The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-21
D'AULBY'S INRAMY COMPLETE
FtkE COfNT ~ fOs RT tSSAgIS
BONtN M INDLED.
Bogus Picture ENtsrtion ease Brought To
TRIAL in France BOSTON wife Of tho
Accused brought liin, ~ .O>sO
nowr, The Court President Wild.

tempting tn eStort s!Oo.OO0 from Mrs
Charles Hamilton Paine Of Boston, now
the Duchess de Choiseul- Praslin. for
spurious pictures sold To- her late hus-
band. was begun in the Correctional
Court to-day The first days hearing
closed with tn. defence having scored
point in preventing certain letters
from being removed from the dossier,
or documents in the case Whit >re
letters contain was not divulsed. but
they passed b.tw.e Mrs Paine and the
Duke dc Choiseul. Pre-lin. her present
husband and the Duke and NJ Dutillet.
Mrs Paine's business agent in Paris A
legal point arose a. TO whether OUTLETS
position was such that he could claim
professional secrecy to secure the with
drawal Of the letters. OUTLET Is a law
graduate. but does not practise a. an
advocate A large crowd was in At
tendance and il was necessary to hold
the hearing in the quarters Of the Assize
Court. which are larger than those OF tho
Correctional tribunal.
The Countess d'Aulby. a Boston
woman, who il on BAIL was the first OF
the accused to appear. She 10 pleasant
looking She was dressed in purple
velvet and wore a violet trimmed hat
and a purple stole. She took a chair
on the left of the tribunal.
D'Aulby. who is an ordinary looking
man. wore a black morning coat He
was quite self -possessed He was al
lowed to take a chair beside his wife The
gendarrnes accompanying him took a
seat in an transformations place.
The proceedings Were opened by
Maltre Sturel. attorney for the Duchess.
asking that certain documents and lat
rsrs which passed between Mrs. Paine
and tha Count be Withdrawn from the
case. as they were confidential papers.
The letters. he said. had been seized
while in the hands OF an agent Of Mrs.
Paine
Professional secrecy Maitre S'Irel
said. would not allow the agent TO give
these letters up
The Procurator General opposed the
withdrawal OF the letters from the case.
Maitrc Bernard. the advocate for n Aulby.
also objected to their elimination from
the trial on the ground that Mrs Pain.'s
agent WAS not bound bv professional
secrecy to withhold them
The tribunal retired to consider the
TO the court room it was announced that
II had been decide, that the .etters should
remain IN the dossI.r~ \ decision A. To
whether they NAV ". read will b" given
later They ircllia letters from Mr..
Pain" 20 n"r agent Duiilla'. The pI-s-
tion depends uron N" status II NiriIi",
Prcsiden' Robert 81 tn" court then began
IN" examination uf Count i Aulby
The interrogation was NOT finished after
thre. hours Possibly mindful Of Premier
Brands recent circular On IN. Prr-i-
dents intorroRations. which was b"-
lated outrom. NJ the S,"inh"il t-in, Judge
Robert was not severe. although h" qiG"s-
TONED along tn" lines e prus"";',nS
attorney rath"T than as an Ind"p"n!' M
inquirer
JIi.c R"h"-- recognized ~, y"-f"c'
honor ~ ~" 'Cpunr">-'- flmilv.- h"-
proper-. heing worth CO. "DD franc
sicO COZ when 81" and her husband
s"tti"d IN Tours eight year, ago Their
incom" before they kn"v Mr. Painr
was sO,OsD francs. or rvout sI2 nOo yearly
D'Aulhy was unwilling 20 reply 20
a question about his having SAID that
Prime" Philippr Il" Bourbon wished 10
adopt him n. said II vas too delicate
n matter 20 tisCl--. ne tn" Prince and
Princess wore his friends Tn" Primo"
Suggested that D'Aulh. might hanil.
ia London some 81 tn" Princes conc"S-
-ion- IN Brazil II h" we-" successful
IN" Primo" would h" willing 20 adopt
him. hEt D'Aulby suggest .'d that h" adopt
his eldest child
When Mrs Pain" visited Tours RI.
-Counr"s-- q Aulby gaze her her bod
room wh:o., contained Co-r"Egio.
III" original Of which j. IN ,He Louvre
TINS waS III" picture Mrs Pain" liked
best IN tn" world. and IN" wished 10
buy III" copy. bnt DAulhy wa-unwiIling
10 sell u. "a u was also his wif"'s favo-it..
After sh" hid offered 5000 franc.. ~
$1,000. an agreement was reached nv
xhIch - on francs. or Sij.nol. was paid
for u
D'tulby slid that hs intlmacv with
Mrs. Pain" grew IN Paris. where Mrs
PAIN" had u" friends. and she was glad 10
profit hy u Aulny's Acquaintance. One
,iay they visited 81 German and after. !
ward returned TO Mrs Paines hi'ise. !
Mrs. Pain. went 10 bed D'Aulbv PLAYED |
on the piano. Mrs Paine smoked. drank |
and soda and complain I'D iha |
her life WAS unhappy She said her hus. !
band was always III. She asked ID Aulhv .
Ia l.. her friend and kissed him IN his ,
leaving
Three DAYS afterward their intimacy /
t'ecam. compiet. and in all the later !
dealings with picture dealers .
and hOus" furnishers he acted IN her he .
half as II she was his wife The pictures
and other articles were needed for the new
IN the Av.nu. BoI- de- Bou-
ogne bectia-e Mr.. Pain. refused To- trans
Ter the contents 81 his Boston homo 60
Paris. Among other things Mrs Paine
Isked him-he always talked business
with Mrs. Paine. not her husband was
"a stock her cellars. Her last order was
rot fulfilled because h had broken "a
Ms relations with her becaus. Il her re-
atoms with the DUO de- Choisaul- Pra sin.
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