The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-01

the colony.
 >-~~~---~--------~------ my bread. I will resign my seat in parliament and 20 to China. l hope the newspapers won't know to what 1 am reduced
 In a postscript the count added:
 q have six hundred francs in my pocket and I enclose 300 for your lunch and dinner today"
 The countess first left the mansion and went to a hotel in August, 1905, Maitre Cruppi continued, when deeply outraged and worn out with infamles." She learned that Mime. D and Count Boni were at Trouville. Later she returned home and bore the situation until the day after the entertainment of King Charles of Por- tugal, December 12 1905, when upon the counts trying to force her to go to shooting party of which she was suspi- cious the countess left the mansion and entered proceedings for separation
 Throughout his long speech Maitre Cruppi did not use the title of countess, but referred to the counts wife as Mime. Gould, the name she will bear if the divorce is granted.
 Neither Maitre Bennett of the counsel for the count, nor Maitre Miller of counsel for the creditors of the count interrupted Maitre Crupp They sat throughout the speech with seeming un- concern occasionally taking a few notes. The judges appeared to be keenly in- terested.
 The general impressions Is that over wheming evidence has been offered and that the decree of divorce will be granted without taking testimony
 Maitre Cruppi plainly intimated that Count Boni, however, would try to pro- long the hearing for the purpose of fore ing a reconciliation because of the scan 1R1 tn. foo rlaAtsa 1,n 1Ata Af the proceedings can be freely published Count Boni knows that he is perfectly immune on thao score, as there is law fin France which makes the publication of divorce proceedings criminal offense.
 Maitre Cruppi asked that the countess be given the custody of her three chil- dren.
 Passionate Extracts From Letters.
 NJ. Cruppi, read passionate extracts from one of the love letters, fixing rem dezvous d Diion. 1t read
 "I am kissing you on the neck Do you feel it?'' and so on. Counsel also de- tailed liasons with Madame E.. and Madame e. whom the count met in apgI tments which he reuted in different parts of Paris.
 By 1899 the countess interests. NJ. Crup- pi said in the course CT his speech, were so heavily compromised by the counts extravagance that it necessi.Sted q furn- fly meeting in New York. and the ap pointment of a legal trustee, but the diifi- cuites regarding money were uncaaslng, and in order te obtain funds, the count pawned or sold at ridiculous prices the most costly objects When the countess protested, the count abused her in tine presence of servants, and when she de- clined to attaeh her signature to docu nlents he fl e1uently pinched her and sometimes struck her, the first time be- ing four months after their marriage.
 In the course of the pleading, M. Crup- pi protested against the malicious re- ports in regard to the countess inten tions," and announced that sine would leave France for America immediately after q divorce is granted her.
 Countess Discovers Letters.
 In recounting the counts infde,ity, the first instance cited by counsel was tha with married woman. described as Madame A." in 1898. The correspondence conducted through NJ Moret, the counts secretary. The countess acci- dentally discovered in the Castellane chateau a packet of love letters, and when she protested the count struck her. The countess eventually placed the let ters In the custody of q lawyer.
 Counsel for the countess spoke for an hour and a half, and had not finished
 
 presentation of the case of the plaintiff constitutes a complete and pitiful story, a wreck of her married life, due prmar- fly to the counts inordinate extrava- gance. Even In spite of this domestic in felicity the countess was too good and scrupulous to begin an action for divorce until she possessed full proof She only 20 when sine was married in 1895, and Maitre Cruppi asserted the happiness of the honeymoon was disturbed on their ar rival in Paris by the counts demand for money The countess income was then $700,000 and the count allowed her $50 pin money. The court room was crowded. among those being present being many members of the American colony
 Reads From Cooks Note Book.
 After recess, and before the court ad- journed, NJ. Cruppi read from q notebook by the cook of one Of these apartments. 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 sig nale from c window when the coast was clear. But, counsel continued, the counts love anairs were not confined 10 ladies of society. They included numer- ous other women, the reading of whose letters created much merriment in court.
 NJ. Crupp said that the counts defense would probably be that, being young and rich, he could not protect himself against the assaults of love-siek women. In the face of the overwhelming evidence sub mitted. M Cruppl declared his opponent could not expect the tribunal to ask for the summoniug of witnesses. Counsel add ed: Does he imagine by dragging out the case 10 obtain foreiveness? No. no Count Bonrs plan to recover his wifes affec-