Evening journal., 1907-05-31
GOULD'S SIDE
OF TROUBLE
FOndnelS Of His Wife for
Drink Said to Be Cause
of Their Difficulties

NEW YORK. May si.-Ready to
fight to a finish the suit for separation
which his wife has begun, Howard
Gould called at the office OF NicoI,
Anable q Lindsay and conferred for
more than three hours with DeLan-
cey Nicon. With Gould was II. II.
Knowles, who Mrs. Gould said had
tried to induce her TO meet Inspector
Mclaughlin at dinner.
What took place at the conference
could not be learned, but a friend OF
Gould, who saw him after he left
Nicolls Office. said the drawing up OF
Gould's answer had been discussed
That answer. the friend asserted,
would show clearly why Gould and his
wife had separated. The main allega-
tion in the answer, Gould's friend said.
would be that the millionaire found
Il impossible to live further with his
wife because Of her fondness for liquor.
There would be other charges. but
Mrs. Gould's actions when under the
influence Of drink. IL was said, would
be given as the main reason for the
separation.
There we're other developments In
the Gould case which threw a pecu-
liar light on the manner in which Mrs
Gould's domestic troubles had been
made public. Postmaster Wilcox ridi-
culed the assertion that her mail had
been tampered with when in transit.
Risk Too Great, He Says
He said It was preposterous to think
any private detective would take the
/ risk of tampering with mail when IL
was in the post office, for the crime
was a serious one and those guilty Of
Il could be sent TO prison for a long
term. The postmaster said also that
no complaint had been made to him
by Mrs. Gould or any Of her repre-
sentatives in regard to alleged inter-
ference with her letters.
Clarence J. Shearn. attorney for Mrs.
Gould, denied vehemently that his cli-
ent had tried to obtain $4,000 900 from
Gould. But almost in the next breath
Shearn admitted he had conferred
with Nicoll in regard 20 allowance 70
Mrs. Gould. This conference, Shearn
said. was held before papers in the
case were served.
ut is true" Nicoll said, "that Mr..
7 =
the allowance. 1 submitted Mrs.
| Gould's proposition to Mr.. Gould and
he said her demands we're preposter-
Gus. He is willing to provide liber-
ally for her. but not the amount that
she demands"
Gould, it was said. would begin a
counter suit for absolute divorce. A;
the same time, should his wife see fli
to go to another State and sue for
an absolute divorce. he would make
little or no opposition TO her suit
Promises to Reveal Facts
when I left Mr.. Could" his friend
said. 1T was evident TO me that th'
campaign Of publicity that has beer
conducted against him has only streng
thened his determination not TO sub
nit to the demands Of his wife. IL
is preparing his answer to her suit fo
separation, and when II is filed TN
J truth in regard TO the incidents tina
brought about the parting viii becom'
known.
"Ali his friends know what he hai
suffered in the last two or three years
He was extremely fond OF his wife
and II was only because he found i
intolerable TO live with her furthe
that he left her. The details Of hi
going viii be told in the answer. Their
is no doubt Mrs. Gould is a fascinat
ing woman, but when she has beei
drinking her manner changes. Mr
; Gould will describe at length hoV
. liquor effects her. and when the publ
l learns what he has put up with.
l will see the case in a different light
+ up to the time Gould left her. h
! begged and pleaded with his wife Z
+ give up drinking. Things got so bad