Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-23
MRS, COULD GETS MORE COIN
Supreme Court Allows Her $4,000
for Counsel Fees.
SAY SHE WAS A SOBER WOMAN
Servants, H-airdressers and other
Meninls Come 60 Front 20 Deny
stories of Her Excessive
Indulgence in Liquor.

NEW YORK, June 22.-while counsel for
Katherine Clemmons Gould brought up a
reinforcement Of witnesses in one part Of
The supreme court today, to combat the
charges Of intoxication and misconduct
made by the defense in her suit for sep
a%ration. with alimony, from her husband,
Howard Gould, she also won a victory in
another part Of the court by a decision Of
Justice Gelgerich. He ruled that Mrs.
Gould shall be allowed an additional coun-
sci fee Of S1O,O 900 at the expense Of her nus
band. An allowance Of $1,000 was made to
Mrs. Gould last fall for the prosecution Of
her suit.
While this financial feature was being
decided, Justice Bowling continued to hear
the case proper. A hotel proprietor and a
hotel manager, who denied knowledge OF
any undue intimacy between Mrs. Gould
and Dustin Farnum, the actor, as the de-
Tense alleges; employees of Castle Gould,
members of the crew Of the Gould yacht,
Niagara; hotel chefs, hairdressers and
seamstresses, who testified to Mrs. Gould's
sobriety on all occasions that they could
recall, constituted the bulk Of the testi-
mony Of the reserve forces which were
called by Mrs. Gould's lawyer today. There
are thirty or more such witnesses to be
called.
Mrs. Gould and Farnum.
William M Lynn, proprietor Of the Car
roll hotel in Lynchburg, Va, testified In
regard to Mrs. Gould's stay at the hote
In November, 1906. when the defense con.
tend that Dustin Farnum and Mrs. Gould
were there together, and ate their meals
in Mrs. Gould's rooms. The witness SAID
he did not observe Mrs. Gould's move
ments about the hotel.
did you know that she telegraphed Mr.
Farnum to meet her at your hostelry?
asked Mr.. Nicoll.
The witness said he did not.
Arthur l.. Barney, formerly an assistan
manager of the Bailey-Stratford hotel II
D Philadelphia, was questioned about the sys
tenn of floor clerks and mirrirs at tina
tenn of floor clerks and mirrors at tina
examination.
Mirrors to Watch Guests.
us It a fact that mirrors are so ar
ranged on the doors of the rooms and II
the corridors that the floor clerks sittini
in her regular position, II she looks, cal
observe anyone entering or leaving an!
of the rooms on her floor?" asked Justic,
a Bowling.
: The witness said it was a fact.
. And is it also a fact that a maid upoi
Z OpNAlllH NlS uOOA " " yin " NNN oN
of mirrors arranged on the back of tn
outside door and closet door in the room
can Immediately see whether or not tn,
. bed has been occupied p asked Judge Dow
ling.
: Yes, If the mirror is not on the close
door, 1t Is in some other convenient par
of the room" replied the witness.
The witness said It was the custom o
d the floor clerks to make written reports o
anything unusual in the office.
e About Automobile Ride.
g James H.. Palser, a theatrical manage
with 1.-THE Virginian," testified that he &C
h companied Mrs. Gould and Farnum in Mrs
Gould's m from Brooklyn to New
York after the play on September %, 1906
Palser got out at the Somerset hotel an,
S Farnum remained in the automobile anC
h drove away with Mrs. Gould. Palser salt
$ he did not see Farnum with Mrs. Goult
o in Lynchburg, Va, although he was Their,
e and stopped at the Carroll hotel, wher,
n Farnum also stopped. He did not know
that Mrs. Gould was there, the witness
e said.
John B. Leay, a contractor, who was do
ing some work at the Blue Gap farm ii
}" September, 1906, contradicted the testimon,
a OF the carpenter, Trotter, who said tina
Mrs. Ould on one occasion was in the base
ment drinking with Mr.. Adams. Leay ties
titled he was in the basement at that tim
and he saw no one take a drink. He hs,
never seen Mrs. Gould under the influenc
t, Of liquor.
Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of ex
n President Roosevelt, was called by MI
g Shearn to contradict the Statement of tn
IS witness, Flynn, who said he once say
Mr.. Robinson with Mrs. Gould in her cleo
,r trio automobile. Mr.. Robinson said h
had never been in Mrs. Gould's automo
bile.