The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-07
COURT IS CROWDED.
Trial of the C%asteIIane Divorce Case Is
Resumed

Paris, Nov. THE court room in
lRe palace of justice occupied BY the
tribunal OF first instance of the Seine,
1Iage Ditto presiding, was again
crowded today when the hearing Of
me divorce suit by the Countess De
NasteEane, formerly Anna Gould,
against her husband, Count Bon1, was
resumed.
Maitre Cruppi of counsel for the
countess, reviewed the points he had
covered last week. referring to the
reckless fashion in which the count
had spent millions of the countess
money while allowing her only a Mig
gardly few hundred francs monthly
LOT pin money, N n occasion brutal
j refusing to Increase her allowance
70 5000 a month. Counsel declared
that the proofs of the counts inndehtY
and cruelty contained in the thirteen
allegations made last week were SUM-
cient TO justify q divorce thO sum
moning witnesses.
As evidence of the countess gener-
oaity, counsel cited the agreement OF
1888 by which the counts father ana
mother were guaranteed a life income
of IS, 800 n $1,000 respectively, ana
again laid special stress on the couh-
tess intention not to abandon the
country Of her adoption, u 10 rear
her boys as Frenchmen.
Aaitre Cruppi then plunged Directly
into the counts maneuTers, since the
dtForce proceedings were instituted 10
~reconquer his wife's affections.
After the failure of the attempt at
arranging a reconciliation February J.,
when the countess was granted the
temporary custody of her children
Count BOni began a systematic cam
69aign, writing to the countess letters
filled with avOWals Of sincere repent
ance. suppIieations for pardon. pas
sionatc words and professions OF INDY
ing love. The counts letters described
his life as being wrecked and SAID ne
was unable to live without her.
y on have been my life, he de
clared in one of his letters; your alb
sence VIII be my death. Fake me back
once more. will live only Tor YOU.
Let me embrace you and once more
feel YOU in my arms, ana so on On
February %. the countess sent q cold
rejoinder. informing the count that
she had suffered too much u had
lost all affection for him and all con-
hdence In his honor and veracity, con-
GLIDING with the statement that she
found him disgusting"
The counts tone changed. The
next day he sent to the countess a let
ter in which he upbraided her for be
ing "a mad woman actuated by nate
and Eengefulness. saying n q thelr
children would some day reproach her
for her "spitefulness.'
But the count soon resumed writing
love letters to the countess. begging to
be allowed to see her and predicting
that be would soon die
The letters continued until the middle
Of September, when the count wrote
that he would not long survive. plead
ing to see the countess and asking her
to at least grant him a supreme favor,
saying:
IF I am in danger come. DO not
let me die alone like an abandoned
dog"
It was then. said Maitre Cruppi, that
the countess. worn out with her hus-
bands insincerity. wrote him three
postal cards. one of which read:
My response is the refusal of a re-
spectacle woman to see such a Hber-
tine
The wording of the other postal cards
was especially emphatic reading: do
not hin I am so stupid as Madame X
imagines."
The last postal card was signel
witt much profound scorn."
Continuing, Maitre Cruppi declared
that the COUNTS paternal rights would
he amply protected. The children viii
remain in France and their father
would have opportunities to see thera