Evening star., 1909-06-17
GOULD GOOD TO HER
Tried to Soothe Wife When
She BECAME Angered.
BROKER CHAPMAN WITNESS
Says Mrs. Gould Was frequently In.
toxicated and Abusive.
MEETING WITH ACTOR FARNUM
Lynchburg Hotel Bellboy's Deposit
tion Read-Counsel in Tilt Com
PEELED to Apologize to Court.

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE taking OF
testimony Of the servants and employees
on the two Gould estates, Castle Gould
at Port Washington. N. Y. and Blue
Gap Farm. in Virginia. was continued
today at the trial of the suit OF kath-
crime Clemmons Gould for a separation
from her husband. Howard Gould, and
amounting to $250.0O0 a year.
The defense has called a small army Of
maids. stablemen, gardeners. clerks, car
penters and other employees to testify to
the actions and conduct Of Mrs. Gould
in an effort to justify Mr.. Gould in
leaving his wife on account Of her al
legged addiction to the use of intoxi-
cants. rendering her unfit for household
and family duties, according to the
husbands contention. The prospects of
a large volume of such testimony yet
to be taken, and the announcement OF
Mr.. Shearn. Mrs. Gould's lawyer, that
he had some fifty witnesses to call in
led Justice Bowling to order
longer sessions of the trial from today.
with the possibility of night sessions
next week.
AS the trial progresses the crowds OF
curious people who storm the doors OIL
the courtroom each day, anxious to get
a glimpse of the complainant or her hus-
band, increase. Following the expert
ence of yesterday when the crowd at
tempted to rush the officers on the doors
and the trial was interrupted until the
doors could be closed. Justice DoWling
today ordered reinforcements to be placed
outside of the courtroom to keep the peo-
pie away from the doors. Mrs. Gould fol-
lows the testimony Of her former serv-
ants with keen interest. frequently max
ing notes Of what they say and coaching
her lawyer on cross-examination.
Night Watchman's Testimony.
Andrew Frederickson, who was en-
ployed as night watchman at Castle
Gould from September to December, 1906
was the first witness called today. He
testified that he saw Mrs. Gould under
the influence of liquor, in his opinion. No
vember Z, 1905
1T was in the evening, and l was max
ing the rounds of the house. the witness
said. Il noticed a fire in the kitchen
garden. near the gashouse. and saw
woman coming from that direction:
went up to her and found it was Mrs
Gould. She said something, out ! aIo
not understand it. l went into the k'tch-
en- garden and found the straw afre IN
three places. While 1 was putting out
the fire heard low cries in the Kitchen
and went in and found Mrs. Gould there
She asked me if 1 was the man she met
7 told her | was. and she wanted me to
go and get the key to the electric alarm
hut I told her | could not, as l had to
watch the place Her face was nusneo
and she talked rapidly and appeared to
be under the influence Of some intoxi-
can't"
The witness said he saw Mrs. Gould
again the same night. and in his opin-
ion she was intoxicated then.
Drank More Than the Others.
Edward Bechtold. who was in charge OF
the wines and liquors aboard Mr.. Gould 5
yacht Niagara in December. lSoo' When
the Goulds were cruising with a party OF
friends, testified that he saw Mrs. Gould
intoxicated several times during the
cruise.
II served Mrs. Gould with brandy every
night" the witness said. land at the dln'
ners aboard the yacht she drank more
than any one else
After a dinner at Kingston. at Wnicf
Mrs. Gould drank wine. the witness no
ticed her as she was going to her state
room to retire. he said.
..she stopped in the music room ano
took hold of a chair to STEADY nerseli'
the witness said. and sne mao 10 .aae
long breath before she could go on.
on cross-examination the witness saio
he had made an affidavit for Mr.. Gould
LAWYERS and had talked with them aoou'
testifying. s,.r,
Bechtold said he did not keep diary
while he was on the yacht.
Don't YOU remember that 1t was the
rule to keep a record OF every drink
taken by any one on the yacht! asked
NO" replied the witness.
"Didn't Mrs Gould and the guests. too
check
they had?" asked Mr. Shearn
..No. they did not have to sign checks'
Now. YOU never heard Mrs. Gould curse
or swear on that trip. did your! asked
"Oh. YES I did," said the witness. One
n;gbt. at quarantine he said he heard ner
swearing. On another night WneI ne wdS
In the kitchen. the witness saio' MIS-
Gould started to open the kltcnen ooor
,nistaking it, the witness tnoushL, aor ie uel
staterOom door, Which "oo
..sha b,ushed and turned about and
,.,Lsd nnsteadily toward her stateroom.
and / followed her, thinking she "ahteo
something" said the Wlthessi ,.a =,
,;tness' answers and smiled with
fine touch of sarcasm. Nj
Teaying the episodes on the yacht NJ
aeara. MT Nicoll called Charles I. Dodse'
tie Gould for eight months IN IUS. he
tas,;fed that he saw Mrs Gould on one
occasion when he thought she was intox-
icated.
Broker Corroborates Servants.
Melville E. Chapman. broker. who had
been a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Gould on
the Yacht Niagara on several trips in
1905, testified that Mrs. Gould was fire.
ouently under the influence Of intoxicants
and very loud and abusive. in her lam
guage to the servants at those times. The
witness said that during a cruise to the
West Indies he remembered several oc-
casons when Mrs. Gould had been drink
ing and became dissatisfied with every
body and everything, and would become
greatly excited and say that she intended
to run the boat ard that no one should
take orders from any one but herself. The
witness described two such outbursts, one
in Santiago harbor and the other In Ha-
vana harbor.
What did Mr.. Gould do and say on
these occas.ons?" asked Mr.. Nicoll.
He invariably tried to soothe and calm
her and pass the incident of pleasantly"
rehlied the witness.
On cross-examination Mr.. Shearn asked
il the witness was not under heavy finan-
cial obligations to Howard Gould. and II
Mr. Gould had not put large sums OF
money in the business of the brokerage
Arm of which the witness was a men,
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