The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-11
SEVERE ON HOWARD GOULD.
A Lawyers bitter and RakinE ones
tion~ ia suit.

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tions la "a suit.
From the Baltimore sun.
New York. Nov. s-Howard Gould 90
Gay had 20 stand a 10, Of bitter and hu-
initiating questions concerning HIS pri-
waite lie before his marriage to Kath-
crime Ciemmons. the actress. lie was
rakingiy eross-eXamined In the SUIT
brought BY Frank y Mowbray. his for-
mer valet VINO sues 20 recover BOO
for ihe breach OF an alleged contract b.
which Mowbray asserted Mr. Could prom
isld TO employ MIN as h!s valet during the
remainder of MS iife Mowbray told MS
story on the witness stand yesterday. he
said that while ae was employed BY Mr
Gould az steward 90 tho yacht Hide
Earde he 10 on cye by the explosion o. 2
distress slsual rocket which he nrc8 on
on the night of july 4. ls0 by che com
maud OF Sir Gou.d He testified that
AR Could told him that be would employ
him a. his valet FOR the remainder OF his
(aiow brayp lie az salary OF $50 a
month Mowbray testified that Ar. Gould
discharged aim on Aus. n. 1877
Ia spite OF the bitter nature Of many OF
the questions asked him to-day young
Could kept his temper well under CON
troll giving TO trace Of the irrItasiou he
must have feit beyond a flush that occa-
si0uaIly sunuaed his countenance. lie
looked uonplused AZ times, bls for tho
most part answered questions with on or
Of dignined nonchaiance. Mrs Could
was present and listened 10 the questions
~ith an air Of Indignation. Sac wore a
pearl-colored tailor-made suit and small
pink hat tipped forward over her face
Afouha ner neck vas mink fur bon.
with nun to match
AIR. Could aeufed fhat D.. IA r-.a. 80.
lfe contract with Mowbray. and stated
that after several warnings he had dis
charged him for intoxicati0n while he was
on his yacht 81 St Petersburg on Aug Is
is5i AowbIay's counsel by many ques.
lions. attempted TO show that the real rea.
son ioF Mownrays discharge was that Il
was requested hy Miss Clommous
We are going to show that the defend
ant discharged Mowhray not for intoxi-
cation" shouted Mowbrays lawyer, but
Tor personal reasons and at The suggestion
OF a lady within the sound OF my voice &"
Mrs Gould. who sat few feet hack
leaned forward ana flushed isn't that a
fact Mr.. Goul1a asked the lawyer.
Il do not remember"
Was there not o lady whom YOU called
Kate C.emmons or kathryn Ciemmons on
that yachtT'
There waa'
aNVNs NaN " hpN At uFf tNhNtNIOu thht
this man AiOwOray was Discharged
NO. sir
was Miss ciemmons your hancee
then7''
she was not"
when was II that she became your
nancee7''
air Gould shifted in his seat and looked
extremely annoyed.
1T became publicly known 1--WE or six
years ago"
You cannot remember whether 1t was
IN 1894 or Ia 1887
Il think It was IN 1894 4"
"Of course. you cannot remember such
small matter as that Was there any
other woman on the Yacht besides Miss
Ciemmons on that night OF ST. Peters
burg"
No"
Was there any iady's maid7"
NO"
Further questions tended TO show that
MowbrAy had incurred the in-favor Of
Miss Clemmons In several ways while
Miss Clemmons was IN 1896 and 1895 the
tenant Of a house "a Norfolk street. Lon
don He was asked whether Miss Glenn
mons had not asked him to discharge
Mowbray because Nov bray. while acting
as "iady's maid for Miss CieFnmons. was
accused % taking OF some OF the perox-
ide o. her hair while shampooing her. This
Mr. Gould quietly denied. and. after n TIL
Of counsel the question was ruled out
Then the millionaire was requested to re-
member whether there had not been some
trouble in the London house over a fish
bill. Miss Clemmons claiming that she had
given Mowbray money for the bill for
which she was afterward sued He did
not remember the occurrence. but said
that Miss Clemmons had stated to him
that Mowbray ought TO be discharged be-
cause no had not faithfully performed er-
r8nds she had sent him upon.
Mr.. Gould was also asked II he had
known Odette Tyler. the actress. and said
he had known her FOR several years prior
10 1894 He denied that Mowbray had re-
fused TO serve him as valet a any time
he was with Miss Tyler or in company
with any woman.