The San Francisco call., 1910-12-16
mrs. TURNBULL
CHARGED With
OTHER LOVES
Admits Colonel Albert Pope's
Money Paid for Her House
and Lot at Pasadena
Daughter Is Barred From Court
Chamber, but Women
Pack Room

WINS Sll,ooo,0Oo estate. contrary to the
provisions Of his will began today.
The plaintiff in the case is Miss
Beatrice Anita Turnbull of Boston. the
i year old daughter Of Mrs. lillian
Ashley Turnbull, who seeks a 81, 100000
share OF the Baldwin estate on the
plea that Baldwin was her father
During the course OF the day Mrs
Turnbul answered in the negative a
question whether she had had similar
relations with Colonel Albert Pope of
Boston prior to her coming west with
BALDWIN She admitted that IL was
ropes money that paid for her house
and lot in Pasadena
Miss Turnbull was not in the court
room. having been excluded so that she
might not hear the story of her moth
er's acquaintance with her alleged
father. But no other women were kept
out, and fully half OF the throng that
packed the big courtroom were women
who craned their necks and strained
their ears TO hear the story Of the love
affair that gave Baldwin more than one
experience in court and once brought
MN race to face with death at the
hands OF Mrs. Turnbuu's sister, who
nred at him one day in court.
BATTLE Is OVER MARRIAGE
Mrs. Turnbul was the first witness
and within three hours after she took
the stand she was in a maze OF cross
examination that took her over the
ground Of her testimony in her S75, 600
suit against Baldwin for seduction, and
brought the present case to the cru
cial point.
This point is. which Of the two
pleas Mrs. Turnbull has made against
Baldwin is true and correct-the one
of seduction, when an admission of
even marriage by contract would have
nUlliied her contention; or the one now
on trial. that Lucky Baldwin had mar
ried Lillian Ashley by contract, and
that Hiss Beatrice Anita Turnbull. the
pretty seventeen year old plaintiff in
the case. was the child Of that union.
The loss or retention of S2,5o0, 900 to
the estate depends upon the issue of
that point and the attorneys for the
recognized daughters and heirs, Mrs.
clara Stockler. Mrs. Anita ATcClaughery
and ROsalda Selby Of San Francisco,
went straight to that point
PARRIEs EVERY QUESTION
Attorney Gavin McNab of San Fran
cisco started the examination d.
rectly after Attorney Walter 3. Grant
Of Boston, who conducted the direct ex-
animation, had temporarily surrendered
Mrs. Turnbuu after she had told of
ter. Mass in 1891: her alleged marriage
10 him on March s. 1898, and the sever
ance Of their relations the following
May.
Prompted by Garret ATcEnerney, also
Of san Francisco, McNab went
straight TO the point. only to find that
the woman. whose large, round face
and stout figure proclaimed an imper
turbable disposition, could calmly meet
his most telling questions with an
emotionless Il don't remember"
Placidly she declared that several
letters vital TO the case of the estate
We're fOTgeries. She branded them for
geries despite the fact that thy bore
the Endorsement of the clerk of the
court who received them in evidence in
the seduction case which was tried in
san Fra ncisco Il years ago and
marked them as exhibits which Mrs.
Turnbull had sworn were genuine.
HAS A HAZY MEMORY
Mrs Turnbun could not remember
whether she had testified or appeared
at all during the trial Of her sister in
san Francisco for the attempted muir
der Of Baldwin in San Francisco in
1896. and when McNab pressed her for
n answer to the question whether she
had referred to the alleged maria ge
contract in her unsuccessful seduction
suit she declared she had not done so
because she had not been asked that
question. Then the attorney asked her
# she did not know that a wife could
not sue q husband for $4,000 or any
other amount on the ground Of seduc-
tion. but did not insist on an answer
The story Of the turfman's associa-
tion with Mrs. Turnbull had a senti-
mental setting in the garden and park
OF an old manse at Winchester, where
she said she first met Baldwin, fol-
lowing a correspondence which started
when she wrote him TO ask for a clip
ping from the name Of a famous race
horse
AIRS. Turnbull-or Lillian Ashley, as
she was then-was % and Baldwin S.
WANTED TO ADOPT HER
He wanted TO adopt her as a daugh-
ter. she said he told her; but two years
later. when she came to California and
and went TO his hotel in San Francisco
he quickly made the suggestion that
s.. become his wife instead.
That was on March 8. 1898. When
she told him she thought he already
had a wife. she said Baldwin replied
that he had been divorced. But in
stead Of seeking q minister or a jus
tice of the peace, she added. he drew
up a contract on hotel stationery,
which both signed. Four days later.
Mrs. Turnbul testified, he took the
contract from her, telling her that she
light lose It. ana lual ne WOulQ put
IL IN a safe place.
The sentimentalism of Baldwin
showed all through Mrs. TurnbulPs
story. On several dinner occasions,
she ssid. he wore boutonnieres, and
each time he gave them to her, telling
her TO preserve them. She did, and
thy were introduced TO the jury today.
Pictures which he had taken of her
ar the time OF the alleged marriage
also were introduced in evidence.
one OF the pictures more the num-
Der "22."
Spectators and lawyers thought that
this revealed a femme underestima-
ton Of age. as Mrs. Turnbull was % at
that time, but the witness cleared that
idea away when IN answering a ques-
ton she said:
THAT does not refer to my age. II
had counted on the morning after our
marriage the number Of kisses Mr..
BALDWIN had given me. They num-
bered Just 22 and he told me TO write
mat on the back Of the picture"
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