The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-21
the Establishments of Lucky" Bald
win. as she alleges

the Establishments of Lucky" Bald
win. as she alleges.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 2O-Mrs,
Turnbull came into court today with
her brother. hotelkceper. OF Wood
stock. Conn. Miss Tunbull. The pret-
" l7-year-old plaintiff, was not pres
cnt
When Mrs Turnbull took the stand
Attorney Gavin McNnb. the cross eX-
amincr, at once began the attack
An objection being oyerrulod Nc
Nab read TO the jury ono OF series
OF letters. written, II was claimed, by
Mrs. Turnbull 10 1889. which related
TO CORES spondcnce with Baldwin II
WAS addressed 10 Lewis Leach and
was as follows.
A Suggestive Letter,
Il was boru and raised in Vermont.
love horses almost 10 distraction, 20
years old. alone in the world; my own
mistress and have to earn my own
living. Saw your name in the Horse
man In connection with the great in
tcrnational running race. AS ! want
to have a borse-lovinG friend in Cali
fosnia 10 secure me nice position,
also further my interests In Various
WAYS, so can 60 there in the near fu.
ture, have written to you. My East
crn prince Is Wesley Balch, but as
am going to California TO live for a
while. shall need count on the Pa
cifIc coast. Now. if YOU are n whole
soulcd youth. with the 'ducats.' good
figure and fair face. write me and en-
close photograph and on receipt OF
same will tell you more about yours
truly
lSlgned.) MISS L. y ASHLEY. or
THE BLONDE
Mrs. Turnbull Resourcefu
Lewis Leach was president of the
Farmers bank of Fresno. Cal.
The letter was introduced in eyi.
dence
Over continued objections McNab
pursued the examination of Mrs Turn
bull In reference to her connection
with James Il Wood. Boston detec.
tive. who is said TO have assisted In
the preparation Of Mrs. Turnoulls
case in the seduction suit
Whom did Wood represent was
asked
William Redding.'
Whom did Reddlng represent
Colonel Albert Pope"
What was the conversation When
Wood came TO you2'
He said he thought | was good
girl. but he had been employed 10 look
up my record. Mr. Redding was there
and he said he thought that perhaps
Colonel Pope had wronged me. He
said he thought Colonel Pope would
buy me home in Pasadena, If |
would 20 and live there"
This conversation occurred in June.
1898. one month after Mrs. Turnbull
testified she had declined 10 live with
Baldwin, following her discovery that
| the alleged marriage contract was
worthless because his wife had not
been divorced
Letters Were Ooctored.
Questioned about the letters VIII
zen TO Woods and introduction In the
seduction suit. Mrs. Turnbull declared
| that the contents were so doctored
and there had been so much per
| Jury and bribery used against her that
she could not positively identity any
of the letters so far shown her
The envelopes are mine she said,
! 'bui the contents are doctorcd''
Going back over the history OF the
old seduction case, McNab asked Mrs.
| Turnhun the same question propornd-
| ed Thursday.
DO you mean to say that you sued
Baldwin for $4,000 for seduction
| knowing that YOU had been contrac.
wife, and did not mention the fact?'
Il was not asked about that re
piled the witness.
This was the same reply Mrs.
Turnbull had made before, but for the
first time she exhibited emotion anu
her voice broke when she added
Il told only OF my shame. l knew
then that the marriage contract was
null and void"
Memory Defective.
Mrs. Turnbulls memory was delec-
tive again today. Once McNab quer
| led:
How Is it that YOU remember some
| things so distinctly? For instance
the alleged marriage contract, whlcn
Won repeat word for word, though you
) have no copy OF it-and forget letters
that YOU actually wrote years later
II remember things that are hon
est and true. The false | never knew
| That is the reason I do not remember
some of these letters replied the
witness.
Reverting to the marriage contract
| McNab asked
"Did YOU ever write to any one re-
| carding your marriage
The same question was asked
Thursday and Mrs Turbull repeated
her reply; -,
II remember having written Mr.
Long"
When McNab challenged Attorney
Walter b Grant to produce the letter
the latter produced a telegram IRON
Ex-Governor Long who was at one
time secretary of the navy.
Rending the telegram, Attorney
Grant quoted Mr. Long as saying tha'
the letter had been destroyed, bu'
he well remembered the contents Of II
The telegram stated that Mrs Turn
) bulls letter recitcd that there hac
been a marriage contract between
herself and Baldwin.
The attorneys for the estate re
ouested the opposing counsel to have
Ex-Governor Long to come here and
testify.
Says They Are For9eres.
Mrs Turnbul said she met Colonel
Popc in May, 1892.
He was to lecture at the Y. NJ. c. A
! and wrote text books. ! met him al
that time" she said
"In the settlement made by Pope