The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-13
CHECK PUT
UPON BONI.
Geo. Gould Trustee For
CasteIIane Estate.
COURT APPOINTS HIM
Young French Count Has Thrown
Away Millions Of His Wfe'S
Money.

PARIS, Oct 81 The notorious eNtray-
agances Of Count Boni de Castellane have
resulted in the appointment of George J.
Gould of New York as trustee Of the es-
tate of his sister, Countess Castellane.
The fact that the Count was spending his
wife's money recklessly has long been
known and some action on the part of the
Goulds has been expected, but the proceed
ings in the suit for "A trusteeshp have
been conducted in secret session and the
announcement of the bare result has ere
ated an immense sensation, as the cas-
tellanes move in the highest Paris socie-
ty. Testimony intr oduced at the hearing
shows that since his marriage five years
ago Count Castellane has gone through
S., 900 OOS and, besides, has accumulated
debts of over $4,O0OO0O. Despite the legal
steps that have been taken, Count and
Countess Castellane continue TO i've To-
gether, being now in the country
NEW YORK, Oct 3l.-Seven months
after the Castellanes were married, in
1895. the Count, who had been without
money before he met Anna Gould, bought,
with the consent of the Countess, Tor
4.7OO.OOO francs (S9i0,O0O), the site on the
corner of the Avenue du Bois de Bou-
lcgne and the Avenue Malakoff, in Paris,
for the red marble Palace he afterward
built 1t is an imitation of the Pett liz
anon at Versailles. Work on the palace
was frequently stopped because the Count
could not get money last enough 10 meet
the bills. The palace cost 5,ooo,ooo francs.
In 1896 an extraordinary fete was given
by the Count and Countess which cast l.
5EO 900 francs. In November, 1897, the
Countess paid 100000 francs for site IN
the Rue Pierre Charron for the erection
OF a permanent charity bazaar memorial
chapel which was formally opened last
April.
while the Count denied that he hazard
ed money on games of chance, it was ru'
mored that he spent large sums in an
extrayagant manner. 1t was said that IN
less than a year after he arrived III
Paris he had spent more than 5ooo,ooo
francs (s1, 900, OOW for bric-a-brac alone.
He bought a palatial yacht, the Val
halla, for nearly 100000 francs G2OO,OOU.
and made a canvass for the Chamber OF
Deputies which was estimated to nave
cost him 100000 francs G5So.0OO).
In July. 1897. the Count was credited
with disposing of money at the rate OF
100000 year merely for fun. The
Counts exploits on the Bourse are sald
to have cost him about S60o,oW. In De-
cember 1897 there was talk of a Castel-
lane separation, as the Gould fortune was
said not to be responding Adequately 10
the Counts demands upon it.
NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-The news of MI
George Gould's appointment by French
court as administrator of his sister, the
Countess de Castellane's property, was
conveyed by a reporter to the Gould broth-
ers in their Broadway office. Mr.. George
Gould sent out word that he could say
nothing, thought he might make state
ment later. Mr. Edwin Gould likewise
declined to be interviewed but said thar
he was glad to hear the news. Mr.. Frank
Ii; In,.
must do all the talking. Mr.. George
Gould summoned mis- two brothers into his
own office, where the doors were closed
and they conferred for nearly an hour. AS
a result of this talk it was said George
Gould will soon start for Paris TO take
charge of the Castellane affairs.
PARIS, Nov. L. Further details regard
ing the appointment of George j. Gould
as trustee for his sister, the Countess OF
Castellane, show the Indebtedness OF
Count Boni and his wife to be about 25,- |
$50 900 francs OF thi, sum there was ex-
pended on real estate in connection with |
the Charity Bazaar and their private res
idence on the Avenue de Malakoff, 1902 900
francs: mortgages, 6,5S5,260 francs: loans,
notes and tradesmen's bills, 4,293, 155 francs |
ard on art and brac-a-brac dealers, S'loo'-
COO francs. NJ. Wertheimer, who is one |
of the art dealers interested, claims goods |
We're bought, then taken back and then
re-sold to the amount of S,UOoU francs
and that in these transactions there now
remains due him the sum of 2OOO,oOO
francs.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The Countess de
CastelIanc whose property has just been
placed under the direction of her brother !
George j. Gould, by a'French court was
questioned relative to the matter says a |
Paris dispatch to the World, at her man
sion in the Avenue du Bots de BOulogne, !
but she would not go into details of the
case. She said:
please make light of the matter. 1t
will only revive stories which will hurt
my dear husbands feelings. He already |
suffers keenly the exposure of his present
situation"
Count Bon mas been away from Paris
for the last three days, but will return
today Thursday. Last night he was
conversing for an hour with his father
over the long-dstance telephone when ne
had heard the news. lie is indignant that
the court should have appointed for
eigner to watch over the Countess for
tune. He wanted his father appointed II
NM IN h.a ne