St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-12
HOWARD GAVE IT TO Her.
THE YOUNGER GOULD BECAME M
FAIgAFeg WITH ELLA.
NEwsToRY OF THE BIG CHICK

She Met Gould in Chicago During
the Fair = He Gave Her the
$4,000 Check and George
Stopped the Payment Her
Stormy Scene With Him in
New York.
New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE World to-
morrow will say: The case of Celia
Nicolaus, who is sning George Gould
for $4,000. appears today in an entirely
new light, by reason of story which
has come out giving what purports
to be the true history of the af-
fair. This account comes from
an authoritative source among the
friends of Mrs. Nicolaus. According to
her friends, Mrs. Nicolaus obtained the
check originally from Howard Gould
when the latter was in Chicago attend
ing the worlds fair. As the story
is told, the $4,000 check ma
terialiZed in a settlement of
part of Jay Gould's estate just before
Howard Gould started for Chicago.
His share in this particular division of
portion of his fathers estate was S40,-
600, and, to make the account on the
books appear all right. George
Gould, as executor, made out a
check for this amount to Howard
and gave it to him to de-
posit. Howard, however. carried this
check to Chicago with him. While there
he met and became fascinated with Mrs.
NicolauS. He was with her the greater
part of the time he was in Chicago, and
before he left he gaye:the $4,000 check
to her.
George Gould got wind of the trans
action in time to stop payment of the
check. Mrs. NicolauS presented it at
the bank in Chicago, but when it was
pronounced mo good" she came TO
New York and sought an explana-
ton of
HOWARD GOULD.
The latter told leila that he would
set the matter right at once, and went
to his brother to know what right he
had to interfere with the check. There
was a stormy interview between George
and Howard, the former declaring that
$4,000 was too much money to pay
to any woman, and expressing his
determination to never pay any
such demand. Howard refused to
sever his acquaintance with Mrs. Mic
CLAUS and returned to her and reported
the result of his talk with George.
Then it was that leila saw George
Gould herself and threatened to bring
suit for the payment of the check un-
less the amount it called for was at
once banded over to her. George
was obstinate. and sought the aid of
Supt. Byrnes and the latter sent for
Mrs. Nicolaus. 1t is said that when she
called on Byrnes, aud he threatened
to expose her past if she annoyed the
Goulds, she calmly informed Byrues
that no matter what her past might
have been, or what position she might
now be in, the $4,000 check had
been paid to her by Howard Gould
and it was as much hers as though the
amount had been paid in cash. She
claimed that George j. Gould, after
once, signing the check and paying it
out, had no control over it; that he was
not authorized by Howard to stop pay
ment, and that George had finally OBJ
tanned the check from her in
FRAUDULENT MANNER.
This she explained by saying that
when she came to New York with the
check in her possession and told How
ard Gould the circumstances, he had
endeavored to get his brother to with
draw the stop order on the check, but
after several interviews between her
self and George Gould, the latter told
her he had decided to pay her
the amount she claimed rather than
have any trouble over it. But, for fam
lily reasons, he said, he did not want
the check to go through with her sigma.
ture. so If she would give up the check
he would give her $4,000 in bills. This
she agreed to do. and received
from George Gould two payments
of $500 each. When he paid her the
second $500 she handed him the check,
supposing that he was going to count
the balance of the $4,000. George
Gould, she said, grabbed up the check
and then told her to get out of his sight,
or else ne would have her arrested as
blackmailer. Mrs Nicolaus told
the superintendent, SO the story
goes, that she had witnesses
to the payment of the check to her by
Howard Gould; of her presentation of it
TO the Chicago banks, and wound up by
telling the superintendent he did not
dare to arrest her on any such charge as
George Gould preferred. She had done
nothing for which she could be arrested,
and she did not propose to leave the city
until the matter was settled.