The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-25


and Arranged with Great Care.
The New York Herald Sunday con-
tained a page story giving the details
of the exposure of most daring at
tempt to get a portion of the millions
left by the late Jay Gould, of New
York. Mrs. Sarah Anne Browne An
gell, of Rouse's Point, N. Y. was the
person through whom a number of con-
spirators worked. They had Mrs. An
gell assert that she was the widow Of
the late jay Gould; that he married
her while he was doing some survey
Ing in New York state, and that they
had one child, a daughter, now married
and residing in the west.
So cleverly did the conspirators ar
range their plans that they found
clergyman who married the couple, a
man who acted as groomsman and
number of persons who heard Gould
acknowledge that Mrs. Angel was his
wife. Local interest is lent to the con-
spiracy by the fact that Gould was
alleged to be living with Mrs. Angel
at the time he conducted the tannery
at Stroudsburg. One of the witnesses
who swore recently in New York that
she heard Gould acknowledge way back
In the COS that he was Mrs. Angelrs
husband was Mrs. Brown who for
merly resided in this city. She now
makes California her place of abode.
In an interview with a Herald repre-
sentative, after much persuasion, Mrs.
Angel told how she was dragged into
the scheme and then said:
Nrr,yyr,n zr.nDrr~
Il never was married to Jay Gould.
No, 1 married a man named Derusse,
in Champlain in 1853, and a fine bit of
man he was, too. He came from Eu-
rope, and he came near having five
millions, and that's the way Mrs. Cody
got mixed up. Yes, Mrs. Pierce is my
own child, from Derusse. She is my
daughter My sister, Mrs. Walker,
could not say she was present when
Mary Jane was born,. for mother sent
all the children out of the house away,
until 1t was all over. My sister is only
six or seven years older than my
daughter No, Derusse was not home
when the child was born; he came
home two or three days afterward.
Then, If / had been married to Jay
Gould, how could l have married John
Angel while he lived? What kind of
woman do they take me for any
way?
Yes, / think I saw Gould once or
twice when / was a young girl and he
was looking round these parts. Well,
how about my daughter? Just this
way. l never had any education and
1 made up my mind she should have
learning and be brought up a lady.
After her father died 1 gave her to
family by the name of Morton, living
in Ridgeway, Canada, and they brought
her up as Mary Jane Morton, and she
is married to very good man and
well-to-do, and living out in Wyoming.
" How did 1 ever come to hear of the
Goulds? Well, this way. Some twenty
years ago 1 heard that a very dear
relative of mine was in trouble, and
l went out to Caldwell, Mo-, where she
was, to see her. I found she had been
betrayed under promise of marriage,
! and that the father of the child was
| a near relation of the Goulds. Then
when they came to me to prove my
self jay Gould's wife, 1 never swore
that had married Jason Gould, never
said that 1 had, but l felt that l had
right to some of that money, and il
| George Gould would only come to see
me-he should come-I would explain
it all. and then this thing would die
out. You see. to save the other party
they put 1t all on my shoulders.
CHANGED HER NAME.
How did it come my name used to
be Sarah Anne Brown and now it is
Mary? Well, never was baptized, and
| w Il
Sarah Anne and took that IF Mary. I
| become Catholic and my daughter
| was baptized one. Derusse was one,
too. i don't go to church, but am a
So@d woman tor al that.
| No. she said, as l bade her good
by, I never married Jay Gould. You
| tell George or Helen Gould to come and
see me and 1 will explain everything,
and then this will die out
She stood in the doorway of her little
| house as l drove away, and l turned
and looked back at the woman whose
| name was known in two continents
| and who had been the unwilling tool
| of lot of sharpers. l had practical
| proof that she is thoroughly honest.
saw large sum of money offered her;
| money which would have provided
many little necessity during the COM
ing winter and which she sadly needed,
but she shook her head in a determined
manner and replied firmly: mo,
won't take any money" And she did
not, In the face of many we'll advanced
arguments as to why she should.
80 the great scheme to get goodly
slice of the Gould millions has finally
exploded like a soap bubble, and a poor
old couple In Rouse's Point have had
the even tenor of their uneventful
lives disturbed and a jarring element
of unrest and expectation introduced
which can never be satisfied or graft
| fed"