The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-18
MRs.GOULD' 5 VALET
HAS POOR MEMORY
Testifies That Millionaire's Wife Was
Intoxicated Several Times But
Gets Mixed On Dates.

NEW YORK, June 1S.-Harry J
Veitch. of Des Moines. Iowa. who wa!
Mrs Howard Gould's valet for tel
months and was with her In the Yves
Indies. Europe. Lynchburg. Va. and a
Castle Gould and the st. Regis hotel
was the first witness called today. HI
testified to seeing Mrs. Gould intox
icated on several occasions. Once II
the st. Regis. he said. she flew into Z
rage because the waiter did not bring
her dinner to her room on time. or
dering her valet to take the dining
table into the corridor and broke q
number of dishes.
On the trip TO the West Indies
Veitch said Mrs. Gould drank mostly
Manhattan cocktails, but he never
saw her intoxicated on this trip. The
witness said he saw Mrs. Gould drunk
on three occasions at Castle Gould.
On cross-examination Veitch said
he had arrived here Wednesday In
response to a telegram from Gould's
private secretary. reading. Come at
once"
Didn't Mrs. Gould discharge you
for stealing?" asked Attorney Shearn
She did not. | resigned"
Shearn showed Veitch a map OF the
fifth floor OF the st. Regis and asked
him to point out Mrs. Goulds apart
ments. He could not do so. Veitch
had poor memory for dates and
was utterly unable TO fix the time OF
any OF the events referred TO in his
testimony.
Henry Knowles, a New York IN
surance man, then took the stand. He
said he had first met Mrs. Gould In
1904 and had been aboard the Gould
yacht In European waters.
did you have occasion TO notice
the effect OF liquor on Mrs. Could"
IL did. When she would drink 1t
would change her from a most charm
ing to nagging woman"
Describing an automobile trip from
Paris TO Nice, witness said: Mrs.
Gould. Lord Royalston and myself oc-
cupied the same car all the way. We
were on the road three or four days.
Whenever we would get to a place
where we had something to eat and
drink Mrs. Gould would invariably
find fault after she had had few
drinks. When we got to Nice. the
courier failed to meet us and Mrs
Gould gave her husband a lecture"
When the suit Of Katherine Glen
mons Gould for separation and ali
mony from Howard Gould, was called
before Justice Bowling today, jndica
lions were that the trial would last a
! least two weeks more. Gould's al
| 20 81, Ill he ,.ylt
nesses they have to testify that Mrs
Gould was an habitual drunkard AM
Inundated her husband In the pres
ence of his friends. the only two
points at issue In the case, according
TO the rulings OF the court. 1t Is ex
pected that the defense will put Gould
himself on the stand before the day
is over and will try to finish their
case before o'clock tonight.
1t Is expected that Gould will be sub
jected to a severe cross-examination
by Clarence Shearn. Mrs Goulds at
torney, and the millionaire witness
may not be turned over to his wife's
attorney until Monday morning.
Mrs. Gould's attorneys have an
nounced they will call about sixty WITT
nesses In rebuttal This will take
two more weeks. despite the fact that
Justice Bowling has determined to
hold night sessions OF court beginning
with Monday night
Whenever Gould's witnesses testi-
fed to what they termed Mrs. Gould =
intoxication on certain occasion
Shearn has secured from the witness.
es the names OF the other people who
were present on the occasion In ques-
ton and secured an Affirmative answer
TO the question: And so these peo-
pie would know what happened on that
occasion as we'll as you?"
All these witnesses will be called
for Mrs. Gould, including maids. but.
lers and other servants.
II Is Shearn's contention that on
several occasions mentioned by wit.
nesses, Mrs. Gould had been drugged.
Shearn also says she acted excited
because she was Ill
The mention OF a row at party
at the home OF Mrs. George w. Kirk
patrick at No. 4 West Elghth-st at
which several women were crying and
Mrs Gould left swearing that she
would never set-foot In the house
again, created no little amusement
late yesterday afternoon. Shearn go.
the witness, Herbert Schmidt. TO adj.
NIT that Mrs. Gould was III before
she started for the party, and Shearu
will claim that when Schmidt found
Mrs Gould leaning against a wall in
the basement she was not drunk. but
III.