The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-14
THERE'S A MYSTERY HERE
MRS. GOULD GIVES THE HISTORY
OF HER PAST.

Stimulants Since Gould Died of a
Toy stiletto's Wound.
The killing of Charles N. Gould, the
lordly Euglishman. at Murphy, n. c., by
his frail little wife with toy dagger AS an
nounced in the MORNING News dispatches,
has not ceased to be an absorbing topic Of
conversation The, story told upon the
stand by Bob Ramsey, the colored waiter
and sole witness, upon which Mrs Gould
was acquitted, is freely criticised, and pub
lie opinion varies much as TO the real mer-
its of the case. There are many who think
that the whole truth has not yet been
told, and there is a dark mystery, the IN
travelling of which would show that crime
had been committed. A New York World
correspondent Friday sought an interview
with Mrs. Gould, who has been confined to
her room in the Dickey house since her &C
quittal, suffering from the mental and
physical collapse that naturally followed
the long succession of intensely exciting cir
cumstances attending her husbands death.
She was found reclining in an easy chair,
and though usually robust, if petite, to day
she looked worn and i'll. Contrary to the
instructions of her attorneys she was will
ing to relate all the incidents of her own
life, and of the alleged crime of which she
had Just been pronounced Innocent. This is
what she told the World reporter:
II was born at Wodlfet, England" she
began, after exchanging the usual courtesies,
land my maiden name was Lillian Morrl-
son. / do MT remember much about my
childhood, except that my father was in
business there, and that l went to school a
year or so before l moved away. / went to
Chaplain and stayed there till l was Is or 16
years old.
II received my education in music, art
and literature principally at the latter place.
Being of wild, romantic disposition, de-
terminei to travel the world over, first
going to Brussels and then to Paris, where l
spent two years. l had many thrilling ex-
periences on the continent, being abducted
twice, but managed to come though them
all safely by virtue of ready mind and a
courageous heart. Then | was young and
beautiful and never lacked for friends, who
at all times supplied me with ample
meaus.
my passage having been paid by friends,
/ sailed for Ceylon. On the vessel l met
Charles Gould, who represented himself to
be an extensive coffee planter of Ceylon,
India. Bound for the same port, we were
naturally thrown a great deal together, and
DIR friendship soon ripened into love. We
agreed to marry, and, as is the custom in
that country, our names were called out in
Luo every lOI luFe0 weeks
until our marriage. From that day to
this have never been happy. For time
my husband treated me very well, but soon
ne failed in business and he shipped me back
to London. After short time returned
to Ceylon and Joined my husband. We
lived together one year and then returned
to London, where we boarded at different
lodging houses, till finally we settled at
Mrs. Anna Smiths, No. 10 Hersel road,
Holloway.
This was eight years ago. We stayed
thers until my husband deserted me and l
got into some awful trouble. l heard from
him indirectly, through friends, several
times in America. This state of affairs
continued for five or six years, and in the
meantime l had exhausted all my money
and found myself penniless in the streets Of
London Iwas forced to do something for
a Giving and finally decided to go on
the stage. Six years on the stage followed,
and | was successful enough to make a
scaut living.
Hearing that l was in the theatrical
business my husband Immediately started
for London. He found me in concert
hall, and persuaded me to leave England
and come to America with him. To this |
agreed, and together we sailed for New
York. Arriving there Gould commenced
to disslpate and frequently beat and other
wise ll-used me. We got into trouble in
New York. the nature of which l do not
desire to disclose just now. From there we
came south to I ellico Plains, and stopped
quite while, boarding at the house of n
Mrs. Lee, where my husband continued to
lll-treat me.
Prom there we went to Atlanta, and
thence here, where we arrived about two
months ago. During all the time we had
been in this country my husband continued
to drink very hard and abused me shame
fully. | would have left him, but being in
a strange country and without friends l
had to put up with everything, even the
cowhiding, which was of almost daily oc-
currence"
Mrs. Gould admitted that she had been
tried in the English courts and acquitted,
but refused to talk any further about the
charge made against her. She said her
career in London could be traced by cabling
to the people she lived with while there,
and whose names she was willing to give.
She also admitted owing EGO for board
when she left there.
''As to the events Immediately preceding
and following Gould's death and the cir
cumstances of that event" said Mrs Gould,
1.-THE colored waiter, Ramsay has told you
the whole truth. have nothing to add"
While telling her story the pretty little
blonde woman did not at any time appear
to at all resemble a criminal, nor one who
could WELD stiletto with such deadly
effect She at times carefully avoided fur
nishing names and dates which might serve
to throw light on her past, and LII studying
her manner one could not but be impressed
with the conviction that that past concealed
some dark my stery which would in some
way prove to have been connected with
Gould's death. She is quiet, gentle, and
even childike in department, extremely
pleasing in appearance and not more than
30 years of age. Gould, on the other hand,
was very homely and much her senior.
The rumor is now current that new and
important evidence has been discovered,
and that fresh efforts will be made to place
the woman on trial again. 1t is said that
some weeks before his death Gould made
his will, leaving all his money. some S20,-
600, to his wife. 1t is further said that after
the stabbing and while her husband lay
dying, she would run to the piano every
few moments, singing and playing wildly,
and that even after his death she kept up
this ghoulish conduct.
These about the hotel say that since the
death OF Gould she keeps herself constantly
under the influence of whisky and continues
to be an incessant smoker Of cigarettes.
THE FRUIT BLIGHT.
A Thorough Investigation Made as to
the Cause.
From the Griffin (Gd) Call