New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-03
C|ZYCKI WANTS CASH
Price Demanded for Release OF
His American Wife.

Raron Rudberr. Secretary OF state TO the
car. Chamberlain and member OF tne
Council Of the Empire, which Is the upper
ho,se ~ the Nuscovtte national legislature
still retains his Office as Director genera Oh
the Imperial Chencellery for the Ieoep.'o-
Of petitions TO the sovereign. as any one can
see nv The latest issue Of the Almanach %
C,otha and q, the Imperial Russian Annual
Nor is there one word OF truth III '"e
ports SO ,ndustriously given OUT oS .ne
Polish Count Joseph GizycN ana 0! MS
Viennese lawyer 70 the foreign ano Aile'i-
can press 70 the effect that Baron buuoeie
had been dismissed in disgrace last suii""ei
by the Gar for having HOODWINKED NM a.
connection With the successful atenp' vi
the American born Countess GizycKl' "ho
uas Miss Eleanor Patterson, OF chicago 10
reoover her child There have been so man!
lies circulated by the count, VINO started
70 treat his wife with contumely even on
ha- ,,e,v wedding day. 81 Washington. that
q, &c ;ns, az well that the facts should
Re made known once and FOR all time.
The earlier phases Of this unhappy mar
-iaee are familiar 70 the public In 1901
after three years Of intolerahle existence
the countess was forced by her husband
behavior in knocking her down win MS
fist 70 abandon him at Pau and TO seek
refuge with her father. Robert Patterson
N London. Her father leased small house
ror her IN suburb Of London. and there
she took ND her residence with her niue
girl During her couple Of days ABSENCE
IN Paris in connection with proceedings TOT
& leeal separation. Count Gizyckl hasteneo
over 20 London and kidnapped the niue
eirl. taking her first 70 Austria and then
10 Russia
Heartbroken. the countess determined, be-
fore anything else. TO recover the chlld'
srd since the Holy SYNOD az 81. Peters
burg e the only tribunal for divorce IN
Russia. and has no competence to divorce
q Roman Catholic Pole. such as Count
cizvcll the countess was advised - make
an sppeal 70 the Car through the Chan
cellerie des Requetes; that IS TO say
through hts Bureau Of Petitions Baron
Rudberc did not move IN the matter until
he had received the commands 81 his
sovereign The latter gave orders that the
child should he found az once and restored
~ us mother and Baron Rudberg issued
rerenptorv commando IN the name Of the
Gar u this effect.
~ the car. bat fed the country, escaping
into Austria. and Il was only considerably
later IN the year-namely, al the end Of
Julv-that he surrendered the child. In Aus
,vts. and not in Russia. 10 his wtfe's family
On tho written offer Of hey mother, Mrs
PohAr. Patterson. 10 settle $4,000 on his
estates which ere mortgages UP to the
very HIT.
If Mrs Patterson has RETAINED until
now from paving over the money In ques-
ton il Is because he has thus far refused
- sign the contract containing the stipu-
lstions If the gift. and which comprised
hrs agreement 10 a complete divorce and
~ he award Of the custody and care Of the
Nttle girl. Felicia. 70 her mother. " the
count. who is sorev IN need Of money. re-
fuses 20 sign - is because he realizes that
nv so doing he Will he renouncing all fur
tner rights to his v.ifes fortune-a fortune
70 which. according 70 Austrian or Russian
law. he has rights superior TO her own
Meanwhile. he is constantly cabling 10 his
vlfs's mother demanding when she intends
90 pay up The tenor Of nearly all Of the
larle messages is "Quand comptez vous
r4eler?" But Mrs. Patterson refused to
ler''-trat is 20 pay-Until the count
signs the contract
There IS not word Of truth in the story
~ the count or Of his LAWYER TO the effect
that he had obtained divorce against his
wife from the Viennese courts last fall
which became binding in December. For
according 10 Austrian law. Catholic mar
ragcs, or marriages between a Catholic
and a non-Catholic, cannot be dissolved by
The Austrian tribunals and II is only II the
count were 70 become a Protestant that the
Austrian courts would Re competent to
sso1ve the marriage
Equally merdacious is the story which
ne and his lawyer have issued 70 the effect
that he has instituted a suit against the
countess for divorce in the Holy Synod IN
& Petersburg For. as 7 have pointed out
above tho synod can not and will not inter-
vene I'm tho marital relations between Po-
Nsh Roman Catholics and their wives IN
less the latter happen 20 belong to the
orthodox national church Of Russia. Nor
would any action a. law Of the count re-
,eIve attention I'm Russia. since Gizyck. by
dcfyine the imperial orders last year and
eNpatriating himself from Russia rather
than comply with the commands Of his
de~ed himself from a Muscovite point Of
view an outlaw.
Il may he added that the sympathies Of
society not only IN Russia hut also in VI
erna are wholly with the countess even
those of the counts Own relatives. who
lave gone so far as 70 warn the countess
and her relatives against any reconcile
alton