Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1935, Page 33

DEATH IN SHACK TAKES ‘BABY DOE'| ~ Widow of Millionaire Ex- Senator Tabor Was Washington Bride. By the Associated Press. LEADVILLE, -Colo, March 8—The 1ast chapter in the tragic tale of the Tabors, once masters of millions in gold, was unfolded today on the walls .qf & squalid mine shack where Eliza- Deth McCourt (Baby Doe) Tabor kept & lonely rendezvous with death. There in the laborious scrawl of an aged woman, visitors found a combi- nation diary and calendar. “Went to Down,” was written under the date of February 20. It was the last entry. What happened between that date and yesterday, when the frozen body of the 73-year-old woman was found in the one-room shack, no one knows. Coroner James Corbett said she apparently had caught cold on her last trip to Leadville and had attempted to treat herself. “Baby Doe,” the faded beauty of the *80's, had kept the pledge she made more than a third of a century ago to Mer dying husband, the late United States Senator H. A. W. Tabor. He bad whispered to her: “Never let go of the Matchless Mine.” $11,000,000 Possessions. Prom it had come much of the $11,000,000 that brought Tabor from rags to riches. Tabor had faith that the water- logged old shaft of the Matchless still held gold or silver and that one day & new bonanza would be struck in it, recouping the Tabor fortune which he lost 1n the panic of 1893 and before. So his widow, left almost penniless, went back to the Matchless and worked in rough overalls and a man's shirt. Off and on through the years she has gone back there, defying on occa- sion with aid of a shotgun any efforts to put her off. The mine passed into other ownership in 1927, but she re- mained in her cabin. It was the lure of gold that brought the “belle of Oshkosh, Wis.,” and the one-time Vermont stone cutter to- gether. . Her first husband, Harvey Doe, son of a wealthy lumberman, brought her to the gold flelds, but their marriage lasted only a short time. “Grubstake” Rewarded. Tabor got his start toward wealth when he gave two shoemakers a $17 *“grubstake” from his grocery store. ‘They struck gold, Tabor taking one- third as his share. Wealth brought marital discord and he and his first wife were divorced. After his election to the Senate, ‘Tabor and “Baby Doe” were married in Washington at a ceremony attend- ed by President Arthur and his cabinet. Tabor lavished his wealth upon his bride. In Denver he built & $2.000,000 opera house, with a silk-lined box for the golden-haired “Baby Doe.” But misfortune struck the generous Tabor as quickly as chance had taken him from behind the grocery counter, Through il luck, however, his wife remained with him. EDUCATIONAL RK $5 TUITION ONLY $5 Men and wom lary s 2.300. “The "Givil ae'r'u':'e’ Pres ".‘I-‘Img hool, L. ‘Adolph Richards, M. s. Prin. 520 12th st n.w. Phone Met. 63 NA'I'IONAI. 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The class i personally conducted by an experienced instructor who is a practical statistician. Register be- fore 7:00 p.m. today. MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL - pmCRU " ter Bul 14th Street and Park Ru‘ Telephone Columbia 3000. “Baby Doe” Kept Promise to Stay at Mine Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. i YOUNG WASHING QWAN SHO do new thingS to They do young things too (such as gay checks and stripes, perky buttons and scarfs, flippant flares) « + « Such practical things as furnishing one suit with two skirts . . . . adding a cape or a topcoat to a jacket suit. Lovely things, to boot, with soft and subtle color- ings, interesting weaves, a fine quality that makes your tweed euit fall in line with the 1935 edict for fashions that are pretty as weil as smart. From his death bed 41 years ago, the penniless, but once wealthy H. A. W. Tabor exacted a promise from his wife, Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, to keep forever their Matchless Mine near Denver, Colo. Yesterday she was found frozen to death at the water-logged mine. Although the mine had passed from her possession, she had kept her vigil. The shack in which she was found is shown above. The inset is a picture made of “Baby Doe” in the golden days. Below, she is shown at left with an unidentified companion shortly before death re- leased her from her promise. oo TmE ey SMOKE BILL INDORSED The Women's City Club, at its meeting Wednesday, went on record as favoring the passage of the bill| [ now pending in Congress which would abate the smoke nuisance. i Members of the club will attend | & buffet supper Sunday after attend- !ing the National Symphony Concert. v- - MRS HAUPTMANN FUND PLEAHALTED New York Demands Permit to Solicit Money to Appeal Case. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 8.—Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, wife of the con- victed slayer of the Lindbergh baby, has been ordered to stop soliciting funds for her husband’s appeal until she is granted a permit. At the same time Attorney Gen- eral David T. Wilentz of New Jersey, returning from a vacation in Florida, said the State may object to Haupt- mann declaring himself & pauper while his wife and attorneys are raising money at rallies for his -.ppeal. Allowed Pauper’s Rights. Hauptmann's attorneys, declaring their client a pauper, have clready obtained from Supreme Court Jus- tice Thomas W. Trenchard, trial judge, an order requiring Hunterdon County to pay the costs of printing the records for appeal. The costs are said to sapproximate $25,000. ‘The order halting Mrs. Haupt- mann’s drive for funds—she is re- ported already to have obtained $15,000—was issued by Acting Com- missioner of Public Welfare Stanley H. Howe. Application Declared Filed. Maurice Edelbaum, associate of Ed- ward J. Reilly, who was Hauptmann’s chief counsel, said that Mrs. Haupt- mann and her manager, David Web- ber, had applied Wednesday for the permit. Howe said he knew of no application and was unwilling to .tate what action would be taken in the event it was filed. Under the commissioner’s ruling Mrs. Hauptmann was directed to withdraw fund boxes and imme- diately cease solicitations. At a Brooklyn rally Wednesday night no solicitation was made, but a 50-cent admission was charged. —— MRS. J. A. CLARK HURT AIKEN, 8. C, March 8 (#) —Mrs. J. Averell Clark of New York suf- fered injuries to her back and | shoulder yesterday when her horse was said her injuries were not serious. late Mrs. Thomas ulitchcock, whose | fall during a drag hunt. She suc- ceeded her mother as master of fox hounds of the Aiken Drag. Saean. A berbors, PR Sos v ed 5 Lagees K Spring Suits! 3-pe. wardrobe lll‘—ifl'fll‘m tweed top coat. Swagger smit of encisne dis disgonal tweed Y _beng: * with nevelty 822, 75 ‘M monstene nl.:.hll. Betre '22.75 E- Navy memotone THE HECHT Co. 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