The San Francisco call., 1906-10-15
POWERS GOURAUD
and HIS WIFE
SEPARATE.
Daughter Of Former Amy
Crocker and Actor She
Eloped With Live Apart
STRANGE MIXTURE
OF RELATIONSHIP
Mother the Wife of Brother
Of Man Whose Spouse Has
Decided to Desert Him
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NEW YORK, Oct. I4.-AIthough no
legal proceedings have been begun, it
is an open secret among their friends
that separation has taken place be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Powers Gouraud,
and after a sojOurn of several months
tn Europe the husband returned to this
city and took mp residence apart from
his wife, who returned TO her mother.
Mrs. Amy CrocI1er-Ashe-GfIIig-G
wife of Powers GOuraud's elder
brother. At the time of the marriage
in London in 1903 the bride was only 10
years old and an heiress to a large for
tune, which will be Increased by what
she viii inherit from her mother.
Powers Gouraud. son of Colonel
George Gouraud. an American who for
many years has resided in London. was
rather less fortunate from a financial
standpoint than was his bride. and his
friends were free in their belief that he
had made as good a match as had his
brother. who had married the mother.
Goursud's marriage 10 his brothers
stepdaughter made a rather involved
relationship. as his sister-in-law be-
came his mother-in-law and his brother
became his stepfather-in-law, while his
bride became his stepfather's sister-in-
law. and by marriage she became
sister-in-law to her mother.
WIFE RETAINS HER FORTUNE.
Gouraud has been on the stage. He
has played in the chorus and in other
parts for experience" his friends say.
but after the marriage such a necessity
was no longer present, and the couple
lived in q manner in keeping with the
wealth OF the bride. BY the provisions
under which she came into her fortune
Il was tied up in such a manner as to
make her complete mistress of il, no
through marriage
After a trip TO Europe Mrs. Gouraud
took up her residence with the Jackson
Goureuds at 4ss Madison avenue. while
her husband sought his quarters else
where.
Mr. and Mrs Jackson Gouraud are
indefatigable first nighters." but re-
Gently the young woman had accom-
panied them. rarely preferring the
privacy Of her home. She is described
as being Of rather retiring DISPOSE
ton. Il is source of speculation
among those who are acquainted with
the circumstances as to whether
heredity is playing any part in the
young womans career. for ii is recalled
that her mother has made three matri-
noniaI ventures. each attended by TO
mantle and unequal conditions.
DAUGHTER OF AMY CRoCKER.
Powers Gouraud was married to
Gladys Crocker. daughter Of Amy
Crocker and her husband. r. Porter
Ashe with whom she had eloped in
1882, in the Church Of st. Clemens Dane
in London three years ago. After
more or less extensive tour the couple
took up their residence in this city
and they seemed happy. The good for
tune OF the Gouraud brothers, who had
come to this city with nothing more
than their names and the talents they
possessed, in marrying two such
wealthy women was long topic Of
gossip.
Mrs. Jackson Gouraud is the daugh-
ter OF f. B. Crocker, one Of the hnan-
ciers OF the Union Pacific and an i'm
portant member Of the Croker family
OF San Francisco. After her elopement
with Ashe she obtained a divorce from
him and in 1899 married Henry NJ Gil
lig. commodore Of the Larchmont Yacht
Club. Their entertainments at Larch-
mont were unusually lavish A divorce
was decreed between the Gilligs in
1901 and that year in Paris she mar
ried jackson Gouraud-