St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-12

only would the establishment of
such a claim illegitimatize those who
have for SO many years been recog-
nized as the heirs of Jay Gould, it
would upset the entire estate and
throw into inextricable tangle the
vast millions of the late millionaire.
More than all this, if Mrs. Angel es-
tabliShes her claim, every title, deed
and conveyance made by Jay Gould
is V1tiated, according to the law of
the state. 1t is we'll known that the
late millionaire's real name was ia
son Gould, and it is limited that Mrs.
Angels strange story discloses the
reason why his name was changed
to Jay. Perhaps more interesting
even than this is the claim of a.
daughter Of this first wife. This
young woman, who is now married.
is living in a Western state, and is
a party to the claim against the
Gould estate. She is represented by
a separate law firm, one of whose
members has recently been here in
her interest. The well-known law
firm of Amasa J. Parker and Amasa
!. Parker Jr., Of Albany, has been
retained by Mrs. Angel. and LAWYER
Stearn, OF Rouse's Point, is her local
attorney. Other specialists on testa-
mentary law have been retained and
taken into consultation. If the case
comes to trial there will be arrayed
a most extraordinary number of dis
tinguished jurists in behalf of the
plaintiffs. A feature of the eXtraor-
binary claim which tends very much
to discredit it-and one without a.
parallel in previous cases of a SIM
mar nature-is the complete mystery
Which has been maintained for SO
many years by the plaintiff in regard
TO the identity of her former hus-
band. The astonishing claim that she
Is the first, and hence the onlv. wife
of Jay Gould was, it is believed. alb
soltely new to the members of the
Gould family up to a very few
months ago.
ALLEGED MARRIAGE AT CHAM
PLAIN.
Mrs. Angel says she was married
to Gould by Rev. DR.. CLAYTON at cham
plain, N. Y, when she was but ff-
teen years old, he then being only two
years her senior. The story as printed
goes on to say that Mrs. Angel, dread
ing to raise fuss" had not told the
1acts TO anybody in the neighborhood
OF Rouse's Point, where she had lived
nearly all. her life, and was hoping
that the secret would descend with her
NH
strange woman came in upon her and
sald she had ferreted out her history
and persuaded her to seek the estab-
hshment Of her rights. This strange
woman was Mrs. Cody, who is at pres
ent stopping at the Massachusetts
house in Rouse's Point and who has
been largely instrumental in procuring
the evidence which has been thus far
collected. Mrs. Cody has also been in
communication with the daughter in
the West, from whom it is believed
she received the first knowledge of the
astonishing facts which are now en-
deavored to be established.
There are, by the way, many per-
sons in and about the neighborhood of
Rouse's Point who remember the
young Jay Gould, or Jason Gould. as
he was then called, who, fresh from
the academy at Roxbury, was MAX
ing railroad surveys and constructive
maps in that region in the early sos,
and not few recall the mystery of
Mary Brown and her little daughter
following upon his departure.
Mrs. Angel lives about a mile out.
side the town of Rouse's Point in a
little frame house, and her husband
TOl
ncighborhood.
MRS. ANGEL NOT A BEAUTY.
Mrs Angel! is a large and rattle,