The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-26
MRS. GOULD TELLS.
.0FHUSBAND 'SPLOT
Ex-INSPEcToR M'LoUGHLIN RE.
SIGNS WHEN MlLLloNAIRE'S
SCHEME is EXPOSED.
HUMMEL'S BLACK HAND
Setn n Effort to Ruin Her Character
Fortune Spent BY Family to
Trap Her; Byrnes is Also
Implicated.

New York, May % Mrs. Howard
Gould today met Police Commissioners
Bingham and gave him the details OF
her remarkable story of how Central
officer and other Diet ctiyes have been
used to hound her
This meeting was within a few hours
OF the time former Inspector William
Mclaughlin, realizing that he had
been caugnt red-handed in the Gould
case, pui In an application to b. re-
tired which resulted In his ceasing 10
be a member Of the police department
ut miin CHI tonight
| Mrs. Gould put Commissioner Bling
ham in possession OF many entirely
new facts concerning the case and
shy are OF such deem interest that the
investigation, instead Of ending with
McLoughlins retirement. will now 3e
taken up more actively than ever
WITH the idea Of driving out Of The az
1artment every possible m mber of
he system
Friend Repeats Her story.
A woman friend Of Mrs. Gould VIII,
With Clarence Shearn her counsel.
had accompanied her to police head
quart rs this afternoon, was 70 MI
onight and She consented to repeat
some of the statements made to the
commissioner to Mrs Gould She
said
The newest ana most sensational
Thing Mrs. Gould said was that Abra-
ham Hummel, The lawyer, vino is
now In tn pententlary for Matching
the Dodge Morse conspiracy. seemed
to have some nays orious connection
with the effort that was being made to
blacken her reputation OF course
Hummel had be n in touch with MT.
Gould o. Mr. Nicoll, Mrs. Gould can
not tell, but she does know that at a
time shortly after Mr. Gould ana Mr..
Nicoll began 0 direct the movements
.of some Of the Central office detec
tiye9 she ceiyed warning direct
from Hummel to the effect that police
detectives were being used to shadow
every movement she made.
Byrnss Highly Paid.
This Was in last November anl |
since that time Mrs Gould has been
aware of constant spionage
Mrs Gould also declared shat II +
years ago Inspector Brynes, who was
then in charge Of the detective bu
Z all, obtained large Sums of money!
irom some member of the Could fam
ly to try to accomplish the very thing
AeLoughlin has recently been work
ms st. At that time George Gould
md other members of the Gould fam
ly were leaving no sion unturned to
discourage Howard from making her
as wife
"She told Bingham that in after
ears this became an occasional topic
If conversation in the Gould family
md that no member Of it ever denied
hat a great fortan had been spent
~ using the detective bureau under
he Byr-es regime This was The
cason for her refusal of the invita-.
ion 10 meet Inspector Mclaughlin at
nner in th home of II, II Knowles
ne of Mr. Gould's society friends
Her Mail Tempered With.
Mrs. Gould also told the commits
Toner about how her mail had been
amrered with and gave him certain
important Information In his con
ection on which he may be able to I
-ak arrests Mrs Go Id also agree
. see the commiss cner again if she :
ould aid him in Furnishing those who
ave been using their dectec i've bu r
EAU authority to brighten persons" \
Important as the meeting of Mr..
ould and he commission was. Il
as in fact no more interesting than
ne reyclat ons of what great pressure
as brousht 70 bear TO save McLoush
n from going out % tae police de- /
Drtment r
Il is learned that his most power :
d ally was Suprem Court Jus ice =
cCall, ,who for several days while
r. Iaughiin has been under the hot =
ST kind of Ere mas been visiting city .
flclals who might be in a position to y
I'VE him.
The judge ntinued his efforts I'D
within twelv hours of the time %
e former inspector was forced leo
ave The department under q cloud u
lille the retirement OF Mclaughlin q
genera .ly looked upon as
eat vct0Ty. Il is considerd but q
Bgle battle in thc war that is 10 De 2
aged against ne use Of tho central +
ice fog ihc priyue'purposes Of nil h
,naifcs
There Ncr many rew 'devc iopments
so in the Gould divorcc case one 81
lich viii he OF particular Interest 20
lckholdcrs of tho Pennsylvania Rail 81
ad The stockholders Of other rail
ais VII FL IS sai1. ais1 learn Of hoE &
mid influence has suited IN The
e Of railroad lawyers and accounts