The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-07
EXIT GOULD CLAIMANT.
118s HELEN GOULD PRESENT At
TIE CoLLAPsE OF THE CASE.

trived tho Attack MADE on Say Cou,d,n rs
tate In the hnHeii suit for Dorer-Te.timony
81 Mrs. Cods. who stirred the Matter Up.
Sarah Ann Angels action. or the action In
which she figured as tho plaintiff, to re.
cover dover in tho estate of Jay Gould on allie.
gations that he had married her before he mar.
ried the mother OF the Gould children, was dis
posed Of before Justice Freedman of tho Su.
preme Court yesterday with n verdict on the
merits In favor Of the defendants. W. L. Ward,
one OF the attorneys for the plaintiff. and Mrs.
Margaret K. Cody, who has appeared to be the
handspring OF the action, were both in court,
and had something to say, but their position
was apoloRetic, and nothing was done. TO sub
stantiete the claim OF the plaintiff that she had
married Jay Gould on April 10. 1858. Elihu
Root appeared as leading counsel for the Gould
onioren,and as Dc Lancey Nicoll was associated
with him and frequently prompted him in cues.
uoning Mrs. Cody, there were reports that Grim.
maj proceedings might follow. Miss Helen NJ.
Gould, who has studied law herself, and who
was present with some friends, took much in.
eorest In the proceedings.
Mr.. Root told about tho motion made by
Lawyer Ward for leave to discontinue the case
on statements that he had become convinced
chat the plaintiff had never married Gould and
On the refusal of counsel for the Goulds to per.
init q discontinuance because, with a discontin.
uance, Mrs. Angel might sue again. MIR.
Root read q letter which he had sent to Mrs.
ANGEL telling her that the trial would take
place yesterday, and that II she desired to sub
otantiate her claims she would then have an
The namo Of Mrs. Angel was called, but no
0Ie answered. Tor her, other than MIR. Ward,
Eho came forward and stated that he had with.
Mr.. Root said that the Importance of a judR.
ment on the merits was apparent as the case
vas an attack on o vast estate. An imputa.
marrying while he had a vile living. and even
Mr.; koot said that he desired to cali Mrs.
Cody, who had been active in the case, and
Mrs. Angel In the estate. Mrs. Cody had
expressed q desire to be, called. and as she
give her an opportunity to give evidence.
Mrs. Margaret L. Cody, q shrewd.looking
WHIT White, "S Sat her was sys SallsS; a hsF e ssiT l. sn SSs
dark; She wore speetacles. but TOOK them off
S Sm, sss ls stsnd' T TB; e y them ATTN a. times to ex;
written to members Of the Gould family. She
saia that she could not tell whether she had
written or dictated some OF the letters shown
60 her. Her spectacles were not a dt, she said.
Mrs; Cody gave a history Of her connection
eirY, as she and her hus band Settled there az tnh in
terview with q MI. Pierce in one Of the Denver
newspapers which stated that his wife was a
mSgfiase. Mrs, eoiy had never heard Sy dis Of FMi9 Nj.
or Mrs. Pierce before. but she wrote a le ter
e Claim mr. ,h pierf Sis H Sifo w ,Sr z sbifa a a about a the
rendering her assistance to present any claim.
Mr.: Pierce answered, and soon after Mrs; Cody
Pierce. ,Mfs. Pierce said she did not know
where : her mother was, but believed her
young girl. The marriage certificate of Mrs.
Pierce's mother to Jay Gould Ton parchmen1
Denver F0S fT safe "G fee p Ma' PSi4 rs. CODY ID a has Ssn only "
9 copy. and she said the copy showed a mar
the Rev. !: Hanna May 10, or April I8, 1853.
Mrs. Cody then offered to hunt up the mother
going to right q wrong, she testified yesterday.
Mrs. ]. w; Reavy Of Denver on hearing
p 1eS ssof Exas gaze snd M When GG DE m peaeSsd 70 aI pay her Is sx.
yer Amasa J. Parker and Lawyer Speer Of that
city offered her 81 800 for her expenses in look
Vices. Subsequently Mr. Parker showed her a
deed given 70 him by Mrs. Angel of all interest
my name is. not in the deed. You are ignor.
got, Mrs. Angeil." ~
Thereupon q deed was drawn which made all
Mrs. Cody. Mrs. Cody also got a general power
Of attorney from Mrs. ANGEL The witness said
money, but she had refused to take 1t. 1t did
not appear that Mrs. Angel, who is the mother
Mr.. Root tried in different ways to get the
witness to admit writing a letter to Helen Gould
recall 1t and did not recognize the paper with
four pages of writing handed to her. She said
when Mr.. Root suggested that she was not well
81 was born in a year when education is not
10 easily obtained as at present"
writing. Another, letter signed Margaret +.
to her, but she tell back on her wrongly focused
glasses and said that If MIR. Root would read
from il: O'' i'aN
ur II wrote t To-! ye %os soRe time ago and again
70 say about your fathers will. l have twenty.
father and viii bring them on II receive a
The wilncss said that she thought she had
dictated this l%etter,yy which was written for
She believed that Judge Harris had called In
the interests OF the Gou!ds to get the letters,
wanted to deal with Helen Could MN do Sn0
4 letter Of July, 1895, sent from Denver to
signed Margaret Z. Cody. and ran: "''
:" see the attorneys are continuing he case.
the scandal might have been avoided. Twas
collected by a woman who calls herself your
the correspondence which 1 have j will show
you, but not to the Lawyers. Harris OF Albany
am the only Roman Catholic connected with The
case. Don't pay out another dollar until you
your hall. sister i can tell You Who o" ahe ri ssHrs@e"a
i never. never wrote it, broke in the wit
Il will see you. but not before Dillon" Mr..
Root continued to read, but was cut of by the
Witnese:
tated IT,"
number Of letters to Lawyer Parker were
also presented, and some of these she remem-
bered she had dictated. She a.ked if he might
put IN evidence the answers OF Park cr TO them,
but. Mr.. Root said significantly:
I'm another tribunal"
AS the evidence seemed to be irrelevant, JUS
ttce Freedman said to Mr.. Root that he under
stood that the woman was called to see ii she
makes any claim under her deed to the Gould
estate. Lawyer Root than asked If she made
any such claim, and she said:
II cant make any claim when the woman
gays herself that she did not marry Gould. Had
known that l was meddling with such impos.
tors ! would no more have touched them than /
would 30 many rattlcsnakes."
THAT is all, madame" said Mr.. Root, but
Mrs. Cody left the stand In n hesitating way,
murmuring something more about iInpOstors,
and evidently wanting to free her mine fur.
ther. She stood up outside Of the railing with
seated,