Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

upon the subject he desires to say that
| he not only would not authorize any tam
| perlng with Mrs. Gould's mall but that he
would not tolerate it if known, and, there
| fore, he hopes that the matter will be
thoroughly investigated by the proper au-
thorities.
NICOLL, ANABLE & LINDSAY.
1t was later in the day when Mr.. Gould
decided to make a statement of his side
of the case through the intimate friend
whose name he wished should not be made
public.
Mr.. Gould's Statement.
TT is true that Mrs. Gould has made
| a demand for 100000 in settlement OF
her suit" said this friend. 1T is also
| true that Mr.. Gould has refused to enter
tain any such proposal He Is willing that
this suit shall be aired in the courts.
Mr. Gould Is no longer afraid of pub
licity. He has already stood enough to
harden him to what may come later We
have remained silent as long as we can.
Now we will tell some things that have
transpired since this controversy began.
This attack through the newspapers on
Mr.. Gould is merely a cleverly arranged
scheme by Mrs. Gould and her attorney
to create feeling of sympathy in the
thing the other side had in view in pur-
suing the tactics they have is to brighten
Mr.. Gould into settlement. In the latter
effort they have failed sgnally. Mr.. Gould
stories she has been telling. He will not
try to stem the tide of sympathy with
winch she has been trying to sweep the
public over to her side
Mrs. Gould considered that the time
was ripe to make the demand for a money
settlement on Mr.. Gould and she named
$4O00,OOO.
Wants No Divorce
She does not want a divorce She does
not want to lose the prestige the name of
Gould gives her. That is why she has
combated every attempt upon the part of
Mr.. Gould to bring about divorce from
her They are not compatible They will
never live together again. But Mrs Gould
will never consent to a divorce.
Mr.. Gould deeply regrets the distaste-
ful notoriety this scandal has dragged him
and his family into, Mt as for the attack
Of his wife frightening him, that is all
wrong He is no coward. even in a deli
cate family matter like this There will
be some warm developments in the next
few days. You may be assured of that
When Mr.. Gould's reply to his wife's bill
OF complaint is made there will be a few
SURPRISES
While these statements in the controversy
were coming from Mr.. Gould's side the
forces of Mrs Gould were not idle 1t was
announced that the letter which Mr. Shearn
had asked the Post Office Department to
inVestlgate-the letter which Mrs. Gould
says was stolen-was one which was mailed
to her in Milton, ILL.,, last November 1t
was from friend who had known her be-
fore her marriage to Howard Gould
Mrs. Gould announced that the letter was
stolen either by some one in the Post
Office Department by some one at the
Hotel st. Regis who was in the employ
of her husband. She says that Immediately
after this letter reached New York two
detectives in the employ of Howard Gould
went to Milton, ILL.,, and made overtures
to the author of the letter 1t was said
yesterday by friend of Mrs Gould that
these overtures were to obtain information
which was wanted by the detectives for a
suit for divorce which was contemplated
by Howard Gould