Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-24
General Belief That He Is in
America at Present.
SUITOR OF ANNA GOULD
Her Family Will Not Admit That
He Is Here.
SLIPPED IN THROUGH CANADA
Pcrchcd in New York, Lit In Phila-
! delphia and Now on Ills way
; to Washington.

Whether or not Prince Helie de Sasan
is really in America: whether or not ne
registered at the Prince George Hotel, IN
East 18th street in New York. as w. IT,
Thompson; whether or not he dlned with
Nine Anna Gould at the home or Mr..
and Mrs Tyler Morse Sunday evening,
and whether or not he is in. or on his
way to- Washington. and. on his way.
registered as Bertrand Dufresne of Paris,
France. at the Bellevue-Stratford. in
Philadelphia yesterday. is only interest
ing to the people of Washington because
OF the alleged fact that the prince IS
sutton for the hand Of Nine. Anna Gould
the daughter of the late jay Gould. whose
unhappy experience with Count Boni de
'Castellane is still fresh in the public
mind.
Nine Gould is staying with her sis
tier. Miss Helen Gould. at the latters
residence in New York; and report has
i4t that Miss Gould has said that she
knows nothing Of these stories about
prince Hello de Sagan. as told. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Morse. it is said. have de-
home Sunday evening. when Nine
Gould dined there. And the man who
Registered in Philadelphia as Bertrand
lDufresne. it is reported, insists that he is
u
that he has never seen Nine. Anna Gould
and, consequently. that he knows nothing.
and has no opinion to express, as to the
possibility Of the prince marrying Nine
could
II is said that the mysterious man who
registered in New York as W. II. Thomp-
lson. from nowhere. il not really the
prince, bears a striking resemblance to
Unim. and that when he left his New
EYork hotel he gave orders to forward
hlis mail to the New Willard. Washington,
kD. c.: but the clerks at the New Willard
tstate that the gentleman In question mas
mot yet arrived at that hostelry, so far
Las they know. and the hotel register bears
iout their statement. Inquiry at the other
leading hotels also fails to unearth the
missing prince, or Mr.. Thompson. This,
briefly, is the story of Prince Helie de
Sagan which seems to be agitating the
lreportorial world from Boston to Wash
ington: and the question still seems to
be- Where Is Prince Helie de Sagan?"
Who Is Thompsonf
NEW YORK. March 24.-"W. H.
Thompson" believed to be Prince Heie
de Sagan. who arrived in New York by
way OF Canada. left the Prince George
Hotel. in East 2sth street. yesterday, say
Ing he was going to Washington. The
Neutrality-suspicious. stay Of this man in
New York is thing of mystery. None of
those who are supposed to be interested
in the movements of the prince would
sheG any light on Mr.. Thompson"
A tall, broad-shouldered foreigner ar
rived at the Prince George Hotel on Sum
day morning and asked for o room and
hath. His accent suggested an English
man or a Canadian rather than French
man. but when eight trunks followed the
guest from the Grand Central station
the clerks showed more than casual in
terest in the arrival
The name on the register was wv. H.
Thompson" That evening Mr. Thomp-
dinner. He ordered a taxicab and went
away at o'clock. The stranger returned
to the hotel at midnight and left an early
morning call. saying that he must leave
New York for few days. Mr.. Thomp-
SON reappeared In the hotel corridor yes
terday morning. and after taking a hasty
breakfast wrote two letters Once ne call
ed some one on the telephone. The
stranger then asked the man at the desk
TO exchange some Canadian and French
banknotes into American money. He pass
Cd over 1000 franc note Ten pieces Of
baggage we're left at the hotel by him.
Hurrying from the hotel. he tried to get
a closed carriage but none being In sight.
he stepped into . hanson and called to
Tom Murphy, the driver. Grand Central
Depot"
on for Washington.
Going up Madison avenue he stopped
the cab and said he wanted to go to
Washington. and that he had made an err
ror in the station. He was then taken to
the West ed street station.
On the strength OF the many rumors
concerning the affairs of Nine Anna
Gould. Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Gould spent
part of the afternoon at the home Of
Miss Helen Gould. From this family visit
there emanated successive rumors rela-
tive 10 the family's attitude concerning q
second marriage for Nine. Gould. One of
these went so far as to say that Miss
Helen Gould had been won to De Sagan's
side, and that the marriage would be cele-
brated In this country quietly.
George Gould, at the Plaza, refused to
deny or affirm either the report that De
Sagan was actually i'll the country, or that
his sister would marry again.
The Prince de Sagan and the Count de
Castellane. who are cousins. recently had
q street quarrel in Paris, which resulted
in court hearing. 1t ts generally be-
lieved In Paris that the prince has been
wooing Nine. Could but on her arrival
from France last week she emphaticaliy
declared she would not marry again. IT
IS said that Nine. Gould will accompany
her sister-in-law, Mrs. George J. Could To
Hot Springs. Va. The Casteilane children
will remain at Georgian Court, Lakewood
with their cousins. the children Of Mr.
and Mrs. George Gould
Later in the day Miss Helen Gould S
secretary made this statement:
Miss Gould feels very bad over the
untruthful reports concerning her knowl-
edge of the arrival OF the Prince de Sagan
IN America. Neither Miss Gould, nor, SO
far as she knew, Nine Could beliey ed
that the prince was in this country. As
FOR the reported conference over a pro-
posed marriage by members Of Miss
Gould's family, there is not one jot OF
plating visit to Hot Springs or the
south with Mrs. George Could. no word
has been mentioned by any member OF
The family OF such trip"
PHILADELPHIA SEES HIM.