The evening world., 1893-12-07
Rumor that George Gould Will
Prosecute Her for Blackmail.
New Light Is Thrown on Mysterious
Mrs. Nicolaus.
She Is Said to he q Young and
Beautiful Adventures.

Among the uHOr HOatlnS ABOUT the
city this morning. was one to the effect
that the present Grand Jury will be
asked to indict Mrs. leila Nicolaus on
the charge Of attempting to blackmail
Millionaire George Gould. That report
was also going the rounds of the Dis
trict-Attorney's office, but none Of the
officials would discuss 1t in any way. 1t
was limited. however. that Mr.. Gould.
through his lawyers, had already taken
action looking to that end.
Mr.. Gould said yesterday that the
case was one of blackmail pure and
, simple. and stories published this morn
ing, purporting to disclose the wild life
led by the innocent and spotless eigh-
teen-year-old girl" seem to bear him
out in that assertion.
Some Of the stories reached this city
by way of Chicago. and were to the eff
: feet tina she began her wild life in that
city when only fourteen years old. where
she had a young man arrested on the
. false charge Of attempted criminal as
: sault.
From that moment she has been traced
up to the present time through different
cities; how she finally trapped a mer-
chant named Nicolaus into marrying her,
and how he afterwards turned her adrift
on finding. out her record. Before her
marriage Sne was Zella Lyttle.
Mr.. Gould says he first saw her a year
ago In this city, when she called upon
him and said she was. acquainted with
m many ,sn s prominent wsII mt r. f1ie iSis s Of his she IN Gh,-
resented that she was destitute, had been
deserted by her husband and wanted to
get to her friends In Chicago u ne h sa dys
not go. She called at his office several
times after that. and finally he had to
Apparently with the money Mr.. Gould
had given her she took up quarters In
the. Sturtevant House. A young man
but she had many callers-generaliy male:
She was traced to different houses, and
had been known to stop at Halls Hotel.
In Park Row. and other places;
phase hte lawyers, Messrs. Howe &
Hummel. in the least. They. had read
ing their offices, and were ready to meet
the reporters on their arrival. -,
We'll, what can we say to the story.
flashed bewIideringly. II repeat what 1
said yesterday. that this. lady was re-
commended to us by a gentleman who
against that Of George Gould. She has
corroborative evidence
Suppose, however, that all these sto-
ries are true. does that alter the case
any? Why. II she had committed all the
crimes in the calendar END n In II aoo W CSnck' not %bi al,
she says George Gould gave her and then
a, sMSss I i the reason 90 for ssc Ess =! sssh hss
, not let her tell her own story?'
No sir; E Emp .!Ths er n0' Of Sic Howe wa e
funnel miy be 'butes,' but in this
case they are mutes. We do not propose
that you , should mp, lnttryisw n her You oh' ca no,
not, must not, see her.
Everything will come out in good
and the other side has yet TO answer.
They have twenty days in which to do
SO. and until then at least you must walt
s fSs saye'SSe eIisye she sas a n0s good dAe eose E
It may not be necessary, however. to
Nicolaus. Already she has been traced
up to a period long after she left the
S%turtevant House. 1t is known for GER
the Eden Musee and other places. and
the light, mustached young man was not
always her escort.
want House. held for an unpaid board
bill, and the proprietor says he does not
know where she 49,, She was also a fire.
Twenty-ninth street. but the parties who
occupied 1t at that time have moved
When Mr.. Gould reached his office at
11.30 o'clock this morning his appear
ance did not indicate that he was
very much worried over the suit. In,
spite OF appearances, however, he was
considerably bothered yesterday, and
Immediately after the papers had been
served upon him. he hurried to the
office Of his lawyer, ex-Judge Dillon:
The latter, however, was In Chicago. and
the clerk said he would not be back for
a week, go" a,
Mr.. Gould then thought. hard a few
moments, and finally decided that Con-
gresham w. Bourke Cochran. should de-
fend him He Immediately hurried over
to the Equitable Building, and had a
consultation with Edward Clark. Mr..
Cockran's law partner. AS a result. the
Congressman was at once t~elegraphed TO,
TIC an Evening World" reporter Mr.:
Clark said this morning that there would
be nothing to make public until after the
conference between Mr.. Gould. Con-
gresham Cochran and himself late this
afternoon.
II cannot give you the address Of that
woman" he added, because we do not
know II, and the papers served upon
Mr.. Gould fail to state t. Neither can
say anything at present as TO the story
that we intend having her indicted for
attempted b%lackmail. Wait until Mr'
Cochran gets here"
Mr.. Gould when seen by the reporter
also declined to make any further state
ment at present.