Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-18
B0NI RENOUNCES
PLEA FOR MONEY;
WANTS CHILDREN
COUNT FEELS INDIGNANT AT PRIN-
CESS DE SAGAN FOR SAYING
HE NEEDS CASH.
HIS FEELINGS ARE OUTRAGED.
Declares George Gould Believes His
Golden Authority Can Guild Sig
ter's Marriage to Prince.
HIS FEELINGS ARE OUTRAGED.
GOLD WILL NOT COVER BAsENEss.

PARIS, Dec. 16.-The hearing of the
suit brought by Count Boni de Castel-
lane against the Princess de Sagan, in
which he petitions that the custody OF
his three children be given to his moth
err the Marquise de Castellane, was CON
tinued in this city today.
NJ. Bonnet was heard in rejoinder for
the count. He read letter from the
count renouncing the petition for $780,
900 annually for the maintenance of the
children, but insisting more emphatically
than ever that the children be confded
to the care of his mother. The reGn-
quishment of the financial demand came
as a surprise in spite of the fact that
such course was indicated at the close
OF the first hearing of the case.
Indignant at Lies'
( The letter of the count was addressed
to NJ. Bonnet and it is cOuched in an
/ eloquent phraseology of outraged man
hood. 1t begins: Indignant at the per
| fidious and lying insinuations of the
! princess and her family representing that
my only desire is to obtain a big allow
|
er only the custody of the children; L
renounce with pleasure the request for
/ an allowance"
| Continuing the count calls NJ. Bonnet
to witness with what outraged feelings
he rejected the pecunary offers OF the
Prince and Princess de Sagan and
George Gould, the princess brother.
THE new and unexpected attitude of
George Could" de Castellane writes,
who regards this suit simply as vulgar
| affair of money and who believes that
! his golden authority can gid the mar
| riage of his sister with Il furnished man
| cOmpels me more strongly than ever to
| l..siSt on the withdrawal of the children
from the house of which the prince is
the ornament ard from surroundings
where they will learn only one thing
| that honor is nothing and money ev-
| erything, that money covers every base
ness and thar it will buy every con-
| science.
Disagrces with Goulds.
| ''The decision l have taken will show
| the court the sole purpose which inspires
me, my parents and my relatives. We
| are without fortunes and upon the queS-
| ton of money we do not hold the same
! theories as do the Goulds. Concerning
the education 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"
Hints at Divorce.
After asking the court to take notice
| of the modification of the petition of his
client, NJ. Bonnet launched into a vigor-
| Gus denLnciation of his odversaries He
| charged that on many points the defend
ants did not dare to meet the allega-
| tons of the count, citing particularly the
| allegation that the Princess de Sagan
was ready to leave her present husband
| They did not dare challenge this state
ment," the lawyer said, because they
know that the proposed separation has
! been formally communicated to De Cas-
| tellane's attorneys"
Continuing, NJ. Bonnet said that all of
the offers of settlement made by the
upon the counts remuneration of his
children. but the count refused to sell
! either himself or his children.
| The princess had told Judge Ditto
| that if the children were taken from her
sle would disinherit them, thus proving
| that i'll her eyes everything was a ques-
ton of money.
Calls Princess EXtravagant.
Referring to the charges that De Cas-
tellane had dissipated his wife's fortune,
| NJ. Bonnet insisted that the countess was
! just as Iuucll TSSpOuSlDIe DIS her husband
! for the royal eXtrayagances" such as
the Malakoff palace, the Chateau Ma
rails, and the Charity bazaar, which alone
| cost 100000. The lawyer particularly
! resented George Gould's share in the de
| Tense, saying that now the question of
money had been eliminated, Mr.. Gould
was playing the mysterious role of Craw.
| ford in the Humbert 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 be a sep
aration of property.
Does Mr. Gould fear that his sister
| will get another divorce and made a
more unfortunate third marriageY asked
| NJ. Bonnet. mo, l can reaSSure him;
the princess can find nobody worse than
! De Sagan."
The lawyer then asked the court to or
| der the taking of testimony on certain
! points which the defense had declined to
! meet. In conclusion, he appealed to the
court to withdraw the three children
from the custody of their mother, who
! had married a man renowned by one
| of the greatest families of France and
| who has spent month in prison." and
| place them in the care of the mother
! of the count, whose only purpose was to
direct her grandchildren in the right
] path.
! At the conclusion of NJ. Bonnet's re
! marks, NJ. Clemenceau replied for the
/ princess. The case was then adjourned
for week, when the public prosecutor
will present his conclusions. A decision
| is expected in a fortnight, unless the
court decides to hear testimony.
AS at previous sessions of the court
! when this case was heard, the courtroom
| was crowded with Parisians anxious to
hear this famous scandal barred. In the
the suit for the custody of the children
the doors are thrown open to the public
but were closed when Princess de Sagan
secured her divorce from Count Boni.