The sun., 1900-12-21
CASTELLANE SUITS HEARD.
,orysyI ARGTE O,ER IHF COtNTS
HRIC. a. .BRi( HIIIN.
lie came 10 America for rcouniary Assistance
and Got Nora, Counsel the Dealers
Lawyer SAYS For the Count II Is said
,b, suit IL In Interest of Pubi'c MORALITY.


p,ets Dec. 20 The cross suits OF Count
nh ia Css,ellane and Charles Werthemer
ato,don bric-h.hrac dealer, cam" up for a
rs.r,na in the First Chamber Of the civil
n.,h,n.l to-day. Uutil the Last moment II
,as exnec,ed that an agreement would be
,..ohed nv the parties To the suits, and IL was
,,oh.bly this fact that caused a slight attend
a,ce The only persons present were the
h,h;,res Of the court, lawyers, st"uographers,,
,,rrnalists and loafers and addressed women
uho were seeking warmth rather than emo
tons. ,,,
senator Gucrin, cN-Muister of Justice.
,,,.rod the case i'm behalf of VI DnviIlers, an
unnaId banker OF Paris, who i the correspond
ont Of Cook, a London banker. NJ "uer'h
said that Count de CASTELAR," had 'o'd Ntr-
,beimer that he had deceived him ABOUT 'he
substance Of the article purchased ana had
asL,, bi,, to reduco his account by 100000
francs and also to annul certain operations
,dvocate Foucauld. rcIic .'hune Vert
beirn.r made "A clear -lee 'H Nh'Vl N'0
s,ric,ly argumentattyc. lc set forth hi'
chants right. AZ length, and asked TOT the
artir, M. uleut of ~" bills, Whl'H teITe'eh"'u
a, agreed value for uh cot Delivered. 'he
Invoice Of which the Castellane~ had ac-
,ert.d He SAID that I'll" ta-t"Hahe' IN nv"
Lpuylt antique. signing bills l" oruer' "H''h
.or, M, Maid on presentation. A long cor
,asnondeuce en-urd. count de 'aSteliane
ossinr for delays and Wcrthcimer granting
,rcr Meanwhile Count DO Castellane sold
the article. to thappc. but did not pay Vert
r,i,,.r NJ Fouoluld severely scored Count
Dc Ca-tallau".
Finally. he said, Count de Clstelane asked
for reduction Of ?.oon 200 francs, restitution
II certain objects Deposited with Nertheiner
and a judicial estimate oi the value oi the
,bie.ts sold NcrtAtlWer refused this, out
granted "A delay for Count de tasteliaue 10
20 in America where he received moral
counsel instead Of pecunlary assistance,
Then tutors substituted themselves for Count
de Castellane. and abandoning his friendly
tone. began to make threats. whercupon
Wertheimer allowed the lawsuit 70 proceed
Advoc .te Bonner. who appeared for Count
90 T1st.llsun. made an eloquent speech
which stirred the audience He said II was
necessary. m the interests Of public morality.
IN 4 the suit should take place He referred
= the rntnruyrrs of Wortheimer. Of which.
lie sid, Count de Ca-tellane was the victim.
Wrr-hcimer feurci suit and did every
thing in his power 10 prevent Z Count
te Cl-terlne he added, affirmed that he
never received invoices or accounts
Each delay aSEel Tor Ihu h""n granted
IN condition that he make new purchases.
leaving greater profit for Wertheimer.
who finally proposed exchanges that we're
all ~ hts own advantage and increased Count
de Castellane's debts. This continued until
Werthemer became intolerant and Count
de Castellans went to America All was
changed when the Goulds required accounts.
A lawsuit might have been avoided. Vert
hsimer was now willing 10 grant new delays.
but Count da Castellane showed courage
and engaged In the suit for the sake of public
morality. Mr.. George Gould also favored
It, because he saw that the Castellanes had
no sufficient idea of the value OF money.