Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-02
CASTLE BRINGS
SAD ENDING TO
ITSMARRIAGES
Society Wonders Who'll Be
Next in Mansion Known
for It's Heart Aches.
Rv MARGFRY REX.

CastIewood" has claimed another victim.
ftcsastlewood," the million dollar mansion
bui1t at Coddington Point Newport, a
number Of years ago by Louis Bruguiere,
and eventually sold to pay of the
mortgage upon 1t, is said to bring bad
luck to It's occupants, the last of whom
was the late Mrs. John Hanan, who died
recently.
Castlewood; the Bruguieres; wealth
and romance-how many emmories they
recalIl
Many people remember the sensational
exploits of the Bruguieres at Newport
1.-THE wonderful Bruguieres, what will
they do next" was the general com
lnent upon the ventures Of the native
sons
Louis-in those days nicknamed by
Nation Rives Louis lie Grand"-was the
youngest of the four sons Of Emile
Bruguiere, millionaire of Monterey, to
storm the gilded gates of Newport He
became a favorite Of such social arbiters
as the late Mrs Stuvysant Fish and Mrs.
Hermann Oelrlchs. He gave charming
bachelor dinners and finally he bought a
site Of land on Coddington Point and
built "Castlewood' at a cost of S1,00O,000.
When the new home was nearly COM
pleted Brother Emile, poet, musician and
satairiSt, appeared on the scene and pro-
duced an Operetta. called Baroness Fid-
dIesticks," ridiculing well known per-
sons Of the set in which Louis lie Grand
was anxious to shine This had dis
astrous results for lie Grand's" ambi-
tons.
FRISCO FIRE
STARTS DOWNFALL.
Debts and financial embarrassment due
to a slump in the Bruguiere fortunes
"a
necessary to mortgage Cast nod" and
finally the home had to be soid to meet
demands. It was said at this time a
society "bud'-supposed to be interested
in Louis-became quite frigid.
Newport had been very kind at one
time to Louis and his mother, the widow
Of Emile Bruguiere forty miner" who
left her almost S10,0000O0, although 1T
was known that their fortunes were ebb-
ing and they were deeply in debt.
And it was about this time that Mrs.
PedaE Bruguiere, now divorced from
Pedar, another son, came to dazzle the
gay town by the sea. But her husbands
mother and brother did not seem to care
for the lovely Mrs. Pedar and other wom-
en- were afraid of her great beauty.
She had been BIaryon Andrews, a pref
ty southern girl of family entirely
worthy, but without means. She was
the granddaughter Of Gen. Hall, Of the
confederate army. Her marriage with
Pedar did not last long, and after the
birth Of their son Pedar got a divorce at
Reno She then married Stewart Den
ming, a broker, and this marriage was
soon annulled. Her reported engagement
to W P. Burden caused a sensation,
made greater by her sudden departure to
Europe without explanations. Burden
~
who gave Louis his nickname and whose
tragic death shocked society.
That summer at Newport Peter Cooper
Hewitt became interested in Mrs. Brug-
uiere and has since become her husband.
He is a descendant of Peter Cooper,
philanthropist, and is a distinguished
scientist, having invented the Cooper
Hewitt light. Mrs. Hewitt reCently re-
turned to New York wearing a diamond
anklet.
PEDAR TAKES
HIS THIRD WIFE.
But Pedar. too, had been busy and had
married Mana Prince King, his third
wife. He had been twice divorced pre-
vious to this.
When their financial situation made
life at Newport difficult Louis took his
mother to France, where they lived sew
eral years. Mrs. Bruguiere wanted to
return to America but after the begin
ming Of the war, feared submarines es-
pecially following the Lusitania disaster.
She finally did sail for home on the
Arabia.
The vessel was torpedoed and Louis
and his mother, Josephine Sather Bru.
guiere, were among the last persons left
on the promenade deck. A desperate ef
fort was made By her son to save her,
T,y7t he 1rOx 7 ,4r
went back to fight for France.
In 1916 q contest was begun among
the heirs for the Bruguiere fortune,
which had recuperated after the fire.
Pedar, Louis, Francis and Emile were in
the legal battle. Louis was the best
known socially.
The Bruguieres are descendants on the
paternal side Of Spanish dons, which
may account for the FESTIVE propensities
displayed, and Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere
was the daughter of Pedar Sather. a
Norwegian and pioneer San Francisco
banker
The mother of the "Bruguisre boys"
once said:
Eve, as a family, have been cursed
with beauty-too great q beauty. It was
not ours by birth, but married into the
family. And our sorrows have been
many"
Emile, once knighted by the King of
Portugal, had tried matrimony with Miss
Vesta Shortridge, a western beauty, and
with sad results, too. It was said that
after Atney were divorced and .she Was
about to marry again Emile tried to
negotiate with her for renewal of their
bonds, but without success.
Castlewood seemed to have brought
bad luck to the Bruguieres, its builders.
Bankruptcy, divorce and a tragic death
center about It.
Louis sold the house to Arnold Essex,
a wealthy manufacturer Of Providence
r. /. He occupied Cast1ewood only one
season and died suddenly, leaving the
house to a friend, who sold It to its last
owner. Mrs. John Eanan.
No one believes Mrs. Hanan will care
to occupy the house, and society is ask
ing. Who will want Castlewood now?"
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