The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-23
anna GOULD IS
GRANTED DELAY
New Evidence Would Create Sen.
Sati0n II Made Public

Rome, Dec 22-Discussion of the
Gould -Castellane affair in the Sega
trura tribunal, over which Cardinal
Nmcenzo Vantutcll presided, has been
postponed to Jan. IL at the request
of the Duchess de Tallygrands law
yers, on the ground that they require
further time To- submit brief and
prepare evidence in rebuttal,
Although the coming discussion is
merely technical, public interest is
! undated on account of the important
decision in June last, granting the
Count Boni an annulment Of his relig-
ious marriage To Anna Gould, the lat
| ter appealed on the ground that she
had not been properly subpoenaed and
had not been given an opportunity to
properly defend herself
Third Trial is Certain.
Whichever way the points involved
are settled, the case is certain TO be
tried a third time, as much fresh evil
dence has been submitted to the tri-
I bunal which completely disproVes the
counts allegation regarding his late
Wife's statements about the Catholic
| church and the question of divorce.
According to Jean de Castellane, the
counts brother ana Prince John Del
| drago, both Of whom were witnesses at
! the religious ceremony, March II, 1905,
| quarter of an hour before the cere-
mony the bride invaldatcd the relg-
ious marriage by telling them she
would remain an American ana a
| Protestant. because Protestants had
Il pull over the Catholics inasmuch
as they could obtain a divorce when
ever the necessity arose.
On the other hand the duchess has
entered a general denial Of the above
| statements, submitting number of
letters from the counts mother prov
ing the counts evidence had been OBJ
tanned from obliging friends who new
er entertained friendly feelings for
her. She also asserts her conduct dur
ing the period she lived with Count
Boni proved beyond doubt she never
contemplated dvorcing her husband,
as she could have brought suit after
the first six months of her marriage
if SO minded. She only sought divorce
she said, when her husbands behavior
left her no choice.
Names Carefully Guarded.
Thorgh the bulk of the duchess
evidence is jcalously guarded and per-
haps destined never To see the light of
day on account of the prominent per
sons involved in the controversy aud
the sensation it would create i'm Europe
and America, yet it is known the duch-
ess attributes to n desire for revenge
an affidavit of Jean de Castellane
against her.
The duchess states that more than
once her brotherin law appealed to
her directly to pay his many debts,
but she always declined to do so 1t
sought the financial aid Of Mrs. Helen
Gould of New York, and received a
similar refusal.
In combating the conclusion of the
Rota's last decision that by opposins
the annulment Of the religious marriage
Miss Gould is practically asking the
Catholic church to grant her two hus-
bands, the brief shortly 10 be sub
mittcd says she is entirely indifferen.
whether the count rcmarries or not
as she is only continuing the fight
against him in the interest of her
children
ON the other hand the counts law
yer. @. Pacilli. seems absolutely con-
tidcrt the old decision will be upheld
and maintains the count twice con
clusivcly proved his right to bc freed
from the religious marriage, ana has
nothing whatever to fear in any new
| evidence.