The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-18
COSTLY GOWNS
OF MRS. GOULD
Says She Was Promised Sum
of $4,000 a Month.
HUSBANDS OFFER TO WIFE

Elijah Sells Deposition States Terms
Of Reconcilation-One Was That
Mrs. Gould Should Abstain from In
Observation-Disclosures Was to Agree to
a Regulation of Her Finances-Mrs.
GouId's Cutting Retort to Attorney
Delaney NicoIl.
So large crowd gathered at the
county court in New York to attend
trial of the suit for separation of Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould against Howard
Gould that special police measures
were necessary to preserve order. /
Delaney Nicoll, attorney for MIR.
Gould, read from the deposition of
Elijah Sells, Mrs. Gould's cousin, in
which he stated the conditions upon
which Gould offered reconciliation
with his wife. The conditions were
that Mrs Gould was not to interfere
in the management of Castle Gould;
she was to abstain from intoxicants;
to refrain from humiliating Mr.. Gould
before his friends. and she was to
agree to regulation of her personal
finances.
Mrs. Gould said thata as far back as
1899 her husband promised to allow
her $4,000 a month. The witness
said she had to have at Castle Gould
morning, afternoon, and evening
gowns, with shoes and stockings that
matched, tea gowns, coaching gowns,
shopping gowns which she used about
the city, and with most of these hats,
shoes, stockings, and parasols to
match
Dinner Gowns, $500 to 5000.
Yachting costumes were distinctive
from the others and had to have their
expensive accessories, the witness
said.
She was accustomed to change her
gowns sometimes five and six times
a day. She had to dress at least three
times day at Palm Beach. and more
than that during her various trips
about Europe.
In answer to questions regarding
the cost of her various dresses. etc.,
Mrs Gould gave the following es-
Inmates: Dinner gowns, $500 to $500;
morning gowns, 800 to $3.50; day
gowns (worn shopping, etc.), $500; tea
gowns, $500 to $500; reception gowns,
$500. For motoring, coaching and
yachting, the witness said. she re-
CURED particular gowns.
Honors were about even in the YER
bal battle between the cross-examiner
and Mrs. Gould Both sprang sur
prises. The lawyers most embarrass-
ing thrust was the exhibition of a
faded, old-fashioned photograph of
young woman sitting on white horse,
with the white canvas of circus tent
in the background. Mrs. Gould turn
ed dull red as it was shown, but she
would not identify the photograph as
one of herself, nor would she swear
that it was not. She thought it was
hardly fat enough for me-"
Something About Gould Fortune.
This picture was introduced to show
If possible Mrs. Gould's former asso-
citation with Buffalo Bills show.
Mrs. Gould made one cutting retort
to her inquisitor. Nicoll had been
asking the witness about her gowns.
how many she wore, how often she
wore them and what became of them.
They were given away, Mrs. Gould tes-
titled. Zone of Them" she shot in.
was given to your own sister, who is
on the stage I have aided many poor
girls to get stage engagements by
equipping them with my discarded
gowns"
Attorney Nicoll said he would con-
cede that Howard Goulds income was
about 100000 year.
George Gould testified that he had
caused an investigation to be made in
regard to the alleged former marriage
of Towards wife. His fathers estate,
he said, had never been formally divid-
ed among the children, but it was val
ued approximately at $4,000 900
Howard Gould was entitled to one
sixth of the estate under the will.