Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15


to me and made court me- | returned to V@@sEs
America and found Count Boni, who hal 49,
pursued me- and he asked my hand in vi
rage of my brother for had then my
parents l freely accepted this marriage"
She goes to deny the statement which
witnesses attributed her about her seeking
divorce
During the first three years do not remember to have
spoken divorce. when difficulties oftentimes
threatened husband that would seek divorce The third
year marriage suspicious about the fidelity of husband
and these confirmed by letters from
that found addressed to him. Then truly had the
separating, spoke my people things
in patience however for and finally, in 1906
near as remember asked separation and the ad
vice of my lawyer, finally asked for a divorce"
Interrogaed by the Judge very
eraticn Of the marriage her will to be peeuay united
her husband rather to have the idea that she could be d.
vorced at pleasure. she answered:
AT that time still child" (she had declared to the
Judge that she then the 1s1O thirty od) and
thought possibility a marriage
to said Yes because married people ordinarily
marry, and thought Of nothing else"
In its decision the court point controverbe
assertions Anna The first Is concerned with her Her
would made her fifteen CID the time she
marry with Bon de Castelane.
proven by commercial documents that
time of her marriage she had already reached her majority
The also found that her assertion about her
by the facts
place the Court discovered that divorce had existed
family and in the second place witnesses testified the
encourage there divorced people,
that with folks particularly met
her receptions and at their social functions In New YORK at
present they the idea
divorce which she accused of maintaining
On this point the testimony of the Marquse de Caseane
cited full by the judges
1T true that said at New York, before the marriage OF
my attending. that the divorce opinions
manifested by Miss Anna Gould in the following circumstances
Very happened social gatherings particularly the
introduction Of girls not bearing the
OF their mother had divorced and
Everybody America approved the divorce and
Miss Gould simply found that altogether the natural thing
to do
II think my future daughterin.
law had brought these ideas and that she approved Of
hem particularly when found that connected with
the GOulds. the mother of Mr.. George Could divorced
woman"
The Judge asked again:
s true as the same witness has testified
ing of the marriage you wept bitterly OF those ng?
She answered. than true only did but
was almost despair required the intervention of
second and my husband to prevent me from going to the
Gouds and saying words which would have prevented the mar
riage taking place very much regret that did not follow
my first inclination.
riage Gould that she would seek divorce
did not hear her say any such thing Only from all the con-
she approved of people who divorced and she found alto
geher natural the custom Of seeking divorce My john
heard her say before marriage. happy shall
divorce did not hear her anything OF the kind
As said she talked very little with me and 1t was by her aO
in examination related how when she was visiting me-
the chapel where she had assisted at mass
she sad would voluntarily become Catholic if the Catholic
Church would accept divorce 49,.
"She told months after her marriage told
my John how sorry find such sentiments in my
daughternaw related to the opinion that
Anna Gould had held and had related to him on the evening
before the marriage
81 must add my daughterinlaw had Of
plant against husband when she manifested to me her
will make of the faculty of divorce above related
that Miss Gould that she brought
up opposed divorce Now in her family,
out marriages. three Of them have given rise divorce
know that a Of the family has married divorced
after her marriage but dur
ing part married life, when everything seemed
peaceful Gould very frequently spoke of divorce
thing right and that could be taken advantage OF
whenever one liked"
The testimony the Luynes testified in
different examinations follows:
years their married life seemed be peaceful al
though young often in bad humo and acted like
spoiled child When serious disagreement them,
charged by my friend Bon de Castelane to endeavor
reconciliation In the conversation that had
limited that what had hitherto considered posing
her part the real expression of her thought
She told me- You never believed when / told you did
not take stupid French ideas that had always
my American IDEAS which Justify me In getting d.
when II. That is the reason why never
wish TO become Catholic
spoke her about her children who would have TO
suffer this divorce she replied that in
for their children that she had the mater
fully developed realized then that In the
presence OF such thing, there nothing to do"
de Luynes then to tell how certain
Boni yachting The boat in which
they capszed after being rescued by another boat