Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-08
TOO FOND OF AN ACTOR
Howard Gould Says Ills Wife Was
Enamored Of Dustin FaPnum.
FOLLOWED STAR ABOUT COUNTRY
Deceived Millionaire About Past Life
Fuller Accusations of lntoxloation.
Improper Conduct, Display of Tenn
per, and Scenes in Public Places.

to his wifes suit for separation. This
was HE'D today with Justice Bowling.
! who reserved decision on motion
by Mrs. Gonlds lawyer for an order
setting the issues for trial before a
jury
Howard Gould ANA his counsel, De-
lancey Nicoll, do not want public
trial. Mrs. Gould and her lawyer are
very anxious for one. for reasons best
known TO themselves. 1t is rarcly
that suit for n separation is not
tried in open court. us there Is usu-
| ally enough difference Of opinion be-
tween the parties to prevent secret
tiial. But the Gould lawyers want IL
secret trial anyway. that is. Howard
Goulds lawyers. and they assail Mrs
Gould for demanding public trial
| They also declare that the issues IN
volved are so complicated that no
common jury-only Il. justice OF the
court-could determine them proper
ly.
Mrs. Gould's answer TO all this is
That she wants a jury trial and has n
fundamental right TO IL. Furthermore
she says, the issues involved are such
simple matters OF fact. involving only
answers to Did she?' Didn't she?"
and Did hep" and Didn't hc?" that
n jury and not justice or referee of
the court should be allowed TO pass
upon them.
Names Dustin Farnum.
The first question Mrs. Gould will
have TO refuie, whether the suit be
tried in open court or not, is whether
she was guilty of improper conduct
with Dustin Farnunl, the actor. How
ard Gould alleges and reaileges that
on many occasions, in the st. Regis
and elsewhere, his wife, who was for
merly known as Katherine Clemmons,
the protege of Buffalo Bill Cody. was
guilty of such conduct.
Howard Gould says that in Sep
TENDER 1906, his wife became enam
ored and infatuated" with Dustin
Farnum; that she attended every
performance he gave. followed him
on his New England itinerary. and
! even followed him up in brooklyn.
taking him to and from the ihea,er
in her automobile
Her conduct. Gould says, became n
public scandal. especially among tho
members of Farnum's company, ami
the same allegations are made con-
corning Mrs. Gould and Farnum when
the latter was playing in Philadelphia
in October, 1906, Mrs. Gould and Far
mum stopped at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford, the husband says, and later
went to Atlantic City by automobile,
putting up at the Marlborough Blen
helm
The allegations are repeated in re.
gard TO the Atlantic City trip, and
again with regard TO occurrences in
Lynchburg, Va. in November, 1906.
Says Mrs. Gould Was Drunk.
In relation TO this Lynchburs cpl
sode, Mr.. Gould also states that on
November 8, of that year. at Blue
! Gap Farm. Mis-. Gould became so
drunk that she fell of her chair and
lay helpless on the floor. After din
ner, lie says. she continued to drink
more intoxicants, and, finally. retired
to the garden of the farm, where, he
says. she fell on the ground and lay
for several hours. Mr. Gould does not
say whether he was present or wheth
er he merely heard this.
| One of the allegations in Mr.
Gouldfs answer is a repetition of the
Old story that he was inveigled into
marrying her by fraud and misrepre-
sentation. He Says that he was led
10 believe that her relations with
| William +. Cody, Buffalo BILL" were
innocent. but that he learned, after
the marriage, that they had been
'mcreulcious and criminal"
Mrs. Gould's use OF intoxicants
forms n large part of her husbands
answers, and he charges broadly that
since the autumn Of 1909, on many
occasions he has been embarrassed
Inundated and insulied by his wife,
who has behaved In public frequently
he says, in such a quarrelsome. vic
| lent. abusive and irrational manner.
before friends nd strangers, as 10
make life with her impossible He
J charges also that she rendered her
self unfit 10 perform her wifely du
ties, and that he was compelled in
self-respect TO leave the house, Cas-
lie Gould. where they had been liv-
ing together
Coming down TO specifications in
regard to his wife's drinking capac-
ity, Mr.. Gould tells of one occasion
when she and a man friend-name
NOTWITHSTANDING whole bottle of
brandy, with only one bottle of self