St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-09
TRIALS IN HIGH LIFE.
Even a Wealthy Baroness Has
Woes Money Cannot As
suage.
The Notorious De Stuers Case
on Trial Out in Divorce
vile.
Some Raey Stories Of the Do
nestle Life of a French
Diplomat.
The Baroness Tells How Her
Titled Husband Was a
Brute.
special to the Globe.

special TO the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, 5. D., Feb. S.-The
king bee case of all the numerous di-
vorce difficulties centered here began
today. 1t is that OF Baroness de Stuers,
who is as we'll known in st. Paul as in
Dakota, and in Paris as III New
York. The fair plaintiff is repre-
sented by II. \. Shipman, of New
York, and Capt. Stoddard, of this
city, the latter. it is understood, getting
the fat little fee of 3, 800 for his Serv-
ices. The baron is represented by j.
i. Glover and \. F. Orr. two young
lawyers of this city, who propose TO
make their mark in the trial of this
case. The plaintiff is daughter OF the
late John Carey, of New York, and
cousin To the late John Jacob AStor,
her mother having been a daugh-
ter of William BeSkhome Aston.
She is said to possess an income of
100000 a year The defendant, AL
phonSe Eugene Lambert de Stuers, is
minister for the Netherlands in Paris.
He has been in the diplomatic service
Of his country since 1866. and in 1873
was minister from his country to Wash
ington. The parties TO the suit were
married April 90, 1875, from the home of
the brides father. corner of Madison
avenue and Thirty-fourth street. The
wedding was one of the notable
events of the fashionable sea son,
and the presents to the young couple
were the wonder of the day, So costly
ana beautiful were they. aggregating in
value hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Soon after the marriage the baron
and his wife went to France. to which
post de StuerS had been assigned, and
there bought one OF the most magnifi-
cent palaces IN Paris, maintaining it in
great style. and entertaining laviShly.
Three children were born of the union,
OF whom one has since died.
In June, 1890, the baroness left her
husband. and the two never met since.
In the summer of 1891 the baroness ap-
Deared in Sioux Falls in the company of
s handsome young man. who was known
as William Elliott. but who turned out to
be Elliott Zborowski. of New York. Heis
sometimes known as Count Zborowski.
His mother belonged to one of the
wealthy families of New York, and
part of the estate which the count i'll
herited is now occupied by the Broad
way theater, in New York, in which
ZbOrOwSkI has an interest. HIS income
Is said by New York friends to be in
the vicinity of 5000 year. The couple
Itulcu dUOul all o. the 1OuFLN QOOr OF
the Cataract house here and have lived
In great style. After having established
her residence the baroness began a suit
for divorce, alleging cruelty on the part
of her husband. She alleges that he
tried to incarcerate her IN private
asylum; that he has taken her children
from her, and she charges indirectly
that he was striving to get control of
her fortune.
The baron in his anwer denies in toto
these charges, and sets I'D the claim
that the madame is the victim of some
nervous disease which gives her an alb
normal view Of everything, and, he says,
she complains at anything and as moth
ing" There are in all some twenty
dispositions i'll the case. The allegation
of adultery has been excluded by
the court and the case will be confined
to the limits above mentioned. Mr..
Glover, of the defense, expresses great
dissatisfaction in being forced to trial
now. averring that he has seven or eight
more dispositions. some of which are on
the way now and others of which are
yet 10 be taken.