The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-11
.lIVORCE CASE
Of THE GOULDS
NOW ON TRIAL
Manv Charges Made on Both
Sides Since Beginning of
the Action.
INTERESTING STORY
OF FORMER ACTRESS
,,,vosY GOOD IN MANY PARTIc-
MARS, BUT DEFECTIVE AS
TO DUSTIN FARNUM.

,..r- York June 10.-It was a smaller
and s5rbter Katherine Clemens Gould
-, took the stand today IN her suit
Gov separation from her husband.
lizard Gould. than the public remem-
bersd, and her loss in weight was be-
coming.
She seemed nervous at times, under
cha strain Of Examination, and
,,Bsp the questions led her to the early
5.vs of her married life, she showed
,is.bie emotion but so far as the pres
.,.s nj her husband was concerned, she
sssmed not to know he was in the same
room.
me Iong-delayed hearing before JUS
fss Bowling is the elimination Of a
case that began in May, 1907, and has
baeT marked In its continuance by
many sensational accusations of mis-
aorduct and attempted subOrnatiOn of
witnesses.
Dessrtion Charged.
Mrs Gould alleges that her husband
deserted her without just cause on July
1s 1906 Howard Gould answers that
hi. justification was the habits of the
nlai1tif. that since he left her he has
made her an allowance Of S25, 900 a year,
hut that she is eXtravagant, intemper-
ate aud has been guilty of misconduct.
The wife denies the charges and asks
for an allowance of $4,000 a year.
During the years that you were liv-
Ing at Castle Gould" asked Clarence
shearn Mrs Gould's counsel how
large an establishment did you haVe?"
From fifteen to eighteen servants in
the house, from ten to twelve around
the estate and eighteen or twenty gar
deners," answered Mrs, Gould
Had Two Bank Accounts.
In answer to questions. she ratified
Of the amounts her husband had al
lowed her month by month. They av-
eragei about $4,000. She kept two
bank acc0unts-One, a Mrs Howard
Gould account and one a Catherine
Gould account
IN the eight years of the Howard
Gould account 1 find" said Delaney
Nicoil, counsel for the husband that
IL totals {755.sS0 Is that cOrrect?"
Z think so.
"SIr Gould says that i'm all those
years he paid You S776,0 600"
u gave him credit for more" was the
imperturable comment.
Where Nicoll Failed.
Mr. Nicoll tried to bring out discrep-
ahc.eS in various statements of ex-
pend'ures. He reeled OF a long list Of
figures and dates, Mrs. Gould listening
PATIENTLY. At the end she said:
What are you talking abOut2"
Counsel caught his breath and tried
another avenue of attack
Did you know that at the time of
lae separation there were bills for
a'zoe1 outstanding against your"
haven't the slightest idea"
WIS Gould varied her answers when
tsAed II her expenditures at Castle
uould Included any liquors.
Did the Marketing.
Yes she said. everything.
bought the apples. onions. potatoes.
vinegar sugar, salt. -four horse feed
alu chicken feed I Travelled all over
oe country selecting materials"
sue lolo with evident relish of the
magnificent yacht Niagara, with its
Ie" OF eighty men. its salon with seats
-I SIXTY guests and decorations that In
me room alone cost So. 900.
@gIe recent events, touched on later
- ,le day, she could not recall. She
,sIlu lot recall seeing Dustin Farnum,
l actor whose name figured In an at
-' ny. introduced as evidence, I'm 1908
Levy ouJ she was positive she had
~. seen him within a month. Details
W money in her own name and how She
enc 10 own farm I'm Virginia were
-,Ll to elicit, and the witness began to
-1 signs of being tired and even of
,.5a 7 Temper, The day closed with her
slA on the stand and smiling s1veatIv
Of court adf0urua1