New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
LOVE LETTERS TO
''COUNT" De CATCHY
At His Trial for Swind|ing 1t Is
Said They Were Written by
Duchess of ChoiseuI-PrasIin.
SHE REPUDIATES THEM ALL
Duchess Testifies De Gatigny's
Demand for 100000 Was
Blackmail and Denies Giving
Him a Golden Paddock.


Blackmail and Denies Giving
Him a Golden Paddock.
Tours, France, Dec PA tempestuous
| trial of Count d'Aulby de Gatigny and
| his American wife is being held on a
| charge of swinding, reached a climax
| this afternoon In the Introduction Of love
letters alleged to have been written to
D Aulby by the Duchess Of Choiseul-Pras-
| lin, the plaintiff in the case, while she was
| the wife OF Charles Hamilton Paine
| During the reading Of the letters. which
| the duchess refused to acknowledge as
hers. the two women, the duchess and the
| Countess d'Aulby, sat side by side, ex-
| changing furious glances, while the court
| room, jammed to suffocation with fashion
| able women, was filed with nnurnurs and
exclan1a tons as all strained to catct the
| words
'I love you so hard read NJ. Bernard,
counsel for D'Aulby. that it makes me
| i'll. You have given yourself to me-, All
ask is that you love me always. That is
Gods best gift The day passes, fire dies,
! but my love goes forever. 1t is an in
candescent, consuming flame that dulls
me. sitting at your knees, Graded in your
| heart LUCY.
Duchess Appeals to Court.
| The duchess underwent a pitiless cross
examination as to her relations with
D Aulby, but she refused TO answer many
of the questions and begged the court to
intervene. to spare. her.
| She charged that D'Aulby had de-
noanded $4,000 for the return of letters
which she had written him and that his
entire conduct had been that of black
mailer since the discovery that the paint
inrs were worthless She denied that she
had presented tewelry to D'Aulby. includ-
ing a golden paddock bearing the tnscrip-
| ton: You have the key"
| The duchess denied also that she had
arranged for DAulby contract with her
husband for the purchase of pictures as
proof Of her love for him, or that she
| said:
'.Thi. shows that I am your guardian
angel
D'Aulby had insisted, the witness said.
that all the pictures were original, but
| they had not been authenticated. with only
| one execution D 'Aulby, she said, had
claimed relationship in all the courts and
with all the families Of royalty IN Europe
| This statement was the signal for a pro-
| test ron, the count that set the courtroom
in en- uproar Spr,nging from his chair,
| D 'Aulby cried:
tIt is false. She IS ror,ancing. Nothing
that she says Is true"
Amid the turbulence the duchess re-
NAMED calm and after a whitening glance
| at D'Aulby she faced Judge Roberts and
| demanded to know: Am 7 here TO be in
suited by a pair Of adventurers?
Here NJ. Bernard, Of counsel for the de-
fence, interposed with:
IT will tell you that we are here to
avenge s morality outraged by Nine
I cho.seul-P-aslin.'
Sympathy with Duchess
| The sympathy Of the spectators plainly
| was with the American duchess, and the
retort Of NJ Bernard served only to excite
further expressions of indignation toward
the defendants and their attorney
Nine DAulby, being recalled, refused
| drama ticaIly to answer the question of N
sture! whether she had arranged with her
husband for q separation in order that he
might marry Mrs. Paine. Her resentment
Of the Inquiry was spirited
D'Aulby admitted on further oross-ex
animation having sold to the Pa!nes fur
niture accredited to the irnperta! collec
ttons Of Napoleon and Louis Philippe, bu
,e explained that he had purchased i
as such from the dealers, intimating thai
| if there had been deceit he was himself q
| victim, He denied that he had stolen s16
| from Mrs Paines purse in Vienna He
had. he said, merely paid the chauffeur out
| of his cornpa Mons purse, at her request
D'Aulby admitted having received 5,20t
for wine which he did not furnish He said
| he kept the money because the Paines owed
him sAs0O0-
| Partisan physician, a friend of the late
| Ny Paine, testified that Paine had always
| considered the picture "Antiope" a copy,
not an original.
| Challenge to a Duel.
| NJ Labigur, the business agent Of the
| duchess, whom NJ Bernard attacked yes
terday declaring that his presence at the
bar with the counsel for the prosecution
was an insult to the legal profession OF
trance, tonight sent challenge to duel
| Bernard, but the seconds decided that
| N. Bernard had not exceeded his rights
and that duel was not justified
The question of the righ, to titles in
herited acquired and assumed figured
largely in to-day's proceedings NJ Sture
ridiculed yesterdays attempt of the de-
fence to make capital by questioning the
right Of the compliments husband to the
title Of the Duke Of Choiseul-Praelin. The
| defence had read a letter p1rporting to be
| signed by the Duke Of Choiseul claiming
| that the compliments husband was mere
lly the Duke of Praelin's representative, a
| Junior branch of the house OF Choiseul and
g. grandson OF the Duke Of Praeln- NJ.
| Sturel declared that the whole thing was
| merely a row between cousins twenty-seven
,egrees removed.
i The Public Prosecutor read letter from
| pr;nce pipnatei in which the writer as.