The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-08
Said His Heart Was Opening
Like a Flower In the Sun
COUNTESS SPURNED HIM
She Wrote His Constituents That She
Regretted That She Had Married
Rogue Instead Of an
Honest Man.

Paris, Nov. s. Afaitre Criippi, coun
sci for the Countess Dc Castcllane IN
her suit for divorce, resumed yester-
day his opening speech, which was IN
terrupted BY the adjournment Of the
court last Wednesday. The court room,
IL which no provision u made Tor rel
porters, vas crowded
AIaitre cruppi read many letters from
The Counte de Castellane, addressed to
his wife, IN which he protested that he
still loved her and regretted his of
fenscs. He also read one from the
countess 70 her husband It was dry
and brusquc in tone She said that She
had found him beneath contempt, and
was firm III Der determination u secure
a divorce. The letters were dated be-
tween March and May. 1906 The let
tiers Of the count were full of flowers
II speech,
Maitre Cruppi scored the count. says
ing that he was attaching more impor
lance to the question Of money in the
case than To that OF divorce. Gruppi
denied vigorously the accusation Of the
other side, connecting the countess nama
with the names Of two prominent men.
He said that in making the charge the
count was relying upon a forged docu-
Dfent. a8
Cruppi rccited the terms offered by
the countess last july, namely, 100000
francs u year and 100000 in cash Tor
the payment Of his individual debts,
she TO pay the household debts This
offer the count refused, as he preferred
not to receive the 100000 francs and
to wait To see whether She could not Be
made 70 pay all his debts. which proved
TO amount to 100000 francs. The
countess later repeated her offer with
an increase Of the counts annual in
come, when her estate should have been
cleared.
There was laughter IN the court room
when Cruppi read telegram the count
ess had sent to the counts constituents
Of Bases Alpes, who had congratulated
her on his reelection to the chamber.
IN the telegram She expressed regret
that she had married rogue instead
Of an honest man.
One OF the counts flowers Of speech
in letter written TO the countess af
ter her brusque note already referred
to- was thus Nv heart Il opening
ike flower IN the sun
Aaitre Cruppi finished his speech at
$3.50 o'clock and Maitre Bonnet opened
the case on behalf on the count, BY say
ing that the money alleged to have
been spent BY the count on himself had
been spent in building and furnishing
the house on the Bots de Boulogne. In
fact, his father had sold property in or
der to assist his sons estate, Bonnet
said Ii was nonsense to saw that the
countess had ever been short Of mon.
ey. She could AWAY get 1000 francs
BY asking Caehard Mr. Cachard is a
member OF the law firm OF Cachard &
peartree, who represent Coudert Broth
ers Of New York here and have charge
of the interests OF the Gould estate ii
the Gastellane case. The countess. as
matter OF fact, Bonnet said. was
always buying iewelry. He protested
vigorously against the language the
countess had used IN her telegram. to
the voters Of Basses Alpes and ii post
cards. referring to the count.
The chief point in Maitre Bonnet's
speech was m attack upon Edmond
Kelly, the countess attorney, as the
chief cause Of the case being carried on.
He described many attempts made by
Kelly TO obtain evidence by offering
money for Il
Bonnet stigmatized the accusations
against the count as personal cruelty
and as absolute faisehoods The court
adjourned until today before the coun
sci for the defense had finished