The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-14
FORTUNES FOR BOGUS TITLE.
Anna Gould Now Said to Have Been
Imposed On.
New York Journal.

New York Journal.
The report that the Count de Castellane
has fought a duel on account of an actress
follows quickly the cablegram announcing
that French expert had declared that the
title for which Anna Gould paid $1,000 600
was bogus. Many questions at once arise,
and the old rumOrs that Anna Gould may
seek a divorce on account of the count S
gay life and extravagances are revived. 1t
is not known whether if it were proved that
the counts title is bogus Anna Gould could
obtain a divorce on this ground.
Another question is whether Anna Gould,
alleging that her millions had been obtained
by false pretenses, could sue the count and
get back what is left of the Gould millions.
The Vicomte de Boyer, who pronounced the
Count de Castellanes title to be bogus, is a
student of heraldry and is regarded as an
expert on the subject. In an interview with
the Journal correspondent in Paris just be-
fore Christmas he said: I'm republican
France as in the American republic. the
highest honor should be simple citizenship.
Instead we find President Faure, our nation
al tanner, is sporting q cOat-Of-arms, and
American fathers are purchasing at extraV-
agant figures titled husbands for daughters.
The bittery irony of the bargain is that most
or these husbands nave no right to the IT,
ties they proudly wear. Miss Gould, of New
York, married Count Castellane. There is
no Count CaStellane. There were two Cas-
tellane families one from Provence and one
from Toulouse. The former, which is now
extinct, rightly bore the title The Toulouse
Castellanes, to whom belongs Miss Gould 8
husband never had title, but assumed one
when the Provence family died out"
After mentioning several American women
who gave fortunes for titles that were boz
gus. He added with: American women.
when they cannot marry even bogus French
titles, sometimes get them from the Pope.
For instance, Mrs. Mackin of ST Louis is the
papal Countess de SpOthswood- Mackin Mrs
Wentworth, of New York, is the papal Mar
quise de Wentworth. Even our bOgys titles
are dear. Miss Gould's cost $15000,O00, Miss
Singers 100000. Miss Coudert of New
York. paid $4,000 for the privilege of being
the Maruuise Choiseul. These statements
verified documents n al
Library"
The reports of the married life of the
count and his wife have not been Of the
kind to encourage rich American girls to
marry titles at great expense, and if
one-half of the allegations by De Boyer re-
garding these titles are true they will be
examined very carefully hereafter before
the money is paid. Four years ago when
the Count dc Castellane took Anna Gould
as his bride to Paris, there were rumoTs
that he began at once to spend the millions
he got with his wife. Strings of fast horses,
a yacht and other costly Injuries were en-
ioyed by the count such as he had never
known before He paid 5000 900 for his yacht
Valhalla. The money made by Jay Gould
in Wall street was squandered with a free
A year and half after the marriage it
was announced that the countess, in accord
ance with the wishes of her husband, would
devote a portion of her millions to building
the red palace in Paris. such as many
European king would envy. Seven hundred
and forty thousand dollars was paid for the
site, al the corner of the Avenue Bots de
Roulogne and Avenue Malakoff. The de-
sign chosen for the palace was the Petit
Trianon at Versailles, in which Madame
Pompadour lived.
one detail was a set of fountains in the
gardens. with an estimated cost Of $1,000
every time they played ten minutes. The
count spent 81 600 coo fer bric-a-brac to adOrn
the palace At the same time, il was re-
ported. his losses at cards increased. Sud
denly the work on the red marble palace
was stopped last October. Then followed
a story that the Goulds had interposed upon
hearing that the count, in order to get more
spending money. had made arrangements
with the contractors by which he was to
receive 30 per cent of what they charged
Paris talked of nothing else Tor a whole
week Now Paris is again talking of the
count ana his American wife.