The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-03
Count Boni de Castellane S Ex- travagant Dissipation of His Wife's Fortune Exposed
 in Court.
PRINCESS IS DEFENDED
Hundreds ot Women. Including Many of Prominence, Fight for Place in Crowded Court
 Room,

Paris, Dec. 2.-The Princess dc Sagen, who was Miss Anna Gould Of New York had her innings in court to-day in the hearing of the case brought by her former husband, Count Boni dc Castellane, to have the three children of the union placed In the custody of his mother, the Marquise de Castellane, The first hearing took place last week, and M, Bonnet, coun- sel for the count, set forth by state ment, allegation and inslnuation that the atmosphere of the De Saeen household was detrimental to the proper bringing mp of the three De Castellane boys. After she secured her divorce, from the count Madame Gould was married in London 10 Prince Helie dc Sagen.
 During the afternoon hundreds Of women, including some of the most prominent members of French society, and the American and English colon ies in Paris, literally fought in the corridors in the Palace of Justice to gain admission to the crowded court room where the side of the princess was presented by M Clemenceau. Without cssaying the lmpassioned or atorical role played by M. Bonnet last week. NJ. Clemenceau, to-day, coOly and calmly, bit with cutting irony and keen rldicule, met the accusations brought against tho princess De SaGen, whose character, he insisted, was blameless. He mercilcssly scored the record and character Of the Count de Castellane and said he was wholly un- fiji to have the custody of his children TIe charged that the real purpose of the count was to raise money and sat isfy his vengeance on the prince and princess Dc Sagen even at tho expense of the interests of his children, whose
 minds he had continually tried to poison,
 Neitncr the Prince dc sagan nor | the count were in court.
 Counsel for the princess contended ] that the testimony of the chauffeur
 discharged from the service of dc Sa. I gan and private detectives was utter 7, K unworthy Of rredence, and he rak.
 ed the count fore and aft when h, 1 reached the subject of the reckless
 fashion in which he had dissipatet his wife's fortune, spending at tn,
 rate of s1,00o, O00 year for clever
 years
 So long as this money was forth
 ,.a m f'.t ,tlr,,nNgaau eaiJ tt,
 count considered his wife upright an,
 honorable"
 When Miss Could was married {,
 de Castellane she had a yearly incom
 of s700,000 During hcr married life
 with ity countless follies like the Nal
 akoff palace, the sum of slO.000.O0
 had been spent When she got he
 divorce from the count there existe
 debts amounting to s3.400000 in ad dition to the sum of s95O00 that ha, been given to the Marquis and Mar
 qiuse dc Castellanc.
 Continuing M Clemenceau reveale . the exact terms of the settlement hi client offered to make at the time C her divorce. These the count refused . on the ground that they were insui fcient, and in so doing he proved him . self eligible for an insane asylum Thesc terms were '20ooo0 In cash an an income of sS000O year, this incom . to be increased when the estate of hi client was out of the hands of tn trustees, Mme Gould to take over a . the debts then pending : NJ. Clcmcnceau took up one by on : the accusations made against tho prir : cess hy the count regarding her travel in Italy with de Sasan before thel marriage. II should he remembere, . the lawyer declared that thc princes i. was not a young girl travelling wit her fance but a divorced woman l . the company of tho man she was go . ing to marry, FurthGrmore, she is a , American, NJ, Clemenceau said and h then gave a breezy picture of in freedom enjoyed by women In th : United States
 , 'Conduct tha would he out of the or , dinary In France" he said, "is perfect ly proper on the other side of Inc Al lantic."
 When NJ. Clemencesu had finished . wa. announced that inc case woul . go over 10 December 2. when NJ, Ju
 mier will speak for De Sagan and .. Rousset for George Gould, who as trus tee Of his sisters estate is party i. the suit.