The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-16
COUNT EULAL|A
IN LIMELIGHT
CHICAGO WOMAN ALLEGES ANTE
NUPTIAL AGREEMENT, AND
SAYS SHE eROOMED HIM FOR
MARRIAGE TO MRS. JNO. 3.
STETsON.

VI lOIu6r MIS- john D. OUCJSO0. DOJL
Of whom are well known in Florida,
and who frequently spend their win
tiers in DeLand, is about to be sued
for $4,000 by Chicago woman, who
claims to have gTOomed him for his
marriage to Mrs. Stetson, and alleges
that she did so by agreement with
him.
Details of the Story.
The story is told in a dispatch from
Chicago to the Washington Post, as
follows:
Mrs. William Franklin Ernest, who
proposes suing Count Santa Eulalia
TO recover $4,000 on an alleged ante
nuptial agreement, tonight related her
story OF how she and Mrs. L. B.
Bishop, general manager Of an insur-
anCe company. "groomed" the Portu-
ge6e nObleman for his marriage TO
Mrs. John B. StetsOn. widow Of the
late Philadelphia hat manufacturer.
According to Mrs. ETnest's allega-
tions, she picked up Santa Eulalia in
Chicago the same as any other raw
material and turned him out pol
ished, finished product only to be
ignored and scOrned. But it IS her
inning now, she says, and If she is
able she will furnish many good
laughs for the counts acquaintances-
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest have been at
the Congress hotel since last Thurs
day, and there they were found to-
night. They consented to talk only
after being cornered, and said they
proposed departing on motor trip
early tomorrow morning.
Orders Her Lawyers to Sue.
When asked about the progress OF
the proposed suit Mrs. Ernest tore
open a sealed letter addressed to At
torrey Heary J. Scott at Philadelphia
directing him to Immediately nile the
papers in her $4,000 claim.
And the suit is not all they have in
store for the count who married the
widow with the millions, for when
this litigation is over DR.. Ernest the
claimants husband, will, according TO
his threat, meet the count and make
him pay for the assertion that the suit
is a Matchmaking proposition.
81 feel sorry for Mrs. Stetson, and
for her sake must refrain from stat
ing the details OF my claim, but |
can assure you that the story will
make exceedingly interesting reading |
when the case is heard in court" be- |
gan Mrs. Ernest, THIS Is no idle |
6Cas+. am prepared ty show every |
movement the court has, made In the |
mast five years after met him at |
ian &c @EsSsneaise, End will haxef
between twenty and toIty~H-ssHesses
help me with my case.
Says He Proposed Wedding Money.
Il have been accustomed to meet /
people of the highest type of heart /
and mind culture, and then / have had /
my charity PATIENTS and Count Santa
EulaIia was one Of the latter. Well.
he talked with me just as a child
would talk to it's mother, and told me
it was the desire of his family to have
him marry, a wealthy woman. The
fact that he did not have the title of !
count was our secret, and part of
our plan VS. to get it for him.
Il fitted the count out with good
clothes prompted him how to behave,
and then 8rs. Bishop and l arranged
that 9Ts. StetsOn should call upon
Mrs bishop at the Chicago Beach
hotel. That was eigth months after
Mr.. Sttson's death.
"Atirst the count did not progress
rapid with his cOuTtship, because of
his pfsonal faults, but made good
headIy by the correspondence route
-beaIse l wrote every love letter
that lie countess ever received from
him. framed the proposal Of mar
riagAnd argued away every Objec-
ton le offered to accepting the count I
I'm srTiage. It was a hard two
year work, but l was finally sue
ce5sl.'
The Story Denied J
Ia dispatch from Philadelphia to
theVashington Post the Countess
San Eulalia has added her denial
to hers that her husband. Count | =
SaI Eulalia formerly Portuguese /
coul at Chicago, entered into an z
agIment with any one to pay S10,- 7
0ObT introducing them C
long the intimate friends of the 7
cot and countess, who deny Mrs. d
ErSt's allegations, are Mrs. and Mrs. b
l.. Bishop, now living at the La u
Sa hotel, in Chicago: the Rev. T
Far P. J. O'Callahan of the Paulist r
chch, and many residents Of the v
Cbgo Beach hotel, where the POT- "
tuese nobleman was known. Y
Their O'Callahan was indignant 81
WI he hard Of the threatened suit. T
Had: Il
have been perhaps more inti- n
msly associated with Count Santa
EIiia than any man in Chicago. He b
Is gentleman, and no such contract hi
is alleged could possibly have been
fnred into by him. Te
may say that I have always be-
led / knew who introduced Mrs.
0lEoOA ~ SGunJ kIAAd4Ao- AZ p|A |
ollI have in mind was not Mrs. Ern- -
ST, but a woman prominently known So
/ be society Of Chicago. and the rest -.
tle world. for that matter" TIA
10 Foundation, Countess Says.
CHntess Santa Eulalia at her coun-
Y place. Idro. in EIkins Park de
ared that the rumOrs OF a suit
aiast her husband on account of a
agreement impressed her
queer. She said she was sure there
Md be no foundation for such an
ton in the court
/ did not know such a woman as 4
s. Josephine P Ernest" said the
lntess, and a statement that she =
ought about the meeting between =
self and my husband Is simply pre- :
5terOus. I cannot imag CINE her pur-
Sc in circulating such reports or
eatening suit
I shall pay no further attention to
matter; and I am sure that the
INT viii follow the same course