The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-11-15
COUNTESS DE CASTELLANE WINS
SWEEPING VICTORY IN SUIT
FOR SEPARATION.
ONLY ONE POINT FAVORS HUSBAND
CHILDREN OF COUPLE CANNOT
LEAVE FRANCE WITHOUT
HIS PERMISSION.

Paris, Nov. 15.-The tribunal of first
instance of the Seine, Judge Ditte pre-
siding, has granted a divorce to the
Countess de Castellane formerly An
ma Gould of New York; and gave her
the custody of her children, who, how
ever, will not be allowed to be taken
from France without the consent of
their father, Count Boni de Castel-
lane.
The end Of the famous case came
suddenly. The court brushed aside
the demand of the counts lawyers for
an examination of witnesses and, as
anticipated, the public prosecutor did
not even ask to be heard
AS soon as the court assembled
Judge Ditte handed down the judg-
ment, which is a sweeping victory for
the countess. In granting her petl-
tion for divorce the court gave the
countess the custody of her children,
the count being allowed only the usual
rights to see them and share in the
control of their education, which was
not contested.
The count Is given the right to see
the children at stated periods at the
home of their grandmother and keep
them a month annually during the
holidays.
The counts demand for an 'aliment-
airy allowance of $4,000 annually"
was pronounced by the court to be
without foundation in law and was
rejected.
The only point decided In the counts
favor was the imposition of the inhi-
bition on the countess to take the
children out of France without their
fathers consent.
The court appointed the president
of the chamber of notaries to liqui-
date the affairs of the husband and
wife.
Marriage Occurred in 1895.
Anna Gould, the youngest daughter
of the late Jay Gould, was married to
Count Ernest Boniface de Castellane,
the eldest son of the Marquis de Cas-
tellant, at the New York home of her
brother, George j. Gould, March 4,
1895, the late Archbishop Corrigan Of
ticiating. Miss Gould's dOwry was IN
derstood to have been $18,000,000 and
it was further stated that her income
was 100000 year. Immediately aft
er the marriage the couple left the
United States for France, where the
eXtravagant manner in which they
lived attracted considerable attention.
About five years after the marriage
the Count and Countess de Castel-
lane were reported to be financially
embarrassed, it being alleged that the
count had already spent about $4,000
900 of his wife's money. An adjust
ment of the. affairs of the count and
countess became necessary and con-
siderable litigation followed, with the
result that the Gould family interven-
ed and the income of the countess
was cut down to 100000.
~ On Feb. S of the present year the
Countess de Castellane entered plea
for divorce, the hearing of which be-
gan before Judge Ditte, Maitre Cruppi
appearing for the countess and Maitre
Bonnet for the count. Evidence in the
shape of correspondence between the
count and women was presented and
the case was adjourned to Nov Z,
when the final pleas were nlada and
the suit adjourned until Nov. II. On
the following day, Nov. 8, the case of
the counts creditors was presented to
the court and adjourned for two
weeks
The three children of the Castel-
lanes are George, Boni and Jay, the
youngest being the namesake of his
mothers father the late jay Gould.