Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-05-22
Marriage Annulment Case
Will Expose More of
400'S Kndvery.
FRIEND Of MRS. HOWARD
TELLS AWFUL STORY
How Big Bill HdWley Became
Connected With the Suit--IS
Catherine a Bigdmist?

savory publicity of the Howard
Goulds came about in an unusual
way 1t was through the lawsuit of
a third person. Bib Bill Hawley,
who has a worldwide criminal repu-
tation, sued Howard Gould for $3.50
600. He claimed that his action was
on account of a breach of contract.
Mrs. Gould insists that he was one Of
the hired agents to secure testimony
against her. She, in turn, accord
ing to a near friend, engaged detec-
tives herself and instructed them to
make complete report of Mr..
Gould's life" So the determinations
run. The suit according to Buffalo
Bill" an time friend of Mrs.
Gould's, will be one Of the most sem
sational ever heard in New York
courts.
The Beginning of the Romance.
1t was in the late 90's that Howard
Gould met katherine Clemmons. He
was heir, under his fathers will, to
$40, 100000 This instrument, how
ever, provided that whenever one Of
his children married, the others might
constitute themselves into a board Of
approval and if the vote was not
unanimous the one wishing to marry
would forfeit $5,000,000 Katherine
Clemmons at that time had been on
the stage a number Of years. She
later for five years, had scored IN
London under the patronage of Buff
falo Bill" Cody. The Gould family
at first refused to receive her, but
after Howard Gould announced that
he would marry without his entire
inheritance, the consent of the board
was gained. The Howard Goulds,
however, have never been on visiting
terms with the other members Of the
family.
Goulds Much in the Public Eye.
Since the wedding, in 1898, the
Howard Goulds have been much in
! the public eye i'm one form or an
other. Their yacht was the fastest
| their motor the biggest, their enter
| tainments the splurgest. When they
were abroad the kaiser and the Czar
We're entertained aboard their yacht
| But they never secured entry 20 the
smart set in New York
Then they began to build a castle
on Long Island, designed after Kill
| kenny castle, one of the most beauti-
| full structures in Ireland, but bigger
| larger and more pretentiou-. There
has been oceans Of trouble over the
building of this mansion. Mrs. Gould
| has fought architects and COntrac-
tors, and one architect while giving
his testimony in a suit, told of her
| using a big big D.
"When the whole story Of their
married life is told i'm court particu-
| larly that part of it that has been
enacted the past two years it will be
seen to be a most remarkable dOmes-
| tic tragedy. Many parts of it seem
| to be almost beyond a woman's en-
| durance.' This is the declaration Of
! a near woman friend of Mrs. Gould
| who talked of their estrangement.
When They Were Happy.
For a long time the Goulds We're
| happy as happy as mOrtals could be.
| Then about three years ago Mrs.
Gould became angry at certain acts
of Mr. Gould. He said nothing, but
it was not long before she became
cogniZant of the fact that she was
| being closely watched
The constant surveillance began
| to weigh on her mind until il nearly
crazed her. Every way she turned
! the eyes of some trausOm- climbing
! detective were glued upon her. II
Mrs, Gould went driving the coach
man or footman was likely enough to
| be a detective. There was much
| probability that her chauffeur was
| spying on her when she went motor
! ing. Throughout the household ser
wants there was a sprinkling of de-
| tectiVes, and even a valet of NIT.
! Gould was one of these spies. And
all this time Mr. Gould was living
| with her.
For a long time Mrs. Gould was
watched without being aware Of H..
! Then some one began to tamper with
| her mail. Letters she knew 10 have
| been sent We're never received. Then
/ she awOke TO the system of espipu-
age.
The efforts to ruin Mrs. Gould be-
gan at the time the Gould family 50
! bitterly opposed her as Katherine
/ Clemmons Even then detectives
were employed by one of the mem
hers Of the family for the purpose
of trying to hunt for something I'm
ner record that would prevent How
] ard Gould from marrying her.
| Nothing was found, but many vague
| hints We're circulated.
The efforts OF Big BiT Hsw I-y r.
is claimed, were to discover a for
mer husband of Katherine ClemmoUs.
if there ever was such a person, and
/ thus make the 'hye million d1..ar
/ bride a big5mist Her ~.st-. At-.
| Ella May ClemmOus sun Yeae, who
/ married a san Francisco Chiuamau
about a year ago. declares that 'kd-h-
crime Clemmons i, the true legal wife
OF Howard Gould She has been
. married but once. ANA pn tuat prca-
, sion 10 MI. Gould,
The life of Mrs Howard Gould
I from babyh0od reads lik- a lurl1
/ novel Her father was killed by In-
! dians at military fort iu NOrtn Da-
/ kota. She was a baby a that time,
! and one ChrOniCler has il that BUT