The age-herald., 1901-03-15
CASTELLANE
 SLAPPED FACE
 OF AN EDITOR The Affair is Now the SGnsa-
 ton of Paris M DE RODAYS TIE VICTIM Boni Took His Father and
 Friend as Witnesses DUEL WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW An Article In the Figaro In Regard To the De RouIede Incident Was the Cause of the Pre-
 mediated Attack.
Boni Took His Father and
 Friend as Witnesses
DUEL WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW

Paris, March 14-Count Boni de Castel. lane thrashed M. Fernand de Rodays, ed> tor of the Figaro, today for stating that he, M. De Castellane had betrayed tina de Roulede plot on the occasion of tha funeral of the late President Faure, Feb, ruary 2s, 1899. A duel is expected.
 Count de Castellane interpreted a para graph in the Figaro alluding to him He was accompanied today by his father the Marquis de Castellane, and a news. paper friend, M. Morel They proceeded to the residence of M de Rodays, in the rue de la Chaussee D'Antin, situated in the center of Paris. The count asked td see M. de Rodays, and was ushered into the writer's study. M. de Rodays later received the party in his dressing room. Count de Castellane said:
 You published in the Figaro this morns ing an abominable paragraph against me-"
 M. de Rodays replied that he did not understand what the count meant, to which the latter retorted hotly;
 twill you retract or not?''
 Boxed His Fears.
 To this M. de Rodays replied by ex-
 
 eously eouched and that no mention. .asas--- made of the name of Count de casfellane. Then. without further ado. Count de Cas- tellane boxed M de Rodays ears severely and repeatedly.
 M de Rodays, who was seated, recoiled, and M. De CastelIane followed him up and slapped his face again.
 The Marquis De Castellane and M. Morel then interposed and protected M. De Rodays from further violence.
 The Castellane party then withdrew.
 The affair is the sensation of Paris. Since the speech of M De Roulede at San Sebastian last month, in which he intimated that the royalists of Paris had notified the police of his attempted coup d etat, after his refusal to allow the Duke of Orleans to appear in the ranks of the agitators, very great interest has been aroused respecting the identity of the royalist emissary who approached M De Roulede and M. Marcel -Habert on that occasion, the names suggested in- cluding Jules Guerin, the hero of Fort Charbrol, while the royalists decided that the emissary acted in behalf of them The duel arranged to take place possibly today tomorrow near Lausanne. between NM. De Roulede and Buffet, the agent of the Duke of Or leans is apdirect outcome of the discuss sion on the subject of the coup d'etat which failed
 Cause of the Trouble.
 The paragraph in the Figapo which was the immediate cause of the assault upon M. De Rodays, was as follows: People have been asking who is the person M De Roulede wished to desig- nate. It appears that he is a member of parliament and 1t is affirmed that he Is the young deputy whose name is best known, and who on the eve of starting for America with his young wife last week very Loyalty delayed his departure in order to reply if necessary to the polemics which may develop"
 Count de Castellane has written tho following letter to the newspapers here:
 Reading the Figaro I was filled with indignation at the perfidous insinuation accusing me of treachery. I begged my father and friend M. Morel to ae- company me to the residence of M. de Rodays. The latter received us after few brief observations to which he gave responses, I inflicted on him merited correction l reserve a sim liar one for any person permitting him self the same accusations"
 M. de Rodays gave the following ac. count of the affair: a.
 q received the card of Marquis de Gas. tellane, whom I instructed to be shown in immediately I, myself, in the presence of three persons, the marquis, the count and a third person whose name I don't know. The marquis said:
 The Marquis Story.
 You insulted my son.. Count Bonl de Castellane then asked me for an ex- planation regarding a paragraph in the Figaro. l replied that the paragraph was in no way offensive to him, and that on the contrary it was worded in the most terms and that his name was not mentioned. The count then threw himself upon me and punched me without even giving me time to defend myself believe 1t was a prearranged attack.Y Count de Castellane was interviewed to- day at his residence on the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne on his return from the residence of M. de Rodays He said: "Yes I boxed M. de Rodays' ears sew and M. Morel. who is the editor of the now and can give you particulars of the 
 The count, who was calm and smiling. hen retired to his study, and the Mar luis de Castellane gave the following ac- count Of the affair:
 "The paragraph In Figaro clearly desig- ,ated Boni as the traitor of whom M. ieRoulede spoke but Boni could not have lcted such role nor be suspected of 80 iaring thing. It was a most outrageous nsult Boni wanted explanations of M. leRodays and begged us to accompany