The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-10
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UPON BON|
Geo. Gould Trustee For
CasteIIane Estate.
COURT APPOINTS HIM
Young French Count Has Thrown
Away Millions Of His Wife's
Money.

PARIS, Oct 81 The notorious extrav-
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 mis- sister, Countess Castellane.
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 trusteeship 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., OO0, OOo, and, besides, has accumulated
debts of over $4,00O,00o Despite the legal
steps that have been taken, Count and
Countess Castellane continue to live to-
gether being now in the country.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l-Seven months
after the CastellaneS We're married, in
1895, the Count who had been without
money before he met Anna Gould, bought,
with the consent of the Countess, for
400, 600 francs (s94O.000), the site on the
corner of the Avenue du Bots de Bou
lCgne and the Avenue Malakoff, in Paris,
for the red marble Palace he afterward
built. 1t is an imitation of the Petit Tri-
anon at Versailles. Work on the palace
was frequently stopped because the Count
could not get money fast enough to meet
the bills. The palace cost 5,000,000 francs.
In 1896 an extraordinary fete was given
by the Count and Countess which cast 1,
jc0,O0O francs. In November, 1897, the
Countess paid 1000, 600 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
extravagant manner. 1t was said that in
less than a year after he arrived in
Faris he had spent more than 100000
francs (1000,OOW for bric-a-brac alone.
He bought a palatial yacht, the Val
halla, for nearly 100000 francs $500, 000),
and made a canvass for the Chamber of
Deputies which was estimated to have
cost him 2,5G0,0e0 francs (s500,000).
In July, 1897 the Count was credited
with disposing of money at the rate of
5: 100000 a year merely for fun. The
Counts exploits on the Bourse are said
to have cost him about 100000 In De-
cember. 1897 there was talk of a Castel-
lane separation, as the Gould fortune was
said not to be responding adequately to
the Counts demands upon it.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The news of Mr.
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 that
|. Id h1, -.
Gould said simply that his brother George
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
n result of this talk it was said George
Gould will soon start for Paris to take
charge of the Castelane affairs.
PARIS, Nov. 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,-
10000 francs. OF this sum there was ex-
pended on real estate in connection with
the Charity Bazaar and their private res
idence on the Avenue de Malakoff. 3,702 900
francs: mortgages, 6,5S5,260 francs; loans,
notes and tradesmen's bills, 1926, 155 francs
ard on art and brac-a-brac dealers $780,
600 francs NJ. Wertheimer, who is one
of the art dealers interested, claims goods
re-sold to the amount of 100000 francs
and that in these transactions there now
remains due him the sum of 2,000, 900
francs.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The Countess de
Castellane, whose property has just been
placed under the direction of her brother.
George j. Gould, by 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
VIII only revive stories which will hurt
my dear husbands feelings He already
suffers keenly the exposure of his present
situa ton"
Count Boni has been away from Paris
Tor the last three days, but will return
today Thursday. Last night he was
conversins for an hour with his father
over the long-distance telephone when he
had heard the news. He is indignant that
the court should have appointed for
eigner to watch over the Countess for
tune. He wanted his father appointed if
a trustee was to be named