The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-07
count, BROKE,
. SELLS HIS WATCH.
CdSteIIane Too Proud to
Borrow from His
Wife.
COUNTESS WILLING
TO SHARE CHILDREN
First Authoritative Statement Re-
garding Troubles of Castellanes
is Given To-day BY Aneri-
can Lawyer, Counsel
% Countess D
Castellane.
Especial Cable to The Times. . dispatch
and New York WORLDLY

Especial G able to The Times. Dispatch
and Now York WORLDLY
PARiS, February 6.-Swift retrbu-
ton Of tragic kind. even II II have
comic element, has overtaken Count
eoni De castelane for the wronas
suffered at his hands by his
american wife, nee Anna Gould.
Monday evening found Count eonl
without his watch. IL Is
heav'ly Jeweled chronometer, that
cost an enormous sum. Its purchase
was one OF the earliest OF hls most.
marital extravagances. Il is upon
lmpeachabIe authority that your cor
respondent reports the otherwise In.
credible fact that Count Bont has
been obliged to sell outright this
watch and articles Of personal lew
elry In order to provide himself with
pocket money for his ordinary daily
requirements.
When the Count and Countess
parted 80 suddenly the Counts per-
sonai bank account happened to be
exhausted, not tnfrequent state Of
affairs. He was too angry, or too
proud, or perhaps too much afraid
Of rebuff, to appeal to his wife for
current spending money. His deter
minatlon to keep secret the fact Of
his domestic calamity SC long as
there remained any hope OF patching
up reconciliation prevented him
from tapping the purses Of his friends.
She Faces Count in Court.
Especial Cable to Tho Times Dispatch and
New York Worid.)
Copyright by New York World, 1867
PARIS. February G.-Eaimond Kelly.
the American lawyer, who is counsel tc
the Countess Boni de Castellane Cne,
Could in her suit against her husband
consented to-day to discuss the case with
your correspondent. The proceedings be
fore Judge Henry Ditte. IN the Court o
First Instance having heen secret. tG,.
Interview is the first original siatemeni
OF the proceedings there.
Mr.. Kelly was careful not to refer II
any way to the women of Partisan so
ciety who have been mentioned in con.
nection with the Countess suit In fact
he said In the beginning: at is obyiou.
that can tell you only what know
the Countess is not unwilling to hav,
made public.
1T is a fact" continued Mr. Kelly
that on Thursday President Ditte. il
the Court OF First Instance, awarded
provisional control of tho children I,
their mother. To this end he first ac
corded her legal domicile in the Hote
Bristol. Then both parties appeared be
fore him.
1t had been understood that coun,
Roni was not present in court at thi.
original hearing. being represented b,
counsel only, but 1t appears from thi.
statement that the now estranged hus
band and wife met in the tribunal.
1t is not possible at this time to sa,
when the case will come into court. nos.
sibly not for a month, possibly not fol
several months.
Il do not feel at liberty to enter int.
any discussion OF the financial side OF
the final settlement to be reached.
call your attention, however. to the fac
that this suit is for a separation ant
not for a divorce. as heretofore reported
You are authorized to contradict tn,
sensational story afloat to the effect tina
the Countess is determined to take he
children to America and never Sc,
France again. She has no such inten.
ton. She is not seeking entirely TO
separate father and children. She will
not dispute his right of access to them
Indeed, she will be content II the cour
permits her to have them with her fol
a certain number of months in the year
including the right to travel with them'
Mrs. Howard Gould Sails.
Special TO The Times Dispatch.)
NEW YORK, February 6.-Alrs. How.
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