The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
TRYING ORDEAL FOR MRS. GOULD Accused of Being Drunk She
 Hides Face In Hands TESTIMONY AGAINST HER Incidents Are Related of Mrs. oould's Actions at Her Home and of
 Liquors Served Morning,
 Noon and Night.

sought to bring out through witnesse. that Mrs. Gould's habits were such tha her husband was justified in leaving her In the event of proving this, the de fense hopes to undermine the charge oi abandonment, the only phase of the plain tiffs case which has withstood the at Jacks of opposing counsel, Justice Dowl. ing having ruled out the charges o1 cruelty and non-support yesterday. How ard Gould himself may take the stant tomorrow.
 Mrs. Gould having naively told yester- day what is required of a woman ol fashion in the matter of dress at Palrr Beach and elsewhere, witnesses for tht defense recited today the indulgence ol the same woman of fashion in the mat ter of alcoholic stimulants and told fur ther, while the heavily yelled Mrs. Goule buried her burning face in her hands of certain remarks and conversations noi exactly in keeping with S500 gowns and the palatial Castle Gould on Long Island
 Mrs. Gould Weeps.
 It was during this testimony concern ing some of the alleged violent and pro- fane language-some of it as related too strong to be printed with propriety- that Mrs. Gould wept most. Yet she re covered herself quickly and at times coached her lawyer, refreshing his mind on certain incidents with suggestions and reminders.
 Specific statements that Mrs. Gould had been intoxicated on various occasions, that she called Howard Gould you It. tie hound' one night, that once she was so under the influence of liquor as to stagger against the bannister al Castle Gould, that her maid brought liquors to her room, including some times two cocktails before breakfast were among the statements brought out by employees of the Gould estate.
 Mrs. Gould's lawyer, Clarence J who had objected strenuously al first to the trend of the testimony, bui was overruled, injected into the case the rather novel argument that admitting even that his client had been intoxicated this should have strengthened rather thar weakened the ties between wife and hus band.
 Tt has been held" he said, "that i a husband drank he needed the love and companionship of his wife more than il he was sober. Isn't this equally true ir the case of the wife?"
 Alleged Excesses.
 As opposing this view, Delaney Nicoll for the defense, argued that Mrs. Gould, alleged excesses had rendered her unfi for her household duties and this cer. tainly justified the husbands actions an, attention. Whether or not fit for man aging a household it was a rather CT ratie administration that Mrs. Gould con ducted at Castle Gould, according to mos of the testimony today. Verbal clashe! with the manager of the great estate heated arguments at the hen coop witt carpenters. one of whom testified tha she "could not walk straight at thu time; a period when she remained in he room for two weeks, consuming durin. that time seven bottles of brandy witt other liquors-these incidents and other were sworn to on the stand. Also ther was an account by q former steward O an exciting night when, he said, she want ed the house locked although Howar, Gould was out on the front lawn. This said the steward, did not seem to ap peal to Mrs. Gould as an argumen against closing the front door, and sh told him to go ahead and lock up. T appease her, he testified, he shut the doc but did not lock 1t.
 This was the night that Mrs. Goul, Is said to have called her husband '1it tie hound" a term which she applie, to him, as testified, after he had com to her room to see what the matter was confusion having been spread througl the great castle by the ringing of bell iu Mrs. Gould's room by the burgla alarm system.
 Good Word For Mrs. Gould.
 While most of today's testimony wa against Mrs Gould, one witness late thi afternoon spoke in her favor. He i Charles H Denis of Glencove, Long Isl and, an ice manufacturer, who formerl, was engaged in the business of sinkinj artesian wells. He testified that in 190 and 1903 he did considerable work ol the Gould estate and saw Mrs. Goult frequently. He had never seen her in toxicated, he said, but at times he knev she had been drinking, because he coult "smel her breath"
 On cross-examination he reiterated hi statement that in all the times he hat been on the Gould estate he had neve seen Mrs. Gould intoxicated
 The carpenter who told of the alleged dispute at the chicken coop was the las witness of the day. He is William H Cooks of Port Washington, Long Island He testified that on two occasions h, had seen Mrs. Gould under the in1uenc, of liquor. After his testimony was con cluded adjournment was taken until to morrow.
 The argument on the application O MT. Shearn for further allowance of s20, GOO counsel fee for his services as coun sel for Mrs Gould, that was to hay, been argued this afternoon, was post poned until tomorrow. Mir Shearn hai already received counsel fee of s5000.
 Denies Gift of Dress.
 Before the resumption of the case toda, a letter from Mrs. Charlotte NicolP Wes ton, sister of Delaney Ncol, MT Gould'i attorney, was given out, denying tha Mrs. Gould had gwen her a dress Mrs Weston said she had never seen Mrs Gould. When the letter was shown tt Mrs. Gould she said:
 ''I did not give the gown to her per sonally, but she was one of the actresse. who received box of gowns that sem to one of the theatres"
 Maurice Malloy, superintendent of tho
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