The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
Wallets and Chauffeurs Tell of
Auto Rides and Trysts
Kept in Hotels
Two Quarts of Cocktails in. as
Many Days Consumed by
Fair Plaintiff


Farnum. the actor. who has become .
familiar figure in the case.
There were also more charges by
servants that Mrs. Could was repeat
edly seen under the influence OF liquor,
and that when she had been drinking
she changed from a charming, affabie
woman TO q woman Of whims and
csprices. III tempered. careless in her
choice OF language. overbearing and
ousrrelsome.
sfrs. Gould's one time personal valet
svore that al one time he served his
mistress with two quarts OF Manhattan
cocktails in as many days. besides the
wines and liquors which he said she
drank az the table.
John Il Kimbau an oil and paint
dealer. who said he had known Gould
for IS wears testified that he went 10
performance Of The Virginian" in
August. 1905, with Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah
Sells and the Goulds in this city. and
that Dustin Farnum. the star IN the
play. Joined the party outside the play
house after the performance and spoke
10 Mrs. Could.
HER NEW BEAU
She smiled. the witness said and said
Ia the witness, There is my new beau"
John Flynn. who said he was en-
ployed by Mrs. Gould as 4 chauffeur
snd that he often drove her TO meet
Farnum after the play. testified that
once when Mrs. Gould was waiting in
the automobile for Farnum at the
Hotel Somerset two men turned TO the
actor as he came out al the hotel door
and asked him whose automobile was
waiting.
On, said Farnum. laughingly.
that is my new one
Another time FLYNN swore when he
raped on Mrs. GOulds chamber door
Il the St. Regis she called out:
All right dearie. and then when
she saw who il was excused herself
with, I thought it was Mr.. Farnum."
Mary Elizabeth Harrison. who said
she was a floor clerk in the Bellevue
Stratford hotel in Philadelphia. said
she had been impelled by her con-
science 10 tell what she saw at the
hotel. Finally she wrote letter 10
Mr. Gould
II said in the letter" she testified
In obedience 10 the golden rule
write 10 YOU TO help you il YOU are in
trouble or something like that
Mrs. Gould occupied apartments on
The floor where she was stationed in
September. 1906, the witness went on.
sEd one morning about 7:3o o'clock, she
d, said, she saw man come out OF Mrs.
GOulds room and take the elevator She
noticed he was the only passenger in
the car and that the dial registered the
fourteenth floor when the car stopped.
She described the man as tall with
Clark bushy hair and wearing q soft hat
and 4 long coat.
Up RATHER EARLY
The defense contends that Dustin
Farnum was staying on the fourteenth
floor Of the hotel at that time as they
attempted 10 show by the next witness.
Florence Garner. who also was en-
ployed as floor clerk IN the hotel She
testified that Mrs. Gould then had rooms
on lower floor She remembered that
one morning Farnum came up in the
elevator rather early and appeared to
her less well groomed" than usual
Did you take any means 70 find out
Il M Farnun's room had been occu-
pied that night?r asked Delaney Nicou.
Gould's lawyer.
No. but the maid reported that it
Lad not been" the witness answered.
Harry J. Veitch OF Des Moines Il.
was the first witness called to the stand
b. the defense today. He was en-
ployed as a valet by Mrs Gould from
december, 1905. TO September. 1906. the
witness said. and during that time
Travelled with her 10 the West Indies
and Europe and attended her at the St
Regis hotel in this city and At Castle
Gould Neitch testified that he had
seen Mrs. Gould under the influence of
liquor several times. He said she drank
? great deal on the trip TO the West
indies on the yacht Niagara mostly
champagne and Manhattan cocktails.
LOUD AND BoIsTERoUS
The witness described an incident at
Castle Gould in July or August. 1909.
when he said Mrs Gould drank cham
payne cocktails all day and became
loud and boisterous and threatened to
fire everybody in the place"
she asked me TO tie her slippers. and
when I started to do so she kicked them
Of in the air" said the former valet.
70 ''She was staggering about Ordering.one
or two more cocktails added the wit
ness. and later IN the evening I passed
her room and the door was open. She
was lying on the bed fully dressed and
sound asleep and snoring loudly"
Mrs. Gould eyed the witness sharply
all the time he was testifying She an
peared 70 be much angerea by his evi-
dence.
The witness repeated a statement
that Mrs. Gould had ordered him to
throw & table set with dishes into the
hall from her apartment at the st.
Regis.
Neitsch said Mrs. Gould stood in the
door Of her apartments watching him
and expressed her approval when he
threw the table into the main corridor
OF the fifth floor. where the rooms
were located. smashing the dishes and
making a great racket
Henry H. Knowles. an insurance
agent. testified that he had known the
Coulds since 1904 and had visited at
castle Gould and Blue Gap farm and
had been a guest on the Gould yacht
Mia CARA
Did you have occasion 10 observe
Mrs. CSould's conduct after she had been
d-fnk fnz2" asked Nicoll.
yes. the first time was a dinner at
the St Regis in 1905" said Knowles.
Mrs. Could drank a good deal OF wine
and became very disagreeable.
How did her mood change at these
tin1es2r asked Nicoll.
NaGGING AND SARCASTIC
she would change from most
charming and agreeable woman 10 a
5fsagreeabIe woman. nagging and sar-
cs site said the witness.
" He said Gould left the table al one
dinner on account of his wife's talk
and conduct. Al another dinner at
,-..ta f.o,,f6 IN July 1906, the wit