The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
.COUN EEsss HAD SPY On
BONI De clsTELLANE
Tutor Found Proofs Against
the Count and Then the
Wife Acted,

yourna, SPECIAL Service.
London, Feb. 10.-The scandal in the
Castellasfe household excites almost as
much interest in London as in Paris
and extraordinary versions of this cul-
minating quarrel are circulating in
smart society here.
One story is that the countess es-
tahlished in the Castellane mansion an
unobtrusive, well bred American, osten-
s1b1y as u tutor for he rsons, but really
to, closely watch Count Boni and to
learn ON what foundations rested the
reports of his marital forgetfulness
which had reached even his wife s.
ears. &Esst7S
1t is told in the boudoirs and clubs
here that this tutor brought off a
coup by gaining entrance to a mag
nifcent bachelor establishment main
tanned by Count Boni and some Of his
friends. Here the extreme height of
gayety reigned and here, report has it,
were found letters from several French
women of highest position.
Rich Woman Paid.
One of the most extraordinary Tea
lures Of this cooperative bachelor es-
tablishment was that some particularly
wealthy women helped defray its i'm
mense expenses. A letter from one
such woman was found, it is said, COW
ering a check for $4,000 100000
francs}.
Immediately after the discovery
Countess Boni left her palace and in
stalled herself and her children at the
Hotel Bristol. From there she wrote
her husband ordering him to leave her
home, 50 that she might be at liberty
to return there and offering him a large
sum to consent to an uncontested di-
vorce. rs.
Count Boni, in whose composition
much combativeness enters, refused the
offer polnt-blank. He declared that the
countess and himself were the victims
of "a plot laid by the members of her
family, who have always been anxious
to separate them, he said. But the
countess, well knowing there was no
such plot, replied that since Count Boni
desired a public scandal she could not
prevent him from enjoying it and she
would proceed to seek a legal separa-
ton from him.
Countess Implacable.
Since then the Castellane family has
brought all manner Of influence to bear
on the American countess. Countess
Jean de Castellane, in particular, has
been interchangeable in her efforts to
bring about at least the appearance of
reconciliation.
But Countess Boni has turned at last.
Her friends declare that she said with
an answering determination worthy
of her father, Jay Could -
.... ~ have had enough of all the Castel-
lanes. | am going. to finish with them
now and forever.'
Her children are devotedly attached
to her.
AS everyone knows, Count Boni is
more than regal in his extravagances
1t was this constantly increasing drair
on her purse that originally aroused
his wife s suspicious. Even now, it il
said, she is taking action not so mucf
on her own account as for her children
who would be nearly beggard if thei1
father continued to play ducks ani
brakes with fortune even as great as
hers.
The Children's Future
Friends Of Countess Anna say tina
she will probably return to Americ;
and educate her children there. 1
is doubtful, however, whether tn
French courts would agree to the eldes
son leaving France definitely, as he i
Count Boni's heir. This question O.
what to do with the children is likel,
to prove difficult one to settle. 1
Countess Anna agrees to any delay il
pushing the divorce proceedings it will
probably be in the. hope of workin,
upon the sensibilities of the court. s,
as to obtain absolute custody of he
children.