Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-02
ADMITS HE
is COURT TING
NINE. ANNA
BREACH IN GOULD FAMILY IS
GROWING WIDER
De castelIane's Former Wife, lndlg-
nant at Opposition Of Relatives,
Refuses to Be "Ruled by
Family"

BY Associated fress,
NEW YORK, April THAT Prince
Helie de Sagan is suitor for the
hand of Madam Anna Gould is an
nounced by the prince himself in
statement in which he says that Mad
am Gould will sail for France very
soon after his own departure, which
is set for April Q.
The princes announcement was
made coincident with the circulation
of reports that Madam Gould has
ouarreled with her family because of
her determination to marry De Sagan
Madam Gould is quoted as saying that
she shall mo longer be oppressed and
ruled by her family" that at last she
has asserted herself and shall abide
by her own decision"
Madam Gould has left the home of
her sister, Miss Helen Gould, with
whom she had been staying since her
arrival from France more than week
ago, and is living with friends at the
Hotel st. Regis.
Not only, is sentiment, but money as
well, involved in the break between
Madam Gould and the members of her
family The will by which jay Gould
disposed of his fortune contained
codicil which may have prominent
part If developments should follow
prolongation of the family troubles.
This codicil provides that any of his
children who should marry without
first getting the consent of the other
sons and daughters should forfeit one
half of his or her interest in the es-
tate. In Madam Gould's case the one
half interest is variously estimated at
between s6,OOO.00O and $s,0ooOOo.
Says codicii Abrogated
IT is said to be the contention Of
Madam Gould, however. that this pro-
vision of the will was abrogated as
far as she is concerned, when the con-
sent of her brothers and sister was
given to her marriage with Count
Boni de Castellane. Having taken this
a prominent firm of attorneys with
large interests both in New York and
in Paris to have Informed her relatives
at the last family conference that she
is prepared to fight, IL necessary, for
what she regards as her right to her
entire share of the fortune left by her
father
Madam Gould is i'll in her apartments
at the st. Regis, and the date of her
departure for Europe is believed to be
dependent upon the rapidity with
which she RECEIVERS.
No definite date for sailing has yet
been set, so far as can be learned, but
it is not believed that it will be de-
layed longer than ten days or two
weeks.
Mrs. Tyler Morse. with whom She is
stopping at the st. Regis hotel, said
today:
No Formal Announcement
81 am authorized to say for Madam
hot will he formal H.
nouncement of her engagement made
in this city. The engagement VIII be
publicly announced in France, accord
ing to certain formalities that must be
observed there. as Madam Gould is
citizen of France.
IT cannot say how soon Madam
Gould will give her answer to the
prince, but it will not be made public,
] know, in this country"
An order authorizing George Gould
and Miss Helen Gould, as receivers OF
Madam Gould's surplus income, to re-
imburse George j. Gould in the sum or
$40. 900 which he had paid to Edmond
Kelly, the attorney, in connection with
Madam Gould's recent divorce action
against Count Boni de Castellane was
signed today by Judge La Combe In
the United States circuit court. The
same order provides payment of
$4,000 to Judge Dillon, chief counsel Tor
the Gould interests, for services which
he rendered in connection with the di-
VOICE action. The order of the court
was made in accordance with the trus-
teeship instituted in the suit originally
brought in 1901, when the creditors of
Count Boni were pressing him for set
tlement, At that time compromise
was effected by the appointment of
George ]. Gould and Helen M. Gould
as receivers of their sisters income,
they to turn over 100000 a year to the
creditors until the counts debts had
been paid. AS these debts have not
yet been paid in full, Madam Gould's
income still is under the control of the
federal courts.