The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-17
P|TIFUL PLEA
OF COUNT B0N|
RenounceS Petition for $780,
900 Annually for Care of
the Children.
WRITES LETTER TO LAWYER
"HoNoR" MORE THAN MONEY
TO THE DE CASTELLANEs.

Paris. Dec 16-The hearing of the suit
brought by Count Boni de Castellane
against the Princess de Sagan. in which
he petitions that the custody of his three
children be given to his mother. the Mar
ouise de Castellane, was continued in this
city today.
NJ Bennett was heard in rejoinder for
tie count He read a letter from the
count renouncing the petition for 100000
annually for the maintenance Of the chill
dren, but insisting more emphatically
than ever that the children be confided
10 the care of his mother
rho REIMBURSEMENT of the financial de-
uand came as a surprise. in spite of the
fact that such a course was indicated at
the close Of the first hearing of the case.
Letter of Count Boni.
The letter of the count is addressed to
N Bennett. and it is couched in an eIo-
auent phraseOlogy Of outraged manhood.
IL begins: indignant at the perfidious
and living insnuatiOns OF the princess and
her family. representing that my only de-
sire is to obtain a big allowance, l now
ask for myself and mother only the Gus
tody of the children; l renounce with
Measure the request for an allowance"
Continuing the count calls NJ Bennett
~ witness with what outraged feelings
he rejected the pecuniary offers of the
Prince and Princess de Sagan and George
Gould the princess brother.
Assalls George Gould.
THE new and unexpected attitude of
George Could De Castellane writes
.-ubS regards this suit simply as a vulgar
affair OF money, and who believes that
his golden authority can gid the mar
rage Of his sister with a furnished man.
,.ompcls me more strongly than ever to
frsist on the withdrawal of the children
from the house of which the prince is
the ornament and from surroundings
where they viii learn only one thing
that honor is nothing and money every
Thing: that money covers every baseness
and that il viii buy every conscience.
The decision l have taken will show
the court the sole purpose which inspires
me. my parents and my relatives. We
are without fortunes. but upon the ques-
ton Of money we do not hold the same
theories as do the Goulds; concerning ed
uCation Of French youths we have other
ideas than those of the De Sagans. My
parents will aid me to bring up these
three innocent victims
8onnett's Address.
After asking the court to take note of
the modification of the petition of his
client, NJ. Bennett launched into a vigor-
Gus denunciation of his adversarieS. He
charged that on many points the defend
ants did not dare to meet the allegations
Of the count, citing particularly the al
legation that the Princess De Sagan was
ready 10 leave her present husband.
They did not dare challenge this state
melt." the lawyer said because they
know that the proposed separation has
been formally communicated to De Cas-
icllanes attorneys.
Continuing, Nj. Bennett said that all
the offers of settlement. made by the
Princess de Sagan were conditioned upon
the counts remuneration of his children.
but the count refused TO sell either him
self or his children The princess had
told Judge Ditto that if the children were
taken from her she would disinherit them,
thus proving that in her eyes everything
was a question of money.
Both Were Extravagant.
Referring 10 the charges that De Cas-
Iellane had dissipated his Wife's fortune.
NJ. Bonnet insisted that the countess
was just as much responsible as her hus-
band for the royal eXtraVaganceS. such
as the MalakOff palace. the chateau Ma
rails and the charity bazar. which alone
cost $4,000. The lawyer resented George
Gould's share in the defense, saying that
now the question of money had been
eliminated. Mr.. Gould was playing the
mysterious role of Crawford in the Hum
bert affair. As a matter of fact, Mr..
Gould always had opposed the marriage
of his sister to the Prince De Sagan. and
he only finally consented on condition
that there should oe separation of prop
crty.
Nobody Worse Than De Sagan.
Does Mr. Gould fear that his sister
will get another divorce and make more
unfortunate MARRIAGE asked NJ Bon
nett. No; I can reassure him; the prin-