The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14
COUNT CAUSES
A SENSATION
IN OKLAHOMA
Claims Lineage From Inca the
Peruvian King.
BORN TO Be DELIVERER
Supicion Is That He Is a Med
iciRe Seller.
BORN TO BE DELlVERER

oklahoma city. o. T.. Dec. g-Last
evening = small. daprer appearing young
man Of about 20 years with s.rlish
face ane long. wavy hair. reaching %
his shoulders. neatly but not ex,ravs-
santiy dressed. and carrying . cane.
walked into the Hotel Lee and N
sc-ibed. in peurfie characters.
'Nantazetta Castro. Count o, Gatamo,
Venezuela
lie had scarcely finished the signature
when cousmereisl traveier stepped -
20 the princel.ng and. with q smile OF
recognition. said.
"Heao, You heree The last time
saw you old man. YOU wese selling res
direction plants over az Webb city Mo
In perfect English the Venezuelan
grandee responded. denying thes De had
ever seen she inquirer. aud aeelsrnsS
that he had never been n webb city,
and asked "a be shown % bis room
when a reporter sent up BIS gard 70
the count the latter came down and uah-
cred the scribe into the parlor snd aid
not require much leading 90 ioquaciousiy
reoite his ufo story.
q am an exile from my own country
said the count On duicct tones snd with
a smile and glance II the eyes that would
easily fracture the heart el /, matinee
glr' Z graduated from Yl'e coues, a
the class o. 'sS ana returned 60 ny coln-
try and joined the forces 81 mg father.
Rahassaee Castro Who is @ cousin q
President Castro. Oh ca effort 81 secu1e
the Venezuelan dictatorship 1 coumafd-
ed the native Indian forces. rs tamiy
IS desccndcd from Inca the king 90. nc
original PerlVians My people sre Hu-
perstit.ous and / chencrd 10 re eora "a
a day when Cocoaa the Insui prophet.
had foIetoid hiatt child would ne born
who would eventually restore O. toe ln-
dams their lands and former PRESTIGE.
For this reason ] have grtat poser ~ith
our Indians our revolution WAS uusuc-
cessful and was bau'shed Later
was pardoned and again two months ago
l was again driven into exile.
The count relates that when tsn fears
old he saw hls mother chalHed 90 "a stake
and murdered before hss eyea hy Ven
ezuelan soldle=s under command oi "a
/ Englishman.
My people are the swiss ~ Nencz-
uela" he said ~Our country Is iu the
I mountains and whlo laciuded iu me
map o. the country, We have rcyer bel %
Conquered or subaued
/ The count relates that he fel De love
With a New York girl who VAS s.stz
7 in Venezuela A Jealous rival ietTas q
+ and murdered her and ln dari Wits
her murderer the count came out tAr
victor.
He claims On have been iu thirtf n.re
( countries ard speaks several iaaEaa-
aueuuy Iie also states that he encs te-
compan.ed Henry Iandes ths EpFlleh
explorer. IN a journey into Ihlost re
exhibits a scsr on hs forehead from =
svound received GO thc bands of lh'P-
etan. also e srar "a his wrist Il
in ths duel above ussndoue1
Tho count 70 mru39er Of the order 2
Eagles and claims also Co. aa $40 tf
Ils Gays h. IS atllf eut ~ fara aaf
wiU ~obabiy locate soon ir Some Amefl-
can city and uraet..e medicine
Some ~ che commercial fraTeiers -
the Lee last nigr- declared thaf -
..coUntr has just reached here from par-
cell aud other points .o ihc iHdlee Fer-
story. where they sass D. d'3 hnr
ar 8 patent medicine Vender
The count etrea % h.s room ~ -
r. clock. ordering lhe wornins "Fffi'an1aa
sent 90 his room before - kfs-t
The police kept close uatrh au his
rno.esn 1fs lest night