The evening world., 1893-12-09
.HOWARD'S NAME IN IT
George Gould Said to Be Shield
ing His Younger Brother.
Did the Check to Mrs. Nicolaus
Come from Him ?
Lawyers Howe and Hummel Deny
Such Is the Case.

Mrs. leila Nicolaus against George j.
Gould over the $4,000 check which she
alleges he gave to her In a business
transaction and then unfairly took from
her, seems to be deepening every day.
The latest rumor in circulation Ia that
the mysterious check first came into
Mrs. Nicolaus's possession through How
ard Gould during visit of that young
gentleman to Chicago in connection with
| some railroad business some time ago.
How or where he could have met the
woman or why he should have given her
the check does not appear from the stories
his brother. George. heard of the mat
| ter he at cnce bestirred himself In his
younger brothers behalf and secured pos
| session of the paper.
| The inference which Is drawn from this
alleged state Of facts Is that George Gould
is now standing between his brother and
the woman, and Is trying to shield him
| from the consequences Of what may have
been serious indiscretion.
Lawyer Abe Hummel. however. threw
cold water on this story this morning by
he is supposed to know more about these
alleged transactions OF his client with
the Gould family than any one else out
side Of the persons directly interested
an Evening World" reporter this morn.
ing. that the story about Howard
| Gnuld's alleged transaction with Mr..
Micolaus is utterly, without foundation.
nected with the affair.
| The only member Of the Gould fam
business transaction whatever ia George
j. Gould himself. What the details Of
mat transaction were / must decline
TO- state at present. and, as have said
them made public until they come out
| In the regular way on the trial of the
case,
For this reason / have advised Mrs.
Nicolaus to say nothing about the mat
ter to any one. and as to her present
place of residence l must also decline
want to be bothered with visitors. and l
| will shield her from this annoyance by
every means In my power"
When Mr.. Hummers attention was
called to the statement made by Supt
Byrnes in regard to his clients past
career, he assumed very serious man
IAN have to say about Mr.. Byrness
remarks" he said, "is that he himself
must have been deceived in regard to
Mrs. Nicolaus.
pearance of innocence and truthfulness.
/ think II is quite likely that he has been
deceived BY the stories he has heard
own suspicious against her, as that we;
her legal counsel, have been misled. and
our feelings played upon.
propose to stick by her to the end, no
matter what may be said about her. We
have defended great many persons
offenses, and against, whom popular
clamor has been raised. but when the
facts have come before an impartial jury
they have been acquitted:
shall show that our client has been
after calm deliberativn, these stories will
Mr.. Hummel added that since he had
served the papers In the case upon Geo.
j. Gould no demand had been made upon
there was, in his opinion. no ground for
such request.
Ali that he now awaited was the an
be 70 serSed 6m
days.
Congressman W. Bourke Cochran. Mr..
Gould's LAWYER Is stili in washington.
able Building this morning that he was
not expected in town before Tuesday or
Wednesday of next week.
the matter of preparing an answer to
Mrs Nicolaus's complaint until he re-
turned.
George Gould was not to be found at
his office this morning and It was said
that he had gone down to Lakewood
for the day.
howard Goulu was IN however, but
in answer to Inquiries he sent out word
that he had nothing whatever to say
in regard TO the stories which connected
his name with the $400O0 check.
1t was learned that George Gould last
evening informed Press Agent Somer-
vile, Of the Western Union Company.
that he would refuse to talk any more
of the subject. but that his refusal must
not be construed as either affirming or
denying the truth, OF any of the stories
the in circulation, or that might be
started with regard TO the affair.
He had been informed by his lawyers
that he had already said all that II was
that henceforth he would keep silent
and let the proceedings take their reg
ular course.