The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
HOWARD GOULD SUED
Wife Brings Action in New
York for Divorce.
CRUELTY ONE OF THE CHARGES
Asks for Permanent AIimauy-pIaces
Husbands Income Ht S1,OO0.OOO n
Aear-Jerome Interested In what
Police Department Members Know
of the Plaintiffs Past.

New York, May 0-Kathrine Clemmons
Gould has begun suit in the Supreme
Court for a separation from Howard
Gould. 20 whom she was married in Octo-
ber, IS92.
No papers have been fled yet IN the
county clerks office. as issue has not been
Joined. Put tae summons and complaint
were served on Delaney Nlcol, as couu-
sci for Mr.. Gould, last Friday. and this Is
enough under the laws of this state 90
bring the suit within the class Of eases
pending. Clarence j. Shean is Mrs
Gould's attorney. and a clerk from his
office served the papers.
Neither he nor Mr.. NiCol would speak
about the suit to-day I'm fact. both
appeared 70 desire that nothing be
printed concerning the beginning OF.
tho action Mr.. Shearn denied vigor-
ously that he had made any statement
for publication to any paper.
From another source it was learned.
however. that the complaint embraces all
four Of the grounds on which application
may be made 20 the Supreme Court i'm this
State for "A divorce from bed and board
better known as a permanent separation.
Mrs. Gould also asks for permanent ALI
mony, and has estimated her husbands
income at not less than I.o0W1 year.
on a principal which she figures AZ about
S2oo0o,OO0
Alleges Abandonment.
Mrs. Gould declares that her husband
abandoned and deserted her i'm July Of
last year, and that since September he
has not contributed anything % her SUP
port These are two OF the grounds for
her suit. There is also a general aHega-
tion 10 the effect that Howard Gould is
and has been Tor some time past a person
with whom it has become unsafe for the
plaintiff. Mrs Gould, to live
The main allegations Of the complaint
deal with cruelty and jnhuman treatment
Of Mrs Gould by her husband
District Attorney Jerome will have a
talk with Commissioner Bingham on the
Gould case. Several days ago, Deputy
Commissioner Hanson went over. with
Mr. Jerome the evidence in the posses
sion Of Gen. Bingham. At that time. Nj
Jerome said it was too vague on which
to take action.
Policemen VIII Not Talk.
Unof1cially, word was brought to Mr..
Jerome to-day about new things which
had been discovered, and Mr.. Jerome said
he would take it up again tomorrow
with the commissioner II is said that
the commissioner is having trouble in
getting certain policemen to talk. and
In that event the grand jury might help
out
Edward Sholes, who was connected
with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, went
to police headquarters to-day az the in
vitation of Third Deputy Commissioner
Hanson, and told Of the efforts of britain
detectives to set him to talk about things
he was supposed to kn0T concerning Mrs.
Howard Gould.
What he revealed about the workings
Of the detective bureau when Capt VIII
liam Mclaughlin. now of the West Chcs-
ter station, was in command. neither
Commissioner Bingham nor Mr. Hanson
would divulge but il was said that he
told Of everything that transpired from
the day he was first approached by one of
McLaughlin's men and "sweated" for IN
formation concerning Mrs. Gould before
her marriage.
Lieut.. PeRbOdy Called.
Lieut.. Frank Peabody who was actively
engaged in delving into AIRS. Gould's past.
under instructions from Mclaughlin, was
also summoned to headquarters to-day
and questioned at length about the work
he did in the Gould case
Peabody's partners, Clark and O'FarreH.
also worked on the case, but the orders
for Mclaughlin to go out and get big
Hawley and Ed. Sholes We're given to
Peabody, and bis partners just butted in
on the case. II is not likely now that
charges will be preferred against any Of
the detectives as they have satisfied the
commissioner that they were blameless
in the matter. The three of them have
put the whole affair up TO Mclaughlin.
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