Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25
MANUFACTURES OF
FALSE EVIDENCE
Three Sensational Developments
In the Frank J. Gould
Divorce Case.
A coNsPIRAToR CoNFESSES'
Julia Fleming Says That MI that Was
TO BE IN Her Affidavit was
\ Inlschood,

New York, July 2i.-With Frank j
could IN court, the hearing Of the al
legged conspiracy 10 manufacture di-
Voroe evidence against him was begun
this afternoon. He had been sub
poenaed by the lawyers for the three
prisoners in the case Mrs Ben Teal
Miss Julia Fleming and Detective
Mousely and for nearly four hours he
sat beside his counsel listening To Inc
remarkable testimony that was given
There were three sensational deNCl-
opments in the case The first came
when Lawyer Carpol, who appears for
Miss Julia Fleming, announced mat nus
client had made confession.
The second came when the lawyers
for the defense stated that they intend
10 show that Miss Mabel MacCausand,
the millincrs apprentice, who accuses
tile prisoners of having bartcred with
her TO sign an affidavit against MT.
Gould. had gone TO Mrs. Ben Iehl
with II story that she had evidence
against Mr. Gould which she wanted
10 sell to Mrs Gould's lawyers, and she
thought Mrs. Teal would tell her VINO
TO go TO.
The other sensation was the an
nouncement that Miss Fleming, who is
sill prisoner In the Tombs, Is to be
married tomorrow.
Mrs Ben Teal. wife Of one of the
most prominent theatrical managers
IN America and the principal figure In
the case, was accompanied to court by
her husband aud two women friends.
She was stunuinEly Eownod and seemed
to bear up bIavely while Miss Mac
Causland was telling her story of the
alleged conspiracy. But by the time
the hearln. was adjourned for the day
she was on the verge of collapse
no isseg % Ia. han
Dist. Atty. Hart informed the court
of Miss Fleming's confession, He said
that he had also obtained state
ment from Miss Blanche Hale q young
woman who will later figure in the
case. corroborating Miss MacCaus-
lands affidavit He said that the
statements of Miss Fleming and Miss
Hale would not be used at the present
hearing, as he considers that he has
enough evidence to warrant the hold
ing of the prisoners for trial.
After counsel for the defendants had
tried To have their cases dismissed
aud had failed, Miss MacCausland was
put on the stand. She said she had
first been called To Mrs Teal's apart
nients ON matter of business on July
-, but that the Gould case was not
discussed until her next visit on July
1G. when she met Miss Julia. Fleming,
IT was on this occasion, she claimed,
that MIS-. Teal asked her VI she need
ed any money and when she said she
did, the witness stated that the alleged
plot TO manufacture evidence against
MIR. Gould was unfolded to her
The witness told the same story she
told 10 tho district attorney just pre-
vlous to the arrest of Mrs. Teal. Miss
Fleming and Detective Mousely.
Tho witness swore that she was 10
get $500 for signing the paper Then
as a climax TO the girl's testimony the
prosecutor asked whether all that was
TO be I'M the affidavit was true or false.
and she dramatically exclaimed.
false Upon the cross examination
nr the witness the line of defense that
viii be adopted for Mrs. Teal and
Mousely was made known. Lawyer
Blumenthal said that he could show
that Miss MacCausand went to Mrs.
Teal with "A story that she could AID
Mrs Gould ia her divorce suit and
asked Mrs. Teal for advice in the mat
ter
An adjournment was taken until
Tuesday when the cross-rNaminatlon
pf Miss MacCausland win be con
tnucd