The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-08

an Heir, she secures One aud Will
| swoop Down on Her Husbands Family
and Make Them She'll Quilt is said
Her Hus bland Was Forced Into the Mar.
ri.ke-story of the Hotel Clerk aud OF
tho Baby Selling woman.
Cleveland, o., Aug. "A strange story
| comes from New York city concerning
the experiences OF two theatrical people
VINO were rather suddenly married in
Cleveland during the holidays toward the
end of 1895
The groom was Charles Phelps Airing.
a chorus singer n the Camille D Arv!lle
Opera company. and the bride was Daisy
same company. The latter has since been
forcing Airing 10 take care Of child
which she declares was born 10 her in
May. 1896. out It is now asserted thai,
Daisy Watkins did not have child al
all, but bought the baby for SIS in New
York city OF woman who sold infants
for that sum TO those who wanted them.
A.i-s W dS ucNe. IL - IurtUeE dueSeu- 10
establish a claim at some future time on
the estate OF ir SPhelps Airing. a
wealthy baronet OF Manchester. England.
20 whom Daisy Watkins supposed her
husband TO be related.
The story Of the marriage is that Arl-
ing was taken from his room in the hotel
Wilmot and escorted TO the room of Miss
Watkins, and there compelled by her
friends to wed her. presumably at the
point of pistol. The ceremony is re-
ported ID have been performed by a
Catholic priest named Rev. Patrick Cur
ley, while the names Of Rev. Mr Valley.
supposedly the pastor of st. johns Ca
thedral. and a Rev. Mr. Lowell were
among the witnesses. An inquiry al the
Cathedral last night ELECTED the fact that
Rev. George J. Valley is and has for
some days been out Of town, and the
other priests named in the narrative are
not residents at the Cathedral Neither
are their names given in the city di-
rectory.
However. be the details correct or in
correct, Miss Watkins was certainly
married or the date in question at the
Wimot. That hotel is now known as
the Frankfort, but T. X. Bayard, who
is the night clerk of the Frankfort, was
then night clerk Of the Wilmot.
He produced last night the old reg
lister. which showed that Daisy Watkins
arrived there December 90. 1895, with
numDer Of other members OF the Camille
D'Arvill. company. Airing was not
registered. Mr.. Bayard said: 81 remem-
Der Miss Watkins being here and being
sick One right she was so sick that we
he'd TO call a doctor. When he came
down stairs we asked him what was the
matter, ar; he said ne did not know,
but possibly she had been taking some
thing. was not on duty when the mar
riage took place, but was told OF I when
1 came on duty in the evening. As re-
momher what was told me, the man was
not stopping here. but was gbrougnt here
by Catholic priest who performed the
marriage ceremony. He went away soon
afterwards from the city. 1 believe. and
as I recall Ct I think she was sent 10 q
hospital. She was not at all we'll at the
time. The marriage certainly took place
IN the daytime
The story from New York is that
shortly after the marriage the couple
parted. and that n May following Daisy
Watkins notified Miss D .Arville that she
Rad a little baby daughter asking con-
CALCULATIONS. In the autumn OF 1896 Il
is stated, proceedings were begun agains.
Airing in New York city TO compel him
20 take care of the child. and although
he disavowed a belief that the child was
hrs wife's. he was told to pay s. a week.
which he did for two weeks and then
stopped.
II is further asserted that Mrs. Anna
Bucholz. who lives al No. 204 East Sew
street, New York city, de-
clares she sold the baby to Daisy Wat
klns for s25. in which she is backed UP
by i,er daughter and others. among them
a woman who asserts that Daisy told her
the child did not belong 10 her.
Daisy Watkins denies all Of these
statements most emphatically and con-
fronted Mrs Buchoiz and her daughter.
The daughter stood her ground perfectly.
better than cid Mrs. Bucholz: and Daisy
Watkins never weakened throughout. A
brother az Airing. being interviewed. sid
that Re thought the Watkins woman |
had shared with many others the i'm |
precision that Charles was related 10 the
English baronet. but that the fact was
hat the family name was Parr ard that |
Charles had adopted the name % airing |
as Gtage rame.
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