The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-12-19
CASTLES IN SPAIN.
kentucky Relic is Gsp t,,s s,n and En-
shared by Them and .S,i $500, !, s.%sAs
Ncv york sun

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49,. u Her nanlc wa9 NS-a' wat
80 >,bc j.. nov sonora '"' Gro. IN q
.,,,tc. of excitement she Gated III thc
~ Iowyc~ John \. 8alca'Icr' IN
S'''to s,-,ct. ON Friday, Saturday an" YES
10. .,,l, fine having ne" FACTS 10 ad0
80 ,,lc o, woe. which summed NJ :"
Govern ncricd OF twelve months t'.y"'s
rho extraordinary statement mat "'''''i
,n,t fine she va, woood ny n"'"s'''"'
,.na,i,rd oi supposed noble birth name"
raycro. married 70 aim at her nome III
80. made over to him her fortune o.
Siu0n, and was dcr-cr;cd ny H'h tcce'''s
TGc-.,ocy Cecil tells begins III Kentucky
,,araco. Col. Mark Antony Wat
,;n. the f,thc. Of Cecil who died ten
N'''..' AGO vas the owner % the Kennedy
s,nrt f9rm. and the family live IN IN OLD
n,nnS;n,,. surrounded by many bread acres
l.ovu a, The Maplcwood Manor ne
i,,,.r = three miles and the hcnnedH
'..,,,, Two miles from Paris In hls VIII
wl;ch the LAWYER holds. Col. watkins
.I..,Jcd tbc latter estate to Cecil. CcciI
- +, VAS valued ., between $.f'.o'io ana
<cn oon She wa, 20 come inrc possession
-. Tho SEEMED, estate when She attained
tcr majority. He also left her >awmlh,
,rom the sale Of which she get Sio'oo",
uniting The cash IL the .irs' Na''"hai
Rank of Louisville Sonora, la'cra fG'0
,J.n layer fhat a wear ago Lula Martin,
I7-vcar-,ld cousin, %! Crab Orchard,
L, Edith pcmom,ano. %: Louisville. aud
h.rself were chums at II. Catherine
,,,demv. Springfield. Ky. When Vaca-
,io, tim. cane in May. lego. Edith invited
Ccril and Lula to visit her al hcrmothcr :
tor.. ~ Walnut street. Louisville
Ttcr. .,bc handsome Spaniard. fernando
rberto Laycro. was introduced 10 me
oi,ls II, MIR, Dcmontano. With Cecil II
VA, a ease of love al first sight Inc
S,.,,i,rl Has undcniablv handsome. and
h. became apparently infatuated with the
yopr, hrircSs. 80 much 20 that the girls
became Jealous. Lavcro was looked upon
asa prilc. for he never tired Of telling OF
his father castles and vast estate near
Barcelona. and Of the great wealth ne was
to inherit :.
>N weeks after meeting Lavcro, Cecil
Watkins wa> married 10 hin The cerc-
uouv took place on oct. IL. aud, iii ac-
cordancc With her mothers wish in
Triui-y Church. Paris. Ky. the Rev. Dr..
r.ckcrill officiating. On The day of her
marriage Cecil, having attained her ma
iorjry. and being her own mistress. gave
her husband power of attorney over all
her nropcrtv How he obtained influence
cnod.h over her 20 induce her to do such
a foolish thing she SAYS she cannot now
ten Her LAWYER suggests that II was
hypnotism.
i, that it,, it may in the presence ot old
John Flint the family LAWYER, who had
drawn un her fathers will and was hcr
Guardian and executor, she turned every
iln.. over 90 l.aVcro. The neNi morning.
she saY.. without even ADVERTISING the
krnn,d, estate and homestead beyond
throwing q few hli dhill> ont om the
streets oi Paris. Ky. Lavcro sold ii to the
highest bidder. II was rainy day. and
a, iuuyorS ware scarce for the two reasons
mentioned. the .:ri's maternal grand
father. lMmphrc, E.lhimizcr Rymcll.
hnnchl il in i"r $"O.p00. which was far
below its real value.
Then l.aycro and his bride went Ia
Louisville 10 spend Il few weeks Oh their
honey moon he Drawing the 10000 from
the bank mcanwllc. They met Lnlu
Martin at thu bcmontano manS0n-in
fact the pretty cousin was their constant
companion Allthrcc. with Edith Demon
tano came to New York~on Nov. ). ii
beng Lavcro, intentions he said. to take
L..
party had Il ,plenid time in New York.
Going to theatres and parties. the nus
band spending money pretty freely. ami
always including Lulu Martin in the
party She j. also very pretty girl. and
three Years Younger than Cecil. The
latter. the LAWYER SAYS. is enough like
Jennie Ncamau>. the actress. to her Sis
ter.
The beginning of the last act came on
Nov. H. ihcy had all been living wiki
Cccil's half sister in It fine house on
F"rtv-ft,h street. near Madison avenue.
On the la, named l.avcro tod his Young
wife. a. she saws. that his iaiter in Spain
had notified him tina, Iii, presence was
needed at once 10 adjust matters relating
to their estate. and. he ADDED, las he
does not vct know of our marriage. it "i.l
lac Just ~ We'll Tor me To 20 and pave the
the way. 81, he expected me TO we'd Il
Spanish hcite>s.
Cecil objected She SAYS. but her entreat-
les were OF ~ avail. He left her 81 600
Tor current cXpcuscS, taking about 500.
o00 along. and She has not heard OF him
since. Bur-,c did hear from Lulu Martin
two days after Lazero's departure from
the house. !iunc'l her pillow she found
thi, note:
II am going awas--away with the man
love You know come OF u passionate
race and would die Tor the man love.
Co,il has been advised hy MIR Balestcr
not To 20 to law until she finds out whcih
er her truant husband has really left New
York. or. at all events, until she discovers
where he Is. She visited Spanish CONSUL
General Miguel Snarez Yesterday. in the
hope that he might tell her some news OF
her husband. but he could tell her moth
i'm
tAsfiLE> IN FRANCE. TOO.
y Young man called at the Spanish Con-
.la,e Yesterday To obtain the address
%! Cecil Watkins. who told the Consul
General ON Tuesday that one fernando
hcrto La9ero. Spauiard. had married
her and then ran away with 500 900 of her
money. Sonora Lnvcro did not leave her
address Al the consulate. and Lawyer
b"lesticro al u Nassau street, whom she
consulted about her case, didn't know
where She lived.
The Young man who called at the con
sn!"tc SAID that last April he met i Young
woman IA the street who told him that
her MNin. W. Crril Wntl.i,,. Shn 49,