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 INFlDELiTY
ALSO ALLEGED AS CAUSE
FOR SEPARATION. I'D

!. Paris, Nov. 1.-The Castellane di.
/ vorce case was, heard during the after
noon before M. Henry Ditto, president
! OF the tribunalsof first instance of the
Seine. Neither the count nor the
countess was present. Maitre Cruppi,
for the countess, pleaded for divorce
upon tho documentary evidence sub
mitted. &:: ~ Z. ::.a.
In an extended review counsel de-
clared that the countess, at the be
ginning Of the suit, was not acting UNI /
der influence, but solely for the pur-
pose Of ending forever the peril Of the
noral desolation OF the household. He
stated that domestic difficulties arose
over the question OF money III treat
ment soon followed, the count even
striking the plaintiff before the serv-
ants. 81 VI 81
When he reached the question Of the
inf1deiity charged against the count
Maitre Cruppi did not mention names,
or even initials, designating the CO..
respondents as Madame "A, Madame
B. and SO on n II
Counsel for the countess spoke Tor
an hour and q half and had not I'M
ished when the court took recess.
D. Complete and Pitlfui story. 81
CounsePs presentation of the case of
the plaintiff constitutes d complies and
pitifui story, d wreck of her married
i fe, due primarily To the counts IN,
ordinate extravagance. Even ii 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
q twenty when she was married in 1895
1 and, Maitrs Cruppi asserted the hap
u piness of the honeymoon was dis
stulbed on their arrival in Paris by
n the counts demands for money. The
countess income was then $780, 900
\ and the count allowed her $50 pin
4 money. The courtroom was crowded. .
4 Among those present were many mem
bers of the American colony III fz
81 In the course Of the pleading M.
4 Cruppl protested against the "malic--
ious reports in regard to the countess
intentions" and announced that she
would leave France for America i'm
mediately after a decree Is granted
81 her. 15 Il.5z s.,s *s .3 3s:$ M y.
VA In recounting the counts sinfdelity
4 the first instance cited by counsel was
that with a married woman, described
las Madame AZ in 1898. The cor
respondence was conducted through
~ M. Moret, the counts secretary. The \
! countess accidentally discovered in
& the Castellane chateau a packet of
love letters and when she prot
u the count struck her. The countess
a eventually placed the letters In the 4
custody Of a lawyer. .5.s3 II. II.
81 Had Numerous Love Affairs. .25
\ After recess NJ. cruppi read from I
Il notebook kept BY the cook of
4 a certain apartment, giving brutally
q plain details of what counsel charac-5
terized as an 5unpa rdonable offense
d against the countess Z 1s He also re-
counted the liaison with M dame
c." whose maid mounted guard and
signalled from a window when the 4
d coast was clear. But, counsel contin-
ued, the counts love affairs were not i
confined to ladies Of society. They
included numerous other women, the
reading Of whose letters created merri-
ment In court
M. Cruppi said that the counts de-
Tense would probably be that, being
young and rich, he could not protect
himself against the assaults OF love
I sick women. In the face OF the over
4 whelming evidence submitted M.
B Cruppi declared his opponent could
not expect the tribunal to ask for the /
s,lmmoning Of witnesses. Counsel
1 added
ssDoes he imagine by dragging out
the case to obtain forgiveness No!
moi Count Boni's plan to recanquer
Ms wife's affections IS too transpar-
Il emit. Z,
Counsel placed at IS 600, 00o the to-
i TAI Of the counts expenditure proceed
fng the appointment Of q trustee. Az
nne time there was n seizure OF their
! nyoperty In q suit tor the recovery Of
I debt amounting to $22s, 500.
The Spanish cabinet has decided To
introduce bill with the object OF
ass,elforating the condition Of women
ana children who are compelled 70
york FOR d iiyillg.