The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-01
Proceedings Show Him to
Have Been Unfaithful and
AWfuIIy Extravagant
lis SCORED BY COUNSEL
PASSIONATE LETTERS READ IN
COURT WHICH BONI SENT TO
OTHER WOMEN-HOUNDED HIS
WIFE FOR MONEY.
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Paris, Oct. 31.-The Castellane d.
vorce case was heard before Nj. Henry
Ditto, political tribunal of first in
stance. Neither the count nor the
countess were present. Maitre Cruppi
for the countess. pleaded for divorce
on the documentary evidence submit
ted
In an extended review, counsel de.
clared that the countess at tn, be-
ginning of the suit was not acting
under influence. but solely for the
purpose of ending forever the peril OF
the moral desoiation Of her house
hold. He explained the marriage con-
tract, by which the regime of separa-
ton of property was established from
the very beginning, and stated that
domestic difficulties are over the
question of money. Ill treatment
soon followed, the count even strik-
Ing the plaintin before the servants.
When he reached the question OF in
fidelity charged against the count,
Maitre Cruppi did not mention names
or even initials, designating the CO.
respondents as Madame A." Mad
anne b. and so on.
Maitre Cruppi asked that the coun-
tess be given the custody Of her three
children. Counsefs presentation Of
the case o the plaintiff constituted a
complete and pitiful story. a wreck
of her married life, due primarily to
the counts inordinate extravaganza.
Even in spite OF this domestic in
felicity, the countess was too good
and scrupulous to begin an &C
ton for divorce until she possessed
full proof She was only 20 when she
was married in 1895, and Maitri Crup-
pi asserted, the happiness of the
honeymoon was disturbed on their
arrival in Paris by the counts de-
mands for money. The countess in
come was then 100000, and the count
allowed her $50 pin money. The court
room was crowded with people,
among whom We're many Americans.
In recounting the counts infidelity,
the first instance cited by counsel was
that with a married woman, describ-
ed as Madame A." in 1898. The cor
respondence was conducted through
NJ Moret, the counts secretary. The
countess accidentally discovered in
the Castellane chateau a packet of
love letters, and when she protested
the count struck her. The countess
eventually placed the letters in the
custody of a lawyer.
M. Cuppi read passionate extracts
from one of the love letters, fixing a
rendezvous at Dion. 1t read: Il am
kissing you on the neck. Do you feel
it," and so On. Counsel also detailed
liasons with Madame B" and Ma
dame c. whom the count met in
apartments which he rented in differ
ent parts of Paris.
M. Cruppi read from q note book
kept by the cook of an apartment,
giving brutally plain details of what
counsel characterized as an unpardon-
able offense against the countess. He
also recounted the liason with
Madame c." whose maid mounted
guard, and signalled from a window
when the coast was clear. But, coun-
sci continued, the counts love affairs
were not confined to ladies of society.
They included numerous other wo.
men, the reading of whose letters
created merriment in court.
NJ Cruppi had not finished his
preparation of the case when the hear
ino uoc oJio,,rpod until ravf