The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-17
MRS. GOULD FACES
 TRYING ORDEAL
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and she has evinced her intention of fighting bitterly in rebuttal against them.
 A carpenter, Herbert Trotter, was the last witness of the day. He said when he was working in the servants quarters Mrs. Gould rushed in late one time and swore and abused the ser vants
 She was shaky and profane, and was decidedly intoxicated" he said At another time she came into the stables while l was working there and swore at the grooms, and was so drunk that every one could tell she was drunk" he continued.
 "She tried to go up stairs to the harness room, but could not navigate the steps, he added emphatically.
 Mrs. Gould Swears.
 The other said he was ordered to 20 to Blue Gap Farm, the Gould place in Virginia. On several occasions during the first 10 days he was there, he testified he saw her intoxicated and heard her swear a great deal at the workmen
 'One night she came in from driving, drunk" said the witness, "and began to abuse me. She said to me she wanted the big seven-foot hall clock moved and I told her Hwould have to get help, and she said. Why I can move 1t myself She was staggering drunk. She grabbed the heavy clock and both she and the clock fell against the wall together"
 Trotter testified that Mrs. Gould was only occasionally intoxicated" during her stay of 10 days at the Blue Gap Farm when he was there.
 How many times do you think she was intoxicated during the 10 days?" asked MT. Shearn.
 Every other day" was the reply.
 Fall to the Floor.
 Referring to a time when Trotter said Mrs. Gould fell off a chair to the floor helpless. MT Shearn asked: Didn't you put something in Mrs. Goulds coffee that night at Blue Gap Farm?"
 T certainly did not'' replied the wit ness
 Didn't you get Bettie Foster, the negro girl in the kitchen, to put something in Mrs. Goulds coffee?'
 "No, I did not"
 Don't you recall that Mrs. Gould ac- cused you of poisoning her at Blue Farm Gap?"
 q certainly do not"
 "She was taken sick and fell to the floor directly after she had been eating something was 1t not?
 "No. 1t was two hours before she ate," replied the witness.
 Dnr1ng the crOsS-examinatiOn Mrs. Gould eyed Trotter with piercing look of dis gust.
 After adjournment Mrs. Gould's coun- sel argued a motion in another part of the supreme court for s20.o00 counsel fees and $500 for expenses The court will take the matter under consideration and decide whether the allowance of S5O0O granted sometime ago by Justice Bischoff, Is sufficient to recompense Mir. Shearn for his services
 In his argument Mir Shearn made 1t clear that the Gould trial will go on for at least a week more and probably will be dragged out for 10 days. He declared that he had 50 witnesses ready to rebutt the testimony of the defense Carlson Tells of Drinking. Reinhold Carlson who was employed at Castle Gould in 1904 and 1905 as head coachman told of many incidents when in his opinion, Mrs. Gould was under the influence of liquor In October 1905 the witness said she ordered out a carriage and had him drive her about the es- tate
 she could not sit steady on the seat said Carlson. Several times took tho reins In my right hand and placed my left arm back of her to keep her from falling out of the carriage. We drove about two miles and returned to the house. Her face was badly flushed, her breath smelled of liquor and she was clearly intoxicated" On another occasion the witness said Mrs. Gould was out driving the four-in- | hand and returning to Castle Gould tried | to drive through gate although 1t waa | closed.
 The witness told of other times when