The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-17

Contamination in 1904 and IL 10Y 8
widow, her husband having died in De-
cember, 1907. Their married life was
not a happy one, but this is the first
vided by a paid agent.
me French attorney In the case ie
y. q. B~odfngton, who is represented in
Pittsburg by Dalxell, Fisher & Haw-
kins. This firm has issued a writ OF
foreign attachment against Mr.. Leish-
Will be oliged to give a bond for IS, 600
the amount Of the claim, before he can
draw any Of his presumably large bal
ance.
Paid Sons of the Money.
NJ. Bodington admits that he has
received part of the commission agreed
upon, but states that he has tried in
without success. He cites the great
trouble he had in arranging for the set
Element Of q portion Of Mr.. Leishman's
fortune upon the count before the mar
riage and declares that he earned his
pay and ants 1t.
MI: Leishman employed him. he says,
TO make all the financial arrangements,
he AYERS that he performed his
duties faithfully. both as securing a
titled husband for Miss Leishman and
q good price for h u for his title.
With the money furnished by his
f~atherinlaw, Count de Gontaut-Biron,
and his wife plunged into many ex-
tr~avagances almost Immediately after
their wedding in June, 1904. Mr.. Leish-
man did not like the way the expenses
We're increasing, but Mrs. Leishman
thought 1t delightful to have a titled
soninlaw who could provide her with
ne entrse to aristocratic society, and
condoned the counts cratic ways as
II he were a spoiled child, and the
countess wa obviously contented in
gay life to which he introduced her.
Mrs. Leishman fell out with the
president of the skating club Of which
count aid her to revenge herself? The
count could and did. He established a
rival club and led the legions of the
elect from the old organization to the
Leishman banner.
Entertained In Splendid Style.
The entertainments given on Mr..
Le1smman's money were magnificent,
The gowns of the countess were the
talk Of Paris. Then came the first rift
In the lutte. At Biarritz the count had
engaged to secure the presence Of KinR
Alfonso and b then Princess Ena Of
Battenburg at q hunting perty. Mrs.
Le1shman was overjoyed. Then the
queen mother Of Spain stepped in and
everything was chaos. The count fell
inlaw. t.
Then came another thunderbolt.
From Constantinople Mr.. Leishman
sent word that the extravagance must
Q The count did not seem inclined
to slow up. Whereupon Mr.. Leishman
rabbed the reins, frightened up his
who were becoming importunate in
their demands for money due them that
he would pay no more bills contracted
by the count. and invited the latter to
get out and hustle for himself.
This was a hard blow to Count
Louis. Starting with a capital consist
Ing Of a title, his goods looks and the
slender charity of his family, he had
been raised suddenly to the position Of
husband Of an heiress and sharer In her
millions, and the sudden fall didn't
please q bit.
He became rather peevish about it:
her mind to divorce him. She %actuaiiy
had begun slut when the count sud
denly became Ill. Instantly she forgot
ali ner grievances and hurried to his
bedside to nurse him. There she STAYED
until he died a month later, on De-
cember. 10. 1907.
His widow lived very quietly for some
time. but in April, 1908, she came into
the public Y again through a peculiar
lawsuit. At h time OF her marriage
she had received a host Of presents. be-
sides her very valuable Jewels. These
minor gifts had been locked in two
trunks and sent to an English agent in
which burned in 1906. So the
brought suit against the agent for no.
GOO compensation. The suit DRAGGED
along for three years, and last October
she was awarded the full amount. She
Was Obliged to show the value of the
p~reFents. n in doing this she learned.
as many brides do not. what her pres.
ents cost. Her friends came to her Aid
loyalty n sent receipted bills or az
f1davits giving the value of the Rifts.
Bills Sent to Washington.
Some 10 months before the settlement
OF II suit Of he countess, her father
and mother became involved in legal
difnculties. William Blake, a Paris
bootmaker, who had made boots for Mr..
Leishman and shoes and slippers for
his wife and daughter, sued Mr.. Leish-
man for $500. He even sent his bill to
the state department al Washington
and received q diplomatic reply that g.
had been forwarded to Mr.. Leishman.
Then q dealer In lace curtains who
who q sold Mrs. Leishman goods val
ued at 5000 francs, and had been I'm.
able to get his money. brought sniff
and the goods were seized in her house
This caused a furore, and 1t was final.
ly decided the dealer had no right to do
such q thing In the house Of an am.
Tbassador.
Now ONE the suit of M. Bodineton
to add to the already startling total Of
the cost Of Mr.. Leishman's Diplomats
career.
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