Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-18
HOW SOCIETY
ABUSES ITSELF
In Gould Case Witness Testified
Hostess Arm Was Bitten and
Another Col a Black Eye.
MRS. GOULD FOUND IN CELLAR.
Said She Drank Champagne Cocktails.
All Day, Was Loud ana holster h
Gus and Snorcd Loudly. II

New York, June 1s,---'T1e process!o ion,
OF servants and employees OF Mr. and:
Mrs Howard Gould to the witness
stand continued today. One of 3 the
sensations OF the trial developed JUST.
before the close or yesterdays pro-
ceedings in the testimony OF Herbert
Schmidt the Gould's footnan from
laoa to 1905. Schmidt told the story
on the witness stand OF d. gathering,
OF several well-known New York NO
men at which Mrs. Gould was present.
in the apartments or Afrs Underwood
kirkpatrick, when, according to
Schmidt. the hostess arm was bitten.
another woman received a black eye
and he found Mrs Gould in the cellar
OF the house Weeping.
Harry j Veitcf OF .Des NIoines. Ia.
was the first witness called to the.
stand by the defense today. He was
employed as a valet by Mrs. Gould
from December, 500. ta September,
1906, the witness said, and during
that time Travelled With her to the
West indies and Europe and attend
cd her atsthe st. Egis hotel iii this
city and a Castle Gould.
Neitch testified that he had seen
Mrs. Gould under the influence Of
liquor several times. He said she drank
great deal on the trip TO the West
indies on the yacht Niagara. mostly
champagne and Manhattan cocktails. h
The witness described an incident
at Castle Gould In July or August.
1906, when he said Mrs. Gould
drank champagne cocktails all day
and became loud and hoisterous and
threatened to fire everybody in the
place.
She asked me to tie ller slippers, and
! when / started TO do 1T she kicked
them off in the air., said the former
valet. III i 10
She was sta ggering about then hut
ordered one or two more cocktails
| continued the witness, "and later in
the evening passed her room and the
door was open. She was lying on tta
| bed fully dressed sound asleep and
snoring loudly
MRS. GOULD SANGERED AT
~ STORY. e. s5g AZ
Mrs. Gould eyed the witness Sharp
" all the time he was testify1ng. she
| appeared to be much angered by his
evidence. 5 ss
THREW TABLE DOWN.
The Witness repeated a statement that
Mrs, Gould had ordered him to throw
a table. set with dishes. INTO the hall
from her apartment at the st. Regis.
Neitcll said Mrs. Gould stood in Ito
door OF her apartments watching him.
| and EXPRESSED her approval when he
threw the table into the main corridor
of the fifth floor where the rooms werc.
located, smashing the dishes and max
Ing n great racket.
Henry III. Knowles, an insurance
agent, testified that he had known the
Goulds since 1904, and had visited at
Castle Gould and Blue Gap farm, and
been Il guest on the Gould yacht Mag
ara
Did you have occasion to observe
Mrs. Gould's conduct after she had
been drinking ~ asked Mr.. Nicoll
Yes, the first time was dinner at
the St Regis, in 1905" said Mr.
Knowles. Mrs Gould drank a. good
deal Of. wine and became very dis
agreeable
"How did her mood change at these
timesaH asked Mr.. Nlcoll.
lightning CHANGES.
.she would change from most
charming and agreeable woman to u
5disagreeable woman. nagging and SAT-
castle said the witness.
He said Mr.. Gould left the table Mt
one dinner on account of his wife.s
talk and conduct. At another dinner,
at Castle Gould in July, 1906. the witness
said, Mrs. Gould found fault with the
salad because the lettuce was not prop
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