The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-10-30
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From Galignani's Messenger, Oct.2.l
An American. named Gould, forty three
years of age, has just been tried by the Court
of.Assizes Of the Seine for forgery.
Il appeared that on the 18th of January
last he went to the bank Of M. Delisle, in the
Chausee d. Antin, and presented card, on
which was the name ''Col Gould, Attache
Of the Legation Of the United.Sts1es," said
that he had been recommended by Mr..
Bebb, Of London, friend of NJ. Delislc, to
ask him to discount bill for ECO sterling,
payable at London on the I'd of February.
accepted by Montague, Watkins & Co.. of
that city, and drawn by one Hudson, of Par
is. NJ. Delisie, from regard for Mr.. Bebb,
discounted the bill; but on inquiry he learn
ed that he (Bebb) knew nothing whatever
OF any Colonel Gould. 1t turned out also
that no such firm as Montague, Watkins &
Go. existed, and the bill was not paid. Mr..
Chas. LafIitte also discounted for Gould a
bill for EGO, NJ. Andre one for EGO, and NJ.
NJ. Hottingue & Co. one for e165, bearing
the same names of drawer and acceptors, and
not one of them was paid. The bills being
evidently forgeries, complaint was made
to the police, the consequence of which was
that Gould was sought for, but he had dis
appeared from the address he had given
The police then went to the address of Hud-
son, the drawer, II Rue du Colisee, and there
they found shop in which money was ex-
changed and wine sold, and there Gould
was taken into custody 1t then turned out
that in the name Of Hudson, he had pur-
chased from one Brent, an Englishman, the
shop and GOODWILL Of the business, and had
taken Brent into his service.
After these f,cts had been stated in court,
singular account was given of Gould's ca
reer. Heis, it appears, son OF gentleman
who was at one time Judge If the State OF
Connecticut, and he married the daughter Of
an Admiral named Watkins. From1s4l to
ls43 he was Secretary OF the United States
Legation at London. In 1913 he was direc.
tor Of q glass mapufactpry in that city, but
failed. In 1852 he appeared at Brussels, and
announced himself to be Minister Plenipo.
Tertiary of the Sandwich Islands, but the
Belgian government refused 10 recognize him
in that capacity, and King Leopold would
not grantshim an audience. In 1867 he was
employed on an English railway, and as.
sumcd the title Of Colonel. In 1859 he EN-.
barkcd in banking operations in Paris, under
the name Of Hudson & Co., who, as he said
were agents for Montague, Watkins & Co.,
of London, but he was condemned to ilnpris-
onment for swindiing. Lastly, in the famous
Bonaparte Patterson case, he wrote letter
to Prince Napoleon, declaring that the opin.
ion Of his father, who was an eminent law.
yer, was that the marriage Of Prince Jerome
with Miss Patterson was not valid.
Gould, in his defence, affirmed that he had
been in bona tile partnership with persons
named Hudson, Montague and Watkins, and
he therefore contended that he had the right
to affix their names to bills.
But the jury declared him guilty, though
with extenpating circumstances, and the
court condemned him to three years impris.
onment, and one hundred francs fine.