Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-14
THE CASTELLANE
 DIVORCE GRANTED Ead of tho Famous Suit Came Suddtl- j. and Surprised the Count and
 His Friends
COUNTESS GETS CHILDREN
But Cannot Take Them From france Without Consent
 of Father.

Paris, Nov 14-The tribunal of
 first instance of the Seine, Judge Ditte presiding. to-day granted di- vorce to the Countess de Castellane
 formerly Anna Gould of New York; and gave her the custody of her children, who, however, will not be allowed to be taken from France without the consent or their father, Count Boni de Castellane.
 The end of the famous case came suddenly. The court brushed aside the demand of the counts lawyers for an examination of the witnesses and, as anticipated, the public prose- cutor did not even ask to be heard.
 Az soon as the court assembled Judge Ditte handed down the judg- ment. which is a sweeping victor, for the countess. In granting her petition for divorce, the court gave the countess the custody of her chil dren, the count being allowed only the usual rights to see them and share in the control of their educa- tion, which is not contested.
 The count is given the right to see the children at stated periods at ths home of their grandmother and keep them a month annually during the holidays.
 The counts demand for an "ali- pentary allowance of $50.000 an nually" was pronounced by the court to be without foundation in law and was rejected.
 The only point decided in the counts favor was the imposition of an inhibition on the countess to take the children out of France without their fathers consent
 The court appointed the president of the chamber of notaries to liqui- date the affairs of the husband and wife.
 The. iudgusnt was glvsa with costs against the count. The decree. the reading 0f wAich hardly con sumed i've minutes. was delivered by the judge In . voice 90 low as to be practically inaudible to the eager crowd filling the court room. Many women climbed tho chairs in vain efforts to hear the decision and when they were aware that divorce we granted they seemed actually to re- sent the loss of . public trial at which people in high society would be compelled to testify.
 Anna Gould. the youngest daugh- ter of the late Jay Gould, was mar ried to Count Ernest Boniface de Cas- tellane. the eldest son of the Marquif de Casteliane. at the New York home of her brother. George J. Gould, March f. 1905. the late Archbishop Corrigan ofnciating. Mis Gould's dowry was understood to have been $1S.000, ,000. and 1t was further stat cd that her income was $500. .000 year. Immediately after the mar riage the couple left the Unite States for France where the extrav; gant manner In which they lived at tracted attention. About i've years after the marriage the count and countess were reported to be finan c,ally embarrassed, 1t being alleged that the count had already spent about S7.0O0. 900 of his wife's money. An adjustment of their aRairs b came necessary and considerable liti- gation followed. with the result that the Gould family intervened and the income of the countess was cut down 10 3200,000.
 On February of the present yea, the Countess de Casteliane entere, . plea for divorce before Judge Ditte in the court of first instance of the Seine and he. in conformity with the French law. endeayored to arrange q reconciliation before allowing . deii- nite suit to proceed. The efforts to reconcile the couple were uneuccess- ful and sensational reports were cir culated regarding the count's con. duct.
 On October 31 the hearing of the plea for divorce began before JudRe Ditte. Maitre Cruppi appearing for the countess and Ma.tre Bonnet for the count. Testimony in the shape letters written by the count to wom- en. and % on. was presented and the case was adjourned to November :. when the final pleas were made ana the suit vas adjourned until Noyem- Der l4. On the following day. No vember s. the case of the counts creditors was presented to the court and adjourned for two weeks.
 The thrce children of fha r.ss.t- lanes are George. Boni and Jay. the last being the youngest and name | after the late Jay Gould.
 Stripped of the details of the text the formal counts apon which the st- forneys of the Countess de Casfer,,ne I asked Sor . divorce were as fojlovs.
 1. Soon afser his marriage Count 6e Casteilane began the purrhass of | furniture at rfdiculously sxorottaut | prices and immediately rssoA it. Wien the plaintiff protested the count sbused her iu the presence of seranfs.
 i Upoa the siisktest prs,exts cosnt de CasteiIane created srssss. eoing to the extsnt of strfkfnx the piainffR. rn the courss of one of lhsss scsnes ax Rocheco<fe. durfue lhs autumn of 1888. ths ooussn9 vas brutaIiy p1Beh>6 by hss hnsband. nn1 t1s naxt 1ny vhfIs GAs uss s<1II I19er1ne frU9 hh vlsssass ehs ss- 's..sa sns aose . n AnssaaaJ