The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-07
THE CODY CASE
damaging Testimony Against
the ALI Cged BlackmaiIeT.

Albany. ~ Y. March Mrs Sarah An
gd ANA John Angel, the missing witnesses
On the cody case, were on hand at the
opening Of court today Mrs Angel Is the
woman who. It was contended had been
married to jay Gould and was the moth
er OF his child
The first witness todaywas Mrs seguln
of Houses Point. who testified To- uavi'g
written letter 10 Mrs Becbe. "a, the dic
tatiuu oi Mrs. Cody. In which she indirect
iy asked for funds with which TO pro-
secuto her Investigation - the marriage
of jay Gould and Mary brown.
sho saidin the letter that while II would
be- very difucult to procure a marriage re-
corl the other Che birth record was
NOW all right"
A second letter ndcntlned by Mrs se-
guin as from Mrs. cody 20 Mrs Beebe
asked for % ana told that Mrs Pierces
lawyer had arrived i'm Albany with de-
position from Mrs Angel 10 ihe eAcct
tnat she was never married to Jay Gould
The marriage, thedeposltion, set forth,
was 90 a Frcnchman named Vldas who
starved her Mrs Cody letter continues:
81 think the woman Is crazy. l am go-
ing 90 tr anydgte etaoinshrdlunuNINIu
Ing to try and set an afndavit from her
TO the effect that she had a child by jay
| Gould. Isn't it a shame that the william
at this late day should fail us?"
third letter Of Mrs Beebe tells OF Mrs
| Codys anxiety 10 meet George Gould
personally, because, ass she says. she "has
| The key OF the whole situation" In her
hands.
"lf the case goes TO tra." she pro-
| cceds. you and / will be dead and buried
for that old fool Is constantly changing
her micd and every now andthen contends
tnat sne was never marrieu 90 jay
Gouid
Nichols Daok had written some lotters
m 1885 for Mrs Cody who had asked
him if ne could write In more than one
,.ud ofhand writing One Of the letters
which he had written ana which was
dated CswogC, N Y.. and signed II. Moore
was TO Miss Helen Gould and suggested
the ACCESSIBILITY Of personally seeing Mrs
cody who nod control OF the entire case
ana was In a position 10 put an end "a
the entire scandal"
SIN another letter 10 George Gould told
Of the case against the Goulds having
becuplaced I'm Mrs. Cody's hands by Mrs
} iercc, the alleged daughter OF jay Gould
u suggested personal meeting with Mrs
Gould with a view TO putting a stop Ia
the proceedings which threatened
Emma Lewis. OF Rouses Point. testified
! that Mrs. Cody boarded with her for
| nya wooks I'm 1895 She had written let
ters for Mrs Cody In connection with the
Gould case. Mrs. Cody had told her that
she did not believe Mrs Angel was eyei
married 10 Jay Got a. and that she fci
sure thai jay Gould was not the fa.acr o
Mrs. Pierce
HOYLE IN THE CASE
Mrs. Mile g. IIoyle. also Of Rouse
Point had talked with Mrs Cody durlnl
the fan Of 1895 Witness had told Mrs
Cody that Gould could not have marie,
Sarah Ann Brown, because that persoi
had boon at The time OF the alleged mar
riage servant in her GioleO family lt
had also told Mrs. Cody thoi the 9aral
Brown referred TO was not the Mrs An
gel who has figured I'm the case. but ma
Mrs Angel was in reality the niece %
the woman who Il was said had been mar
rled 10 joy Gould. The original Sarai
Ann Gould. Mrs uoyle says ls dead
While this testimony was being taker
Mrs. Angel nodded her head ana smilc'
lapprovingly.
Mrs. iloy.e said that the original saral
Ann Brown was OF dark complexion Will
the woman who it is contcuded now wa
the Sarah Ann Brown Of the birth recor
had Hight hair and blue eyes.
Mrs Iloylc said that Melissa Brown. m
one whom she now designates as Mr
Angel. ier her farm Ia 1853. when M
was about 10 years old. taking with D.,
her child by an old Frenchman name
Rossau The child was boy.
william B. Hoylo "a son ~ the prccee'
Ing witness, ,oia Of having heard a cor
versation between Mrs cody ana IA
mother. in which the former said: 't has
paid out a geart deal OF money Ia th
case already and am willing. n can 81
what / desire and need from you, TO plat
something 10 your crodit"
By mutual agreement the testimony
George j. Gould taken at the FIRST trl
+ ana which had regarded 20 the eiaoi'
and which had regard 20 the receipis
letters from Mrs. Cody, upon which n
chrge of hlackmaii is based. was read
The jury
parid F Cafyallo, "a handwriting expe
made chemical tests in court viii Vie
90 discovering what names. II any. hi
been efassd from the records OF ths Coo
! eryine church. Tho expert SAID be wi
able TO state thlt the original entry h
y processing the name Jay Gould" the
;. itials IL. A ond following Il the sm'
letter -" There had been also an erasu