The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-03
RAKES The COUNT
Anna GouId's Lawyer Makes a
Fierce Attack in Court
On BOni de Castallene, Her For
mer Husband.
IN BLACKLIST COLOR
The Record of His Past Life Is
Portrayed.
Says He Spent $1,OOO,O0O a
Year of the Gould Money.

| Paris Dec 3.-The Princess De
Sagan, who was Miss Anna Gould of
New York, had her innings in cour-
in the hearing of the case brought by
| her former husband. Count Roni de-
! Castellane, to have the three children
| of the union placed in the custody of
| his mother, the Marquise De Castel-
| lane The first hearing took place
I last week, and NJ. Bonnet. counsel for
! the count, set forth by statement, al
| legation and insinuation chat the
| atmosphere of the De Sagan household
was detrimental to the proper bringing
| up of the three De Castellane boys.
During the afternoon hundreds of
women, including some of the most
prominent members of French society
and the American and English COLO
MES in Paris literally fought in the
corridors of the palace of justice 20
| gain admission to the crowded court
! room where the side of the princess
was presented by NJ. Clemeneeau.
Without essaying the imprisoned
oratorical role played by M. Bonnet
last wee, NJ. Clemenceau coolly and
calmly, but with cutting irony and
brought against the Princess De Sa-
gan, whose character he insisted was
blameless. He mercilessly scored the
record and character of the Count De
Castellane and said he was wholly un-
fitted to have the custody of his chill
dren. He charged that the real pur-
pose of the count was to raise money
and satisfy his vengeance on the
at the expense of the interests of his
children whose minds he had con-
tinually tried to poison.
Neither Prince De Sagan nor the
count was present.
Hints at Forgery.
NJ. Clemenceau announced that the
princess formally Joined with her hus-
band in the allegations against the
count numbered from four to twenty
inclusive. These deal with De Sagan'
charge that the count in order to pre-
vent the marriage of Nine. Gould with
the Prince De Sagan. caused forged
letters and documents purporting to
have been signed by De Sagan, to
consisted of usurer's notes payable the
day the prince was married to Nine.
Gould and three letters alleged to have
been written by De Sagan to his mis-
Gould and spoke in scurrilous terms
of her. The count claimed that these
documents had been left anonymously
at his residence during the month of
September. 1907. De Sagau offered
to prove, with the cooperation of his
wife, that the count had arranged
through two women. called Madame
&C. and Madame r. to have these
documents shown to Mime. Gould at
her country residence. De Sagan,
while not directly accusing the count
perts that these documents were
forged "by the same hand" Then
taking up his argument again. NJ.
Clemenceau said he did not like to
f1imsy affirmations; he preferred to
confine himself to facts that could be
esta blished. Nevertheless affirmations !
must be met notably, Nine Gould's
been better if she had not been di- |
vorced, but had lived as she pleased
though married. What Nine. Gould
actually said. M. Clemenceau declared,
was. "I am treated just as if I had a
lot of lovers
Spent a Million Year.
Counsel for the princess contended
that the testimony of the chauffeur dis
charged from the service of De Sagan
and the evidence of private detectives
was utterly unworthy of credence and
he raked the count fore and aft when
he reached the subject of the fashion
in which he has dissipated his wife's
fortune. spending at the rate of ST.
100000 a year for eleven years 80 long
this money was Forthcoming" NJ.
Clemenceau said. 1.-The count consider
ed his wife upright and honorable
When Miss Gould was married to
De Castellane she had a yearly income |
of 100000. During her married life
with what counsel chacterized as its
countless follies, the sum of $4,000, 900
had been spent. When she got her di-
debts amounting to So. 400, 900 in addition
to the sum of $4,000 that had been Civ |
en- to the MARQUIS and Marquise De |
CasteIlane. This is the man. cried |
NJ. Clemenceau. "who wants his chill !
dren educated like a De Castellane, a |
man without a profession, who married |
for money and then devoted himself to |
betraying his wife with his wife's fe-
male friends"
Continuing, Mr. Clemenceau revealed
the exact terms of the settlement his |
client offered to make at the time of !
her divorce. These the count refused |
on the ground that they were INSULT |
cient and in so doing, said counsel he |
proved himself eligible for an insane
asylum.
These terms were 500. 900 in cash and |
an income of $50 600 a year, this income |
to be increased when the estate of his |
former wife was out of the hands of the |
trustees, she to take over all the debts |
then pending.
1t Was Gould Money.
NJ. CIemenceau then rallied at the |
count for reproaching De Sagan with |
having two mistresses. THE count" |
he said had more than two when he |
married Miss Gould" The count also |
accused De Sagan with ingratitude be- |
cause he, the count. had once loaned |
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