The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-26
S10O A DAY FOR MRS. GOULD.
GETS HER SEPARATION AND
4 S3G,OO ALLOWANCE.
Che Is indicated OF the Charges OF Con-
tlnuous IntoxicatiOn n Intimacy
with Farnum-Joy Fills Her Heart
and She VIII Farm IL I'm virginia.

IIulOns lntONictu0n anu IntitNtCy
WITH F%arnum-Joy Fills Her Heart
and She VIII Farm 1t In virginia.
IN i decision which completely vindi-
catcd her of the charges Of continuous
intoxication and which found no evil
dance To show that she was ever guilty of
misconduct with Dustin Farnum. although
hor meetings with him were character
lied as indiscreet. Supreme Court JUS
rice. Dowling Yesterday granted to Kath-
rue Commons Gould a separation from
Howard Gould, on the twelfth day Of the
trial Of her suit. The Court awarded her
,3snol a year alimony and granted
5000 extra allowance for counsel fee to
Clarence j. Shearn.
The decision was announced from the
bench Immediately after both sides had
rested, about an hour after the afternoon
session had opened. Previous to that
time the incidents of the day had been the
merciless cross examination Of Mrs.
Gould by De Lancey Nicoll. in which he
made every effort to discredit her re-
neated statements that the majority of
the nineteen times she met Dustin Far
mum It was for theapurpose Of talking over
theatrical business with him. Mrs. Gould
insisted that she had no affection for
Farnum, but admired him as q manly
man
An incident OF the day was a reunion
IN court Of former room clerks OF the
DEMONSTRATION Hotel, three OF whom
were called at the eleventh hour by the
plaintiff to aid in throwing doubt on
the only testimony against Mrs. Gould
that remained uncontroverted yesterday
morning-that OF Florence Garner and
Mary Elizabeth Harrison. the two room
clerks who had told how q man they found
out was Dustin Farnum had come out OF
Mrs. Gould's suite one morning at about
1880 o'clock. The fourth was Miss Harri-
son herself, who was produced by the de-
fence at the opening OF the afternoon
session.
Counsel for Mrs. Gould had attempted
TO subpoena both Miss Garner and Miss
Harrison for cross-examination after
they gave their testimony last Monday,
but Miss Harrison had left the Hotel
Belmont Immediately and Miss Garner
had barricaded herself in her The
witnesses for the defence declared that
it was unlikely that Miss Garner and
Miss Harrison were on duty together.
Justice Bowling said after he had made
his decision that he would never make
a finding that Farnum had been seen
coming out OF Mrs. Gould's room because
it would not be justified by the testimony,
but he said that he made no question OF
the good faith Of the witnesses.
NO APPEAL Is EXPECTED.
Although De Lancey Nicoll obtained
a thirty days stay Of he judgment and
three DAVIS in which to perfect an appeal
il was learned last night that there is attic
likelihood that Mr.. Gould will appeal.
Neither will Mrs, Gould appeal for an in
crease in the amount of alimony.
Immediately after the decision had
been announced Mrs. Gould declared that
her reputation was worth more TO her
than money and said: Il guess I'll be able
70 worry along on 500 a day.
Previous TO the trial Of the case counsel
for Howard Gould offered Mrs. Gould
1900 a year to drop the proceedings,
She declined TO accept the money. declar.
ing that she wanted the issues OF the a
tried in open court even if it meant a
financial loss to her.
It was said, last night that within a
short time Mrs. Gould will go down to
her farm in Virginia and spend her time
developing the l,4O0 acres there into one
of the finest estat ties in Virginia. Mr.. Shearn
will take a trip to Europe.
Mrs. Gould made this statement last
night;
Il am the happiest woman living to-
night because I nave been 30 completely
indicated before the entire world OF all
these horrible charges. Not n little
pane shot through my heart at the small
ness of the allowance; only supreme joy
and the deepest gratitude to Judge Dow
ling and Mr.. Shearn reign in my heart
tonight. ! send a thousand loving hanks
TO all who have helped me. and l especially
wish TO thank the press for the kindness
and courtesy shown mt during the try
ing ordeal
MRS. GOULD cRoss-ExAMINEp.
Mrs. Gould ooh the stand for CROSS
examination as soon. as court opened
Yesterday morning and Mr.. Nicoll at once
asked her il she had testified on Thurs
day that she was never intoxicated. She
said it was absolutely correct. and when
Mr. Nicoll asked il she had heard the
testimony Of the witnesses charging her
Win lluO1lCdtlOu Nv ~ NS'
mony was absolutely false.
DO you recolleot that Farnum under
took in his affidavit to state that he never
addressed you in terms Of endearment
and never embraced you9'
Yes"
Did Mr.. Farpum's affidavit owe the
whole OF his acquaintance with your
1T did
And in your affidavit you undertook
TO tell the whole truth OF your relations
with Mr.. Farnum?"
Yes"
MIR. Nicoll pointed out that Mrs. Gould's
testimony differed from her affidavit in
that in the latter she made no mention
of meeting Farnum for the purpose Of
discussing going back to the stage. Mr..
Niooll took up the various meetings with
Farnum to which Mrs. Gould had tcsti-
fed and said:
THAT makes nineteen times
why not call it twenty?' said Mr..