The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07
THE ANGEL CASE AGAIN
Further Details in the Jay Gould
Scandal Aired.
IT LOOKS LIKE BLACKMAIL
Letters From Mrs. Cody Show That She
Attempted to Bleed the Goulds.
Mrs. Angel Used as a
Stool Pigeon.

Albany. N. Y, March 6.-The most
significant testimony adduced at the
Cody trial to-day was that of David n.
by a chemical test in the presence of
the jury, showed that the record in the
book of the Cooperville church had
been erased and changed and that the
name of Mary Brown. the supposed
wife of Jay Gould, had been written
over a blank space, the word ''illegiti-
mate" changed to Legitimate" and in
the place where the name of the mother
of the illegitimate child had originally
been written was interpellated the
name Of jay Gould"
This proof, in connection with the
strong testimony of Mrs. Hoyle of
Rouse'S Point to the effect that the
original Sarah Ann Brown was dead
and that the present Mrs. Angel (the
supposed pretender to the name and
family of GoulD was only a niece of
the woman who was mentioned in the
already disputed birth notice. put the
case of the defense in a nearly hope
less condition. 1t is intended, how
ever, by the defense, to prove that, al
though basis for the claim against the
Goulds never really existed Mrs. Cody
DelleNeu III lIt iloSt pI Hti tdSt. nav
ing been buoyed up and encouraged by
two lawyers, William McMurtrie Speer
and Amasa j. Parker. ir., who assured
her that they were already in posses
sion of facts similar to those which
she thought she had.
Mrs. Sarah Angel and John
Angel the missing witnesses in
the Cody case, were on hand
at the opening of court to-day
NrS AnppH & W bn IL iS
tended, had been married to Jay Gould
and who was the mother of his child.
The first witness to-day was Mrs. Sc
guin CT Rouse's Point. who testified to
having written a letter to Mrs. Beebe,
at the dictation of Mrs. Cody. in which
she indirectly asked for funds with
which to prosecute her investigation as
to the marriage of Jay Gould and Mary
Brown. She says that while it will be
difficult to procure marriage record,
the other Cthe birth recordp was nov
all right"
A second letter, identified by Mrs Sc
gum as from Mrs. Cody to Mrs. Beebe
asked for 500, and told that Mrs
Pierces lawyer had arrived in Albany
with a deposition from Mrs Angel tC
the effect that she was never married
to Jay Gould. The marriage, the depo-
sition set forth, was to a Frenchman
named Vidas, who starved her. Mrs
! Cody's letter continues:
Il think the woman is crazy. ! am
! going to try and get an affidavit from
| her to the effect that she had a child
! by Jay Gould. Isn't it a shame that
the villain at this late day should fail
| u.s.
| A third letter to Mrs. Beebe tells OF
| Mrs. Cody's anxiety to meet George
Gould personally because, as she says
| she has the key of the whole situation
| in her hands.
| IF the case goes to trial. she pro-
/ Ceeds. you and | will be demanded and
| buried, for that old fool is constantly
changing her mind, and every now and
| then contends that she was never mar
| ried to Gould"
| Nicholas ]. Dack had written some
letters in 1895 for Mrs. Cody. who had
asked him if he could write in more
than one handwriting. One of the let
ters which he had written and which
was dated Oswego, n. Y, and signed
H Moore was to Miss Helen Gould,
and suggested to her the ACCESSIBILITY
of personally seeing Mrs. Cody. who had
control of the entire case and was in q
| position to put an end to the entire
scandal" Still, another letter to GeorGt
| Gould told of the case against the
Goulds having been placed in Mrs
| Cody's hands by Mrs. Pierce. the al
| legged daughter of Jay Gould. 1t sug.
| gested a personal meeting with Mr.