Willmar tribune., 1909-06-23
ATTACK MRS. GOULD.
WITNESSES ASSAlL CHARACTER
IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE FROM
HUSBAND.

IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE FROM
HUSBAND.
TELL OF FARMUM'S VISITS
Bell Boy Of Hotel Says Wife Of Mil.
lionaire New Yorker Received Ac-
tor in Her Suite Of Rooms-Alleged
Swearing Is Told on Stand.
New York, June 18.-Mrs Howard
Gould's character was attacked in
court by various witnesses who ap-
peared for the defense in Mrs. Gould's s
suit for divorce and $250,0OO alimony
from her husband, Howard Gould.
Counsel for Mr.. Gould read into the
record the dispositions of bellboy,
James Clark, employed at the Hotel
Carroll, in Lynchburg, Va, where Dus-
tin Farnum, the actor, was stopping
In November, 1905, when Mrs. Gould
arrived and stayed two or three days
at the hotel on her way to Blue Gap
farm, according to the deposition. The
bellboy said he saw Mrs. Gould sit
ting in the reception room waiting for
Mr.. Farnum on November 10, and aft.
er Mr.. Farnum came they went up to
Mrs. Gould's rooms. On two occas.
ions that day he was called to Mrs.
Gould's rooms, the bellboy said, and
each time saw Mrs. Gould and MIR.
Farnum alone in the ROOM They were
In the outside room, which was really
a bedroom with bed in it, but which
Mrs. Gould used as reception room,
according to the witness. Mrs. Gould
talked with him each time with the
door partly closed, he said Mr.. Far
mum changed his room and obtained
one on the floor above, directly over
Mrs. Gould's room, according to the
Witness
Lawyers in Tilt.
In endeavoring to get several let.
ters in evidence which Mr.. Shearn
contended would impeach the credi-
bility of the witness Chapman, and
which Justice Bowling would not al
low admitted tilt occurred between
opposing counsel which called forth a
severe rebuke of Mr.. Nicoll by JUS
tlce Bowling, who requested Mr..
Nicoll to apologize.
This is only case of blackmail-
Ing tactics practiced from start to
finish in this suit" shouted Mr.. Nicoll,
the defendants counsel, at Mr.. Shearn
as he was pressing the admission of
the letters. Mr.. Shearn promptly de.
manded an apology II don't intend to
apologize for any such remarks" said
Mr.. Nicoll. Justice Dowling sternly
said that Mr.. Nicoll owed an apology
to the court and Mr.. Shearn for ma
king such a charge. Mr.. Nicoll apollo
glzed to the court and said he meant
no reflection on Mr.. Shearn personal.
ly. but he believed it had been the at.
titude of others on the opposite side
to extort money from his client. This
closed the incident.
Testifies to Drink Story.
Edward Bechetold, who was in
charge of the wines and liquors
aboard Mr.. Gould's yacht Niagara in
December, 1905, when the Goulds
were cruising with a party of friends,
testified that he saw Mrs. Gould in
toXicated several times during the
cruise.
Il served Mrs. Gould with brandy
every night" the witness said, "and at
a 1r1
drank more than any one else."
Alter a dinner at Kingston, at
which Mrs. Gould drank wine, the wit
ness noticed her as she was going to
her staterOOm to retire.
She stopped in the music room and
took hold Of a chair to steady her.
self,' the witness said, "and she had
to take long breath before she could
go on
Now, you never heard Mrs. Gould
curse or swear on that trip, did you?"
asked the lawyer.
Heard Her Swearing.
"Oh, yes did," said the witness.
One night at quarantine he said he
heard her swearing. On another night
when he was in the kitchen, the wit.
ness said, Mrs. Gould started to open
the kitchen door, mistaking it, the
witness thought, for her stateroom
door, which was a short distance be-
yond.
"She blushed and turned about and
walked unstGadily toward her state
room, and l followed her, thinking she
wanted something" said the witness.
Mr.. Shearn questioned the witness
closely in regard to other persons or
servants who were present upon the
occasions when the witness said he
observed Mrs. Gould in an intoxicated
condition." Mrs. Gould frequently
shook her head at the witness an.
sWers and smiled with a fine touch of
sarcasm.
Leaving the episodes on the yacht
Niagara, Mr.. Nicoll called Charles T.
Dodge, a carpenter, who said he
worked at Castle Gould for eight
months in 1902. He testified that he
saw Mrs. Gould on one occasion when
he thought she was intoxicated.
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