Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-09-03

Albany, Aug. 3O.-Mrs. Sarah Ann
Brown Gould Angel, who claimed to
be a widow of Jay Gould, and who re-
Gently signed a release OF all her de-
mands upon the Gould estate. proposes
to bring suit to have the release set
aside on the ground of fraud She will
allege that Amasa Parker, Jr., William
Mem. Speer and Mrs. Cody, to whom
she assigned her claim, were specula-
tors seeking to deprive her of her
dover right in the Gould estate When
the suit will be brought is not known,
for the reason that the deed. which
Mrs Angel says was obtained by
fraud, is at present on its way to Den
yer for correction. 1t was sent from
Denver to the New York county clerks
office for record ten days ago, but it's
return was necessary owing to an err
ror in execution.
Walter E. Ward of this city. Mrs.
Angelps attorney, says that the main
obstacle to the possession of Mrs. An
CELLS dOwry will be the deed which ste
gave Mr.. Parker and Mrs. Cody. Once
will be able to establish her claim upon
the Gould estate. Attorney Ward says
the action to set aside the release will
be instituted as soon as District AttOr-
ney Everest of Clinton county can
draw and serve the summons and com.
plant, and that no time will be lost in
securing a trial. Attorney Ward
strongly suggested his belief that lle
heirs to the Gould millions are back
of the scheme by which Mrs Angel
decided away her rights, and that it is
but part of a clever move to weaken
the public belief that Mrs. Angell's
claim of having been lawfully welded
to Jay Gould in the wilds of Clinton
county is true and at the same time TO
prevent further division of the estate
Mr.. Parker positively denied on the
by Mrs. Angel that he knew anything
about it, or that he had any knowledge
of negotiations through which Mrs.
Angel was to be induced to relinquIsh
her claim to the Gould millions.
Mrs. Angeles case is full of complica-
tons and it only remains to be seen
if she can actually bring on the witness
stand the preacher, who, it is alleged,
married her to Jason Gould, a witness
to the marriage, the alleged daughter
of Jay Gould, and the men, now old and
gray, who were witnesses of the court
ship of the two. Then, too. if she is
the only legal wife of the late Jay
Gould, was she guilty of bigamy when
she married John Angel OF Rouse's
Point, n. Y, and will her success in
this case be won at the price Of a
term in states prison?
1t was in 1852 that Jay Gould then
known as Jason Gould, came to Rouse's
Point, his head crammed with plans
for a comprehensive survey of the en-
tire state. The future millionaire was
then but sixteen years Old and to his
eye the sweet face of Sarah Brown, set
III a mass of yellow locks, fine form,
evident even in the old woman of to-
day, and her rural innocence and in
genuous simplicity, made a picture fit
for setting in his own heart. And
that's where it rested-but for few
months only.
So far there is EOthing tC refuta by
the Gould heirs; what followed The
courts alone must ascertain, but even
they would never have been appealed
to had Jay Gould died only ordinarily
wealthy. Gould, some months after
the alleged wedding, left Rouse's Point.
It does not appear that the young c0u-
pie lived together for any length of
time, and shortly after the marriage
she separated from her own family and
was employed as domestic in another
household in the same county some
miles away. Sarah Brown kept up lit
tie intercourse with her father, sist 4rs
and brothers, and some of the latter
had also left the parental homestead
and were living in other families as
help" What little communication
took place between any of the Brown
family was accidental and oral, for
none of them was learned in reading
and writing, and they cared but little
for family ties. It was therefore sur
prise to the elder Brown when Sarah,
one of the youngest of the family,
came home with little daughter OH
laughter with her little child and
without father, and he appeared to be
come only the more indignant as the
particulars Of the wedding were tear
ully related to him. He asked for the
proof of the wedding, and the daughter
Produced the marriage certificate which
Dr. n. Leighton, now of Tunkhannock
Pa, had filled out and given her. In
it of rage he tore this up and threw
t in the fire. It's loss, however, under
he present circumstances is not ma
erial, it is alleged, as the clergyman
yho filled it out is living and may tes-
lfy to the facts on the stand, as also
he subscribing witness, his servant,
The was called in and VS. present at
be ceremony.
The Goulds assert that Mrs. Angel
J but another of the alleged black
failing claimants to dover rights who
Popped up after the death of the finan-
er. Three Of the pseudo widows were
asily proven impostors. This fourth
ne will not be put down so easily.
In appearance Mrs. Angel is rather
Ortly and the yellowish locks of her
rlhood days are rapidly changing to
liver. Her face is dull and shows I,
w traces of past beauty. The hus-
md is typical New England farmer.
e is stoopshouldered and his beard is
nblematic Of the now notorious char
ter who came back to Hackensack
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