Show i PITIFUL PlEA Of COUNT BON BONI I Renounces Petition for 60 Annually for Care of the Children WRITES LETTER TO LAWYER LA i iTO HONOR MORE THAN MONEY M NEV TO THE DE CASTELLANES Paris Dec Dee 16 The hearing of the suit by CountS Count BonI de Castellano against the Princess de In Jn which he lie petitions that the custody of o his three be given to his mother the Mar Marquise Marquise MartUIS I quise tUIS de Castellane was wag continued in this city cit today toda M I Bonnett was heard In rejoinder for tor fortie tie tLe count He read a letter from the i mint renouncing the petition for tor for the maintenance of oC o the chil Uron but Insisting more emphatically than ever that the children be confided tn t the care of oC his mother Th relinquishment of oC the financial de demand den mand n l came as a surprise in spite of oC the tobe fart f that such a course was indicated at atie ilif ie close of oC the first the case Letter of Count Bon Boni The letter of or the count Is addressed to toM toM M f Bonnett and It Is couched in an elo eio eloquent quent phraseology of oC outraged manhood It H begins Indignant at the perfidious and lying bing Insinuations of oC the princess and her Iter family representing that my only de desire deirl sire irl is to obtain a big allowance allowance 1 I now ask sk for myself and mother only the cus custody tody tod of the children I renounce with pleasure the request t for an allowance Continuing the count calls M II Bonnett t witness with what outraged feelings lie he rejected ted the pecuniary offers of or the Uie Prince PrintE and Princess de and George Gcorge Could the princess brother Assails George Gould Th new and unexpected attitude of oC oCI I iorge orge Gould De Castellane writes who this suit simply as a vulgar affair of or and who believes that his golden a can gild the mar marriage marI marriage I of his sister with a tarnished man Is me ml m more strongly than ever to toi i on the withdrawal of the children nom from the house of oC which the prince is the ornament and from Crom surroundings 1 they the will learn only one thing i lift Ill t honor is nothing and money every i lung hing nb that money covers coers every ever baseness nd that It will buy every ee conscience The decision I have hae taken will show lilt file court urt the sole purpose which inspires In pires me sue my m parents and my relatives We Ve e ei i without fortunes but upon the ques question ion tion I of oC money mone we do not hold the same as do the Goulds concerning ed 00 edi i tin tion of oC French youths we have other id uI Idas as than those of oC the De IDe My parents will ald aid me to bring up these r three ree Ie innocent victims Bennetts Bonnetts Address After Arter asking the court tp t take note of oC ofie i tle ie ie modification of the petition of oC his hent M 1 Bonnett launched into a vigor vigorous ous US denunciation of his adversaries He Hei i that on many points the defend defendants defendantS ants it did not dare to meet the allegations i f the count citing particularly the al 1 gallon that the Princess De Dc was wasly r ly to leave her present husband They Th did not dare daro challenge this state staten n Ie lp e it t the lawyer lawer said because they the Know klo that the proposed separation has n formally communicated to De D Cas Cast t 1 llanos attorneys M I Bonnett said that all alli i I offers of settlement made by the Princess de were conditioned upon ill 1 It counts renunciation of ot his children it t the count refused refus d to sell seU either him If lf or his children The princess had hadId Id ld Judge Ditte that if toe the children were aken from her she he would disinherit them themus us lUS proving that In her eyes ees everything v vas as a question of oC money mone Both Were Extravagant Referring to the charges that De Dc Cas hall hail dissipated his ills fortune fortuner M r Bonnet Bonne t insisted that the countess was Just as much responsible as her hus husband band for Cor the royal roal extravagances such 1 the Malakoff palace the chateau Ma Marais ais rais and the charity bazar which alone atone ost The lawyer l wyer resented George Goulds Coul share in the defense saying that now the question of money mone had been eliminated Mr Gould was playing the mysterious role of oC Crawford In the th Hum Humbert Humbert Humbert bert affair As a matter of oC fact tact Mr Gould always alays had the marriage of or f his sister to the Prince DC De and lie hE 11 only onh finally consented on condition i hat that there should be a reparation of oC prop property property property erty Nobody Worse Than Dc De Does Doe Mr Gould fear that his sister will vIlI ill get set another divorce and make a more unfortunate marriage asked M f Bon Eon itt No 10 I 1 van can reassure him the prin prines priness es ess Os can ean find nobody worse than De DeThe Dea a The lawyer law er then asked the court co rt to toner tou 11 u der ner the taking of testimony on points which the defense had declined to meet In conclusion he appealed appe ltd to to the court to withdraw the three t children from the custody of oC their mother who had mar married tied ried a man renounced by b one of oC the great greatest greatest greatest est families of C France and who had spent a month in prison and place them in the care of oC the mother of the count whose only purpose WWi was to direct her grandchildren in the right path Reply Speaking for the princess M Clemen Clemenceau Clemenceau characterized De Dc Castellanes change of oC attitude on the money mone question as a a gallery galler play induced by b His tardy ap appreciation appreciation predation or unprecedented character ch of oC his demand for an allowance of or a year and the severity with which the public had condemned and ridiculed him hint Touching the counts statement that he renounced this claim with pleasure the lawyer announced If It the count took such sTIch pleasure in re rr renouncing renouncing this demand denland why wh did he ever formulate It M lI r Clemenceau justified the Intervention intervention tion of oC George Gcorge Gould on the ground of his sisters interests and said he ho could not understand why Mr Gould was the ob object object jeet of such violent attacks He Be denounced conduct luring during the period oi of oC his marriage manage The count he said should have been irreproachable in order to avoid the insinuation that he h had married Miss Gould for tor her money mone The lawyer lavy r then reminded the court that the real battle batt e ewas was between two men Count De Castel Castellane Castellane Castellane lane and Prince Helle Helie De who hated each other Mr Clemenceau concluded that the Princess De had not forfeited any of oC the confidence reposed in her when the court gave her the custody of her three children and he lie asked the court to maintain his client In her rights Tights |