The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
NEVER JAY GOULD'S WIFE.
1rRA. INGELL'S STATEMENT TO HER
DAU0HTER,B LAWYER.

sire Has HAD Three Hushands. Ne Russo.
YeunEpcter. and A~nEeii-Never saw Gould,
and Yves Never Hero. Though tho AL
legged Marriage Certificate IL Dated Here.
The evidence OF Melville c. Brown. taken at
laramie. wy, on behalf OF tho Gould estate in
tho suit OF Sarah Ann Angel for dover. states
fatty that Mrs. Angel informed Brown that she
was never married TO Jay Gould. and that she
had been induced to sign papers without know
ing thor contents.
Brown is q lawyer at Laramie. He was born
in Maine and has resided in Wyoming twenty
nino years. He has boon Superintendent OF
Schools OF tho county in which he resides. Pros
ocuting Attorney Of tho county, United States
Attorney for Wyoming, President Of the Consti-
tutional Convention of that State, and q mom-
bor OF Its legislature. lie was also Mayor Of
laramie In 1906. lie was appointed to defend
the interests OF the Federal Government in liti-
cations with tho Union Pacific Railway.
He testified that he knows Sarah Ann Angel,
but was not acquainted with Jay Gould. lie
met Mrs. Angoll at her homo at Rouso's Point,
Lake Champlain, In July. 1895. Hc saw her
there on two occasions, and he has not seen her
since. Ho had callod on her because he was the
counsel for Mrs. John +. Pierce OF Rock Springs,
who claimed to DO the daughter of Mrs. Angel
and Jay Gould. He went there TO ascertain the
particulars of tho alleged marriage Of Mrs. An
gcll to Gould.
He arrived at Lake Champlain on Sunday
night, July IA, 1898. and, after putting up at
the Windsor Hotel, learned wbero Mrs. Angoll
lived and drove there In q buggy. He found her
dwelling In q small franc house OF very old and
dilapidatod appearance. 1t Is one story high
and has only two or three rooms. He described
the woman os follows:
"She was u very large woman; a thick. heavy
head of hair, very gray or nearly white, and
very largo. not quito SO broad rs she was tall,
but very broad; she was much below the me-
dunn height"
When he told his mission Mira. Angel, who
was alone. said at once that Mrs. Pierce was her
daughter. Being asked what Mrs. Angell said
to him. tho witness said that the matter was
privileged, as he WINS then acting as an attorney
for Mrs. Pierce. Tho commissioner who took
HIS deposition having no power to pass upon OBJ
j~ections. which must DO passed upon by tho
court at the trial. his objection was noted and
he proceeded: ~. a.. 49,
daughters condition and well-bcing, her health
and SO forth, and following that we passed into
{ F sssn a s9oi a a w 10 MRS. | .o0k A To Ss me th a,ten Sor
daughter believed herself 70 be a child Of Mrs;
Mrs. Angel The question whether she had ever
been the wife Of Jay Gould. AnsySriGg she said
was born IN lawful wodiock, and that her father
81 Sas the a a ans Ps ha and i .ai Tai 10 5e Iir nl Hns ssIFpf tSss
Ihad come from her daughter as her attorney;
Mss. h Hn aaSSf h"d bs s,nsG naiyry ssl'f 10 Mr. 1nt ao sSi;
that Mrs. Pierce was the legitimate. child of
matter OF fi very great r importHnce to tho d"ush.
ter. and OF great Importance to her, ana I
wanted her TO state the exact truth of the mat
She then repeated what she had said to me
S could; that that she she had had never never O eiaim %Sfr to any ny o ons
that she had been married to him: but that she
n 1orns sssp Pa aG's N M, Mss; e0i 4. e Cody M di 6 SGSy,i n to
whom Mrs. +: Angel has assigned part Of her claim
s siEn pHps ,no that G9q the, e srosabt th bSr II 10 81; s1en " fssd
would recover Tor her a very large sum OF money
from the Gould estate. and that she signed those
because OF their that abe never
lady to whom she referred as Mrs. Cody camo
iR nSo The ,, T0sI MneE Tn, we !, were ,Se l sisti1 1S u,o Mrs
gave the papers, and for whom l signed tho
'Mr. Brown called Mrs. cody's attention to the
dcnials OF Mrs. Angel. and, as his evidence. pro-
Mrs Cody became at once very excited,
walking up and down the room, wringinG her
hands. and saying that she would be denounced
mailer. anc insisted 10 Mrs. ANGEL that Mrs.
ANGEL h a. represented an1s e her that ssi she 81 had : been
herce and determined manner. said to Mrs.
Cody; never represented ,Dv such thing to xon.
1t is ali aiIie a he. AND you Know WY t.. Su and tn assns so some s9%;
other very strong language, and finally saying:
only III h Mnn eS Seing t oD ea ri t dnut iloVe. s sna | Is sh ahG
ten MIN the IraIE and She whole truth. don't
Mrs. Cody then left the house in an excited
manner. Mr.; Brown then read TO Mrs. Angel a
copy of m alleged certificate OF marriage. set-
tin. forth that she HAD been married TO Gould
in this city. at the house of her uncle and aunt.
u. Hanna. Il was dated May. 1853, at New
ness that she had never been in this city in her
life and had never seen Jay. Gould. She had
R RsSn is'f Po.nt, al in sn is sSGP by y t Ir. RoiRhto nsa r
Presbyterian minister. TO ~ Mr.. DE Russe. She
n nsss F Elsa ss5 u IaihG shS sThS s %sT'9 sAs to eS HfR1 %s:
born. One day hcr father. who was quick-,em-
PEREZ 70 sam slsPgSiS Srta the nes shi Il: f fP q she cas ssSs
who adopted IL. She did not intend that De
T.. h"'' sd snSIa% 0p pspd and a ss' s sniidi a &nn she b s'SRss
Blown was the name OF her father. The wit.
nes' cal oil on Mrs. Angel again The next day.
conferred with Mrs. Angel alone, telling her
that no had come TWO thousand miles from her
whom tho mother ought to help If. she could.
MRS ;. Ans ssi ; s.ia that Sd,n II h she go, anything out Of
she said size had told him. AS he was leaving
truth. WIS never m@rried 10 jay Gould. /
that De Russo So was he; father, that she was BORN
in lawful wedlock. and that she mood never feel
Mrs. Angel explained that De Russo WAS n car
perptnter and c~aninetmaker who could get Ill
tie wurk about ltouse's Point in winter. and who
was unable 10 support her. Shortly before her
child was born DO Russo took her in a
Mrs. Angel told the witness she could
not read. and sho did not know what
papers she had signed before Mrs. Cody and The
lawyer. After Giving the child to the Mortons
Tor adoption she had gone to Ohio 10 work In a
hotel. whore she married n Mr.. YounKpeter. She
was living witt ioungpeier in Michigan when
he died. DC Russo htd died before she went
West The MOrtons moved West. and the plain
tin iound her daughter still living with them
about 1860. when the daughter was IS years
old. Tho daughter would not go with her moth
or, and tho mother returned to live about
Houses Point. where she has aimee remained.