The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-17
PREFERS DEATH
ON THE WATERS
Than Live ia Same Country With
Tier Prosecutor.
TORTURE is TOO GREAT
TO ENDURE AND COUNTESS ES
TERHAZY SAILS FOR EUROPE
SIZE Is a DEFENDANT
IN a BIG LAW SUIT.

New York. May lG "If / wer2 moi
afraid 1t would be 100 groat q sratiti
talisa. 10 th2t woman to tnow that
she made me suffer | would say that
an ieaThS the United 81 .tes be
cause can no longer en- ,uro the tl
ture Imposed ~ a me by i moral
dicease and the persecution q Shat
woman
50 spoke the Countess Esterhazy.
WHO sailed for Europe on the Mime.
khaha yesterday.
Her bitter and scarnful utteeanee of
that woman" expresses hatred a-,t
contempt or Mrs. Louise de Lang, VIII
brought suit against her last January
asking 100000 damages for the alien.
alton Of the affections Of her husband
/ by the Countess.
/ Last Monday the Countess cama to
New York from Washington quietly
with her maid, ana in order L. oslpa
! observation secluded herself III suite
in the Hotel Martha Washington.
She explained that her desire IN
keeping her presence in the city I'M
known was to elude the watchful Mr4
de Lang, who also is in New York.
II have been in Baltimore visiting
my relatives explained the Countess.
and corsulting an emminent special
list was Informed that ii was i'm
possible to do anything for nc, and
! must merely abide b. the will Of
God. | am frightened at The thought
Of crossing the ocean in my present
state Of health, but | would rather
take the risk than stay Oh The same
soil with that woman,
4 shall join Prince Estorhazy in
London. and 80 with him to the Ester
hazy estates in Hungary
NO, | do not know that woman, |
never met her and never saw her that
| know of How should /? Such per-
sons as she has never been my assoc
Gates
The Countess has the pride of birth
and the bearing OF woman ii OK
tensiyc experience She was Carroll
of Maryland, and the best blood of
that state runs in the veins of her
knfolk. Her first husband was Gen.
Griffin, Of Ohio, to whom a memorial
was recently erected at West Point
After his death she married Count
Macmillan Esterhgzy who was in the |
diplomatic service. and with him spent |
much time abroad and was wen !
.lnoWn In tho society OF several Euro /
paan capitals. In recent years She |
mas spent most Of the time II, Wash /
ington, having lived during the last
year at the Everett in that city She |
Is between 60 ana 70 years old but |
exceedingly well preserved and retail |
ing much Of the charm thai made hel |
SO fascinating in her younger years /
Her voice and accent are those OF !
the s nth. ANA she is an easy co-aer |
sacionalist She has many devoted !
friends, all Of whom are eager to /
wow their belief in her innocence.
Mrs. LoHis de Lang, who brought I
the suit in Washington, has had al
mcst as an eventful career ais She /
woman whom She is suing. She is
young but she was married several /
years ago /. Mr. Mcdowell. Her
mother Is a wi low. living in Wawea /
ton, Va and she has q brother in the (
consular service. Her father was the
late Gov Moore, we'll known in Wash.
ingtCn
The Countess alleges that Mrs
i.onisa Mcdowell was not legally mar
ried t. Mr do Lang and therefore has
no right to sue for the alienation Of
his affections
The CouGtess met Mr. dc Lang. q
handsome Swiss, who had been di
}crcod from hi first wife in Chicago
Al. Deer Pork. Mo, in the summer Of
1902.
MIR dc Lang now alleges that their
marriage was not legal because In
this country both civil and religious
ceremonies are required The Dc
l,angs only had one ceremony. That
was performed in Manassas, Va. in
February, 1908.
m attempt was made to serve TIE
papers in the suit against the Com
tess Esterhazy on January 2, 1901 An
officer waited for her at her apart
mcnts in the Everett She evidently
expected the suit for she eyinced no
surprise. but refused to accept the pa
Ders Taey were placed on her SHOULD
Or and fen 10 the 1ogF.
The charges in The bill simply al
Iegel hat ftha Countess Esterllazy
la1 from August 3 TO December n.
1903, "wickcdly and maliciously alien
tied the domestic AMI social affection
IF Martin le Lang" On which accoutt (
he plaintiff claimed that her doues-
fc AMI social affections hal bscn
damaged 10 the extent # 100000.
Friends Of the Countess say that
i French maid who had been lis.
charged is responsible for much Of the
roubie. having maiicionaly uttered
ran false statements.
An atiemp. vas r.ade to serve ?
summons on tie Countess bg an Of.
icer of the court e the District of