New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
BABY PRINCESS
MYSTERY In SUIT
OF NIME. GOURAUD
Girl of Is Figures, Too, in
Shattered Romance of
MiskinOffs.
RIVAL, SAYS WIFE,
ACCUSING NOBLEMAN
He in TURN Asks Separation,
Telling of Infant and Desire
for Fantastic Life"

Telling OF Infant and DeSlre
for Fantastic Life"
Prince Alexandra Miskinof and his
wife, Mrs. Aimee Croker Miskinoff,
better known in Broadway's entertain
ment palaces as Nine. Gouraud, the
California heiress, have decided that
happy married life is not for them.
Mrs. MiskinofY thought that the
prince-her fourth husband-was a
perfectly good Russian nobeman, who
would see that his princess was intro
duced in the most exclusive society Of
Petrograd. For some reason the Mis-
KNOTS missed the fetes given by the
Car. But the wife's disappointment
at the collapse Of her socia, ambitions
was nothing compared to her indigna-
ton at what she terms the princes
violent affection, attachment and in
fatuation for a g;fi fifteen years old"
Nine. Gouraud, as she prefers to
be called, does not mention the name
of this young girl in her answer TO the
princes suit for separation, which she
filed in the Supreme Court yesterday.
If the young girl adds q mysterious
element TO Nine. Gouraud's counter
action fol separation, the prince, whose
complaint is to be filed In court to-
morrow, increases the mystery by re-
ferrng repeatedly TO a baby, Princess
Verein Miskinoff, who, he asserts, was
born April IL, 1915. His charges of
inhuman and cruel treatment on the
part Of his heiress wife have TO do with
barring him from visits to his infant
daughter, and refusals of permission
to take her out for an airing in
perambulator that he had purchased.
Wife Doesn't Mention Child.
No mention Of the child is made in
the wife's counter claim for separation
on the ground of cruelty. In fact, she
asks the court to decree that there
has been no issue Of the marriage.
Friends of Nine. Gouraud remem-
Der that when she and her husband
went on separate paths in July her
adopted daughter, Yvonne Gouraud,
girl of sixteen, denied that she had
any intention of marrying Miskinof.
~ have heard that | was the reason
that mamma and the Prince became
poor friends, but that is not So" the
pretty blond girl said to reporters at
that time.
As far as is known Nine. Gourauds
answer to the Princes action contains
the first admission, on her part, that
they were married in London, June IL,
1914. She came to New York in the
fall Of 1914, she says, and her husband
came in December of that year. She
alleges that Immediately after their
marriage she discovered that her hus-
band had misrepresented his social !
position and condition in life" She |
says she never has assumed the name |
Of Miskinoff, but has always been |
known as Nine. Gouraud.
Soon after the marriage. she alleges, |
the prince courted a young girl. then 4
fifteen years DID," and spent all his /
time and devoted himself to the young |
girl. for whom he openly declared q
most violent affection. attachment and
infatuation and who, as a result of this
assiduous attachment, returned his af-
lection, and they promised TO marry
each other"
Says Husband Threatened Her.
Nine. Gouraud further alleges that
her husband has threatened her with
violence land stated that he bore her
no love and affection and merely mar
ried her as a convenience. and he de-
manded that she divorce him soThat he
could marry the young girl" She says
that this young person represented to
the defendant that the prince would
kill her (the young girD unless she
were permitted TO marry him..
Tall, suave and dark complexioned,
the Prince, with his attorney, John c.
Oldmixon, of 80 Nassau Street, re-
ceived reporters at the Holland House,
Fifth Avenue and Thirtieth Street, yes
terday afternoon. As the Prince speaks
only Russian or French, Mr.. 0ldmixon
did all the talking as interpreter. He
said the papers in the separation suit
were served on Mrs. Mishinoff Novem-
Der at her apartment in the Hotel
Netherlands, Fifth Avenue and Fifty
ninth Street.
Reading from a copy of the Princes
complaint, the lawyer alleged that since
February ], 1915, the conduct Of the
defendant toward the husband "has
been cruel, inhuman and humiliating."
Says Wife Sought for Fantastic Life.
The Prince alleges that he has been
compelled TO lead q tempestuous life,
unworthy of the dignity of his family.
owing TO "the intense inclination and
desires Of the defendant for a fantastic
life in cafes, restaurants and places of
amusement at various places in France
and in Switzerland"
She arrogantly claimed, the prince
says, that her great fortune gave her ,
the privilege to abuse her husband. He /
complains that she disappeared from /
the Hotel McAlpin TO "secrete herself /
In parts unknown" at the time her
baby was born and that she has threat
ened 10 deprive him of the custody and |
care OF the infant.
Prince Miskinoff is twenty eight
gears old. His wife gave her age as
forty when they were married in 1914.