The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
KILLED HIMSELF IN
SUIT He HAD STOLEN
CLAIMS PRINCESS
BROKE PROMISES

oy Justice Blanchard. where she swcar.;
thut l borrowed $4,000 from her III.
crary earnings. and that the debt re-
mains wholly unpaitl-would Il Sa0.OuO
creditor rest content with IL paitry sum
like $500. not more than one half the
interest at per cent. for one year on
my alleged 100000 debt. which docs no
even exist in Princess Truubetxkoy's,
Imagination. for she docs not deny my
statement that | never borrowed SO
much as Q dollar from her?
Silent ns 10 Claim.
For In said interview she Is sii6nt
upon the head of my Hat denial of her
said sworn statement that owe her
100000. Hardly would a 10000 cred :
itor rest content with tho position OF
a $500 debtor. Therefore tic irrefut-
able documentary evidence proves. as
aforesaid. that Princess 1roubetzkoy
never claimed either dover or aiimony.
ITO conclude. n second sworn docu-
mcntary exhibit proves the above con :
tention. In MIR. Shcrman's said letter
to my Virginia agent he speaks of Il
letter referred To-. This letter was
a letter from nc 10 Princess Troubetz-
koy, written before her marriage 10
the prince. In which express my APP
probation OF her statement in letter
10 which my said letter was reply.
that she hoped 10 do without the $1,000
II WAS then allowing her purely out OF
good nature and free from any lcga !
coercion at the end of 4 year or Two.
Princess lTrouDctzkoy's own exhibits
prove her claim that | agreed 10 pay
her any sum whatever III lieu OF ali
mony to he perjured. for the sum waa
paying In the said letter was not the
sum am paying now. The SUN then
was $4,000; the sum now is $1,000.
proving that the amount WAS wholly
dependent upon my own good nature
-, - ~ ant g.
whoever heard Of n party 10 an agree
n,cnt concerning alimony expressing
the desire To do without /, at the end
Of a year or two? Alimony Is n nNcd
thing. not stop gap 10 be surrendered
"A; the end OF "a year or two
Snys Position liz pcriurcd Ono.
~ iinal exhibit proves Princess Trou-
betskoy's position a pcrjured ono. Said
exhibit, terrible as an army with ban
ncrs' to her perjurcd position is moth
Ing less than an unpaid drcssni;iker'S
bill (Mr Chaloncr here produced
formidable looking bill, drawn upon
several pages OF paper. displaying Tie
several items in question: of the sub,
stantial amount of si,i69.2l. contracted
BY Princess 1roubetzkoy before her
divorce and still unpaid Said bill
contains items ranging from sl2o
black satin gown to fifteen pairs OF
silk stockings at Sl.aS. This interest
ing bill was contracted without ms
knowledge or consent. and for that
reason Princess Troubctzkoy shrank
from presenting the same to ME her-
self, and shrank from having same
presented until after her marriage 70
the prince.
Never Stinted Her
IT did not pay the bill because Prin-
cess rroubetzkoy had broken Prol..
ise made TO me before divorce in con-
tracing said bill. ] had not stintcu
her in wearing apparel during my
married life. On the contrary had
felt the necessity OF her being well
dressed when going out in Paris and
London society in $50. and had not
grudgcd from $4,000 10 $4,000 tor
dresses in one year. But AFTER sne
ceased going out owing TO studying
painting. ! objected TO the expense as
count In dressing remained heavy.
Princess Troubetzkoy promised, IN
cons Grafton OF my paying an objec-
tionably large dressmakcr's bill that
she would contract no more dress
making hills unbeknown to me. She
broke said promise, and sprang
heavy dressmaker's bill OF me shortly
before the divorce. paid said objcc-
tionable bill again. extracting a prom
Use from Princess Troubctzkoy not 10
contract any more bills for dresses
without first warning me. Princess
Trouhctzkoy again broke her promise
and the said unpaid bill of eleven hun
dred and odd dollars is the result. Is
1t hclievable that lady who had a
bona hde claim against her divorced
husband TO the tune OF $50 900 would
allow an honest, Woodworking dress
makers bill of eleven hundred and
odd dollars TO remain unpaid, TO go
begging about the streets of New York
while her divorced husband was SELFISH
Is Withholding payment to her Of u
sum. the income of which for only
one year would have come within a
| hundred and odd dollars of wIping
out?
| fSigned)
JOHN ARMSTRONG cHALoNER."