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as much as $4,000 a year for TINS pur- :
nose. but said that he was willing that
tne court should fix the amount.
n is evident from today's proceedings
that NJ Bonnet had detectives con-
stontIv on the trail of the former "iie
OF his client =,
Next week De Sagan's attorney. ~
Clemenceau, is expected to retaiiae'
Nv having bare Count Bonfs record
Nevertheless the opinion is that TO-DAY
array of evidence was strong rendering
decision in favor Of the witndra"ai
of the custody Of the children from
their mother, much more hkely imam
had been anticipated.
M. Bonnet dwelt upon what ne
termed the demoralizing influence OF
De Sagan upon the princess. See TO
what mental state" NJ. Bonnet cried,
"association with the prince reduced
this woman" The lawyer declared that
the conduct of the couple at the Hotel
Des Reservoirs at Versailles was 80
scandalous that the other guests re-
fused to allow their children tP play
with the Castellane children
Going back to the record of the
prince before his marriage, NJ. Bon
net reviewed his escapades, recountlng
the assault case between the count ana
7 the prince in Paris in January OF TINS
year, and the princess alleged con-
nection with the Lebaudy blackmali-
ing affair and certain alleged forged
notes which were settled by the
princes father he declared that the
prince had called upon his former mis-
tresses since his marriage, special men,
ton being made of one Jeanne Id
bouche. Since bis marriage he hao
lunched and dined with Mile. Labouche
going on trips with her and had de-
posited 5000 to her credit.
There was a lively tilt between the
two attorneys upon the question OF M.
Bonnet introducing the names OF De
Sagan's alleged mistresses. Nj. Clem-
enceau, who represents the princess,
gave warning that he would retaliate
in kind when he discussed the career of
Dc Castellane.
"The princess will some day rue her
marriage to a man of De ,Sagans type
NJ. Bonnet declared, "and she will real
ize that her millions are not masters
OF 1uSC1CG. ne WOuIld uP "ASAA - N--eo''
tribute to the Marquise De Castellane
and said the placing of the children III
her custody would be a proper solution
of the. whole affair.
Paris. Nov. 25.-The suit of Count
Boni DE Castellane against his former
wife. who was Miss Anna Gould of
New York and who is now the wife OF
fnr
tody of his three children was opened
here today, and the court room was
lammed to the doors.
NJ Bonnet declared that the count
was seeking only the welfare of his
children. He said it was with sad
heart that the count had been COM
PEELED t. bring a suit involving ms
former wife, whose alliance with De
Sagan, he declared. was dragging her
into an abyss of shame.
NJ. Bonnet said that if the count had
committed a grave wrong in the past
this had been fully expiated and that
he would not intervene now had the
princess married a man of reasonable
moral rcspectability.
NJ. Bonnet described, among other
things, the humiliation to which the
count, on several different occasions
had peen subjected. Turning to the
Prince De Sagan. M. Bonnet SAID that
before his marriage he was bounded
by his creditors, renounced by his FAM
ily, he had no abode and he was Nv
ing in questionable company. Counsel
for the count referred to the princess
alleged improper conduct with Sagan
before their marriage. He said she re-
ceiyed him intimately in her house on
the Avenue Malakoff and dined with
him alone in Paris.
Count De Castellane, who was present
seemed rather pleased than otherwise that
the recital of his family affairs was to
he made public. This is the first Tine
the French newspapers, which are forbid
den 10 publish divorce proceedings in
court. have had an opportunity to venti-
late this scandal and they were represt-
cd in force by reporters and artists.
1t was apparent that it was to be way
to the knife between the adversaries and
that no one would be spared. M. Bon-
net, representing the count, was the first
to be heard. He presented the general
grounds upon which his client asked that
the three children be confided to the care
of their grandmother, the counts mother
and the Princess De Sagerf be compelled
to contribute $500 annually to their sup
port. namely that the moral atmosphere
of tie Sagan household was unfit for the
children.
This allegation was in three parts, first,
the alleged scandalous conduct of Prince
Helie DE Sagan in the past: second, that
he had not reformed since the marriage
NJ. Bonnet said he was prepared to prove
that the prince had seen two of his for
mer mistresses since the date of his mar
riage-and third. that the conduct Of the
princess before her marriage to De Sa-
gan had heen improper.
Furthermore, NJ. Bonnet went on, De
Sagan last sumemr in the name of his
chauffeur rented a villa at St Cloud and
received his future wife there secretly
and at her country seat the Chateau
Marais, the prince occupied room on tho
same corridor. While in New York the
members of the Gould family declined to