The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
REVENGE SOUGHT
BY AN ANGRY WIFE
Countess de CATCHY Has Love
Letters Written to Her
Husband.
MRS. PAINE THE WRITER
They Will Figure in Defense OF
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MRS. PAINE THE WRITER
They Will Figure in Defense OF
Count in Bogus Picture
Charge.
ny VANCE THOMPSON.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.


London tailor, who posed as the Count
de Gatsny, and sold whole gallery
of spurious old and young masters tol
Mrs. Hamilton Paine. widow OF the
Boston copper king. has sent his de-
fenso to his London and Paris law
/ yers. His wife, who was formerly Miss
I Lunt, of Boston, aided him in its
preparation
The defense consists OF two parts.
Part the first will consist OF the read
ling In open court of zoo love lettersl
which Daulby says he received from
the beautiful white-h haired widow. Part
the second will be critical examina-
tion of the pictures and terms Of sale
The lawyers are now going over the|
200 letters, and portions OF these let
tiers are now known. owing. 1t Is said,
to the iudtscretion OF the Countess,
for some Of the letters fell into the
hands of the former Boston belle.
For a while she held them over her
husbands head. but when Mrs. Paine
had her arrested she decided to have
her revenge upon the woman who
not only stole my husbands love, but
sent me to prison"
An Angry's yvifc's Revenge.
Otherwise this package of perfumed
letters would have been used In a
divorce suit against the count" in
stead of being part of his defense
against Mrs. Paine's charges.
The letters are written with a
warmth more Partisan than Bostonian
and are studded with such gems as
precious presence" constant adora-
ton" dangerous eyes" long looked
for affinity heart beating in unison
Then there is a. stanza from Shelley's
"Love's Philosophy" beginning: see
3 the mountains kiss the high heaven
and the waves clasp one another.
and ending, What are all these
kissings worth II thou kiss not me?"
In fact, the letters are dotted with
cruptive spots of poetry The letters
:. cover a period of several years, and
thu bogus countess argues for their
authenticity by pointing out that many
were written from San Moritz, where
Mrs. Paine has been in the habit OF
passing the winter, some dated Paris
and others mailed from different parts
OF Italy at the time when Mrs. Paine
made a motor trip through that coun-
try. Several were written from the
steamship Iveruia:
The care with which the bogus count
numbered and preserved these letters
suggests that he kept them for use
even had duplicate typewriter copies
made. 1t Is understood that Mrs.
Paine's lawyers will argue that the
letters are garblel or outright
forgeries
Questions OF High aud Low Art
The second part of Daulbys defense,
which concerns the pictures, states
that he did not guarantee the anthem
ticity of all the pictures. He pointed
out that copy may sometimes be
as valuable as the original. For In
stance. he says. there are copies of
the old masters. by Eugene Delacroix
which are>6f great value.
Daulby adds that he affixed no false
signatures, but merely sold the pic
lures in the same state as he bought
them, and that who forged the sigma
lures is a query now impossible tol
answer. Some OF the pictures, he adds.
belong to the first manner or youthful
period of the artists. and that experts
are unable to refute this. He says:
"The very size of my bills Is proof
of my Sincerity
Finally he intimates that his bills
were higher because they covered
musical compositions which he al
lowed Mrs. Paine to present as the
product of her own musical genius,
and which We're sung by Maggie Texte,
of the Opera Comiaue, to the enthu-
siastic applause OF Mrs. Paine's guests.
who supposed they We're applaudins
the compositions Of their hostess.
Legal conformation will take place
at Tours fortnight hence. This
means that Mrs Paine and the Count
de Catchy will meet face to face in
court Hundreds of Parsians. if the
ceremony be- public. will flock to
Tours to witness the sensational en-
counter.
Last OF the War Governors.
Probably the most pathetic as we'll
rs the most distinguished figure in
Paris to-day is Ex-Governor William l..
Eprague. the last of the great war
Governors of the United States. He
Is now in his eighty -frst year, The
Immediate occasion OF his coming to
Paris was the burning Of his ancestral
home at Narragansett Pier. This
historic property was one of the finest
country residences in America.
Governor Sprague is seen in com
pany with three distinguished Amer
teams, TO whom he issued army com
missions in his fiery youth. One OF
these officers is Harris Phelps, who
lives in the home OF the eX-King OF
Hanover, wears a monocle, and has
become French citizen. 4 second Is
Celonel Sehiesinger, brother of Sehas,
sian B. schlesinger. formerly Bos,
ton banker. and now well known I,
The Paris musical world, The thire
Is Colonel Frank r. Mason, the Amer
lean censul-general at Paris
Governor Spragpe may be seen OF
punny days stroll!ng along the Champ!
hlysees, his tiny granddaughter
!clinging affeetionately to his aged
hand.
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