
at present, as 1t was at that place that
she took legal oath to certain OF her
statements, but her presence in Los
Angeles is not an improbability in the
near future.
This suit, following by only a day
the contest for a daughters share in
Baldwin's estate that was instituted
yesterday in the probate department
of the superior court by Beatrice Anita
Turnbull Baldwin of Boston and
which will be tried December 1, seems
to prove the belief of many legal
lights that the Baldwin estate will not
be settled for years.