The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-17
MANY TESTIFY
AGAINST WOMAN
fContinued from Pasc One.)


with such a pronounced English accent
| that the court could not at first under
stand what he meant, said he had seen
Mrs Goud Intoxicated on two occasions
at Castle Gould, where he was eyh-
| ployed.
.'on November 6, 1906" the witness
| said when she drove up to the ONCE
and wanted the keys to the store
| room and said she wanted to clean
| the place out, went to the store
| house with her and she took out lots
/ of things and ordered 400 blankets to
| be sent to the house. She talked ex-
| citedly in French to her chauffeur and
| / did not know what she was saying.
! She acted as IL she was intoxicated"
The following day, the witness said.
| Mrs. Gould summoned him and others
| to the ONCE and used very strong Lam
| guage to them. saying they were dis
| charged and to get the money quick
| and clear out.
| 81 remarked to her that 1 got my
| orders from Mr. Malloy,".. said the wit
| ness, land she said, Who in the devih
| Is Malloy. / am Mrs. Howard Could"
| Reinhold Carlson, who was employed
| at Castle Gould in 1904 and 1905 as
head coachman, told Of many Incidents
| when in his opinion Mrs. Gould was
/ under the Influence Of liquor. In oc-
1 tober. 1905, the witness said. she or
| dered out a carriage and had him
drive her about the estate.
.She could not SIT steady on the
| seat" said Carlson. Several times I
! took the reins in my right hand and
placed my left arm back of her to
| keep her from falling out OF the car
| riage. We drove about two miles and
reformed to the house. Her face was
badly flushed, her breath smelled Of
LIQUOR and she was clearly intoxi-
| Gated"
| ON another occasion the witness said
| Mrs. could was out driving the four
/ In hand and returning to Castle Gould
| tried to drive through gate although
| 1t was closed.
The witness told of other times
] when Mrs. Gould drove with him about
| the estate and acted very peculiarly"
| toward the various employees She
| would ask who they were, what they
| did, although she knew them perfectly
| well, She drove to the lodge at one
! time and asked the keeper If he had
| a revolver. He told her he had" said
/ Carlson. "and she ordered him to go
| down TO the gate and stand there and
shoot any one who attempted to come
In or go out. would smell strong
liquor on her breath as sat behind
i her In the trap and she was tntoxi-
n eated."5f@a 1a 4tt4 sazok 7g1
1 Upon another occasion. Carlson said
he was driving Mrs Gould when they
came TO place where we were loading
coal and two mules were hitched TO
/ tree nearby. She got out of the carriage
and united one OF the mules and tried
| to hitch them up together, said the
| witness. 'She tried three times and
had to give 1t up" Carlson said Mrs:
| Gould was very boisterouS until their
return to Castle Gould on this occasion
| and laughed without any provocation.
| nt Inc
that time. He also told of coaching
trip to Larchmont In July, 1905. when
| he said he saw Mrs. Gould drinking on
| the lawn and acting as IL intoxicated.
That afternoon Mrs. Gould hurrtedly
ordered a phaeton and a pair of horses
and told Carlson she wanted to catch
a train. He started the horses at q
| rapid pace but Mrs. Gould kept tell
ing him to drive faster saying. Il don't
| give a damn If you kill the horses; l
must get this train, and IL / don't
there will be trouble at the stables"
Discharged stable Men.
Carlson said he gailoped the horses
all the way, a distance of two and one
half miles and then missed the train.
Mrs. Gould told him to go back and
discharge every one In the stables.
They were all reinstated soon after
ward. The witness declared that Mrs.
| Gould was intoxicated on all these &C.
casions in his opinion.
Mr.. Shearn went over the terms OF
| Carlson's employment at Castle Gould
| and got the witness to admit that he
drove Mrs. Gould about a great deal
and there was many times that she did
not act or appear as IL she had been
drinking. Carlson said he met MRS.
Gould in 1908.
she told me IL testified she would
have me arrested for perjury and asked
1 .Nw.N- -
wife IL was sent to prison." said Carl
son. II told her she could not arrest
me for perjury II only told the
| truth
Mrs. Amanda Carlson, wife of the
former head coachman at Castle Gould
who testified at the morning session.
was the first witness this afternoon.
She told of seeing Mrs. Gould intoxi-
Gated on two or three occasions.
| Jane Mccain, who was employed as
a chamber maid at the Gould estate for
| four weeks in the summer Of 1904,
testified that MPs. Gould was intoxi-
Gated the day the witness arrived at
the Castle. On one occasion, the wit
ness said some of the men servants
were moving a swing machine when
Mrs. Gould came into the room and
called the men Damn stupid fools"
On still another occasion. the witness
| said Mrs. Gould came home in her auto
mobile and some of the servants had to
assist her into the house because OF her
Intoxicated condition.
II once saw a bottle of brandy in
her room and sometimes heard her
cursing," said the witness. Once
heard her swear terribly" She said
Mrs. Gould threatened to discharge all
the servants more than once while she
was there.
Miss Mccain told of an alteration
between Mrs. Gould and her husband
during which Mrs. Gould said to Mr..
Could
'Tll show you who is boss Of this
place and who gives the orders. I will
have everything done 1 want done here
and nobody can stop me either"
The witness said she overheard the
conversation from the hall way outside
of Mrs. Goulds rooms. The witness
said she went up into the hall to see
what was the matter, attracted by the
loud talking and noise.
James Lauretsen footman employed
by the Gould's. testified to seeing Mrs.
| Gould stumble and she wuold have
fallen IL the footman had not caught
her," as she was getting out of her
automobile in New York during the
winter of 1903-1eO4. She was intoxi-
Gated at the time in the witnesses
opinion. He said he had seen her
under the influence of liquor several
times during that winter.
Herbert Trotter, q carpenter en-
ployed at Castle Gould in 1906, testi-
ffad that he had oheaFyed Mrs Gould