Daily Capital Journal

POOR LITTLE COUNTESS
All the Gould Millions Could Not Bring Her Any Happiness

Paris, Oct. 31.—The hearing of the Countess Castellane's divorce began today. M. Cruppy, representing the countess, declared that frequently the count struck and slapped his wife during the quarrels caused by his demands for money. Other startling revelations were made, and the trial promises to be sensational in the extreme. The plaintiff demands an absolute divorce and the custody of the children. It is said the troubles and cruel treatment by Count Boni commenced three months after marriage. Instances of infidelity are alleged. Cruppy stated it is the intention of the countess to remain in France after the divorce and raise her children here. Cruppy alleges eleven cases of infidelity on the part of Boni. He said the count had five places for meeting women. Boni's attorneys demanded that the women be named. Cruppy objected, saying it was useless to involve others. The only name mentioned was that of Loulou de Lemmos, a notorious demi-monde. Cruppy showed a letter from this woman to Boni, which Anna found. He said the wife knew of Castellane's infidelity since 1898. Once before women had caused the countess to leave her husband. Neither of the parties to the suit were present. Cruppy declared that Boni held the purse strings, and only permitted his wife for long periods $60 to $80 a month for her personal expenditures.