New-York tribune., 1909-06-18
MRS. GOULD At 4 PARTY
WOMEN GUESTS EXCITED.
Tit Bet5ceen Opposing La5cyers
OUer "BJackmaiI' Charge.

va Dttt u Bfttdti I fttI Gt.
Two features stood out IN the trial Of the Gould
separation suit in the Supreme Court Yesterday.
One was an unusually severe rupture between op-
posing counsel caused by the reference Of De
Lance- NiColl, counsel for Howard Could. the
matchmaking tactics which have been used all
through this case The other the testimony
of Feraerr Schmidt. who was employed IN the
Gould lcUsela.d from 1-p; u 1@l5 foorwan.
The latter told of some lively happenings a
party held at the home q Mrs John Hugh Kirk
patrick. 40. ; West s7th street. which Mrs.
Gould attended and ~ which Mrs. Henry l. Bur
nett. wife Of General Burnett. and Mrs hlssaIn
were also present Schmidt told Of being called in
by Mrs Kirkpatrick's maid. and Of the fear eN-
pressed tl tire hostess that Mrs Gould had jumped
our Of = window 4 search revealed her IN the
cellar Mrs. KirkpafrtCk's bleeding, and
an intimation Of what may have happened was
had in the question Of Nj. NiccB whether one OF
the women had a discolorei eye.
The clash between Mr. NiCol and NJ. Shearn
occurred in the morning session while Melville -
Chapman, stock h;oker who lives At Great
Neck Long Island. was describing cruise Of the
Gould steam yacht the Niagara, in the West Indies
from December. -al5. 10 January. 90. on which ne
vas a guest. The cross-arEunlerts of counsel had
earlier become 50 heated that justice bowling
threatened 10 suspend colrt. Nj Nicol asked
Chapman
Did YOU observe Mrs GouId's manner while not
drinking and While drinking"
Yes" said the broker: when not indulsing. her
aTnaDle ana afTz1lS \ mn" Ailltl A-'t
Inference Of liquor she appeared cross and s'Tly-
The clash came when Nj Shearn took Chapman
,n hand for cross-examination- Justice Dowling
ruled out several Of his questions Nj Nooll broke
II with:
This IS q part Of the Matchmaking tactics which
have been used all through this trial
NJ S,ea~n ang-ilv demanded apology. but |
Nj Hicoll refused 20 retract Justice Dowlins said
10 the 6efendar-'s lawyer:
i must characterize tnat remark as highly i'm
proper and unftsrt5ei'
Nj Nicou re5oined-
Then II I have rrarsCressei the rules q me |
court an sorry and wish TO aIoloE4ze
This aQolocv did not include Nj Shearn. and he |
repea-e5 more a-g-lly demand Tor TetIatli'" |
by NJ H.col who ignored him. Addressing me |
Court he said there were some things HAT he hne"
and co-ld -eH Justice Downing. but the latter =
syesred that Nj Ntcou apologize to Nj S'S7rH TO
then did remove the inIutation from his e'i.fi'-'
but poured oi: The blaze 10y putting Il on MIS-
Gould. and Nr. Shearn thoroughly dts1leaSe-' per
rnitted the incident 20 pass.
F4e U-as in such a state Of excitement. however.
THAI he was unable % continue his crnss-eNainna-
tio- q the witness. who was excused from ne
stand. The reading o. deposItions was theh laHs--
I'd dealing with lie meeting Of Mrs Gould and
Dustin Faruv-n a. Tie Hotel Carroll. IN LEnch-
burg. Va
MRS GOULD THE BOSS"
-rarmaa testified that Mrs. Gould. on The
boss Of -he situation and at another time that
Is was mot competent 10 take charge.
The witness Then told q an occurrence on the
yacht while in the harhor of Havana
'ATr Stevens. charge d'aTatrs = TIE American |
Legation. came aboar3-as guest a. dinner Mrs
Gould scolded and berated everybody. She seemed |
70 be very much dissatisfied and finally got TO /
leave the table
NOV. while she was in this condition what aid
Ar Gould DO OF say?" asked the Mr.. Nicon-
a. ~-7 r---.1S
Il calm her
Mr.. Shearn cross-examined.
Are yo1 Nr. Goulds payroll" /
no, sir
ness
No, sir"
Weren't ro1 connected with the firm Of Z. b.
Chapman d Coz
"Dtd2t he PIT 100000 into that Arm7r
Not that ! know Of
Schmidt, the Sootnaan. who testified 70 the parry
et The home of Mrs. Kirkratrick said he acconpa-
MED Mrs. Gould % Florida in private car and /
stayed about week a. Ormoad Beach. and sim
1la- period a Palm Beach He said thar he saw
Mrs. Gould irsozi-ared
Then -he scene shifted back 20 Ny Yorl, a-7
Nr. Nioou took Up The story Of the party He
asked:
DO you remember when Mrs. Gould went 70
party a. Mrs. kirkpatr!chs house. az No. 3 West
S7th street"
YES, brought her 70 the house." replied the
witness.
did you see Mrs. kirkpatrick aftervarde,' /!
Yes; her maid called nc in and after talking 70
Mrs. Kirkpatrick started 20 look for Mrs Gould
down the hackstatrs. Mrs.. Kirkpatrick vas afraid
taar she had jumped our Of the window. so first
lcoked ou- he ard
And die you find ler2-'
7 located her IN the cellar. She vas lea,fn-
against tae wall. plainly drunk went upstairs %
tell Mrs kirkpatrick. and she told ne u 20 down
70 Mrs Could I saw Mrs. Gould in the cellar in
The same position and told her to 20 ups-ai-s SI.
tod me - 20 back and tel Mrs. kirkpatrick she
would never set <oot II the house again -o1d
Mrs Kirkpatrick and then ! went outside and
waited.
How long did sou waltz"
+Ab0G- fifteen minutes