Edwin T. Baker

Edwin T. Baker (February 11, 1873 – July 22, 1936) was a tax adviser, a government employee, a member of the California Legislature and of the Los Angeles City Council and he was active in the theater.[5] Baker died on July 22, 1936, at the age of 63 in his home at 361 North Croft Avenue in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles,[6] and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, after services at the West Hollywood Baptist Church.[1] In 1905–06 Baker was collector of customs in Nogales, Arizona, where he was noted for helping to forestall the entry into the United States of two young Chinese women who were presumably destined to travel to San Francisco where they would have become prostitutes.reported from Douglas, Arizona, that: Sensational in the extreme are the stories current incidental to the removal of Edwin Baker as customs collector at Nogales, whose affairs have been subjected to the scrutiny of Inspector Ayers of the Treasury Department for several days past.[19] It is alleged that shortly before Baker was succeeded by McCord, a Secret Service man, endeavoring to place his hands on a diamond smuggler, was thunderstruck to tear off a heavy false beard which revealed the wearer to be none other than the collector of customs himself.
California State AssemblyJames Stuart McKnightMark A. PierceOakland, MarylandLos Angeles, CaliforniaRepublicanGeorgetown UniversityAmerican UniversityBachelor of Sciencepostgraduate workKeystone CopsCalifornia Taxpayers AssociationAl Malaikah ShrineVermont Square, Los AngelesBeverly Grove, Los AngelesForest Lawn Memorial Park, GlendalePension Officecollector of customsNogales, ArizonaCalifornia AssemblyLos Angeles City Councilamateurstock companyNew York Statestage managerCahuenga PassJames RalphBoard of Equalizationconstitutional amendmentSouthern Californiablue booksWilliam StephensFriend Richardsonbuggy rideBisbee, ArizonaDouglas, ArizonaTreasury DepartmentSecret Servicefalse beardthe lineBetkouskiConwellWorkmanCriswellRobert M. AllanMartin F. BetkouskiRobert Martin LuskRalph Luther CriswellEstelle Lawton LindseyBert L. FarmerWilliam C. MushetWinfred J. SanbornJames Simpson ConwellJohn Downey WorksBoyle WorkmanRobert Stewart SparksLos Angeles Common CouncilLos Angeles City Council, 1889–1909