The Washington times., 1913-11-07
ENVOY IS ACCUSED
IN HIS WFE'S SUIT
Spanish Minister to China, Luis
de Pastor, AssaiIed in
District Court.
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there to PeSing, where she remained
only thirty days.
Describing the alleged habits Of her
husband. Sonora Pastor testified:
lie arrived in Paris drunk, and
stayed drunk bis whole six or eight
weeks. Sailed for the Far East drunk,
The thirty days L spent there in China
he vas simply describable-raving.'
Forgot His Wife.
1t was alleged by Sonora Pastor that
when she and her husband arrived in
New York on their honeymoon he for
got to register her at the Cumberland
-1lotel. and that when the clerk called
his attention to the fact he said: oh!
bN Jove, my wife, quite forgot
The allegation was made by Sonora
Pastor that her husband threatened his
J fe and on one occasion declared he
tntanded. to jump off the Connecticut
avenue bridge and rushed out into the
street in his pajamas. She said that
he was subject to spells which she
Z -tributed to his drinking, and that he
frequently called her names.
Among the exhibits are number of
letters and scraps of letters. Several
Of the missiyes, which Sonora Pastor
said were written by her husband, re-
fer to his alleged physical condition.
Sonora Pastor alleged that her hus-
band broke into her desk in Paris and
was discriminating" She testified that
She read and spoke French, German
and Spanish, and understood the letters
One of the Letters.
one of the diplomats alleged letters
saws in part:
Although 1 know it win break my
heart and kill me. as my whole life is
po- worth one day of your happiness,
! really feel that l ought to give you
ibs ck your freedom, which YOU so earn
zesly claimed.
Owing to natural and very apparent
signs, you know, darling. that 1 cannot
live long. and l had entertained the
comforting hope that You might have
hsve you by my bedside when the last
- a me- so that YOU should have shit my
iey es with your dear little fingers; but
20 even this Providence has denied me,
j must ad this grief to the many that
-rli my heart, and resign myself 10 my
cruel fate
Il should like. however, before the
parting comes, to have my last taste of
happiness IN this world by still being
-" Here the letter abruptly ends)
Another Part of Letter.
In another part of the letter, appears
tbs:
Whatever my shortcomings may be.
] think there is a certain amount of
J obility in my heart, so j am leaving
TIE whole thing with you to settle and
decide, dear, as you see, and with refer
.Ace to less sentimental things, / hope
you understand that if you break away
from me, and can outlfve the grief,
which is next to impossible, l will see
to il, whether you marry c. or not,
that the money which you have taken
from your capital to help me, goes
back to you in its full total; II 1 should
\ ie as a result Of the sorrow of seeing
You go of. or IL 1 should find it impos-
: BILE to resist longer the temptation Of
taking my life. l would leave things SO
arranged that you might claim with alb
solute certitude of success any deposit
If money that / may have in any bank
or banks, after paying the expenses os
my funeral"
1t is understood that Sonora Pastor
is now in California Pending some word
trom her the court will not sign any
decree