Show I I H Curse of Castlewood LATEST T LATEST talc of luck ill haunted mansion sets society society tongues buz- buz buzzin J zin Zing Who pal palace nee now fI I f I fI I I V I I I I II r it j jI 7 J tR r r St lI h 3 t f r. r I a N I i iI i I Ii I II i I t tM M I k N T 1 i I S Sr arv I tid r I e fe r od ii ll ICY v I REX 1 Written for far the ibe International News Service New Ne' York Feb 11 The Tho Curse of oC C Castlewood has hns claimed another victim vic vic- vic icUm tim Um Castlewood the tho million-dollar million mas maslon Ion built at Coddington Point Newport a number of years ears ago b by Louis Bru Bruguiere and eventually sold to pay off ocr the tho mortgage upon it is said to bring bad luck to Its occupants the last lastor of or whom was the late Mrs John Hanan who died recent recently Castlewood tho the wealth and romance romance how how many rn they recall Man Many people remember th the sensational sensational sensa sensa- exploits of oC the at I Newport Tho The wonderful what will the they do next r was tho the general benera general gen ben era eral I comment upon the ventures of or the Native NaUvo Sons Louis in those days nicknamed by Nation Rives Ri Louis Ic Ie Grand was the tho youngest oun est of oC the four our sons of Emile Bru- Bru millionaire of or Monterey to storm the glided gilded Ilde sates gates of Newport He became me a favorite of oC such social arbiters arbiters arbi arbi- as the late Mrs rs Stuyvesant Fish and md Mrs Irs Hermann Oelrichs He lie gave bave charming bachelor dinners and finally ho bought a site of or land on CoddIngton Point and built Castlewood at a cost of or j i When tho new home was nearly completed complete completed com com- Brother Ensile Emile poet musician and satirist appeared on the scene and produced pru an operetta called Baroness Fiddlesticks ridiculing ridiculing- well-known well persons of or the set in which Louts Louis le Ie Grand rand was anxious to shine 1 This had disastrous results for lor le Je Grands ambitions Comes to Debts Debt and financial embarrassment due to a slump in the tho fortunes fortunes fortunes for for- tunes after aler tho the San Franc Francisco fire made It necessary to mortgage Castlewood and finally tho tiro home had to be sold to meet demands It was said at this time timea a society bud supposed bud supposed to bo be inter inter- interested ested In Louis Louis became became quite frigid rI hl Newport had been vcr very kind at one onetime timo time to Louis and ami his mother the widow widow wid wid- Id ow of Emilo a forty niner who left leCt her almost al although although although al- al though It was known that their fortunes fortunes for for- tunes tUne were ebbing and they were deeply deeply deep deep- ly Iy In Sn debt And It was about this time that Mrs Pedar now divorced from Pedar ledr another son came carne to dazzle the sa gay town b by tho the sea But her husbands husband's hus hus- husbands husband's bands band's mother and brother did not seem to care for the tho lovely Mrs Pedar and other women were afraid of oC her groat beauty Sho had been Mrs Irs Mary on Andrews a a a. pretty southern girl of oC a n. family entirely on- on worth worthy but Lut without means She was waa tho the granddaughter of oC General Hall Hail Hallof Hallof of or the tho Confederate arm army Her marriage with Pedar did not last long Ions and after the birth of their ton son on got ot a n. di divorce divorce dl- dl vorce orce at Reno neno She then married Steward Steward Stoward Stew Stow ard Denning Donning a broker and this marriage marriage mar mar- c was soon annulled Her reported engagement to toV V W. 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Burden Durden caused a apen pen sensation aton made mado greater by hr her sudden departure to Europe without explanations Burden ha had been the husband of Natica 1 Rives fives who save avo aC Louis his nick name and whose whoso tragic death shocked d society Scientist Enter Enters That summer at Newport l Peter Cooper Coop Coop- er Hewitt became interested in Sn Mrs Irs and has since become her he r husband hubband Ho lie Is a a. descendant of oC Peter Cooper philanthropist and Is a distinguished distinguished dis dis- scientist having invented tho the Cooper Hewitt Howitt light g Mrs Hewitt Howitt recently returned to Now New York wearing d a diamond anklet But nut too had been bus busy and had hall married Nana Nan a Prince King his third wife He had been twice divorced di divorced divorced di- di previous to this When their financial situation ma made c cliCe life liCe at It Newport difficult Louis took look his mother molher to France where tho they lived several years Mrs Irs wanted to return to America but after alter the be beginning beginning beginning be- be ginning of tho the war feared submarines especially following the I niLL dis dis- aster She finally did sail for homo home on tho the Arabic The Tho vessel esse I was aa torpedoed and Louis and his hits mother Josephine Drub Bru- Bru b galore were cre amon among the last persons left lert on tho the promenade deck A do desperate desper- desper per per- ate ato effort was mado made by her son on to savo he her but tho mother another was drowned And nd Louis went back to fight for France Trance In 1916 a con contest lest was begun among the tho heirs s for the thc fortune which had recuperated after aCter tho the fire Ire Pedar Pedal Louis Francis 1 and Emile Emilo were In tho the legal logal battle Louia was tho the best I known socially Dc Dr of or Do non Don The Thu are aro descendants ants on the paternal side of or Spanish dons dotes w which lc may account for t the lC O propensities pro pro- displayed and antI Mrs r Josephine ru way aa the tho daughter of oC Pedal athor a Norwegian and pioneer San Francisco I banker er The Tho mother of oC the tho Bru lero boys once said Wo We 0 a as a family have hJo been boen cursed with beauty too beauty too great a beauty It was vas not ours oura by birth but into the ramil family And our sorrows have ha been Inan many Emilo once onto knighted b by tho the kin king of ot Portugal aJ had hind tried matrimony with Miss lIs Vesta a w western beauty beauty beau beau- ty and with sad results too It was said that after they were divorced di and anti she W was about to marry again tried to negotiate with her for tor a n renewal re- re re renewal newal of oC their bonds but hut without suc suc- cess seemed to have o brou brought ht bad luck to the Its Hi builders build build- ers Cors Bankruptcy orco dl and a tragic death center about it Louis Louts sold old tho house hou to Arnold Es Essex c a a. wealthy m manufacturer of ot Providence Pro II n. 1 I. I Ho occupied Castlewood only ono season and died suddenly leaving the house to a n. friend who sold Bold it to its last owner Mr Mrs John Hanan No o ono one boll believes eves Mr fr Hanan will care eare to occupy tho the house and society Is asking ask ask- trig ing Who will want Castlewood now new |