Show CASTELLANE IN ROLE OF MARTYR Plea of Count Boni for Posses Possession Possession Possession sion of His Children Aired in Court STATEMENT OF BONNET M ATTEMPTS TO BESMIRCH GOOD NAME OF PRINCESS DE Paris Nov 25 w 2 The first days pro proceedings proceedings proceedings In the suit of ot Count Boni Bani de del l against his former wife who was Miss Anna Atna Gould of ot New York and who Is now the wife of ot Prince e Helle Helie de for tor the custody of ot his hl three children were characterized by a strong denunciation of ot the prince and princess by M 31 I Bonnet who represented Count de dl Castellane Castellano The court room was wa crowded There Ther were more Americans and English present than French Prince Raked Fore and Aft Prince Helie Helle and the count glared at each aeh other for to four hours while M Bon Bonnet Bonnet Bonnet net pleaded that the custody of the chil children children dren he confided to their the Marquise de Castellane because the I marriage of ot Mme Gould to the prince had bad polluted the atmosphere of ot their home hom He lIe described the marriage as a catastrophe which had resulted In the of ot the children and without mercy raked do de past his early life Ufe his amorous adventures with questionable companions his os ostracism by his family the month he lad jad spent in Jail before the case charging charging charging ing him with the forgery of notes to the value of ot was nolle pressed through the Intervention of his father and his hi amorous escapades even since his marriage Womans Reputation Assailed The princess reputation after atter she fell tell under the Influence of ot De agan was as likewise assailed in scathing terms by Count Bonts Bonis counsel He described her conduct with Prince de on both sides aides of the Atlantic and spoke of the worldwide scandal which he declared it had caused M 31 Bonnet offered to bring proof of many of the Incidents to which he referred In all there are counts in inthe Inthe inthe the indictment and such an array urra of scandal has seldom been witnessed ever everIn cerin everIn In a French court The Th spectators laughed uproariously at the statement that Prince Helie was anxious to seek seeka a monastery and their laughter was even augmented at times as M 31 Bonnet dramatically enacted some of the scenes George Gould Party to Suit George Gould as trustee to his hia sis sisters sisters sisters estate is party to the suit in which it is sought in addition to securing se the custody of thc children to obtain a large annual allowance for their main maintenance maintenance maintenance M Bonnet asked as much as a year ear for this purpose but said that he was willing that the court should hould fix the amount It Is evident from proceedings that M Bonnet had detectives constant constantly ly 1 on the track of the former farmer wife of his client Next week De s at attorney attorney attorney torney M 11 Clemenceau Clemence u is expected to retaliate by laying bare Count Bonis Bonts record The Is I that evidence was strong rendering a decision in favor of the withdrawal of the custody of the t tre e children from their mother much more likely than had been anticipated |