Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
WITNESSES IN CODY TRIAL
Many Letters Between Alleged Black
mailer and Her Friends Concern
ing the Goulds Introduced.

ALBANY, n. Y, March 6.-Sarah Angel
and John Angel. the missing witnesses in
the Cody case, we're on hand at the opening
of court in the Cody trial today Mrs. An
gell Is the woman who, II was contended
ha been married to Jay Gould and who was
the mother OF his child.
The first witness today was Mrs. Seguin
OF Rouses Point, who testified to having
written a letter to Mrs. Bebee at the dicta-
tlon of Mrs. Cody, in which she indirectly
asked for funds with which TO prosecute
her vestigation as to the marriage OF Jay
Gould and Mary Brown. She said in the
letter that while it would be very difficult
to procure a marriage record, the other
! (he birth record) was now all right"
second letter identified by Mrs. Seguiu
as from Mrs. Cody to Mrs. Bebee asked fol-
500 and told that Mrs. Pierces lawyer had
arrived in Albany with a deposition from
Mrs. Angel, to the effect that she was
never married to Jay Gould. The marriage
the deposition set forth, was to French
man named Vidas, who starved her" Mrs
/ Cody's letter continues
II think the woman is crazy. | am going
to try to get an affidavit from her to the
effect that she had a child by Jay Gould
Is not 1t a shame that the villain at this
| late day should fail US"
A third letter to Mrs. Bebee tells of Mrs
| Cody's anxiety to meet George Gould per.
sonally, because, as she says, she has the
/ key of the whole situation" in her hands
''If the case goes to trial." she proceeds
you and | will be dead and buried, fol
/ that old fool is constantly changing hel
mind and every now and then contends thai
she never married to Gould"
| Nicholas j. Dack had written some letters
en,. r1l, i, ,y,n had oalyn \, 10,
| If he could write in more than one kline
OF hand writing. One Of the letters which
he had written and which was dated Oswego
n. Y, and signed II. Moore, was to Mis-.
| Helen Gould and suggested to her the advis
ability of personally seeing Mrs. Cody, who
had control of the entire case, and was IL
| a position to put an end to the entr,
| scandal"
| Still another letter to George Gould tolc
of the case against the Goulds having beer
placed in Mrs. Cody's hands by Mrs. Pierce
| the alleged daughter of Jay Gould. 1t sug
| gested a personal meeting with Mr.. Gould
with a view to putting a stop to the pro
ceedings which threatened.
Emma Lewis of Rouse's Point testified
that Mrs. Cody boarded with her for flv,
weeks in 1895. She had written letter.
| for Mrs. Cody in connection with the Goult
| case. Mrs. CODY naQ t0ld ner that she dix
not believe Mrs. Angel was ever married
| to Jay Gould and that she felt sure tha
Jay Gould was not the father of Mrs. Pierce
Mrs. Millie G. Hoyle, also of Rouse
Point. had talked with Mrs. Cody during tn
fall of 1895. Witness had told Mrs. Cod
that Gould could not have married Sara1
Ann Brown because that person had beel
at the time of the alleged marriage a serv
ant in her (Mrs. Hoyle's) family. She ha
also told Mrs. Cody that the Mrs. Brow
referred to was not the Mrs. Angel VIII
has figured in the present case but tha
| Mrs. Angel was in reality the niece O
the woman who it was said had been mar
ried to Jay Gould. The original Sara
Ann Gould. Mrs. Hoyle says, is dead
While this testimony was being take
Mrs. Angel nodded her head and smile
approvingly.
Mrs. Hoyle said that the original Sara
Ann Brown was of dark complexion, Will
the woman it is contended now was tn
Sarah Ann Brown of the birth record ha
light hair and blue eyes.