The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
LITTLE BONI
IS SET ADRIFT
Court Deprives Him of Anna and
he Is Now Plain Beggar.
TOTAL DIVORCE GRANTED
Daughter Of Jay Gould and Her M lions
Legally Detached from PsOtligate
French Count.

A Paris special says: The tribune
Of first instance of the Seine, Judge
Ditto presiding, at noon Wednesday
granted a divorce to the Countess de-
Castellane, formerly Anna Gould OF
New York, and gave her the custody
of her children, who, however, wil1
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
suddenly. The court brushed aside the
demand of the counts lawyers for
an examination of witnesses, and, an
reported, the public prosecutor did not
even ask to be heard.
AS soon as the court assembled
Judge Ditto handed down the iudg-
ment. which Is a sweeping victory for
the countess. In granting her petit
ton 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 sea
the children at stated periods at tina
home of their grandmother and keep
them a month annually during tha
holidays.
The counts demand for an "alimeRr
tary allowance of $4,000 annually
was pronounced by the court to be
without foundation in law; and was re-
jected
The court appointed the president
Of the chamber of notaries to liqui-
date the affairs Of the husband and
wife.
The judgment was given With costs
against the count. The decree, the
reading of which hardly consumed five
minutes, was delivered by the judge.
in Il voice. so~low as to be practically
Inaudi0le to the eager crowd filing
the court room. Many women climbed
the stairs in vain efforts to hear the
decision and. when they We're aware
that a divorce was granted they seem
ed actually to resent the loss of
public trial at which people In high
society would be compelled to tes-
tify.
The text of the decree does not go
into the details of the countess bill
of particulars "inasmuch as Madame
de Castellane submitted letters and
documents, several Of which were
from the count himself, establishing
suficientlg that SINCE their marriage,
notably in 1898, 1902 and 1905, ne
had relations and correspondence with
various women OF easy virtue, which
was most offensive to wife.
The court also took a precaution
against any unreasonable attitude on
the part of the count toward allowing
his wife to take her children out OF
France, by providing that, inscase OF
his refusal, judicial authorization
could be granted
The decree. orders the countess TO
send the children on Thursdays and
Sundays to their grandmother, the
Marquise de Castellane; and their sur
render to their father for week at
New Years and Easter, and for a
month in the summer.
Dame Could as the former Countess
de Castellane, will hereafter be
known, her title having ceased with
the granting Of the divorce, expressed
the greatest satisfaction when she re-
ceived the news at her residence on
the Avenue Malakoif. Miss. Helen
Gould, who win remain. in Paris untif
after Christmas, was with her at the
time. Madame Gould has no present
intention Of leaving PARIS.