Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-06-13
4 CIxEiNNArI POISONING CASE.
Wife Charged with the Crime START
Hing Statements oF n yvItneSs.

fFrom the Enquirer u the 18Th. /

fFrom the Enquirer Ut the 18th q
! Mrs. Metric Gould. The alleged poisoncr. i
moi YET in the County Jail. Before she can
&c Ihcrc an afli,lavit and warrant MUS have
been sworn out. neither OF which have as vel
been issued. She is, therefore. still pacing
/ up and down in the Ninth street Station.
House. She was told yesterday that her late
hHsbaiiils I .Erother. w. w. Gould. who took
the body back to Batavia. New York, and
who was to have csme back to prosecute the
case. had declared that he Nroala li:,tc no
more redo Win It; GOnlt' 5 family thought
it strange that she did not so on with the
body Of her husband. !. But what could /
dos" said she. LIE (the, deccascd) left me
hething; ard his brother was to have taken
No; you had better stop here This was
because I would not promise to stay behind
in Batavia. In that town | knew that could
not make q living, While here there are MANY
things open to me- Besides, | have dear
friends hcrc.''
/ A cousin Of Mrs. Goulds arrived, instead ii
her brother-ill-law, and lie will attend to the
MATTER. The imprisciiment tells tcavily Ip-
OH her. She is growing wan and pale, While
dark rings bcgiEs to shadow her eyes. The
roaclies, bed-bugs and lice of the Ninth
Street Staii0n-house have been of old the
subject of remark, bit it is seldom that 4
prisoner more capable OF describing the hor-
rors of tneir conipanionsllip happens in the
place long enough to give an Intelligent ac-
count of them. : creep all ovcr,'' said she,
yesterday, with sllutIder. The reaches
iun up and down the floor and the walls !; the
bcd-bugs are thick and plentiful; under
those wooden pillow blocks OH the benches
III the cells there are lots of tlem.''
/ The cells and the outside floors are swept
out daily. and occasionally washed, but the
whole concern is so stocked with vermin that
perhaps the only waY to get rid OF them
would b to ponr coal-oil in the cracks and
set fire to II, or to follow the method adopted
at tile old HamEohd street Station. and tear
away c. lis, station, and all. Mrs Gould
should be either sent to tit quarters or dis
charged. She was not arrested on warrant,
and II this IS not speedily made out she
ought TO have her liberty. She must be
considered innocent until she be. proved
guilty; but innocent or, guilty. 40 perso,
| should b; kept in any of the Police Stations
OF Cincinnati an hour longer than legally
necessary. While tue accusation Of hi.yilg
helped to poison her husband haags over l.el
head, size must be held until the charge is
proved arruusiir>s usrl nauy. be kept in a,
proper place. La the absence of am more
appropriate person, it would seem as though
Prosecuting Attorney Campbell might at
tend to the business, aud put her in the
County Jail. Last night, early, Mr.. Geo. w.
Shaw called on Mrs. Gould aud had about
an hours conversation. Her black eyes
dashed when tc came in. hat in haul, and
bade her good evening. Il there is one liv-
ing man whom Mrs. Gonld despises more
than other it is Mr.. Shaw. He came to see
how she was getti ong. and to explain
that his action in the matter was entirely
prompted by friendship for her dead husband.
She did net take his explanation IN d kindly
spirit. and when lie left She hesitatcd at TAX
ing his proffered hand. Mr.. Shaw on le:y-
ing made aomc arrangements with til turn
key by which some comforts were to be pro-
vided for the prisoner. 9e k#s
The follow ing statement was made by Mis-.
George w. Shaw. who at one time, with her
hush nd. boarded with the Could: She
states that Mr.. Gould was very kind to llsF
wife and child. in fact fairly idolized them,
though his unfortunate propensity to drink
prevented him from properly providing for
n 5ar,r 10 il,rH Hfu-
brious epithets in Mrs. Snaw's presence
Gould was always opposed to Rogers living
in his family. The difficulty between Gould
and his life that caused him to tell Mr.. Com
ner that ''hc had seen enough to satisfy i'm
that Rogers and his wife were too intimate ..
was caused, Mrs. Shaw thinks. by Gould
coming ii.totis room suddenly one evening.
and finding Rogers and Mrs. Gould reclining
oil i bed together. Mrs. Gould's little girl
was also in the bed at the time. At the tilne
the csdlfiiculty occurred between Mrs.. Gould
and Mr. Shaw, Mr.. Gould was not excite /,
while ON tn contrary Rogers was terribly
iileensed, and exclaimed to Mrs. Gould when
her husband was absent from the room,s
= Never mind. mother, (his pet name for Mrs.
Gould i have no right to protect you now.
but before three months lii have right 70
protect you and BERTHE the little girl). II 4
had that ed id Shaw 5iut;e country, Id
cut his throat, as | haYc the throat Of many
q better man BEFORE Rogers, she claims,
had obtained such asoendency over Mrs.
Gould thai Mrs. g. could scarce restrain her
manifestations Of love tor Rogers from her
husband. When her husband Gould was
absent, Mrs. Shaw states that Rogers and
Mrs. G. scarce pad any attention TO her pres
cnce, but kissed and embraced as il alone
Since leaving the Goulds, Continued Mrs. S,
I have often remarked to my husband, !. They
viii not lef Gould live Tong; and when /
heard OF his death by poison, / was not at an
surprised. Mf. Could was SO addicted 10
drinking that hse would take whisky from
wherever he could find tt; and Rogers used
fo buy bottles oi whisky, and place them
within the reach Of Gould, so chat the latter
would get intoxlcated and 20 TO sleep, While
he fRogcrsl kept company with his wife.
\. NV theory of the matter is. n said Mrs s.,
X tfat Rogers poisoned 4 bottle of whisky,
and placed it III Mr.. Gould's bedroom, ii,
such Il position that It would attract the at |
tcntion Of Gould npon awakening and that
the unfortunate man fell victim to the VII
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