The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-17
LONGER SESSIONS
FOR GOULD
TRIAL
JUDGE SAYS COURT MAY CON.
VENE AT NIGHT.
Night Watchman at Castle Gould Tells
Of Seeing Mrs. Gould in lntoxi-
Gated Condition.

New York, June 17.-Judge Bowling
today announced that longer sessions
would be held from now on. with pos
sibly night sessions next week. in the
famous Gould divorce suit trial.
Many witnesses are still to be heard
in support of the prosecution charges
against Mrs. Gould. and some fifty wit
nesses will be called in rebuttal,
Andrew Frederickson, who was en-
ployed as night watchman at Castle
Gould from September to December,
1906, was the first witness called to-
day. He testified that he saw Mrs.
Gould under the influence OF liquor,
in his opinion. on November Z. 1906,
ut was in the evening, and | was
making the rounds of the house." the
witness said II noticed a fire In the
kitchen garden, near the gas house,
and saw woman coming from that
direction. / went up to her and found
It was Mrs. Gould. She said some
thing, but / did not understand 1t.
went into the kitchen garden and
found the straw afire In three places.
While | was putting out the fire. l
heard low cries in the kitchen and
went in the house. She asked me If
was the man she met / told her I
was, and she wanted me to go and get
the key to the electric alarm, but
told her could not as | had to watch
the place. Her face was flushed and
she talked rapidly and appeared to be
under the influence of intoXicants,"
The witness said he saw Mrs, Gould
n Gain he niChf In hi0 1pIT-
ion, she was intoxicated then,
Edward Bechtolls. who was In
charge of the wines and liquors aboard
Mr.. Gould's yacht Niagara in Decem-
bcr 1905, wnen the Goulds were cruis-
ing with a party of friends. testified
that he saw Mrs Gould intoxicated
several times during the cruise, and
that, at dinners, she drank more than
anyone else, On one occasion, after
Il dinner at Kingston. Bechtolls said
Mrs. Gould took hold of a chair Ia
steady herself "and she had TO take
a long breath before sac could go on
10 her stateroom,"
On crosS-eXamination the witness
said he had made an affidavit for
Mr.. Gould's lawyers and had talked
with them about testifying.
Now. you never heard Mrs. Gould |
swear on that trip, did you?" asked |
Mr.. Shearn.
oh Yes, I did" said the witness.
Jne niGnt at Quarantine, he said he !
heard her swearing On another night, |
when he was In the kitchen. the wit
less said Mrs. Gould started to open !
he kitchen door mistaklng II. the
witness thought, for ner stateroom
loor, which was short distance be-
'ond
She blushed and turned about and
walked unsteadily toward her state
oom, and followed her. thinking she
wanted something said the witness.
Mrs, Gould frequently shook her
lead at the witness answers and smil-
ID sarcastically.
Melville E. Chapman, a broker who
lad been a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
iould on the yacht Niagara on several
rips In 1905, testified that Mrs. Gould
vas frequently under the influence of
ntoXicants and very abusive in her
anguage to the servants He said
nat, during a cruise to the West In
les. ne remembered several occas-
onS when Mrs. Gould had been drink
lg and became dissatisfied with ey.
rything and everybody. and would
ecome greatly excited and say that
he intended to run the boat and that
o one should take orders from a1y
ne but herself. The witness dcscrib-
t"o such outourstS. one In San |