Evening journal., 1895-03-07
HELD ZELLA IN CHECK.
The Adventures Threatened TO
Mar the Gould Wedding.
WAS sHADowED BY DETECTIVES


casteilanes Of the Scandal She ciairns to
Hold Affecting the Gould Family.
NEW York, March Now that the
brilliant Gould Castellane festivities are
ended. il has become known that they
came near to being marred by a sensa-
tional and decidedly unpleasant episode
Zella Nicolaus, the archadyenturess
with many aliases, is in the city, and II It
Ind not been for careful espionage on the
part Of the police she would have hurled
the dreadful scandal she claims to possess
concerning certain members Of the Gould
family into the face Of the noble Castel-
lanes in order TO secure revenge for her al
legged i'll treatment by the Goulds.
The hostile attitude of Zella Nicolaus Il
IL il said, grew out Of the suit which she |
brought through Howe & Hummel against |
George j. Gould in November, 1898, to |
recover SAC 600 which she alleges he kept |
from her Zella at that time was under |
age, and she suod in the name Of Albert |
Ruhman as guardian, who had reputa-
( tion in the west as crooked gambler.
| She alleges that George J. Gould made
! check for $40, 600 which came lawfully
1 into her possession in March, 1898, in Chi
caRo; that she took the check to Mr.
| Goulds office and demanded payment Of
it from him; that Mr.. Gould unlawfully
obtained possession Of the check from her
and appropriated it to his own use with
out her consent The suit was brought
20 recover its face value 1t Is said that
Mrs. Zella Nicolaus got the alleged check
from Howard Gould while he was on
ruby tinted tour in the west
suit Was Never Pressed.
The suit has never been pressed to trial,
but is still upon the records, and so far as
appearances 20 can bo called up at any
time. 1t is said that there was such a
great scandal behind this check that the
Goulds were anxious to have a settlement
! made. and it is alleged that the represent
, atives Of George Gould and Howe &
! Hummel arranged a settlement upon the
3 basis of the payment of $50, 600 to Mrs.
Nioolaus in consideration Of her leaving
; the country Whether this sum was paid
G to her or not does not appear, but It -
r certain that she was penniless and had
been nut out Of the Sturtevant House for
r nonpayment Of board shortly before she
8 began the suit, and soon after she went to
d Europe loaded down with diamonds, with
h Guardian Ruhman as her intimate COM
q panion.
r Whatever the terms Of the settlement
's were, it is said Mrs. Nicolaus was not sat
/ isiied with the portion she received as her
q share, broke her promise to remain away
Il from this country and returned from Eu-
10 rope in three months.
s She took trip through the country
had row with Robinson in Fort Wayne
T. and returned to this city with only hel
n good looks and well stocked wardrobe ai
her capital
d She had theatrical aspirations and trieS
Or for q long time to arrange for her appear
anee in Kostcr & Bial's, but without sue
" cess, as she did not exhibit any histrioni
vs. talent. 1t was announced that she woul
Up appear as ono of the stars in 7 Rob he
Roy" now running at the Imperial MI
he sic hall. but Manager Kraus dropped he
ir name from the roll at the last moment
an The last failure OF Miss Nicolaus TO get o
by the stage came about the time the talk b'
zee came general about the then approachin
hs Gould Castellane wedding.
Byrnes Kept an Eye on Hor.
1t is said Superintendent Byrnes detail
ed several central Office detectives to kee
an a constant watch upon Mrs. Nicolaus
attend her wherever she went but to
nothing and say nothing to her unless
appeared that she intended to annoy al
~ member Of the Gould or the CASTELAR,
" family
Mrs. Nicolaus it is said, upon one G
Wy cnson went to the house Of Mr. Gould
~ Fifth avenue and Sixty seventh street al
nls stood in front Of the door for several m
~ ~ ments Ono Of the detectives approach
Ri9 her and suggested that it would be w
y" for her to keep moving. Mrs. Nicola
lsu then became aware that she was being f
% %uno lowed and called upon her friends to hC
'.., NHo her but the detectives could not be ca
~ ed Off
Ivy AS last resort she went to DR. Pai
hurst's house at 1873 East Thirty-ill
~. w street and had consultation with hi
!. w !. Il is said she disclosed all the details
Y I. the alleged Gould scandal remaining W
~ W. the doctor for more than an hour. She
is ,uts fused to make statement to any one sil
w that time as to what the consultation Y
= y about. Dr. Parkhurst also refuses to {
XXX ouss the subject. but 1t is said that W
',lt ~ the fighting parson learned from N
Z ~ ~ Nicolaus viii be Of service to him in e
'oi, ing an exposition Of new phase Of po
III, work
Wy She Claims Innocence.
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