Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-07
GOULD DIVORCE SUIT
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Defendant Recites Charges
Against His Wife.
INFATUATED WITH ACTOR
Alleges That She Followed Noted
Player.
DRANK IN PUBLIC PLACES
Humiliated Him Here and Abroad
by Her Conduct-Traveled With
Buffalo Bill Cody.
DRANK IN PUBLIC PLACE

decision on motion by Mrs. Gould 3
lawyer for an order settling the issues
for trial before a jury. Howard Gould
and his counsel, Delaney Nicoll, don't
want public trial. Mrs. Gould and her
lawyer are very anxious for one, for rea-
sons best known to themselves.
The first question Mrs. Gould will have
to refute, whether the suit be tried in
open court or not, is whether she was
guilty Of improper conduct with Dus-
tin Farnum. the actor. Howard Gould
alleges and realleges that on many occa-
sions, in the ST. Regis and elsewhere. his
wife. who was formerly known as Kath-
crime Clemmons. the friend of Buffalo
Bill Cody. was guilty of such conduct
with Farnum.
Howard Gould says that in September.
1906, his wife became 'enamored and in
fatuated' with Dustin Farnnm; that she
attended every performance he gave, fol-
lowed him on his New England itinerary.
and even followed him up in Brooklyn,
taking him to and from the theater in
her automobile.
Drank to Excess.
I Her conduct. Gould says. became a pub
lie scandal, especially among the men,
bers of Farnum's company, and the same
allegations are made concerning Mrs.
Gould and Farnum when the latter was
playing in Philadelphia in October. 1906.
Mrs. Gould and Farnum stopped at the
Bellevue-Stratford. the husband says. and
later went together to Atlantic City by
automobile. putting up at Marlboro Blen-
helm. The same allegations of improper
conduct are repeated in regard to the
Atlantic City trip. but nowhere is there
any allegation charging Mrs. Gould with
| a more serious offense.
| Similar conduct between the pair is al
| legged as having occurred at Lynchburg,
Va, in November, 1905.
In referring to this Lynchburg episode
Mr.. Gould also states that November
Of that year. at Blue Gap farm Mrs.
| Could became so intoxicated that she fell
off her chair and lay helpless on the
| floor After that dinner he says. she
| continued to drink more intox cants. and
| finally retired to the garden of the farm,
! where. he says she fell on the ground
and lay for several hours.
One of the main allegations in Gould s
| answer il a repetition of the old story
that he was inveiged into marrying her
| by fraud and Misrepresentation. He
| says that he was led to believe that her
| relations with William F. Cody t"Buffalo
Bill'D were innocent and pure. but that
| he learned after the marriage that they
| had been "iilegitimate. meretricious and
| criminal. He goes on to allege that in
| 1887, 1883 and 1902 Katherine Cemmons
| ana william r CO0y Travelled tC8eLNer IN
| England, France and America at various
| times and In various cities.
Mrs Goulds use OF intoxicants forms
| large part Of her husbands answers.
and he charges, broadly. that since the
autumn of 1902 on many occasions he
has been embarras sed, Inundated and in
| suited by his wife. who has behaved
| In public frequently, he says, in such a
| quarrelsome, violent. abusive and IRA
tional manner before friends and stran-
- Il
/! He charges also that she rendered her
self unfit to perform her wifely duties.
| and that he was compelled i'll self-re-
spect to leave the house. Castle Gould,
where they had been living together.
Abandoned $1,7OO.OOO Castle.
Castle Gould, the 100000 mansion in
architectural resemblance Of a famous
Irish castle, plays a large part in Howard
Gould's defense of his action in leaving
Mrs. Gould. He says that after they had
| Travelled around the world in his yacht.
the Niagara. and after she had humili-
ated him in many places by her conduct.
especially in Shepards Hotel. at Cairo.
she returned filed with the idea of build
ing a romantic castle at Port Washing
ton, Long Island. 1t was to be i'm imi-
! tation of Castle Kilkenny. in Ireland. and
to be called Castle Gould. and Howard
Gould says he agreed to build it TO please
her.
But" he adds by reason of her in
diligence in intoxicating liquors and her
meddlesome. quarrelsome and unre ason-
| able conduct due thereto, and her at
tempt to direct and control at all times
the architects, contractors and workmen
who were engaged on or about the estate
| and the buildings and structures thereon,
! and the constant commands and direc-
| tons and counter-directionS which she
| gave to these people, 1t became impOssi-
Ole for h m to Complete sa.u res.u utal
structure as planned and said building
| operations were abandoned by him after
| an expenditure for land, materials and
labor of over 81, 100000"
Gould goes on to say that his wife
abused the contractors. workmen and
architects in language that was always
strong and sometimes profane, much
| so that he was considerably embarrassed
| at times by the complaints of the men
she had criticised. Several suits were
started against the Goulds by contractors,
| architects ard others. aud Al so4ne Cases
the plaintiffs got substantial verdictS
against the Goulds. all based on Mrs.
| Gould's inability to agree with the ideas
of the men employed to build the castle.
Her angry outburstS. he charges, fire.
quently drove not only the architects and
contractors, but her husband, away from
the vicinity. She also had habit of
drinking too much at home, her husband
says, to the modification of the coach
man and other servants around the eS-
tate. who had to help her keep her bal
| ance on occasions he says
Threw Cards in His Face.
On other occasions. Gould says, his
| wife would make his position very un-
comfortable by her conduct He men
tions their supper at Sherry's once in
November. 1904. when she spoke so loud
ly and disapprovingly of the persons
seated at other ia bles that he had to in
duce her to leave the restaurant Again.
| in the Casino and other theaters, he says.
she behaved SO boisterousIy that he was
embarrassed and Inundated, especially
| when she loudly denounced one of the
shows until she was roundly Missed by the
gallery for her loud remarks
Gould mentions other occasions such as
a dinner at the New England Society and
dinners in restaurants. when Mrs. Gould
made things very uncomfortable for him.
He also tells of a bridge whist party
when she threw the cards In his face
after having a number of drinks 1t was
showing that night. he says. but she in
sisted on walking back to their hotel in
her dinner gown and slippers. regardless
NJ the cold and n his great h,,roiHot