Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-24
FAUNUN DEFENDS MRS. GOULD
Actor in His Deposition Says Her
Conduct Was Beyond Reproach,
TELLS OF SEVERAL MEETINGS
He Denies All Charges and Ayers
that He Never Saw De-
fendant. Take Drink
of Liquor.

CHICAGO, April 2s.-Between a bad
tooth and a wearisome cross examination
by Attorney Archibald r. Watson. repre-
senting Howard Gould, Dustin Farnum
put in q trying day. here in the law office
OF Louis c. Ehle, who was appointed by
the New York supreme court to take the
actors deposition covering the allegation
of Mr.. Gould that his wife. Catherine
Clemmons Gould, had m~isconducted herself
at divers times and places with Mr.. Far
rum.
Mr.. Farnum was patient and pleasant
in answering the hagglings of the lawyers
and acquitted himself to the satisfaction
Of Attorney Clarence J. Shearn of New
York, representing Mrs. Gould. On all
points Mr.. Farnum parted and denied the
charges made against him and Mrs. Gould,
declaring that she always was the lady and
that he could not remember ever seeing
her take a drink Of Intoxicating liquor.
Referring to testimony concerning a lunch
con which Mr.. Farnum and Mrs. Gould en-
joyed together in Mrs. Gould's apartments
in the 81. Regis hotel. New York, in Aug
ust 1906, Mr.. Watson asked:
what was the color OF Mrs. Gould's
hair on that day."
'Brown-er-reddish brown, l think" said
Mr.. Farnum.
what was the color Of her eyesf'
IT don't know. / never looked at them"
You don't mean that. do you2" asked
the lawyer.
wen, I may have looked at them, but
not into them. ! don't believe in looking
straight into a lady's eyes"
How tall lie she7'
Il can't say, exactly That is a matter
Ntich depends upon the hat and shoes In
judging. I never saw her without her hat
on"
Nor her shoes?"
Never"
was her figure well developer"
las far as 1 could see"
Meeting in Hartford.
Concerning a meeting with Mrs. Gould in
Hartford, Conn, during the same week,
Mr.. Farnum testified that he met Mrs.
Gould and a Miss Sells and another young
woman at the Allen house In that city.
They all had supper together, went to the
theater and were Mr.. Farnum's guests at
a supper after the theater.
what did Mrs. Gould want to see you
about at these two meetings?" asked Mr..
Watson.
SHE was talking about returning 10 the
stage and she wanted me to find a suitable
play for her out of all the manuscripts
sent to me-"
did you and Mrs. Gould have anything
to drink on these occasions?"
IT am quite positive she did not. I might
have had some beer"
meeting7"
uCo.,o1p
Your glances did not meetF'
you mean clash OF souls across the
deep and that sort Of thing-no."
Trip in AssonObiIe.
Mr.. Farnum testified that he saw Mrs.
Gould on the Sunday following the Hart
ford meeting.
"She asked me TO motor over to Castle
Gould with her." he said. II remained out
side the house for twenty minutes while
she vent In. On our way to New York
on a dark Jamsica road we ran into a
wagon load Of m and turned the
wagon over. I thought we were going TO
be mobped for a while. A man came along
and offered US his car to New York. We
got in about II or l2 o'clock At night and
1 went up to Mrs. Guilds apartments with
her to wait until we heard from our
cheuffeur. When the chauffeur came l
went out"
did you sit ON a sofa with Mrs. GouldH'
mot with herT'
You are positiver"
II never sat closer to her than in the
tonneAu seat OF an automobile. We had
nothing to drink
The next meeting referred to was in
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Gould met Mr.. Farnum and his
manager Mr.. Pslser, after the theatsr and
drove them over to New York, dropping
Mr.. Palser at the Lexington hotel.
What was the occasion OF this7' asked
Mr.. Watson.
"she was IN earnest about the stage and
Mr.. Palser tried to dissuade her from tax
ing II up again. We had a little supper In
the cafe OF the 81. Regis and ] said good
night to her there"
other Meetings and
Further meetings and suppeTs took place
in Washington and New York, but all were
on the same decorous lines, according TO
Mr.. Farnum. In Philadelphia Mr.. Farnum
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