The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-23
De SACAN SLIPS
into COUNTRY AS
W. H. THOMSON
Registers at New York Hotel
and Dimes with Rich
Divorce.
LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON,
DENYING HIS IDENTITY
Former Countess Won't Deny
SuitOr Is Here and Makes
Admission.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Prince
Helie De Sagan, the 'handsomest
spendthrift in Europe" cousin of Count
Boni de Castellane, hero of hundred
duels and avowed suitor for the hand
of Madame Anna Gould, once Countess
de Castellane, is now in this city.
De Sagan came here yesterday, in
cognito, to continue the ardent court
ship of Nine. Gould and her millions,
which has been the talk of Paris for
months past Last night he dined with
his inamorata at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tyler Morse in the Wyoming
apartments at Seventh avenue and
Fifty-fifth street.
Advices from Paris today state that
Count Boni de Castellane, the divorced
husband of Nine. Gould, went into a
wild rage when apprised of the ap-
pearance of his prlncely cousin in this
city
1t is believed that he will take the
first steamer for America and chal-
lenge De Sagan to. duel.
Prince de Sagar left the Prince George
Hotel. lodged the reporters and took an
early train today for Washington 1t Is
said that he is going there for the pur-
pose of arranging the details of his
marriage with Nine. Gould. with the
assistance of NJ. Jusserand, the French
Ambassador.
While De Sagan, when shown a story
about his being in the city at the
Prince George today exclaimed; Bah,
| am not the prince!" there was an
other story to tell at the Gould home.
Miss Helen Gould, at whose home at
so Fifth avenue, Nine. Gould is stop
ping, will not deny that the prince Is
in town. She refused to be seen today
but two questions were written out and
sent in to her. The first one read:
"Did Nine. Gould dine last evening
with the Morses at the Wyoming
IIotel?"
"she did," was the answer.
rs ii known to the Gould family that
the Prince Helie de Sagan is in the
city?v was the second question.
Miss Goulds maid brought back the
reply that there was no answer at all
to that question.
The whereabouts of Prince Helie has
been a mystery since the day after
Nine. Gould sailed with her children
from Cherbourg on March TO- lie re-
turned to Paris on that day and was
seen on the boulevards. Then he disap-
peared and, despite detectives placed
on his trail by the redoubtable Bonl,
be crossed the Channel to England,
where on March 13 he took the Allan
Line steamship Virginia for Halifax
IRON, Liverpool. He came to New York
by way Of Montreal on the Montreal
express. and is now registered under
the name of w II. Thomson at the
Prince George Hotel.
Nine Gould is now stopping with her
sister. Miss Helen Gould, at her Fifth
avenue home. No sooner had the tall
and distinguished Frenchman reached
tou,n than he got into telephone con-
versation with Nine. Gould. Inc taih
was a long one, and Indicated that
Nine Gould was aware OF Prince he
lies intention to follow her to America
Paris Expects Marriage.
Ever since Prince Hele and the re-
aoubtable Count Boni rolled over each
other in the mud and threw Paris into
\ 6t of inextinguishable laughter by
their bout with fists. finger-nails ana
canes In front of the Church of Pierre
dc Chaillot, the Faubourg st, German
aud clubs expected to hear of de Sd-
aan's marriage to -Isoni's former wife.
While tales bordering on bathos have
been retold of Boni's terrible financial
straits since he lost command of the
Gould millions. the cables from Paris
have burned hot with accounts of the
prodigai expenditures OF de Sagsn
whose nominal income is $4,000 per
year. but who spends twenty times
as much in each twelve months,
That De sagan is well supplied with
1neney on his present trip was proven
today when he carelessly drew an enor-
pnous roll Of thousand franc notes on