The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-07
GOULD SCANDAL
AIRED IN COURT
Counsel for Defendant Asks
That SCandaIouS Matter Be
Stricken From Complaint.
OBJECTION OF PLAINTIFF
DIVORCE SUIT LIKELY TO BE
SENSATIONAL.
OBJECTION OF PLAINTIFF

New York, June 6.-The case OF Mrs
Howard Gould. who instituted suit for a
separation from her husband Howard
Gould. was given its first public airing
in court today. The occasion was the
hearing of arguments on motion of coun-
sci for Mr.. Gould to strike out certain al
legations in Mrs. GOuld's complaint Ar
guments of considerable length were
made, and at their conclusion the attor-
neyS were given until Monday TO file
briefs in the case.
Grounds of Complaint.
The grounds on which Mrs. Gould is
suing her husband. as shown by parts OF
the complaint read by counsel for Mrs.
Gould, are: First abandonment of Mrs.
Gould by her husband; second the allie
cation that the habits and conduct of Mr..
Gould are such that 1t was improper for
his wife to live with him; third, that since
September last he has neglected his wife
and refused to provide for her except
that he paid for her support at any hotel
since that time: and, fourth, that Gould
has treated his wife with extreme cruelty.
employed spies to harass her, caused her
mail bag to be tempered with, maintained
Illicit relations with women of bad char
acter and employed an ex-convict and sew
eral New York detectives to procure inn
proper evidence against Mrs. Gould
Motion to Strike Out.
Delaney Nicoll said that every aIlega-
ton against Mr.. Gould will be denied
when the answer to the suit is filed. He
maintained that the charges, to which he
objected as scandalous and irreVelant.
did not tend to support the allegation OF
cruelty. He especially objected to the
charge that for three years Gould had
maintained Illicit relations with women of
bad character and had conducted himself
in this respect in an open and notorious
manner. He declared that the charges
were made for the purpose of putting the
defendant in an embarrassing position.
and that in other cases where such allie
cations have been introduced the court
has stricken them out.
THE allegations are decidedly sweep
ing" said he. ''The plaintiff does not
make any such specifications. mention
any specific cases or even tell exactly
what misconduct the defendant is charged
with. There is absolutely no reason for
such charges I'm the complaint for separa-
ton on the ground of cruelty
Ready With the Proof.
In replying to Mr. NicoHs argument,
Clarence Shearn, counsel for Mrs. Gould,
said that If the defense would ask for a
bill of particulars specific charges would
be made of so serious a character that he
would not presume to mention them in
court in the course of his argument
we have tried to make this case as lit
tie scandalous as possible" said MIR.
Shearn, land / do not want to make the
complaint any more specific in open court.
But if the allegation that the defendant
for three years maintained Illicit and i'm
moral relations with women of bad char
acter and conducted himself VIGOROUSLY
and openly in this respect is too general
we will make ii more specific 1t is true
that we do not say whether the defen-
dant's actions were adulterous or worse
but we will be glad to submit a full bill
of particulars If IT is asked for
Mr.. Shearn argued that if the court
should strike out these allegations from
the complaint it would do the plaintiff
an irreparable injury by not allowing her
to prove when the time comes. On the
other hand. if they were permitted to re-
main the defendant still would have the
remedy left at the time of the trial