Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-09
AMERICAN WIVES
GAIN SYMPATHY.
Marlborough and Castellane Cases Not
Believed to Have Besn Half
Told as Yet

NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-Cable dis
patches today tell of the troubles of the
Aarlboroughs and Castellanes. the all
absorbing topic. Special interest i'll
them is contained in the facts of how
the Castellane scandal got out.
One day. only few months after her
marriage eleven years ago. the countess
approached her husband, who was writ
ing. Leaning affectionately on his shout
der she glanced down at his desk and
read:
Thou alone are lacking TO my happinesS
BONI
Realizing that she had seen the CON
Gliding words of his love miSsive, the
count sprang to his feet and i'll tower
ing rage struck lis wife in the face. Nor
was his anger checked by any lingering
shame because of servants presence.
Finds Dummy in Bed.
Maitre Cruppi told, too of the coun-
tess going to her husbands bedroom one
morning. She called him; no answer.
He sleeps sOundly," she thought and
approached the bed. where motionless
figure was stretched. 1t was dummy.
AS the countess left the bed chamber
she met her husband coming from the
room of one of their guests, Il married
woman, who bears noble and a historic
name, whom the lawyer called only
Madame A. He read letter signed
by this woman; the countess found 1t,
soon after the episode of the lay figure,
in an unlocked writing desk in the Cas-
tellane chateau.
Begged for $500; Got Slap.
The lawyer declared that one day the
countess begged her husband for an adj
ditional $500 for her own purposes. He
struck her in the face as rebuke to her
extravaganza. While he has been squan-
dering $S.00O,0O0 she has had only S4O,-
600, besides her pin money, with which
to maintain her position.
In August, 1900. Count Boni, to
avenge himself on her brother, George
Gould, determined to abandon his wife
and did, in fact, leave their residence.
He left a letter saying he had only TO-
600 francs on which to live until he
could earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow. The letter is only Il silly appeal
to woman,s feelings; in it he calls the
Friend" and tells her he is going to
China.
London Full of Talk
Not in years has London society
supped SO full of scandal as over the
quarrel between the American Duchess
of Marlborough and her noble husband.
1t is the absorbing topic of conversation
in Mayfair. Every one, particularly the
dukes friends, has new information
concerning it which the auditors greed
lily swallow, while they roll their eyes in
pious horror
Meantime the duchess maintains her
accustomed womanly pose; her sweet
dignity is unruffied; she seems deaf to
the din of gossip.
agreed upon ye.. For the present the
three children are in the care of their
grandmother, the Marchinoess of Bland
ford. at Blenheim.
Hints on Dukes Side.
The duke has engaged Sir George
Lewis, the famous and fashionable law
yer, to maintain his cause. The calm
duchess has placed her interests in the
no less capable hands of the Hon.
Charles Russell. son of the late lord
chief justice.
His friends now venture to hint that
charges far moro serious and compro-
by both sides. The most daring of them
whisper that the duchess made to her
husband a defiant confession of astound-
ing character, and that the duke is de
termined to get a divorce.
A week ago yesterday the duchess
telegraphed to Woodstock ordering that
all her belongings be removed from Blcn,
ltlIl Diltltc W t0ullutl ldllu IOliSt, lllt
town residence, where she is living il
quiet.
Takes Famous Necklace
Among the duchess possessions re-
moved from Blenheim are the famous
pearls, her fathers present, besides the
necklace of black pearls she had as a
bridal gift.
The duke is making arrangements al
ready to let Blenheim, which he cannot
off 70 tuJ nj
American money For example, it is
said to cost $1,000 year to keep clean
the hundreds of windows in the palace
He will live probably in one of the
small houses on his estate, as Wood
stock, the principal dover house. is let.