The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-21
BOGUS TITLE USED
BY Clever RASCAL
Trial of Count De CATCHY and
His Wife Latest SenSa-
ton in Paris.

Tours. France. Dec. 2O-The trial
of the self-styled Count" and
Countess" De CATCHY. who are
charged with having swindl6d the
Duchess De ChoiseuI out OF 100000
I'm the sale Of spurious paintings.
opened before Judge Roberts in the
correctional court today.
The complainant was the widow OF
Charles Hamilton Paine Of Boston,
who recently married the Duke De
Choiseul. whose mother was Mary.
daughter OF Malcolm Forbes Of Bo5-
ton.
In addition to the principal allega-
ton De GatiEny is accused OF stealing
a sum OF money from the p0cketbock
Of the duchess during her stay in
Vienna.
The case attracted d large and
fashionable crowd. as the public is
intensely Interested IN the fate Of the
two who lived so luxuriously In the
Chateau de Ia Tour. Many American
and European journalists also were
present I'm anticipation OF absorbing
developments i'm connection with the
fantastic career Of the son o. an Eng
lish tailor. who posed successfully 90
Prince BorElctto. Prince Luzifsnan and
Count DE Aulby de Gatigny. and the
I
ing the alleged blackmailing plot
based on letters asserted to have been
forged.
These letters. which the defendant
claimed to have received from the
complainant involve Alexandra
Tscherniedieff. who recently was ar
rested i'm London, charged with con-
spring to blaCIlmail tho duchess.
H. Plumon and VI. Sturel appeared
/ for the duchess, and Frederic Allan
and NJ. Bernard for the accused. The
Countess" for formerly Miss Fran
/ ccsca Mont Luut Of Boston. They
/ were married at Trinity church i'm that
/ city I'm 1894
Madame D'Aulby sat beside her
/ husband. on a desk lay the uniform
and sword of "the order Of Mulusino. ID
/ I'm which D'Aulby, as grand master
I conferred decorations. D'Aulby said
/ ne was the son OF an English must
clan. His wife was Francesca Lunt
and was born I'm Boston in 1869.
VI. Sturel. on behalf of the duchess
/ requested the withdrawal from the
] dossier Of his clients personal letters
/ 81. Bernard objected. suggesting thai
/ the duchess feared revelations thai
might be made IN these letters.
Tho court after consultation, ruled
against the plaintiff
]
| CROSSE examination by the Judge con-
corning his various titles and an al
llegcd newspaper campaign carried or
by him i'm America I'm connection with
the ownership OF old pictures. The
Judge also sought to ascertain under
what circumstance D'Aulby first me
his wife.
The defendant declared that the OBJ.
jet -of his life was to build up q
reputation as a musical composer. II,
said he was the close friend Of Prime,
Philip Of Bourbon. who wanted e
adopt him. He maintained he had
sold pictures. furniture and wine {,
Mrs Paine at her insistenCe. and haJ
never guaranteed the authenticity o
the pictures.
She invaded his house. he said. and
eventually their relations became yer,
friendly. They were broken off how
ever, Tor personal reasons. D'AuIb,
was handicapped in his battle witt
the judge because OF his feeble com
maud OF French.
The defense scored n point I'm 60
attempt to prove that D'AuIby was
reputable artist. pointing out that
Paris newspaper gave a musicale con
sisting OF D'Aulby's works.
Neither the Duke nor the Duches
de Choisoul was i'm court today, al
though they are I'm tho city.