The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-07
ONE BIG DAT $3o,ooo.
Verdict Given Architect Who Says
 Mrs. Gould Swore at Him.

Special to the Chicago Record-Herald.
 New York.-One big D" by Mrs. Howard Gould has been adjudged in court to be worth approximately ESQ., 900. Twelve good men and true on a jury at Mineola, L. l., fixed the price.
 Easing their decision on a big and angry D" which they believe Mrs. Gould hurled at Abner J. Haydel, an architect, they returned a verdict to- day for $29,18 against Mrs. Gould's husband in suit brought by the archi- tect for alleged breach of contract in connection with drawings for Castle Gould, a $1,000000 mansion which was to have been constructed on the Gould 1 estate at Sands Point, l.. I. Incident ally they refused to believe lady un- der oath, even when backed by her husbands sworn testimony.
 Those who heard the testimony and the instruction given to the jury were not surprised by the verdict Influenced by what he said, it is believed the jury reached it's conclusion chiefly on the alleged humiliation to which Mrs. Gould subjected MT. Haydel when she ordered him from the Gould apart ments in the Waldorf-Astoria, threat ening, it was testified, to have porter throw him out if he did not go of his own will MT. Haydel, in his testimony about this incident, said: Mrs. Gould called me a damned architect and told me to get out or she would have me thrown out"
 Much discussion between the archi- tect and the Goulds regarding the changing of plans for Castle Gould had preceded the argument, which led up to Haydels alleged threatened expul- sion from the nostelry. He refused to go there again for negotiations but invited the Goulds to appoint another meeting place. This they refused to do, so the work on the plans lapsed, thus giving Mr. Gould, as he thought, grounds for a $30,000 damage suit against MT. Haydel. MT Haydel then filed a $60,000 suit on his own account for alleged breach of contract. While both -lr. and Mrs. Gould wig orously denied on the witness stand that profane language had been used or that MT. Haydel had been ordered to leave the Gould apartments, Judge Keogh made much of the incident in his charge. In his charge to the jury he virtually made the decision of the jury hinge on Mrs. Gould's big, big D.. The judge said:
 There are certain recognized stand ards which govern the relations of persons in civilized society. While the contract between MT Gould and MT. Haydel for the drawing of plans for Castle Gould did not stipulate that | the defendant was not to use profane | language in dealing with the plaintiff, yet the obligation not to do so was, as I have inferred, just as strong. If the jury believes MT. Haydel as sub | jected to great chagrin and humilia- tion by Mrs. Gould and that his sensi- bilities were greatly wounded and that he was justified in not going back to the Gould apartments, then it shall govern itself accordingly in deciding whether he shall have compensation fo services"
 | The great question as between man and man is, Was he so humiliated I by bitter, severe and degrading treat ment that he was justified in refusing to go Dack?"
 MT. Goulds attorney has taken steps to appeal the case.