New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
MRS ANGELES ALLEGED DOWER hi'Hi l.

INTERESTING FACTS TOLD BY JAY GOULD
HEIRS IN THE SUIT AGAINST HIS ESTATE.
A hatch Of testimony in the suit brought by
Sarah Ann Angel who declares that she was mar
red n the late jay Gould in 1858. was filed AT the
County Clerks Office in this city yesteroa! iHe
evidence is in favor of the Gouid heis WIZ "'
defending the suit to recover Mrs Aheeh "'-es'"
dover right and the witnesses were examiner po
fore a commissioner at Tarrytown. where MISS
Io,on Could lives and at the Plaza Hote. Among
the witnesses was Mrs. Elizabeth Palen sister OF
Ia, could who was born in 1884, and lives with
her husband in Germantown. Ienn' Mrs' i"el
testified that she had three sisters and one proher
Jason who was known later in life as Jay Gould
lie was born on May q. 1886. The family lived al
wet settlement Delaware County. until the end
of March 1852 when IT moved 10 RoXbury n. 1.
Mrs Paien's and Jays mother died In le'Z' ana
their father married second wlic VINO uieu n'e
months later The father then married third
,,,o Mary Ann Corbin Jay Gould lived with the
.,,oil, until 1885 when he moved to Goudsboro. and
he s,oved there until about 1861, when he came to
this city -
Mrs palen often saw her brother Jay after his
removal TO New-York and his wife was Heien
Miller n whom he was married In this city In
1859 or 1ss3 The witness said she never had heard
of his beng married before that time. Mrs. Palen
identified a school composition on Honesty Is the
Best Policy" which her brother Jay had written
ON April g. 1850 She also identified letter which
:.
JAN assisted his father in the store, Mrs Paieh
said and began surveying lister county In lsZ
One sunday morning IN Aprll. 1872, the witness
said Jay said he would cook an Albany steak for
Ihcn and it took them all the afternoon to clear
up the dishes ne had used He used she said.
while surveying Albany County in 1888 to write
home constantly. In 1854 he was Ill at home with
typhoid fever. and two physicians watched him all
night on August 10 of that year.
She said her brother intended publishing a His
tory Of Delaware County and Border Warfare of
New York. and portion OF such a book In his
writing was put in evidence.
Erasmus Bennett, of Topeka, Kan. testified to
knowing Jay Gould when the latter was surveying
C.arksviile. and stayed there for four weeks, be-
ginning In April. 1888 -
Irwin g. Moore. with whom Jay Gould stayed at
Albany In 1853, said he and Gould visited this city
model OF a mousetrap invented by his grandfather,
which ne wanted 10 get patented They delivered II
TO the Crystal Palace. where II remained on
hibition. Mr.. More said he never heard that Gould
was married until he married Helen Miller
James Oliver. who taught school at West Settle
mcnt swore reading jay GoulGs essay on Hon
esty" Gou,d was. he said. quiet boy and was
never anxious for company, put rather OF retir-
INK disposition He used" Oliver said. ito do
more listening than talking. He was boy OF
Uncommon Intellect and very independent in his
way OF thinking. He was also studious reader,
and was never rude or boisterous. His penmanship
and drawing w,re always neat. He used
urofane or vulgar language nor said anything to
peter H. Brink OF Elizabeth, ~ j.. said he knew
Gonld I'm 1852 and 1853 and didn't think he. had
much time to be of marrying Isaac Bloom VIII
cox Of Muscatah, Kan. testified as 10 Gould s
Whereabouts at the time the paintin said they
were on their honeymoon ,s,-
Mrs Anna G. Hough jay Gould's sister and her
husband a. NJ. Hough, corroborated the testimony
siven by Mrs. Paen.