The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-12-08
THAT MYSTERIOUS SUIT.
0EOKGE GOULD REFUSES TO ASK
ron BLACKMAIL INDICTMENT.
Iowo ~ Hummsi Keeping Their Client
Relief tn the Justice OF Her Cause.


NEW YoRK, Dec. S.--'rho suit brought
against George }. Gould by Mrs. zella
Nicolaus for $4,000. and the Hcrnld' +
story OF tho woman's past and her man
ner OF life while living at the Sturtevant
house In this city, WINS the general topic Of
conversation down town yesterday.
Probably rs direct result of the stories
wired from the West as to tho woman's
record, or at least, what was known of 1t
while she was living In Chicago and Joliet
arcportwas started To & he effect that Geo. j..
Gould had been before the
grand jury and attempted To
have Mrs. Nicolaus indicted for
attempted bIsckn'aii. No official report of
any suub occurrence WAS given out ut the
district attorneys office, and all the en-
pIoyecs OF that department profcssed ig-
norance on the subject.
When ~ reporter called mt Mr.. Gould's
Office bo was told that Mr.. Gould could
add little or nothing to what
he had already said, rs he really knew
nothing more about the case than he did
yesterday, except that he was not SUR
prised TO learn that reports from the West
gave the woman such n bad character.
RE WAS informed that Jude J. +. Dillon,
his regular counsel, was still in the
West, but had not been sent for. Owing
To Judge bilious absence, how
ever, Mr. Gould, he was informed, had
taken the case to w. Bourke Cochran,
who will conduct it for him. At MIR.
Cockran's Office he was told he had goue
to Washington.
Not Indicted for Binckman
When no inquired IL there was any
truth in the story thst he had had Mrs.
Nicolaus indicted for blackmail by the
grand jury or IL he proposed To make the
attempt, Mr. Gould sent word that the
story was mere rumor aud that there was
absolutely no truth In it. That was all
Mr.. Gould cared to say.
When he saw Mr. Howe, OF the firm of
Howe Il Hummel, whose client Mrs.
Nicolous is, he was as firm in bis belief in
the fair plaintiffs story as he had ever
been, at least ostensibly.
He said he had read the stories from tho
West concerning the woman in whose
truth and honesty he professed TO believe
so implicitly and was not changed in his
opinion by their tenor.
Suppose there was q grain OF truth in
some of these stories,'' said Mr.. Howe, as
his eyes flashed until they Wed in bril-.
liancy with his diamonds, "what bear
ing would that have on this case?
"One would not have the right TO filch
money even frcm n convicted criminal
who had expiated his crime by serving a
term of imprisonment. Vet no charge
of any nature whatever has ever
been made against this fair
young girl. These reports from the West
certainly do not place MIR. Gould in the
right il he gave this woman check for
$4,000 and then took advantage OF hef i'll =
nocenoe to get it back"
VII, let Nobody Sec Her.
When he asked Mr.. Howe what objec-
tion he could have TO seeing the
woman personally, he said that the
firm had determined that she should
see nobody and that she should make
no statement until the case came to trial
''She was at our Office this morning." said
Mr.. Howe, "and begged to be allowed to
give out an emphatic denial TO the press
OF the cruel lies which arc being sent
about her from the West But in
spite of all her entreaties we were COM
PEELED to refuse her request. Unexplained
that George Gould only had twenty days
In which to file his answer, and the lime
would soon come when she would have u
chance to refute the aspersions on ber
character and prove the truth OF her
charges in open court"