Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-13
"HOWARD J. GOULD"
A Fellow Representing Himself as
the Millionaire In Police Court.
BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY.

Howard ]. Gould, representing him
self as the son Of ]. Gould, after a few
days as distinguished guest at the AL
varado, Is spending the day at the city
prison, and will make an extended
visit to his winter home, the county
Jail.
Gould arrived in the city Wednesday
evening, in an imaginary private car.
He Immediately introduced himself as
Howard Gould. son of J. Gould, of New
York, and placed the prominent name
on the register at the hotel. He made
a swell debut into Albuquerque's street
society, and impressed on everyone he
met that he was big Gun"
The Citizen gave him a gentle roast
as being fake, but the story didn't go
with the unsuspecting public, and Mr..
Gould played his cards fast.
Mr.. Klooz, manager of the Alvarado,
did not have absolute faith in the sup
posed Gould, but as he seemed to have
money, Mr.. Klooz did not worry but
that a man of Gould's bearing would
be able to settle for a few days of lux
urious living.
The second day Mr.. Klooz sum-
moned Marshal McMillin to meet the
distinguished guest, that he might
gain the marshal's opinion as to the
genuineness of Gould. The marshal
said he thought he was a fake, yet
Gould might take a foolish notion to go
out on lark. Gould told the marshal
that he had arrived in his private car,
which was scheduled to leave for the
south that night. He went into the
hotel and went to sleep, missing his
fine equipped car. But it doesn't mat
ter" said Gould. They will hold it
for me at Ell Paso."
He lived high while here, devoting
most of his time to fighting "Dooze."
He seemed to have plenty of money at
first, but yesterday his money gave out
and by over-working his long estab-
lished reputation and few checks, he
met Wall street disaster.
The first operation performed was at
a First street curio store. Two
fine Navajo blankets amounting to $50
were purchased for a special friend.
Gould in a smooth way, told who he
was, and asked for blank check on
the Bank of Commerce, but as none
were at hand he said he would settle
this morning. The proprietor of the
store was not certain as to the straight
ness of the story and refused to de-
liver tho pOnIc dirantaJ Mr. rn,,IA
returned later, and said that if they
doubted his word, to telephone to Mr..
Klooz, who knew all about him. The
proprietor of the curio store tried to
telephone, but couldn't get him. Know
ing that the goods would go to the Al
varado, they were sent over. The goods
We're still at the Alvarado this morning
and the curio company will not lose
anything by the experience.
Gould's next haul was at Arthur Ev-
eritts diamond palace. whose fine
stock of goods attracted Gould's atten-
tion. He selected two diamond rings
and took them out to see If they would
suit the party he wished to present
them to. In exchange he left check
on the Bank of Commerce for $2l0. He
told Mr.. Everitt that he was Howard
Gould and mentioned the names of sew
eral prominent men as references. He
also stated he had $4,000 in the Bank
OF Commerce. Mr.. Eyeritt had learned
OF Goulds presence in the city and sup
posed everything was all right, espec-
tally the check.