Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-21
WOMAN CALM
IN FACE Of
ORDEAL
FOR BALDWIN
MILLIONS GROWS WARM
Mother of Young Claimant
Displays Remarkable Wit and
WarineSs in Dodging Traps
Set By Clever Attorneys.

WarineSS in Dodglng traps
Set By Clever Attorneys.
[By Morning journal Special Leased wireI
Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 20.-More
letters came out of the past today TO
confront Mrs. Ashly Turnbill, tn star
witnss in tn Lucky" Baldwin will
case. but with remarkable fortitude,
ready wit and wariness that carried
her safely over cleveriy set traps, the
woman who is fighting for $2,5OO,00o
as her daughters share of the late
turfman's estate, not only met the at
tacks of the cross-examiner, but ire
quently fought back.
All morning she faced slashing
onset. and was calm. although the
questions hurled at her frequently
made the other women In the court
room blush and look down, and then
this afternoon, Whea apparently by
agreement, the attorneys of the OPP
posing side treated her with more
consideration, she started to hackle
them in return.
Yes, said those letters were forg-
cries. she declared deflantly, refer
ring to letters concerning her rela-
tions with Colonel Albert Pope. the
millionaire Boston manufacturers
''Yes. | said they were forgeries, en-
phatically So If you ask me why
say So ask Mr.. James II. Wood, who
forged so many others.
James r. Wood is the Boston de-
tective, who, according TO the testi-
mony, arranged a settlement between
Pope and Mrs. Turnbull in 1894,
when Pope purchased for her a
house in Pasadena.
Wood was in the court room, and
when Mrs. Turnbull expressed doubt
as to the authenticity of one of her
alleged letters, Gavin McNab, the
cross-examiner, said he would refresh
her memory by giving her a glimpse
of Wood.
"Stand up. Mr.. Wood" he said.
! Wood arose. He Is an elderly man
with white moustache
"Yes, that is James r. Wood, I
quickly responded Mrs nurnbull, and
IL wish TO say that Mir. Wood Is the
wickedest man i ever knew.
An explanation of the unexpected
appearance in this case of the letters
that played so important part in
Mrs. Turnbulfs seduction suit against
| Baldwin in 1896, came late this al
ternoon. lit had been believed that
the letters were in the court archlVes
of San Francisco, and every one
marvelled that they had escaped the
| fire of 1906, until they learned that
the missives had not been in the fire
at ALL but had been returned years
ago to Wood, who brought them from
Boston some weeks ago for use in the
case now on trial.
McNab, in his cross examination,
continued his efforts to show the jury
that Mrs. Turnbull had not been a
spotless woman until she yielded to
the Establishments of Lucky Bald
win, as she alleges In this connec-
tion, he introduced a 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 a series written by her to various
/ horsemen, and that one of these adj
| dressed to Baldwin had started the
| correspondence which led to their
meeting in 1891. The letter read:
II was born and raised in Vermont,
| love horses almost to distractions; am
20 years old, alone in the world, my
own mistress and have to earn my
own living. Saw your name in the
Horseman. in connection with the
| great lTlefHdIlOndl TuuHihE idtV' FaS
want to have a horse-loving friend
in California to secure me a nice po-
sition, also further my interest in
various ways, so that / can go there
in the near future, / have written to
to you. My eastern prince is Wesley
| p. Balch but as / am going to Cali
| fornia to live for a while. shall need
a count on the Pacific coast Now
you. My eastern prince is Wesley
the 'ducats, good figure and good
looking lace, write me and enclose
photograph and on receipt of same
will tell you more about yours truly
MISS l.. A. ASHLEY, or
1.-THE BLONDE
McNabb declared the estate had
scored a tactical advantage by Mrs.
Turnbulls admission of this letter. II
was the only one, he asserted that she
refused to admit at the trial of her
seduction suit, and that all the others
which in this case. she declared to be
lforgeries, she then admitted were
genuine.
In one of these alleged forgeries
Occurred a passage describing an oath
Mrs. Turnbull took regarding the pa
ternity of Miss Beatrice Anita Turn
bull, the plaintiff in the present case
AS written. it reads:
May God smite me into a thou
sand atoms If Colonel Albert Pope Is
not the father OF my child
THAT is a forged Interpretation,
promptly interrupted Mrs. Turnbdll
II did not make such an oath on my
knees in the office of James II. Woods
But / said then. May God smite me
into a thousand atoms IL f. J. Bald.
win is not the father Of my child. and
If he was not married TO me by con-
tract prior to my entering the mar
riage relations with him. .
why il 1t, Mrs. Turnbull,' queried
McNab. "that your memory IS Sc
clear on things that favor you and 50
bad as TO things that do not favor
you 2''
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
tomorrow and every day thereafter
until IL had been completed. Attorney
AfcNab said the cross-eNamination OF
Mrs. Turnbull probably would not
be finished for two days.