Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-11-01
OPENING PLEA IN" cAsTELLANE
DIVORCE SUIT ~ COUNSEL
FOR COUNTESS.
MONEY PRIMARY CAUSE OF DISPUTE
ILL TREATMENT AND INFIDELlTY
ALSO ALLEGED As CAUSE
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Paris, Nov. 1.-The Castellane di.
vorce case was heard during the after
. noon before M. Henry Ditto, president
OF the tribunal.of first instance Of the
Seine. Neither the count nor the;
countess was present. Maitre Cruppi,
for the countess, pleaded for a divorce
upon the documentary evidence SUBJ
mftted. ,.,..%
In an extended review counsel de-
clared that the countess, at the be-
ginning Of the suit, was not acting un-
der influence, but solely for the pur-
/ pose Of ending forever the peril Of the
moral desolation Of the household. He
stated that domestic dificulties arose 1
over the question Of money. I'll treat
ment Soon followed, the count even
striking the plaintiff before the serv-
ants. u.
When he reached the question Of the
infidelity charged against the count
Maitre Cruppi did not mention names,
or even initials, designating the CO.,
respondents az M dame a, 1" 81 Madame
B" and so on.
Counsel for the countess spoke for
an hour and . half and had not I'm
ished when the court took . recess.
Complete and Pltlful story.
Counsel's presentat ton OF the case Of
the plaintiff constitutes a complete and
pitiful story, q wreck OF her married
:, life. due primarily to the counts In
ordinate extravagance. Even IN spite
of their domestic infelicity the count
( ess was too good and scrupulous to
begin an action for divorce until she
possessed full proof. She was only
I twenty when she was married in 1895
3 and, Maitrs Cruppi asserted the hap
& piness of the honeymoon was dis
Stulbed on their arrival in Paris by
n the counts demands for money. The
countess income was then 100000
\ and the count allowed her $50 pin
4 money. The courtroom was crowded.
Among those present were many mem
& bers Of the American colony.
@ In the course OF the pleading M.
Cruppl protested against the "malic-
q ious reports in regard to the countess
4 Intentions" and announced that she
# would leave France for America i'm
mediately after a decree Is granted
her. y r.s !; s .asS. By, It'll #;
s In recounting the counts infidelity
( the first instance cited by counsel was
that with married woman, described
Il as Madame "a" in 1898. The cor
respondence was conducted through
4 M. Moret, the counts secretary. The
countess accidentally discovered Is in.
b the Castellane chateau packet OF
4 love letters and when she protested
the count struck her The countess
/. eventually placed the letters in the
u custody Of a lawyer. # .t5: Is s15i7
" Had Numerous Love Affairs. & 81
& After recess NJ. Cruppi read from a
81 notebook kept by the cook Of
certain apartment, giving brutally
plain details of what counsel charac-
u terized as IAN objectionable offense
against the countess. 4 He also re-
counted the liaison with Madame
c." whose maid mounted guard and
signalled from window when the.
( coast was clear. But, counsel contin-
ned. the counts love affairs were not.
confined to ladies Of society. They
included numerous other women, the
\ reading Of whose letters created merri-
ment ID court.
M. Crnppi said that the counts de-
tense would probably be that, being
1 Young and rich, he could not protect
himself against the assaults Of love-:
sick women. III the face OF the over
whelming evidence submitted M
cr,,ppi declared his opponent could
mot expect the tribunal to ask for the
slramroning of Witnesses. Counsel
added:
IN nnoes he imagine by dragging out
NJ f,,a case to obtain forgiy eness I? No!
~. Count Boni,s plan to reconquer
M w!fe's affections Il too transpar-
emit &. . IS, s...ss
III, II the counts expendi tures proceed
M M the appointment OF g trustee, Az y
nne time there was q seizure Of their
.,,,,onerty Id suit for the recovery Of
I L Am ss amounting I'd s229, 500.
Tbe spanish cabinet has decided to
,,srodtIce bill with the object or
s-,ellorating the condition Of women
go 80 children who are compelled to
wogk for d liying