The New York herald., 1921-12-15
ARREST ATTORNEY
FOR MRS. GOURAUD
j. C. OldmixOn Accused of
Threatened EXtOrtiOn
and Blackmail.
ALIENATION SUIT ECHO
Mrs. Schill Says He Tried
to Get Her to Drop
GOurOud Case.
SHE SEEKS 100000
SHE SEEKS 100000
Defendant, Four Times Wed,
Was a Sensation in So
ciety Here.

John C. Oldmixon, attorney for Mrs.
Aimee Crocker Gouraud, was arrested
yesterday afternoon in his Office at 395
Broadway on a charge Of threatened
extortion and blackmail in connection
with a 100000 suit for the alleged
alienation of her husbands affections
brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Schill,
prominent in society in California.
Detective Eater of the Beach street
station took Mr.. Oldmixon into GUS
tody on the complaint Of Mrs. Schill
through her attorney. Hartford T. Mar
shall Of Rector street. It is charged
that Oldmixon had Mrs. Schill come to
his Office on December and again
yesterday, and made threats against
her If she did not sign papers for the
discontinuance Of the suit against Mrs.
Gouraud.
At Police Headquarters last night,
from where he was admitted to ball.
Oldmixon declared that when Mrs. Schill
entered his office he tried in vain to get
ito communication with Mr.. Marshall,
and that at no time did he threaten the
woman or ask her to sign any papers
calling off the alienation suit. He said
lie had been retained by Mrs. Gouraud
and did not know why he had been ar
rested
Earlier in the day Mrs. Gouaud ap-
piled in the Supreme Court for an order
0It tn ohnx xrI,1
the suit, brought year ago. should not
pc dismissed. Mrs. Gouraud's petition
states that she has been informed by
Mrs Schill that she made a mistake in
suing for the loss of her husbands affec-
tions and has since learned that he did
not leave her at Mr.. Gouraud's soIicita-
ton but to return to his home in
Rumania. Argument on the application
Is set for tomorrow.
Mrs. Gouraud Is member of the
wealthy Crocker family Of California
and has had four husbands. Her first
husband was Porter Ashe, a Californian
horseman whom she divorced. Her Sec
ond was Henry NJ. GiliYg. FORMER COM
modore of the Larchmont Yacht Club.
She divorced him and married jackson
Gouraud. we'll known in the high life Of
Paris and this city.
The Gourauds gave many lavish en-
tertainments, including daring masquer-
AIDES Their guests al'Mys included well
known stage favorites, including dane
ers.
During lull in an entertainment in
her home at 46 West Fifty-sixth street
Mrs. Gouraud danced with live twelve
foot cobra twined around her neck.
Among the guests were Raymond Hitch
cock. Gaby Deslys. Valeska Suratt
Nance Gwyn and many others.
After Mr.. Gouraud's death. his widow
travelled extensively abroad. and in
London in 1914 met Prince Alexandra
Miskinoff, of Russia. and married him.
The Prince was Us years old and the
Princess 40. They lived together for
two years. when Mrs. Gouraud filed
divorce proceedings in this city in 1915.
Mr., Oldmixon appeared as her attorney
IN this suit also.
Mr.. Oldmixon described his client as
"the soulful woman" and insisted that
the Prince was overfond of Mrs. Gour-
sud's seventeen-year-old adopted daugh-
ter, Yvonne. and an obscure woman"
According to the records available she
was granted separation and retained
the name of her third husband.
Mrs. Gouraud is considered a leader
In Bohemian centres In Paris. where
she owns a house on the Seine of Orien-
tai design. She has another daughter
known as Dolores Gouraud, who only re-
Gently in Paris denied she was going to
marry Nezan Ell Moulk, Egyptian
ma fpter