Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-30

| Mile DArusmont Tor thirty tDoJSdnu uoi-
lars, as expressed on the face Of the deed,
which was absolute. The Doctor found on
the tract valuable mineral springs, and EN-
| ployed one Charles Patton to come from
Cincinnati and take charge of the estate.
The Doctor was to improve the property,
build hotel and convert the springs into
fashionable summer resort. BE projected
branch railroad from the springs to the
Memphis and Charleston road and had
the timber cut out along the proposed line.
Patton was to receive a certain sum per
| annum, and other remuneration foI his SUI
| pervisiOn Of the property. DIR. DLaqulry
had also larger estate near Coylngton,
KY, valued at $4,000. Soon after the pro-
lection of the springs the Doctor sent his
wife and two children, Juliet and Clotilde,
back TO France on visit, promising to
soon rejoin them at Paris, with the remain
| ing and youngest child, Marguerite, whom
he retained at Covington. From that day
to this Madame D'Laqutry has never heard
of her husband or child, Marguerite, al
though she has repeatedly written to all
parts of the United States and Europe for
information; and stranger still, the Doctor
was never heard of after that at Coyington
or at Memphis, he having left COvingtOn
Will Clliu III lCOl, diu dDOllb tuC otAAuc
time Mile Frances Sylye Phycapel Darius
mont also disappeared from the history. In
1866 Mr.. Charles Patton, who remained on
the Neshoba tract, filed an attachment in
the Chancery Court of Memphis, setting
up claims against the property and claim
ing damages against DIR. D'Laqutry for vio-
lation of the contract, and finally getting
judgment for $4,000. The tract was sold
af oh coll 10 For
$4,000.
In March, 1871, Madame Clotilde D.
Laqutry, of Paris, Empire of France,
through her attorneys, filed her petition in
the Chancery Court against Patton and
Speer, alleging that the claim of Patton to
the Neshoba tract was false and fraudulent;
that in 1860 she, with her two children,
went to Paris from CoviDgton, KY; that
her husband, DIR. D'Laqutry, promised to
join her at Paris with the youngest child
Marguerite; that since that time she has
not heard from either of them, although she
has written concerning them to all parts of
America and Europe; that she has been in
Paris ever since without means, and has
been forced to support herself and children
as best she could; that she believes both her
husband and youngest child are dead; that
her husband has property in the United
States valued at 100000, and that since
the year 1861 he has never set up any claim
TO said property, and although men some
times abandoned and deserted their fami-
lies, they seldom, if ever, abandon valuable
estates. He has been unheard of for ten
years, and she has been in a foreign land
with her children almost destitute, although
she and they have interests in the valuable
property in the United States at Coyington.
KY, and the NeShOba tract, which property
belongs TO her and her two surviving chill
dren, and sets up claim against Patton
and Speer for the property.
This suit between Madame D'LaQutry
and Charles Patton was compromised, and
a decree of court was obtained, giving 500
acres of the Neshoba tract to Julia and
ClOtilde D'Laqutry, surviving heirs OF DR..
Eugene DLaqutry, deceased, Charles Pat
ton holding the remainder Of the tract for
his claim. The day before the decree was
entered on record, Mile Frances Sylye Ply
capel D'Arusmont makes her appearance.
after an absence of over ten years, and files
her bill in the First Chancery Court of
Memphis, in which she alleges that DR..
D'Laqutry is dead (but does not state when
or where he died); that the lost child, Mar
guerite D'Laqutry, is alive (but does not
state where the child is); that DR.. Eugene
DLaqutry purchased the NeShoba tract
f-om her in 1850, but had never paid her
for the property, although the consideration
was stated in the deed from her to him,
he having violated his agreement. There
fore she asks that the Chancery Court
set aside the decree selling the land
for PattOn's claim or alleged debt, and
that she be restored to the possession of
the entire tract of 2400 acres, worth now
$4,000. These several suits are now
pending in the First Chancery Court, and
present complication Of facts most Won
derful. The questions unSolved are:
Where did DIR. D'Laqutry 90 when he dis
appeared in 1861; where has he been for
ten years? where did he die, and where is
the missing daughter of Madame D'Laqu-
try, Mile Marguerite? All these mysteries
will no doubt be solved during the pro-
gress of this extraordinary case, case I'M
paralleled in the annals Of American his
tory, and story more romantic and mys-
terious than any told in the Arabian
Nights. Madame D'Laqutry and children
are represented in court by George Gillian,
Charles Patton by MeSsrs. Brown & Hill,
and Mile D'Arusmont by II. g. Smith.
Madame D'Laqutry has also brought suit
al Covington, Kenton county, Kentucky,
for the recovery of the property lying in
that locality, which was owned by the mis-
sing French Doctor, D'Laqutry.