The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
GOULD AND
PRINCE DEFY HER
FAMILY; WILL WE'D
Angrily Declares Brothers Shall
Not Rule Her Any
Longer.
DE SAGAN
WOOING FORMER COUNTESS
Both Believe Fathers Will Can
Be Broken and Counsel
Has Been Employed.

NEW YORK. April lit is the first
step that costs. the French say, and
now that it is taken 1 feel better" said
Nine. Gould today.
al shnII not he ruled by my family
any longer. why should not have
the privilege of living my life as i
choose. l nm tired of being obliged
to consult my relatives ON every sub
ject, and so ! have asserted myself. I
shall not change my mind and shall go
away immediately"
Out in the open at last as regards his
wooing of Nine. Gould, Prince de Sagan
also had many pertinent things to Jay
IT confess that I am a sutton for
Nine. Gould's hand.
Mime. Gould will leave New York oil
or. before April 9, if her health per-
mits.
81 shall leave on La Provence on
April 8 or perhaps earlier.
'"The marriage will not lake place in
New York.
"Mme. Gould has been advised that
the cOdicii In the will of her father,
which provides that she must have the
of her family OF forfeit half her
estate. will not held good In law.
Il am NOT afraid of George Gould or
his detectives.
81 have V murdered. l have never
been in Jail. l am not a vagabond. l
have never stolen. l am a normal mar
of the world
ssThe break between Nine. Gould and
her family is of such n nature that a
reconciliation can take place.
In a statement issued in explanation
of Nine. Anna Gould's sudden
change of residence from her sister
Helen's house at $40 Fifth avenue to
the st. Regis, Mrs. Tyler Morse said
today:
Mime. Gould is now making her
home with Mr.. Morse and myself at
the st. Regis.
"She came to America to consult her
family concerning her proposed mar
riage to the Prince de Sagan, but
George Gould is SO bitterly opposed
that differences have arisen which
caused her to prefer to live here for a
time.
Mime. Gould is feeling a little better
today. She authorizes me to say she will
not return to France for three weeks.
There Is no formal engagement between
her and the Prince de Sagan. That
must be made in French territory. Be-
fore she came to America the prince
sought her hand in marriage, but she
preferred to wait until she had dis
cussed the matter with her family.
There has beer no final break be-
tween Nine. Gould and her family. Miss
Helen and Mrs. Frank j.. Gould have
called lere to see her.
1t is believed in Paris that he we'd
ding will be held in n of the De
Sagan palaces, and that the possibility
of Bonn de Castellane, Nine. Gould's
former husband, appearing and making
a scene, may be guarded against. 1t is
thought that the marriage will be sol
emnized Immediately after the return
of the Prince and Nine Gould from
America.
Because of her now declared inten-
ton of becoming the Princess do
Sagan, the possibility of one of the
greatest will contests of the century
looms imminent.
If any attempt is made by the execu-
tors-who are George J.. Gould, Edwin
Gould, Howard Gould and Helen NJ.
Gould-to deprive Nine. Gould of n
portion of her full share of the estate
under that instrument the legality of
the will. in accordance with plans
already made, will be assailed by legal
Nine. Gould's former marriage,
so the prince states she has been adj
vised by expert lawyers, abrogates that
provision.