Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-06-19
ACTOR FARNUM DRAGGED IN
Testimony Given that Mrs. Gould
Called Him Her Beau"
SERIOUS
HOTEL INCIDENT
Woman Clerk Tells of Events In Phil
RdeIphia which Wear Decidedly
Suspicious Air-Evidencc
of Servants.

NEW YORK, June 1S.-The flow Of testi-
mony adduced by the defense in the suit
for separation brought by Katherine Glenn
mons Gould against her husband, Howard
Gould, kept edging more and more toward
Dustin Farnum, the actor, whose broad
shoulders and mop Of curly hair have be-
come a familiar figure in the case.
There was also iteration by servants and
personal attendants that Mrs. Gould was
repeatedly seen under the influence of
liquor by them. and that when she had
been. drinking, as they alleged on the
stans she changed from q charming. af-
fable woman to woman of whims and
caprices. Ill tempered, not nice in her
choice of language. overbearng and quar-
relsome.
Mrs Gould's one time personal valet
swore that one time he served his mistress
with two quarts of Manhattan cocktails
in as many days, besides the wines and
liquors, which, he said, she drank at table.
On crosse examining these witnesses, Clar-
ance ], shearn for Mrs. Gould, strove to
prove. either that they had a personal
grudge against her or that they were under
obligation TO MIR. Gould.
Culled Farnum Her "Beau.D
Endearing epithets twice marked the tes-
timony. John r. Kimball, an oil and paint
dealer who said he had known Mr.. Gould
for eighteen years, testified that he went
to a performance of "The Virglnan," in
August, 1906 with Mr. and Mrs. Elijah
Sells and the Goulds, at the Academy of
Music in this city and that Dustin Farnum,
the star in the play, Joined the party out
side of the play house after the perform
ance, and spoke to Mrs. Gould. She smiled,
the witness testified, and said to the wit
ness, That is my new beau"
John Flynn, who said he was employed
by Mrs Gould as a chauffeur, and that he
often drove her to meet Farnum after the
play, testified that once when Mrs. Gould
was waiting in the automobile for Farnum
at the Hotel Somerset two men turned to
the actor as he came out of the hotel door
and asked him whose automobile was watt
ing.
oh" said Farnum, laughing, Flynn tes-
titled, that is my new one"
Another time Flynn swore, when he
raped on Mrs Goulds chamber door at
the St. Regis, she called out: IAN right.
dearie" and then, when she saw who t.
was. excused herself with: Il thought it
was Mr.. Farnum."
Woman Wrote to Gould.
Mary Elizabeth Harrison, who said she
was floor clerk in the Belleville Sratford
hotel in Philadelphia, said she had been
impeled by her conscience to tell what she
saw at the hotel. Finally she wrote let
ter to Mr.. Gould
Il said in the letter" she testified, " in
oh 20 he r1F1a Il uvVit ta IN
to help you If you are in trouble or some
thing like that"
Mrs. Gould occupied apartments on The
floor where she was stationed in September,
1906 the witness went on, and one morn
ing about 1880 O'clock she said she saw
a man come out Of Mrs. Gould's rooms and
take the elevator. She noticed that he vas
the only passenger in the car and that the
dial registered fourteenth floor when the
car stopped. She described the man as tall,
with dark. bushy hair, and wearing a soft
hat and a long coat.
The defense contends that Dustin Far
mum was staying on the fourteenth floor
of the hotel at that time, as they attempted
to show by the next witness, Florence
Garner, who also was employed as floor
clerk in the hotel. She testified that Mrs.
She remembered that one morning Farnum
came up in the elevator rather early, and
appeared TO her less well groomed" than
usual.
did you take any means to find out If
Mr.. Farnum's room had been occupied that
night?" asked Delaney Nieol, Mr.. Gould's
lawyer.
mo, but the maid reported that It had
not been" the witness answered.
Court adjourned at o'clock until Mon
day morning and the prospect is that the
trial will occupy more than week more.
The appellate division Of the supreme
court today confirmed the conviction OF
Mrs Margaret Teal. wife Of Ben Teal, the
theatrical manager. OF attempted suborna-
tion OF perjury In the divorce case OF Helen
Kelly Gould against Frank J. Gould.