The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-23
AGAINST
FRANK J. COULD
WOMEN ATTEMPTED TO MANU-.
FAcTURE EVIDENCE OF HIS
iNFiDELITY.
THEATRICAL MANS WIFE
Gould Visited Apartments So
Wife Could Bet More AImony
Three Arrests.

New York. July "a story which
the police believe will, upon inyesti
igation. reyeil widespread plot
iagainst Frank j. Could. the mission
aire, already has resulted in three ar
rests. These taken into custody wera
Mrs. Ben. Teal, the wIfe OF a evil
known stage manager; Henry ). Nous
! ley private detective. and' Mrs. Julia
! Fleming a seamstress.
The examination Of the prisoners
was a perfunctory one. the author
| tiles desiring further time to delve In
| TO the amazing story of Mabel D. Mac
! Causlan, a young woman from st
Paul. Mimi. who Voluntarily gave to
| the district attorney the information
which lad to the arrests. II is a.
Ilcr Il that certain persons consplred to
aave Miss MacCauslan testify at the
trial Of Mri Gould's suit for divorce
that Gould had been intimate with an
actress.
Miss MacCauslan's affidavit, which
was made public late this afternoon,
declares that Mrs, Teal In the pres
ence of Mrs. Fleming, offered her
5000 and monthly allowance In thu
future If she would sign an affidavit
declaring that she had seen Mr. Gould
In company with Miss Devoe, an ae.
tress, in Mrs. Teals apartment she
declares that the affidavit was to hay,
been given to detective employed
| by Mrs. Gould's attorneys.
Mrs. Gould Denies.
| Miss MacCauslan adds IN her affi
davit that II was not true that she ever
saw Mr. Gould with Miss Deyoe In the
Teal apartment.
| Mrs. Teal, Mrs Fleming and Detec,
tive Mousley were held In 5000 bail
for further examination.
| Counsel for Mrs. Frank Gould said
| this afternoon that he did not know
| Detective Mousley. had never seen
him and knew nothing about the oil.
| legged conspiracy except what he had
read in the newspapers. The attor
ney added that II was absurd to think
that any one could have been author.
lied to secure false testimony,
Miss MacCauslan, who says she Is
1S years of age and describes herself
as a milllner in her affidavit saws
that she went to the Teal apartment
on July 16, Mrs Fleming was present
While there Mrs. Teal asked her II
she wanted to earn some money, AMI
upon her replying that she did, Mrs.
Teal, she affirms, said
SubIet Her Apartments.
"YOu know that sublet my apart
ments in the Glenmore to Miss Devoa
Now. Mrs Gould is suing her husband
for a divorce. and he has been calling
on Miss DeYoe at the Glenmore. The
stronger the evidence is against Mr..
Gould, the more alimony Mrs Gould
will get You have been TO my apart.
ment In the Glenmore while occupied
that apartment and you know the ar
rangement of the rooms.
Then the affidavit continues:
Mrs Teal told deponent what
would be required of her would be to
testify in the said divorce suit that
while deponent was In the Glenmore
she saw Mr.. Gould the defendant Ia
the action, come out of the bedroom
Iof Miss Devoe; that If deponent would
make an affidavit to that effect an |
would give testimony before the rel
cree TO the same effect the deponent
would be given about 5000 in money
and would be sent TO the country and
paid an allowance: that they would
give deponent at least 800 dowa
upon her signing the affidavit
Deponent REFUSED to make affidavit
in question to give my testimony be
cause deponent knew it was lie ana
that she would not swear to lie.
Some More Conspiracy.
The affidavit goes on to declare
that both Mrs Teal and Mrs Flem-
ing urged her to change her mind.
On the following day she retdrnel
to the apartment she says and met
Mrs Teal and Mrs Fleming and pre-
tended that she had changed her mind
in regard TO giving the testimony.
"Thereupon." it continues. defend
ant Fleming gave TO the deponent ia
the presence of defendant Teal a mir
ute description Of the appearance of
the said Frank Gould and it was ar.
ranged by the two defendants, Teal
and Fleming. that depOnent was TO
the room of Miss Devoe in the Glea
more II the morning of some day Ia
the month of March, and that depl.
uent was to give an affidavit to a Mr.
Stanley who was the detective employ
by Mrs. Gould's lawyers