Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-17
WITNESSES TELL
OF MRS G0IIlD'S
LOVE OF LIQUOR
HUSBAND DID NOT TESTIFY
AGAINST WIFE
SERVANTS OF MISTRESS GIVE
SPICY TESTIMONY
Workmen and Others Say Former
Actress Became So Intoxicated
at Times She Could Control
Neither Tongue Nor Body

(By Associated Press)
/ NEW YORK, June 16. 49, Howard
Gould did not go on the stand today to
testify against his wife, Katherine
Clemmons Gould, whose suit for separ-
alton he is opposing.
Instead there was continuation OF
the servants gossip, accounts by meni-
ais of their former mistress eecentri-
cities humiliating details, as sworn to
on the stand, of Mrs. Gould's alleged
/ fondness for alcoholic beverages and
her manner at such times, when what
/ the witnesses said was influence OF
4 Iiauor. brough from her lips remarks
/ ill-suited TO a woman's tongue
! What Katherine Clemmons Gould
heard today was but a reiteratlon ana
in some respects an implication Oh yes
terday's testimony, the basis OF Whlch
was that at various times at Castle
Gould she had been intoxicated and
had abused the servants, had given
arbitrary and unreasonable commands
/ and had used rather severe language
I in alterations with her husband.
i An occasion when she would have
fallen from her carriage but for the
protecting hand of coachman' her
/ attempt to drive through closed gate
a time when a footman saved her from
falling Wilde intoxicated, as he testl-
/ fed. were among the things alleged
carpenter. Herbert Trotter, was
the last witness of the day. lie SAID
that while he was working III the
servants quarters, Mrs. Gould rusheu
in and swore at the servants.
Her voice was shaky and incoherent,
her hair disheveled and she was very
nrofane. She was decidedly drunk
said the witness.
swears at Grooms
cat another time she came into the
stables while l was working there ana
swore at the grooms and was very
drunk. She tried to go upstairs 10 the
harness room but could not navigate
the steps,
Trotter said he was ordered to go
To Blue Gap farm, the Gould place IN
VIRGINIA on several occasions dur
inr the first ten days he was there, ne
testified. he saw her intoxicated ana
heard her swear a great deal at the
zone night she came in from driv-
ing. drunk" said the witness, and pc
gan to abuse men and man named
STonv' She said TO me she wante1
the big seven lOOl nan NASNAA
ana told her I would have to get
helm and she said Why, I can move
IL mvself.' She was staggering drunk
She grabbed the heavy clock and both
she and the girl fell against the wall
together"
GLOW many times do you think she
was intoxicated during that ten days =
asked Mr.. Shearn.
Every other day" was the reply
n time when 1TOIter
said Mrs. Gould fell off a chair and
lay on the floor helpless, Mr.. Shearn
"Did you not put something in Mrs.
Gould's coffee that night at Blue
4 certainly did not" replied the
witness. 49,
colored girl in the kitchen, to put
something in Mrs. Gould's coffee? p
Don't you recall that Mrs. Gould
accused you of poisoning her at Blue
Gap farm?"
II certainly do not"
Exploits Mrs. ooud's Conduct
Evidence to justify Howard Gould
from separating from his wife, Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould, was presented
again today. Most of this evidence
bore on the conduct of Mrs. Gould at
her home, Castle Gould, on Long ISL
and, where Mr. Gould alleges, and ser
wants testified, that Mrs Gould had
made such use of intoxieants as to
cause Mr.. Gould to absent himself and
refuse to return except on assurances
his wife would refrain from humiliat-
ing him before his friends.
Mrs. Gould has asserted that no So
cietv woman's reputation is safe in
the hands of servants if their testimony
is to be accepted against her, and their
testimony in this case will be rebutted.
Mrs. Gould came into court today at
tired as usual in black and sat at the
counsel table near Clarence j. Shearn,
her attorney. When Mr.. Gould entered
he walked rapidly to a chair next to
Delaney Nicoll, his counsel, and busted
himself looking over some papers
There was no sign of recognition on the
part of either the plaintiff or the de-
PENDANT.
Curiosity to hear the testimony of
Howard Gould, when he should take the
witness stand in his own defense,
brought a throng of people to the court
room. A large number of women was
present Although Mrs. Gould kept her
veil well over her face, she peered at
the witnesses attentively.
Florist Testifles
Harry Turner, a florist at Castle
Gould. was the first witnesse called and
told of several occasions when he had
seen Mrs. Gould at the estate decidedly
intoxicated, in his opinion. At one
time in July, 1906. he said, she came
out into the garden and upbraided
him and appeared greatly excited and
flushed. She reeled against an archway,
he said, and was evidently under the
influence of intoXicants.
At another time, the witness said, he
was summoned to the office of the es-
tate. Mrs. Gould was there and asked
him if he was 1.-THE Waterman" al
though he said she had seen him often
and knew his position well. She kept
repeating that she was Mrs. Howard
Gould. he said, and appeared greatly
excited and under the influence of liz
uor. Malloy, the manager of the es-
tate, was there and the witness said
Mrs. Gould turned upon Malloy and
told him he was discharged and called
him names which would mot bear re-
peating.
on cross-examination by Mr.. Shearn
the witness said he had never seen Mrs
Gould drink any liquor. There were
several other employees of the estate
in the office when he saw her there and
she upbraided them all, the witness
said. He did not remember what she
said except that she was Mrs Gould
and some one would get it quick"