The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-17


to testify against his wife. katherine
! Clemmons Could. whose suit for sapa-
ration he is opposing. Instead there
was a continuation of the servants
gossip, accounts by menials of their
former mistress eccentricities, humili-
ating details, as sworn to on the stand,
of Mrs. Gould's alleged fondness for
alcoholic beverages and her manner at
such times when what the witnesses
said was influence of liquor brought
from her lips remarks i'll suited to a
woman's tongue.
Day More of TattIe
What Katherine Clemmons Gould
| heard today was but reiteration and,
in some respects. an amplihcation of
yesterdays testimony, the basis of
which was that at various times at
Castle Gould she had been intoxicated,
had abused the servants, given arbi-
trary and unreasonable commands and
had used rather severe language in al
/ tercations with her husband.
An occasion when she would have
fallen from her carriage but for the
protecting hand of a coachman, her at
tempt to drive through a closed gate,
/ a time when a footman saved her from
/ falling while intoxicated as he testi-
fed. We're among the things alleged.
/ SwOre at Servants
A carpenter. Herbert Trotter, was
the last witness of the day. He said
that when he was working in the serv-
ants quarters Mrs. Could rushed in and
swore at the servants.
Her voice was shaky and incoher-
ent. her hair disheveled and she was
very profane. She was decidedly
drunk said the witness.
ext another time she came into the
stables while I was working there and
swore at the grooms and was very
drunk She tried to go upstairs to the
harness room. but could not navigate
the steps"
Trotter said he.was ordered to go to
Blue Cap farm, the Gould place in Vir-
/ ginia. .'One night she came in from
driving. drunk" said the witness. and
]
Tony She said to me she wanted
the big seven foot hall clock moved and
told her l would have to get help
and she said Why, 1 can move it my
self She was staggering drunk She
grabbed the heavy clock and both she
and the clock fell against the wall
together
Don't you recall that Mrs. Gould ac-
cused you of poisoning her at Blue Cap
farm?'
Il certainly do not"
"She was taken sick and fell to the
floor directly after she had been eat
ing something, wasn't she?7
NO. it was two hours before she
ate replied the witness.
In his argument Shearn made it clear
that the Gould trial would go on for
at least a week more and probably
will be dragged out for 10 days. He
declared that he had so witnesses ready
to rebut the testimony of the defense.
Harry Turner, florist at Castle
Could. was the first witness called and
told of several occasions when he had
seen Mrs. Gould at the estate decid-
edly intoxicated, in his opinion At
one time in July, 1906, he said. she
came out into the garden and upbraid-
ed him and appeared greatly excited
and flushed. She reeled against an
archway, he said. and was evidently
under the influence of intoxicants
She Was Confused
At another time, the witness said.
he was summoned to the office of the
estate. Mrs. Gould was there and
asked him if he was the watchman.v .
although he said she had seen him
often about the estate and knew his
position we'll She kept repeating that
she was Mrs. Howard Gould, he said
and appeared greatly excited and un-
der<the influence of liquor.
Malloy. the manager of the estate.
was there, and the witness said Mrs
Gould turned upon him CMalloy) and
told him he was discharged, and called
him names which would not bear re-
peating.
] On cross Dy Snearn, the
witness said he had never seen Mrs.
Gould drink any liquor. There were
several other employees of the estate in
the Office when he saw her there and
she upbraided them all, the witness
said He did not remember much she
said except that she was Mrs. Gould
and some one would get it quick
Reinhold Carlson, head coachman,
said she ordered out carriage and
had him drive her about the estate.
"She could not sit steady in the
seat" said Carlson. Several times I
took the reins in my right hand and
placed my left arm back of her to
keep her from falling out of the car
riage. We drove about two miles and
returned to the house Her face was
badly flushed. her breath smelled of
LIQUOR and she was clearly intoxi-
Gated.