The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
lord SACKVILLE CONPESSES.
pEPITi OLIVIA MOTHER or HIS
CUTIDREN nut NOT HIS WIFE.
Story OF His Fairy life In Sran Revealed
by Ills son. Who Now Alleges That
lie Is legitimate n the Heir-Three
Other children Charge n FraUd.
.sD,e,al Cat,s Despatch 10 TIE SUN.

AIAnfAl llNA " fo "a
describe II, a omance in connection with
cha British peerage. An outline OF the
story. which was cabled to THE Sun this
morning, states definitely that the Madrid
claimant saws he II the son OF Lord Sack
vile, better known to Americans as Sir
Lionel Sackville-Wes the former British
Minister at Washington. This In perfectly
accurate, but the English newspapers. with
,he fear Of the libel laws before their eyes.
have not mentioned the fact, though the
action OF the claimant in styling himself
Henry Sackville-W West sufficiently indi-
Gates the peerage in question.
The story az told In Madrid by the man
ealing himself Henry Sackville-W West Is
ina, in 1853 Lord Sackville. who was then
., wears Of age and was acting as British
Consul, became e~ntangled In the meshes
Of a beautiful young spanish dancer named
Pepita Duran. Ultimately he married her
and had by her three daughters and u
son. This son, who Is now Q man OF IS,
declares that he IL the heir to the title and
the family estates.
Lord Sackville's London lawyers cay II
Is a bla~ckInailing conspiracy, that Pepita
Duran was never more han his Lordship's
mistress, and hat she married Antonio
DE- la Olivia, a dancing master In Madrid.
The claimant retorts that Olivia really
married another dancer named Mercedes
Gomez and that the certificate OF this mar
rage has been produced. The lawyers
reply TO this il the production Of the church
certificate Of the marriage Of Pepita Duran
and DIVA, but against this must be set the
~undeniable fact that the marriage register
shows traces Of having been tempered with.
the original name Of the bridegroom having
been erased and another nane substituted.
The London lawyers say the register was
tempered with recently, the reason FOR
which they are not quite certain Of. but they
hin, that Henry Sackville-w Nest il engaged
IN a big fraud, which will inevitably lead
him 10 the galleys. The priest who had
charge OF the church register recently do
additional complication.
When Henry Sackville West first began
hitting at what he suspected Lord Sack
yile's lawyers sent to Gibraltar, where
some of Pepita's old companions were liv-
ing, 20 induce them to sign a declaration
TO the effect that she had married the dane
ing master Olivia. The claimant. who has
just returned from fighting rs q volunteer
against the Beers, also o TO Gibraltar
and now declares that the signatories TO
the declaration asked for nv the lawycrs
assure him that they did not know what
they were signing, as the document was
IN English, which they do not understand
such is tho story which is current In Madrid,
where interest in the case Ii keen and where
much sympathy Is expressed for the claim
ant.
Lord Sackville's own story, however,
puts a different complexion IN the affair.
NJ l. now a feeble Old man who is SPEND
INK he evening Of his days at Knole Park
IN = grand old Norman castle. He Is prac-
icslly n r~ecluse. but consented Ia see an
Interviewer, and when convinced Of the
iuposihility OF hushing the scandal up
,r'i "a clear story Of the affair. lie said:
Il Is quite true that ! had a mistress
81 Madrid Her name, however, was
Do. pepita Duran, but Pepita de IA DIVA.
g.. he wa married to Antonio de Ia Olivia
before I met her. Therefore the
sEycstion that she wa my wife is palpably
g. Un. II she had been free ] should
> Hahly have harred her for I loved
hr. -p much ~ indeed that we lived to-
/. her In p.rfect Happiness until she died
hit'su years ago. ] never put another
y MA. Uu her plars and shall never marry
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