The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-09
D0NI De CASTELLANE
FIGHTS A PRINCE
Nine. Gould, His Former Wife,
Probable Cause.
Count Boni and His Brother, ON
Emerging From Church, Attack
Prince de Sagan, Their Cousin, the
Count Splitting In His Faee-Thcy
CIinch and Roll Into Gutter.


Paris (By Cable) Count Boni de
Castellane, from whom his wife.
who was Miss Anna Gould, of New
York, was recently divorced, and
Prince Helie de Sagan, who on sever
al occasions was reported to be en-
gagged to Nine. Gould, had a per-
sonal encounter at the Church of
st. Pierre de Chaillot while q service
to the memory of Lady Stanley Err
rington, a relative of both men, who
died lately in England, was in prog
ress.
Beginning inside the church, where,
Count Boni says, the Prince insulted
both him and the sacred edifice, the
encounter was resumed at the door
way, where Count Boni, followed by
his brother, Count Jean de Castel-
lane, overlook the Prince. Count
Boni spat in his cousins face.
Then came the clash of canes, fol-
lowed by a rough-and-tumble fight
on the pavement, which ended in the
gutter, where the men were finally
separated by butcher. Count Boni
at the moment of intervention was
holding down the well-nigh insensible
Prince, while Jean. according to eye
witnesses, was administering TO him
severe kicking.
In The Butchers Grip.
When the police arrived the butch
or was holding the two principals III
the fight, who we're covered with
mud. The Prince was bleeding pro-
fusely from wound in the right
temple, where he had been hit by
Count Boni's heavy stick. With the
butchers hand on his collar, Boni
was haranguing n crowd which had
gathered as to why he had spat in the
Princes face. The police invited the
two men to go to the station-house,
and this, after some disputing, they
agreed to do. All three of them, be.
spattered with mud. accompanied the
police. and, followed by several thous.
and persons, they marched off to the
station, where they made "explana.
tions.'
Both Count Boni and the Prince
gave their own version of the quar-
rel, each claiming that the other was
the aggressor, but the Prince alone
lodged a complaint, charging tho
brothers was assault.
A process verbal having been
written out, according to the French
law, the three men signed 1t and
then were released. The case now
will go before the public prosecutor,
who will decide what, If any, step
shall be taken.
No Duel Likely.
In view of the fact that Prince
Helie has elected to pursue the mat
ter in the courts, the idea of duel
seems to be precluded. Besides,
Count Boni declared that It was
doubtful whether he would receive
the witnesses of the Prince, even If
the latter could find anyone to act
in that capacity. Prince Helie Is
laid up In bed with his head swathcd
in bandages, while Count Boni spent
a part of the evening in visiting the
newspaper offices, telling the story of
the encounter.
When seen by correspondent he
was in high humor. Throwing back
the lapels of his fur coat in order
to better display one of his famuos
white silk waistcoats, he began the
recital with the history of his cousin
whom he painted in the blackest col
ors, declaring that Prince Helie had
been ostracized by his own family,
not one of whom would permit him
to enter. the house. Count Boni then
proceeded to explain the episode and
declared that It had nothing to do
with Nine. Anna Gould, but was the
result of an old grudge between him
and the Prince. He added that the
Prince had not been invited to the
ceremony at the church.
A Dangerous Man.
The gossip at the clubs is that q
duel may be the outcome, after ALL
The Prince Is counted q very dan
gerous man both with the sword and
pistol. He has accumulated the
reputation of being a hair-trigget
| brawler and sticklcr on points of
honor who has fought almost q
hundred duels and marked his man
more than score of times. Count
Boni is reckoned no coward and
very handy with the little dueling
pistol himself.
The underlying motive OF the quar-
rel Is evident enough. So much has
Prince Helie's namo beon in the
mouths OF the gossips link'd with
Nine. Anna Gould's OF late that
Count Boni's pose OF martrydom.
which he succeeded in large measure
in impressing upon the popular sym
pathies, had recently suffered great
| ly. Since the Prince is so close a re-
lation to Count Boni, the heraldinr
of his possible chances at the Gould
! fortune had ranked the more deeply
in the small chest Of the late hus-
hand