The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-26
.RUSSELLS KEEP COURTS
BUSY WITH THEIR SUITS
Former Countess Was Beaten and
Abused by Her Footman Hus-
band and Ex-Servant.
NO SYMPATHY FOR HER

LONDON, Dec. 25.-The divorced Countess
Russell seems to have had cruel reason
to repent her consent to resume married
life with her husband, William Brown,
after mis- release from the prison into
which he had been thrown for having
made a false declaration in the marriage
register by representing himself to be
Prince Athrobald Stewart de Modena.
natural son OF the Emperor of Austria.
For Brown, who was former valet and
the son OF a coachman still in domestic
service. is shown to have commenced ILL
using Lady Russell from the moment that
she consented to remain his wife, after
his release from JAIL In fact, the evidence
presented in the London divorce court,
which mas recently granted a divorce in
her favor, shows that Brown was in the
habit of beating and kicking her. her
health entirely giving way under the bru-
tallty TO which she subjected.
Lady Russell has been so foolish and
her conduct so unsavory in the past es-
pecially with regard to the horrible charges
that she publicly brought against her first
husband, Earl Russell, and was forced ig-
ANONYMOUSLY TO withdraw, that she does
not deserve much sympathy. And yet
one cannot but feel sorry for woman
who, of gentle birth and reared in affiuence.
nnds herself, while still relatively young
and good looking, forced to appeal to the
courts for protection against the ill-usage
OF husband who is not merely an i'm
poster and former servant, but likewise
who has done time in Jail.
Meanwhile Lord Russell himself has been
engaged in legal proceedings brought
against him by some London house agent
about a commission which they claimed he
owed them. Indeed, Lord Russell and his
ex-Wife each seem determined to keep the
illustrious and historic name which they
bear before the public by means of legal
arrangements, and In connection with more
or less unsavory lawsuits. They are, it
would appear, resolved that their country
men should have no opportunity Of forget
ting the former shocking divorce suit.
Lord Russell appeared defendant in the
charges brought against him by his wife.
Then he sued her for divorce, equally with
out success. After that his most intimate
friend instituted proceedings against Lady
RusselIs mother, Lena Lady Scott, for
against his wife and his mother-in-law;
then Lord Russell himself brought a libel
suit against the latter and had Lady Scott
sentenced TO a term of prison. After that
he took prominent part In the bankruptcy
proceedings against his mother-in-law
then he went to America, obtained a di-
vorce in the West and proceeded to marry
an English woman, for which he was prose-
cuted on his return by Lady Russell No.
for bigamy, his trial on this charge by the
House of Lords landing him in Jail for
about year, and now here he is again at
law with the house agent to whom / have
referred. His former wife is every bit as
persistent In keeping her name before the
public and in the intervals between her
various lawsuits manages to attract atten-
ton by appearing in performances of the
song and dance variety at the music halls.
1t will be interesting to see what will
happen next. For it may be safely assumed
that, having succeeded in obtaining a di-
vorce from her footman husband she will
ere long once again make bid for public
attention by some new sensation of the un-
SavOry order.