The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-15
Countess Wins Every Contention
 in SuIt for Divorce
COUNT WILL GET NO ALIMONY
Madame Gould Will Have Custody of the Three Children-Friends Think She Will Be Liberal With
 the Count.

Paris, November 1.-The tribune of first l instance of the Seine Judge Ditte nresid- | ing. al noon today granted divorce to
 the Countess de Gastellane. formerly Anna
 Gould of New York. and gave her the
 custody of her children who. however.
 will not be allowed to be taken from
 France without the consent of their | father, Count Boni de Castellane.
 The end of the famous case came sud 1 denlH. The court brushed aside the de
 mand of the Counts lawyers for an ex-
 animation of witness and. as anticipated.
 the public prosecutor did not even ask to
 be heard.
 ] As soon the court assembled Judge ] Ditte handed down the judgment. which ! is a sweeping victory for the Countess. l Tn granting her petition 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 l which was not contested.
 The Count Is given the right to see
 the children at stated periods 1t the home
 of their grandmother, and keep them
 month annually during the holidays
 The Counts demand for an 'salimentary
 allowance of s50000 annually" was pro.
 nounced by the court to he without foun. dation in law and was rejected.
 Only One Inhibition.
 Tho only point decided in the Counts i favor was the imposition of the inhibi- | | (,
 out of France without their fathers con.
 sent.
 The court appointed the President of
 the Chamber of Notaries to liquidate the
 affairs of the husband and wife.
 The judgment was given with costs
 against the Count The decree the read
 ing of which hardly consumed five min
 utes. was delivered by the judge in
 voice so low as to be practically inaud-
 ible to the eager crowd filling the court
 room. Many women climbed the chairs | in vain efforts to hear the decision, and 1 when they were aware that a divorce
 was granted. they seemed actually to re-
 sent the loss of a public trial at which
 people in high society would be compelled | to testify.
 Married In 1895.
 Anna Gould, the youngest daughter of | the late Jay Gould was married to Count 1 Ernest Boniface de Castellane. the eldest son of the Marquis de Castellane, at the | New York home of her brother George | Gould, March 1, 1895, the late Archbishop | Corrgan officiating.
 | Miss Goulds dowry was understood te l have been Sl60o0, and it was further
 stated that her income was s6O0,OOo a year. | Gmmedia tely after the marriage the couple l 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 Castelane were | reported to be financially embarrassed. 1t | being alleged that the Count had already ] spent about s1000,O00 of his wife's money l An adjustment of the affairs of the Count and Countess became necessary, and con siderable litigation followed. with the re- suit that the Gould family intervened and the income of the Countess was cut down to S200 000
 On February of the present year the Countess de Castellane entered d plea for divorce. the hearing of which belsn before Judge Dtte. Naitre Cruppi ap-
 bearing for the countess and Maitre Bonnet for the count. Evidence in she shape of correspondence between the count and women presented and the case was adjourned to NovenDtr !, when the final pleas were made. and | the suit adjourned until November F. 1 On the following day, November g. the | case of the counts creditors was lrs- l sented to the court and adjourned for | two weeks.
 | The three children of the Castelanes
 are George. Boni and Jay. the youngest i being the namesake of his mothers fa- 1 ther, the late Jay Gould
 Counts In Petition. l Stripped of textual verbiage the l counts upon which the attorney l Countess de Castellane asked for yorce were as follows: l. Soon after his marriage Col Castellane began the purchase of ture at rldiculously exorbitant pric
 Immediately resod it. When the
 protested, the count abused her presence of servants.
 , Upon the slightest pretexts Count dc Castellane created scenes. going 10 tne extent of striking the plaintiff. In the course of one of these scenes at Roche cote during the autumn of 1895. the countess was brutally pinehed by her husband and the next day while she vas still suffering from his violence, she rs- yealed the fact to American friend. who was q guest at the Chateau. ,. During the. summer of 1898 and notably during pleasure trip which Count de castellane through the Intermediary or
 Mine. x" and M. N." in the Rue de Maubeuge.
 D. During the summer of 1895 Count de castellane had intimate relations with Mime. R." He had many meetings with ! her. principally at the Pavilion of St. | James.
 ! G. During June. l9o5. a lady entered the l counts automobile. dined with him at 1 Vile d'Avray. and both later went to | the Pavilion Of St. James where they 1 spent several hours.
 1 '. During the year 1905 Count de Cas- l teilane was intimate with woman who | lived in furnished roomins house In | the Rue Catiglione.
 l B In 1895 the Count de Castellane was intimate with ..Mme. C" which involved | indiscretons repeated rendezvous. auto mobile excursions. objects forgotten in
 automobile and found by the domestics i making almost public scandals. Count l de Castcllane went frequently with thls | CONTINUED ON FACE x.J