The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-09
COUNT AHEAD OF
Wife IN RACE TO
SECURE DIVORCE
Angry Wife Is Connected With
the Medill and Mccormick
Dynasty In Windy City
Social Life.

Chicago, March Count Josef 20
kycky, Of Austria Hungary, husband Of
Eleanor Patterson, daughter of the late
Robert w. Patterson and cousin
Of ]. Medill Mccormick, It was learned
yesterday beat his wife in the race for
legal separation and obtained .
court order in September. 1910. fve
months ahead Of the absolute divorce
proceedings started BY the countess IN
this country to regain her freedom.
While the decree awarded the count
Is not an absolute divorce, it relieves
him Of maintaining a home for her o.
paying any Of her bills. 1t has no
counterpart ID American law courts
and Is known as q separation from
bed and board" 1t is binding, however,
again during the lifetime Of the other
Protest Against Detectives. ,
According to Sigmund Zeisler, ar at
torney for the countess, the counts ac'
ton will In no way affect the suit for
absolute divorce she began in the cir
cAit court Of Cook county January %
The news Of the counts action leaked
put when letter to Zeisler from tho
.erday. The Vienns attorney protests
| bitterly against alleged espionage Of
| his noble client by two vagabond de-
!ectives' In the employ of the count.
| ess
at is well known to me that both
| these vagabonds will be called upon to
| travel to America, to give there, un-
aer oath. false testimony in the divorce
proceedings against Count Gizycky,"
| ne wrote.
He further warned the Chicago at
| torney that In the event of the local
suit for divorce being successful he
will advise his client to travel to Chi.
cago and lay before the court material
which he has collected from honorable
| people"
Desertio1 Is Counts Charge.
DR.. Emil Frischauer, counsel for tn.
count In Vienna, 1t is stated In dis
patches from that city, only recently
learned that the countess had insti'
IN this country. II was this knowledge
which caused the Vienna attorney to
make public the details OF the prior
suit by the count.
He first wired his client, then al
Monte Carlo. and then published the
account of the first divorce suit.
According to Frischauer the decre(
| was pronounced oep<eHlUer. Is, lSlV
The plea Of the count was that the
countess had deserted him, taking theil
only child, Felicia, and had proceeded
to Paris and London and that despite
all efforts she had never returned.
Lawyer Refers to "Vagabonds."
Following is the letter addressed by
Count Gizycky's attorney to Zeisler:
Vienna, Nov. 30, 1910.-Honorablt
Colleagues: have the honor to inform
you that have discovered that Count
Gizycky is being Swallowed here by TIVE
vagabond detectives whom Countess
GiZycky, born Patterson, has EN-
ployed. and that an agent, who Is like
wise an equally qualified scamp, ha
been trying to watch the count In Pet
ersburg also.
II have nothing against this IL yo,
will let your mandatory lady know
that I am of the opinion that the ras
cally character Of the shadowing will
recoil on those who occasioned 1t.
'In Europe / have advised the count
with regard to the fact that this lad,
bears the name Of Count Gizycky, t,
show the greatest consideration, blu
for America this consideration may b.
entirely disregarded."