The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
COULDS DIVORCED
Plaintiff Is Allowed Alimony of
$36, 900 a Year.
She Brands as False Accusations
of Husbands Witnesses.
SHE NEVER WAS DRUNK
Explains the Incident of the
burglar Alarm.
And Her Meetings With Dustin
Farnum, the Actor.
SHE NEVER WAS DRUNK

New York, June 25.-Justice
Dowling today granted Mrs Howard
Gould separation from her hus-r
band and alimony of $4,000 a year
Mrs. Gould was recalled to the
witness stand and Mr.. Nicon
started the cross-examinatfon by ask
ing her if it was true, as she had tes-
titled, that she had never been in
toxicated or under the influence of
liquor in her life.
THAT is absolutely correct" Mrs.
Gould said positively.
at,idsv,ts Ms Nieon nadl =, referred eT Ss to the
Dustin Farnum, the actor. in Mrs.
Gould's previous alimony suit.
You both swore to those affidavits
that it was the whole story of your
acquaintance and relationship did
you not?" asked Mr. Nicoll, reading
such a statement at the conclusion of
the aff1davits.
"Yes. but I may have forgotten
something" replied Mrs. Gould.
Mr.. Nicoll called attention to the
fact that the meetings in Washington
at the Fourteenth street ferry in this
city, at the Athlete club on Travers
Island, and in Brooklyn when Far
mum was playing here, to which Mrs.
Gould had testified were all omitted
from the afffdavits.
you made the former affidavit or did
you Intentionally wish to deceive the
court?" asked Mr.. Nicoll.
Failed to Recall Incidents
Mrs. Gould said that she had not re-
called the incidents at that time.
Counsel for both sides agreed that
Mrs. Gould and Mr.. Farnum had met
ff11, N Nnr4I
said 18 were by appointment.
The witness said she had met Far
mum to talk business on all but the
occasion In Hartford. when they met
by accident.
'Now you say you were thinking of
returning to the stage?" asked Mr..
yes, very seriously" replied Mrs.
Gould.
Did you consult any of the leading
managers in New York about it?''
Mo-
Mrs. Gould said she had talked with
Farnum about his going into the high
class drama and playing heavier
roles" She considered that cowboy
characters were absurd.
Mr. Nicoll wanted to know if Mrs.
Gould had talked to Farnum for ten
hours about her theatrical ventures on
the occasion of the automobile trip to
Long Island when the car broke down.
Mrs. Gould said that was the princi-
pal topic of their conversation.
An Inexhaustible Subject.
Didn't you ever exhaust that sub
ject and talk about something elseT'
asked Mr.. Gould's counsel
mo, it is inexhaustible,'' said Mrs.
Gould.
Mrs. Gould said she met Farnum at
the Hotel Carol in Lynchburg, Va. in
the fall of 1906. to apologize to him be-
cause she had invited him and his
manager to Blue Gap farm and then
had notified them not to come.
Did it take you two days and half
to apologize?" asked Mr.. Nicoll-
The question was not allowed.
You had considerable admiration
for Dustin Farnuro didn't you, Mrs.
Gould?'' asked Mr. Nicoll.
Yes, I admired him as manly
man, who was witty and entertaining
at times" said Mrs. Gould.
The witness was sure she never had
any affection for the actor
Mrs Gould said she had broached
the subject of new theater in New
York to Mr.. Farnum and wanted to
know if he thought it would pay.
Mr. Nicoll finished his cross-exam-
ination and Justice Dowling asked
Mrs. Gould if any presents or letters
had ever been exchanged between her
and Farnum.
Mrs. Gould said there had been no
presents and only a few formal notes
in regard to the theatrical matters.
Mrs. Gould appeared to be quite
nervous on the witness stand. She
cried little to herself as she resum-
ed her seat beside her lawyer. but
soon retained her usual composure.
Janette Sutherland, a floor clerk of
the Bellevue -Stratford in Philade1-
phia was called to refute the testi-
mony of the two girls who said they
ING
Gould's rooms early one morning in
October. 1906 The witness testified
she was on the hall watch at that
time and did not see Farnum.
Mary Elizabeth Harrison, the for
mer hall clerk at. the Bellevue STRAIT
ford hotel who testified for the de-
fense that her knowledge of the gold
en- rule led her to write to Mr.. Gould
that she saw a man coming out of
Mrs. Goulds room. was recalled to
the witness stand by Mr.. Shearn. The
witness affirmed her former testi-
mony.
Chauffeurs, groo1ns, stable men, shop
keepers laborers and other servants
and employees were alike branded with
the short and ugly epithet. She never
drank to excess, never USED profane
language. never forgot her dignity as
mistress of Castle Gould and never
overstepped her bounds of propriety.
Denial in Detail.
Getting down to specific instances,
she told her counsel that she never
tried to hitch up a pair of mules, never
ordered the table full of dishes and
food thrown from her ST. Regis apart
ment. never referred to Dustin Farnum
as my new beau,' never quarreled
with her husband before company,
never had coachman's arm about her
waist to hold her on the carriage seat,
never discharged an employe in anger
never became intoxicated aboard the
Niagara. never consumed two quarts OF
cocktails in two days
Mrs Gould's explanation of her
friendship with Dustin Farnum natur-
ally took up a considerable portion OF
her time. Her testimony held close to