The sun., 1909-06-16
DRINKS MRS. GOULD TOOK
MANAGER AND STEWARD or
CASTLE GOULD TESTIFY.
Eerme. Tells OF Abusive Language the
Plaintiff Used-One witness Says she
Drank Seven bottles Of Brandy In Two
weeks-Tried 10 Shut Husband Out

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weeks-Tried TO Shut Husband Out,
The defence in the Kathrtne Glenn
mons Gould separation suit against How.
ard Gould started out yesterday to prove
that his abandonment of his wife was
justihable on account of Mrs. Gould's
intemperanoe, and in support Of this
contention called former employees at
Castle Gould who declared that they had
seen Mrs Gould under the influence OF
drink at various times
During the testimony OF one OF the
alleged Mrs. Gould had used to him she
pulled down her veil and sobbed for some
moments. She recovered quickly, but
there was nothing to show that her grief
was the less genuine.
Several times Justice Dowling declared
that the mere proof that wife uses
spirituous liquor is no just cause for
abandonment, and he shut of a great
to show that Mrs. Gould drank little
on certain occasions. 1t seemed from the
nature OF the evidence presented that
unless the defence is holding Its strongest
testimony In reserve it cannot sustain
its point
1t was announced yesterday by De
Lancsy Niooll. counsel for Mr.. Gould.
that the case will last the rest Of the week
at4 xyhA
ence j. Shearn was cross-examiniug the
defendants witnesses. Mr.. Nicon said
that unless more progress was made the
case would drag on for weeks Mr..
Shearn said that he would call sixty Wit
nesses in rcbuttal il necessary.
MR.. N1coLl's SIDE DENIES IT.
The trial was an hour late in starting
yesterday morning owing to the fact
that Justice Dowling was detained. and
during the wait Mr.. Nicoll made public
a letter received from his sister. Charlotte
Niooll Weston in reply to the statement
Q! Mrs. Gould on the witness stand on
Monday that If she wasn't mistaken abe
gave one Of her gowns that she had worn
only once to Mr.. Nicolls sister, who was
on the stage.
Mrs. Weston, who appeared in THE
Climbers" with Amelia Bingham under
her stage name OF Charlotte Weston,
wrote from 1877 East Fifty-seventh street
as follows:
My DEAR DELL: II the enclosed refers
to me IL is an absolute falsehood. have
never even seen the woman. nor do know
| any OF her associates. II she Ii under tbs
, oath to tell the truth her statement is
gross perjury. and II this Is fair sample oil
her testimony the rest Of IL Is probably a.
untrue Such An untrue statement In print
is most. annoying to me: and is there any
thing you can do to herr Your afectlonate
sister, CHARLOTTE NIcoLL WESTON.
When Mrs. Gould was questioned about
the letter she said:
Il didn't give the gown to her per-
sonally. but she was one OF the actresses
who received box OF gowns that sent
to one Of the theatres
Mrs. Gould said further that she didn't
know what production Mrs. Weston was
playing in at the time. but declared she
was sure that Mr.. Nicoll's sister got one
OF the gowns
MRS. GOULD TAKES NOTES
When Mrs Gould appeared in court
yesterday she wore the same black silk
gown and black turban hat that she has
, had on since the trial began, with a S37 900
double string Of pearls around her neck
She carried portmanteau equipped with
pencil and notebook. Of which she mad,
cons tant use while the witnesses for tn,
defence we're on the stand. She kept
! her gaze rivetted on the witnesses oon-
stantly while they were testifying and
Joined in the general laugh Of the court
room when the testimony was OF hun,or.
Gus nature At times she leaned back
in her chair where she could get good
view Of her husband at the further end Of
the counsel table and eyed him for several
D minutes at a time Mr. Gould invariably
3 ignored the look.
r Maurice Malloy, who became manager
t Of the Castle Gould estate In February.
= 1905, and who incurred the ennity OF
Q Mrs. Gould before she left Castle Gould
for good. was the first witness for the de-
j fence. He spoke with q pronounced
;. English accent, He said that the pro-
j posal that he become the manager OF
Castle Gould first came from Mrs. Adolph
Ladenburg and that he cams ovsr to this
!. country at once. arriving January H.
1905. On February he went back to
, England with Mrs. Gould and hsr cousin.
Elijah W. Sells. and first saw both Mr.. and
3 Mrs. Gould on the estate at Port Wash-
ington early in June o. that year.
Archibald R. Watson, who conducted
! the examination for the defence Ia tbs
forenoon. asked Malloy what his drst
conversation with MrA Gould 90 tbs
o estate was. and the Court sustained an
y objeetion. Mr.. shearn also objected to
= the question a. to what was ths 0rst
t time tho witness found Mra. Gould under
}, the influence Of intodcants. Hs said
q that even IL the state rnsnts did show thas
;. Mrs. Gould was under the influence o.
q LIQUOR 1t was no justification for abandon.
! ment. The Court finally sustained ths
d objections to that line Of questionins.
The witness finally got In teStimoas
: about a talk he had with Mira Gould ou
July u when he said she soolded him for
n breaking her automobile md said sIt'a
Q disgusting: It's an outrage
r Malloy said Mrs. Gould was very ex'
It cited, but wouldn't care to say what VA
r the cause OF her excitement. Whkr
= asked II he got close enough to smell hei
breath Malioy said:
x sNo. i didn't get any nearer than hae
to-
10 Mr.. Watson then asked about an ooca.