Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-23
HEATED SESSION
Or Sensational De Catig-
ny Trial in France.
Reading Of Love Letters Brings
Mob Of Women 10 Court.
Counsel Challenged but Seconds
Say Duel Not Justified.

Tours, France, Dec, pa tenpestu-
Gus day in the correctional court, where
the trial Of Count D'Auiby De Cat
ignv and his American wife is being
held On the charge Of sWindAnS
reached q climax this Afternoon in the
Introduction Of love letters alleged to
have been written to D'Aulby by the
Duchess 81 Choiseul- PrasIin, the plain
tiff in tie case. while she was the wife
of Charles Hamilton Paine. During The
reading Of the letters, which the duch-
ess refused TO acknowledge IS hers
the tTvo women, The duchess and the
Countess" D'Aulby. sit side by side
exchanging furious glances. while the
court room, damned u suIfocation
with fashionable women. vas filled
with signs, murmurs ana eXclarIations
as all strained 10 catch the words.
It love you so hard" read II, Ber-
nard, counsel Tor DAulby, that it
makes me i'll. You have given yourself
10 re All l ask is that YOU love me
always That is Gods best gift. The
Gay passes, fire dies, but my love goes
on forever. II is q consuming fame
that dulls me, sitting al Your knees,
Graded in your heart, (Signed) Lucy"
The duchess underwent a pitilesa
cross examination as 10 her relations
with Dandy, but she refused TO
answer many Of the questions and
begged the court 10 intervene to spare
her. Size charged that D'Aulby had
demanded 100000 for the return Of
letters Which She had written him,
and that his entire conduct had been
that Of a hlackmailcr since the dis
covery that the paintings were worth
less. She denied that she had pre-
scented jevelry to D'Aulby including
golden paddock bearing the in
scription
You have the key
She denied also that she had ar
ranged for D'Aulby 4 contract with
her husband for the purchase Of pic
lures, as proof Of her love for him.
or that she said This shows that
I am your guardian angel"
D'Aulby had insisted, the witness
said, that all the pictures We're orig
inal, but they had not been authenti-
Gated with only one exception.
D'Aulby, recalled, admitted having
received 5000 far wine which he did
not furnish. He said lie kept the
MONEY BEG 3Use tie Pa.Nos owed him
$s0.010. Y. Llaaigug the business
agent OF the duchess, Who N. Ber-
nari attacked yesterday, declaring
| that his presence a the bar with coun-
sci for lie prosecution was an insult
u tie legal profession Of France, to-
night sent challenge 70 Bernard 70
II duel but the seconds decided thai
NJ Bernard had not exceeded his
rights and chat Q duel was not justi-
fed.
The question Of tie right to titles in
herited acquired and assumed, figured
largely today.
N Sturet ridiculed Yesterdays attempt
of tire defence 70 make capital by ques-
tioning the right Of the complainant's
husband to the title of Duke Of CAoiseuI-
Prasin.
The public prosecutor read letter
from Prince PignateN in which the
I writer asserted that D'Aulby had not
right to the title Of Prince OF Borghetto,
the title having belonged IN his family
! for centuries
D'Aulb" admitted having sold tho
Paines furniture accredited 10 the i'm
perial collections Of Napoleon and Louis
Philippe, but he explained that he had
purchased them as such from the deal
ers. He denied that he had stolen $l6c
from Mrs. Paine's purse in Vienna. He
had, he said merely paid the chauffeur
out Of his companions purse OF her re-
quest Madame D'Auloy refused TO an
swer the question Of N. Sturet whether
she had arranged with her husband for 4
| separation IN order that he might marry
Mrs. Paine.
The Duchess Of Choiselu- Praslin admit
ted that D'Aulbv had claimed relation.
ship in all the courts and with all the
families Of royalty in Europe, springing
from his chair DAulay cried:
1T IS false. She is romancing. Moth
ing that she says is true
The Boston woman remained calm. and
after whitening glance at her one-tirne
confidential agent SIZE faced Judge Rob
oTts with the demand to know whether
I am here 10 be insultcd bv pair O:
adventurers" NJ Bernard of counsel
for the defence interposo with II viii
tell you that we are here 10 avenge 0
morality outraged BY Madame Choiseul,
Prasltn,"