My Nicaraguan grandfather came from a wealthy family. Having sided with William Walker was beneficial to the Granizos. While in his teens, Francisco was sent to New York to study at Fordham University. He was a handsome young man who looked older than his years. This, and his ability to wire home for money, made him most desirable to the show girls. His mother, fearing that he would not eat properly, put him on a $100 a day allowance!