The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-07

CHARGES MADE
In GOULD SUIT
DIVORCE CASE GIVEN FIRST
PUBLIC HEARING IN COURT
YESTERDAY.
MRS. GOULD's ALLEGATIONS
Her Attorney Threatens to Bring
Out Particulars of u Scandal
lOuS Nature.

NEW YORK, June 6.-The case of
Mrs. Howard Gould, who instituted
suit for separation from her hus-
band, Howard Gould, was given its
first public hearing in court today
The occasion was the hearing of ar
gument on motion of counsel for Mr..
Gould to strike out certain allega-
lions in Mrs. Gould's complaint. Ar
guments of considerable length were
made, and at their conclusion the at
torneys were given until Monday to
file briefs in the case.
The grounds on which Mrs. Gould
is suing here husband, are shown by
parts of the complaint read by coun-
sci for Mrs. Gould, and are:
First, abandonment of Mrs.
Gould by her husband; second, the
allegation that the habits and con-
duct of Mr.. Gould are such that it
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 New
York hotel since that time; and
fourth, that Gould has treated his
spies to harrass her, caused her mail
bag to be tempered with, maintained
Illicit relations with women of bad
character, and employed an ex-con-
vict and several detectives to procure
improper evidence against Mrs.
Gould.
Delaney Nicoll said that every al
legation against Mr.. Gould will be
I \, TO hn
is filed. He maintained that the
charges, to which he objected as
scandalous and irrelevant, 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 con-
Quoted himself in this respect in an
open and notorious manner. He
charged that the allegations were
made for the purpose of putting the
defendant in an embarrassing position
and in other cases where such ale
cations have been introduced, the
court has stricken them out.
1.-THE allegations are decidedly
sweeping" said he. 1.-THE plaintiff
does not make any such specifica-
lions, mention any specific cases or
even tell exactly what misconduct the
defendant is charged with. There
is absolutely no reason for such
charges in the complaint for separa-
tion on the ground of cruelty"
In replying to Mr.. Nicoll's argu-
ment, 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.
eve have tried to make this case
as little scandalous as possible" said
Mr.. Shearn, "and | do not want to
make the complaint any more speci-
fic in open court. But If the allega-
tion that the defendant for three
years maintained illicit and immoral
relations with women of bad charac-
ter and conducted himself VIGOROUSLY
and openly in this respect, is too gem
eral, we will make it more specific.
1t is true that we do not say whether
the defendants actions were adulte-
rous 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 allie