The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-10

children be given to his mother, the Marquise de Castellane.
 When Princess de Sagan, formerly Miss Anna Gould, secured divorce from Count de Castellane, custody Of her children was awarded to her.
 If MT. Bonnet, speaking for the count, did not spare Prince de SagRn fortnight ago. M. Juiemier was no less denunciatory and bitter in his characterization oif this occasion, of the count Castellane,s sole motive in entering this suit, he charged, was hatred of Sagan; the very thought of the prince occupying a place in the affections of hls former wife and live ing in the superb mansion on the Avenue Malakoft.. goaded de castel- lane to fury.
 The count, said M. Julsmier. did everything possible to hinder Nthe marriage of his former wife to de Sagan, and having failed in this, he was now seeking by every means in his power to bring discredit upon the de sagan household.
 M Julemier declared that de Sagan never had been expelled from any club, and that while in Buenos Ayres did not lead the adventurous life acc credited to him. These and other &C., cusations. counsel declared. were base calumnies, conceived by the man who had sqnandered the fortune of Miss Gould and left her with debts amount ing to $2.200. 900 to settle.
 M de Castellane had reproached M, de sagan for living hurnbly In hired rooms" continued the lawyer. Why did lie not offer him an apartment in one of the. aSfene homes hes continually frequents .".N fsfteos @ . "a M. Julemief then accused tie count of furnishing snaerdacious information La n fN..x In haf thwarting lis8rtval. In conclusion, the
 '.The jealousy of M. dc casteliaAe results from the thought that each day rankles more and more that De sagan is enjoying the great happiness which is lost to him forever" Juleniier was followed by M. Rus sett who appeared on behalf of C eorge J. Gould, fI1Fother. of the Princess de SaEan, a party in the defense. in his canacity dfN tfustee of the s3ould Us- 1 tate. NJ R9asett characterized as abominable and scandalous Count de Castellane'st q attempt to besmtrch the reputation of the mother or his cnii- Cren, merely for the purpose of vent ing his hatred. The only way In which Inc Princess could have avoided this suIt would have been to submit to ex- tortion and threats, but this she would not do because she had nothing 10 reproach herself with and nothing to fear. Casteilane assuredIy will be branded as they deserve by French justice said the speaker.
 .The former Countess had been kind to her husband, so kind that the Gould family had deemed 1t advisable to es- tablish a trusteeship of the property to nIit an end to the impossible. ex- roI,sgance of the Count. M. Russett said that the Count recognized himself a~ incapable of bringing up his Shl- dren and that he, therefore oesiren that they be placed in the custody or his mother. ,a would take into his own han9s tHo te yearly income of $6O,000 belonging 10 inc children. This money would melt ike wax before a fire; the children never would receive a cent of It.
 The Princess de Sagan enjoyed the esteem and affection of her family' who were convinced that the chiIaren sbouId remain with their mother. It w,ss true M. Russett continued. that George Gould was somewhat apprenen- st,,a yVben he learned his sister wish sd to marry Prince de Sagan. because he realized that de Sagan was reiateu to the de CasteIlane family, which ms sister was just leaving. He gave his conSent however when he saw that his sisters heart was set upon the
 M Julemier ~contended that the pres ence of De Sagan in the Gould home offered no pretext for the suit brought by the Count.
 Amid some suppressed merriment on the part of his auditors the lawyer sketched a glowing picture of the Prince.
 "M de sagan is as elegant and as briIIiant man as is M. dc castellane De saean is a true gentleman and the children of M. de Castellane can only he improved by contact with him" said
 '..Tf the Prince did not light a duel ,,,,tn the Count after their fistic en- counter in Paris, 1t was not because he lacked courage. That the Prince has ,.onrase is evidenced by his duel with Prince Houriza. for which he was con oratuiated by de Castellane.
 ,srbe case will be continued on Decem- her 18th when M Bonnet will speak m rehuttai sor the Count.
 The lawyer was convinced that the De Sagan household would be happy
 M Roussett concluded his plea by
 hoseeching the court not to separate tbe de castellane children from the l mother.