Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-16
MRS. TURNBULL CHARGES FORGERY

And the next nlEll oCtulASu thN
marriage, you stated?'
Yes
. Did YOU not testify you believed
Baldwin to be a married man up 10
the time he wanted to marry YouF'
''I knew he must he married TO have
a daughter, as he had told me he had.
/, supposed him to be married in
general way
as there any difference between be
ing married in general way and in
: a special way?" inquired Mr., McNab
with sarcasm.
The witness was silent.
"Did you fall in love with Baldwin
in the short time that elapsed between
the period when you thought him a
married man and that when ne told
you he had been divorced?"
Il had loved him as father before"
said Mrs. Turnbull. He was very
kind to me-
But you began to love him differ
entity when he said he was divorced?"
We'll, that made a great deal of
difference"
learned Balwin was married and mad
not been divorced?'
Yes"
And then you Immediately ceased to
/ love him as suddenly as you mad be-
gun loving him before?'
ANOTHER MAN NAMED
without waiting for a reply. Mr. Nc
! Nab thundered. isn't 1t Il fact that
you, who pretended to moral qualms
when you learned of BaldwiB's al
legged duping of you, really had been
the mistress of Colonel Albert Pope
of Boston, your relations with him be-
ginning August 4, 1892"
| Mr. Dockweiler, for the plalnttt, IN
stantly objected.
The court overruled his objection
Mr.. Dockweiler officially made an
| exception.
Much of the remainder of the ses-
sion was punctuated with the three
words. "Objection,' 'overruled." and
| exception"
Mr.. McNab contiaued to ply ques-
tions relating to Mrs. Turnbull's init
mate associations with Baldwin. ask
ing her of her coming to Los An
geles from San Francisco, taking her
honeymoon alone" and registering un-
der the name of Lillian A. Ashley at
the Hotel Westminster. although she
had said she thought she was married
TO Baldwin and therefore entitled TO
| be known as his wife.
Mr. Baldwin told me to register
under that name," declared Mrs. Turn
bull.
TRIP TO CORONADO
Then Mr.. McNab asked about their
trip to Coronado.
How did you register there he
asked.
mir. Baldwin attended to that.
said Mrs. Turnbull, while waited In
the ladies' ROOM -.
Did you not look at the register?'
'I did not"
How did he introduce your
LAS his Wife,
Did he not introduce as his daught-
er?"
"Wen. when the words Mrs and
Miss are spoken repidly 1t sometimes
is hard to tell the difference between
them. / may have misunderstood.
Mrs. Turnbull then testified that 1t
was not until August, 1895, that she
learned she had not been registered
at. the hotel in Coronado as Mrs. Bald
win but as Miss Ashley.
In an attempt, it was understood, tC
prove that she had known that fact
before letters alleged to be in her hand
writing were introduced She was asked
to identify the writing. She could not
saw for sure that ii was hers. She
was shown the marks a clerk of the
court in San Francisco had placed up
on it during the trial of a seduction
case she brought there against Bald
| win years ago when it was alleged
she had admitted she wrote the letter.
DECLARES LETTER FORGERY
She examined the letter more closely
and declared it forgery.
The clerk who had the letter in his
care at the time the case was tried
in the north, who was subpoenaed as
a witnesses, a Mr.. McElroy was asked
to rise, to refresh Mrs. Turnbull's S
memory" it was stated. She did not
recognize him, she said. Neither did
she remember a Mr.. Smith, the court
stenographer, nor a Mr.. Martin, the
bailiff, who also were exhibited.
Then followed queries as to her
knowing James r. Wood, to Whom
the letter was addressed. She knew
him, said he was a detective and thai
she had met him in Boston.
"He came to me there" she said.
For what puspose?'
L can't remeE1per."
did he not call upon you as the
agent of Colonel Albert Pope?"
No"
did he ever give you any money!
Not himself.
What do you mean by himself ?"
"He handed me money when ] start
ed back to California where he ad'
vised me to go, saying it might not
be too late for Mr.. Baldwin to obtain
a divorce and marry me. He gave me
|, | Sl1 ana dpOlOBlHeu IOI pelhS uilhlile
to me in 1894"
Where did you get the money witt
which you bought your Pasadena cot
tage?'
After many questions and the courts
insisting that they be answered, she
said she had been told it had come
from Colonel Pope.
Another letter was shown her Will
the request that she say whether the
handwriting was hers, She declared Il
also a forgery. II think It was done
by a Mr.. O'Keefe, who is the cleveresi
person in that way I know
Where did you get acquainted Will
him
He used to be an office boy for a
Wesley Boss, with whom my father
had associations"
Did you not have extensive associa'
tions with Boss, yourself?'
It did not"
Did YOU not write a letter to him
addressing him as my eastern
prince -
I did not"
Considerable time was consumed by
questions regarding Mrs. Turnbull S
actions when she sued Baldwin on the
seduction charge and when her sister
was on trial in San Francisco on the
accusation of attempting to kill Bald
win
Then tho court adjourned until II
o'clock Tuesday morning. Meantime
tho san Francisco attorneys in the
case will take a flying trip to then
homes. returning in time for continued
Cross-examining Of Mrs. Turnbull
when the case is resumed.