The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-15
ANNA GOULD GETS A DIVORCE.
COURT REFUSES TO ALLOW All
.HONH TO CiSTELLANE.
''Thank God. the Gould Family Is Rid Of This
Good rOr Naught Count Says George
>. GOu d-COuntess Pleased. as Is Her
siste or. HeIen-she VIII Live IN Paris.
Special CaOie Despatch 10 The SUN.

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Special Cable Despatch TO The SUN.
PARIS, Nov. li.-Judge Ditto rendered
his decision in the Castellane case to-day,
granting the Countess a divorce and denying
the Counts petition for alimony.
The president Of the court read the de-
cision at noon. Count de Castellane is
condemned TO pay the costs of the suit,
and the Countess is to lave the custody
Of the children. but n forbidden to take
them out of France without the Counts
permission and the permission Of the Court.
The Count is to be allow ed to see the
children at the residence of his mother,
the Marquise de Castellane, on Thursdays
and Sundays from 11:3O A. M. till $50 p. M,
and also have them with him for a week
at Christmas and Easter and for a month
each summer. He notify the Countess
in advance il he desires them in July or
August. Otherwise the Countess may
demand their company as a matter OF right
in the month of September.
The divorce il granted on the ground OF
the Count intldelity in 1898 and at other
times, and also on the ground OF his wounds
to the Countess's self-respect in his letters.
Should the Countess want to take the
children out OF France she must make
application to the Court in the presence OF
the Count. Should he refuse TO be present
the Court may grant the permission in
his absence.
A notary, or administrator, is appointed
TO ascertain and determine the financial
responsibilities OF both the Count and
Countess.
When Edmund Kelly, the American law
yer, drove to the Castellane mansion and in
formed the Countess Of the result. her first
expression was. Il am delighted" She re-
peated this several times, and her words
show ed that there had been little foundation
for the Count : hope that she would change
her mind before the inevitable happened.
When Mr.. Kelly read 10 her the second
part Of the decree, in which full satisfac-
ton was given to the Count as regards the
children, she iared up Indignantly. This
was the only cloud that married her salts
faction and il was difficult for the lawyer
to convince her that it was impossible for
the Court not to consider the natural rights
Of the father and the provisions Of the law.
Nine. Gould, a. the Countess will here
after be known, intends to reside per-
manently in France. She is fond of the
French capitol and will make her home
in Paris. She has. according TO report,
no intention of ever again settling in
America.
Miss Helen Gould, who has been in Paris
for some time. having come here especially
to comfort her sister, was as pleased as the
latter when MIR. Kelly brought the news of
the divorce,
Count Boni de Castellane may now he
said to AVE no home He is staying for
the present with his father and mother
in Rue Constantine. He still owns some
estates consisting Of three chateaux at
Rochec6te, Grignan and Ac1sta. forest
lands at Beugnies and a farm at BoutaSsaint,
but most of these estates, II is said, are
heavily encountered with mortgages.
He has 400 eco francs worth of debts.
How 20 get rid Of this loan will probably
puzzle him unless he decides TO become
as successful a. a gentleman farmer as he
was as a society man.
DENvER, Col, Nov. Ii.-W hen asked what
he thought OF the outcome Of his sisters
suit for divorce GeorgeJ Gould said to-day:
The decision is a fair and just one. II
was really the only finding that could
have been made by an impartial court in
view OF the evidence. I am certainly
pleased with the outcome but do not care
to discuss the matter further, Thank God.
the Gould family is rid of this good for
naught Count, who has been such a trouble
maker"
Mr.. Gould had nothing TO say definitely
concerning his sisters future but gave
the opinion that as the children remain in
heI custody only while she is in France
she will undoubtedly make her home in that
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