The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
IN BITTER SHAME
WOMAN PAYS PENALTY FOR MIS-
PLACED CONFIDENCE IN A
DOCTOR.
DAUGHTER OF SPANISH GRANDEE
FROM HER by ORDER OF
THE COURT.
DAUGHTER OF SPANISH GRANDft
WIFE OF AN ITALIAN NOBLtMAN
LIVES IN BACK ROOM OF A PHAR-
MACY AS A DOCTORS
WIFE.

Chicago, Feb. 2J.-The Countess Lolita
Bollini Della Predosa, daughter of one
of the proudest and ~haughtiest houses OF
the Spanish nobility, and wife, or widow,
she herself does not know which-of the
scion of one of the finest of the old. fam
lilies Of the Italian nobility, to-day paid
the penalty Of q misplaced confidence IN
a young Chicago doctor, when her chill
dren were taken from her by Judge Tut
hill of the juvenile court, on the ground
that she was not a fit person to care
for them and placed them in the homo
for the friendless.
When the Judge delivered his sentence,
the Countess Lolita rose from her chair
with a dazed look, passed her hand across
| her forehead and walked out of the court
room as If she were in a trance. When
she reached the door of the jury room
her children ran screaming to. her. She
gathered them into her arms, and bend
ing over them, broke into a passion OF
wild tears and lamentations in broken
Spanish, Italian, French end English.
Taken From Her.
A last one OF the officers took the chill
dren from the mothers arms, and. tell
ing her that they were only being moved
from her temporarily, handed them over
to Miss Elizabeth Clark of the Children's
Home and Aid society.
The countess fell on her knees at the
officers feet and with Spanish i'm
pstuosity tried to catch his hand In hers.
She fell and lost consciousness. When
she was restored the children were gone.
The two little girls, Polleta and Hen
rietta. aged nine and eleven, and the
little boy, aged seven, who may even now
be Count Herman Bollinf Della Predosa
and the lord of great castles and estates
in Italy, will be kept at the home for
the %frlendless until word can be received
from their grandfather, the Marquis En-
rico Bollini Della Predosa.. who is de-
sirous OF taking them and rearing them
in accordance with their birth and rank.
The little heir lies i'll with typhoid fever
at the infirmary of the home. The baby,
was left with the mother, who refused
absolutely
To Leave It's Father.
The countess is the daughter of Mar
quis Carlos Casa de Campos, brother of
the late Marshal de Campos of Cuba,
who lives on the ancestral estates AT
Barcelona, Spain, where the countess was
brought, up in great luxury. When her
sister married she came with her and
her husband on their wedding trip to
America and Oh the steamer met Count
Herman Bollini Dell. Predosa. The W.
fell madry in love and were married in
New York without the consent of their
Parents. The countess was disinherited
by her father and has never seen
him since.
Tie count, who was a spendthrift, soon
ran through both his money and hers,
and the two parted, he to return TO Eli
rope, she to come to Chicago. She met
and fell in love with DR.. Pickering and in
spite Of
Her Lofty Ideals
and noble sentiments she threw every
thing else to the winds and lived with
/ i'm As his wife in the back room of a
little North side pharmacy.
The countess says she believes that
Ter husband is dead, as neither she nor
her fa+her-ic-law car hear any news of
him.
The Marquis Enrico. her father-in-law,
is ready to receive her. as we'll as her
children, if she will %renounce the doctor,
but the countess says that she loves the
doctor and will not leave. him. The two
have signed a contract that they will be-
come man and wife as soon as the coun-
tess knows that she is free from her hus-
band