The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-23
PARTIAL VICTORY
FOR MRS. GOULD
Her Attorneys to Be Paid An
other Fee of $4,000 at
Expense of Husband.
TESTIMONY C0NTRADICTS
THAT OF DEFENDANT
Servants Evidently DO Not Agree
in Views AS to kather-
ines Conduct.

NEW YORK, juno 22.-While coun-
sci for Katherine Clemmons Gould
brought up reinforcement OF wit
nesses in one part of the supreme court
today 10 combat the charges of intoxi-
cation and misconduct made By t,o
defense in her suit for separation from
her husband Howard Gould, The plain
tiff won a victory in another part Of
the court by a decision OF Justice Cic.
gerich. He ruled that Mrs. Gould shall
be allowed an additional counsel fee
of $4,000 at the expense Of her hgs-
band An allowance Of $1,000 was made
10 Mrs. Gould last fall for the prosecu-
tjon of her suit While this feature
was being decided Justice Dowling con
timed to hear the ease proper Potcl
PROPRIETOR and hotel manager VINO de
MED knowledge Of any undue iutimacv
between Mrs. Gould and Dustin Far
mum. rs the defense alleges employees
Of Castle Gould, members of the tre,g
of the Gould yacht Niagara. hotel chefs.
hardressors and seamst~esseS who tesl-
/ fed 70 Mrs. Gould s sobrietv cn all oc.
caslons that they could recall. consfi-
! tutcd the bulk of the reserve forces
which were called bv Mrs Gould's law.
yer today. There arc thirty or more
] SuNH Hitu'SStS W u' tJlttfl.
Justice Bowling announced flat he
would sit tomorrow night until the case
was finished.
Coachnian Contradicted
James j, Brennan. who was employed
! as foreman at Castle Gould from Nav,
! 1904, 10 May, 1906. testified that he
often met Mrs. Gould on the estate
and never saw her intoxicated or heard
her use abusive language. Brennan dis.
pnted the testimony of Carlson, tho
coac Gilman, 10 the effect that he took
Mrs, Gould driving on the brake in
October, 1904. when She was so intoxi-
Gated he drove with one hand using
the other arm TO prevent her from fall
ing. Brennan SAID he saw Mrs. Gould
ard Carlson start out on that occasion
and that she mounicl INC high steps
of the brake with agility and appeared
IN perfectly normal condition.
Frank j. Bolin. who was chef aboard
the Yacht Niagara during the summer
of 1908. and again in 1905. said he never
saw Mrs. Gould under The influence Of
liquor nor heard her swear at the SER
wants
Morris Bcncach. a member OF firm
Of hair-dressers for women, testified
that he had dressed Mrs Gould s hair
on many occasions.
Charge Again Refuted
He remembered one particular in
stance in February. 1906, when Mrs
Gould attended Miss Launshury's S we'd
ding in this city, about which Mr..
Shearn asked HIM. lie said Mrs Gould
showed no signs of having drank at
that time. She was charged with IN
toXicat,on on that occasion. He said
he accompanied Mrs. Gould on the trip
TO Palm Beach and dressed her hair
twice day.
GLOW long did 1t take 10 dress a
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off YOU are very particular. IT takes
an hour: sometimes less, ~ answered tho
witness.
The witness said he had never smelled
liquor on Mrs. Gould S breath or seen
her under its Influence upon any of
the occasions when be had dressed her
hair.
Walters Signed Checks
On 'cross.examination of the witness,
number of checks for supplies at the
| ST. Regis. which the witness said had
| been furnished 10 Mrs. Gould. The
checks were signed by walters at the
hotel for Mrs. Gould, and sent to her
husband, who paid them, the cashier
said
Mr Shcarn objected strcnuousIy TO
the admission of the checks in evil
donce, but ,Insticc DowIiDg overruled
him and admitted them. There were
a dozen or more large envelopes full
of these checks. most OF which were
for supplies during the fall of 1906.
Mr.. Shearn said there was no proof
that any of the checks were genuine
and that they might all be forgeries,
All the items which Mr.. Shearn read
were for Manhattan cocktails, with an
item for "extra drinks on the bot
tom. The great bulk of checks were
moi read in court.
h.
main dining room of the ST. Regis
when Mrs Gould lived there, testi-
lied that he had never seen Mrs. Gould
acting boisterously in tho dining room
and had not seen Nh Farnum dining
with Mrs. Gould al the hotel.
- As a matter of fact. Mrs. Gould
took most of her meals in her apart,
mcnt. diln't shcl'' asked Mr.. Nicoll
on croSs-eNamnation.
Yes, | believe she did the wit
ness answered.
Caretaker Testifies.
Mrs. Ellen Rock, caretaker at Castle
Gould from May. 1903 10 October,
1901 testified that Mrs. Gould was an
early riser.
Gould 5 rooms. the witness said, and
she never saw any liquors in the room.
She never knew of Mrs. Could drink
ing q cocktail before breakfast
Patrick NJ. Gormon, station agent at
Port Washington. Long Island, where
the Gould estate is located, testified
that he remembered the occasion when
Carlson, the Gould coachman, drove
Mrs. Gould hurriedly up to the station
and they missed the train. He said
Mrs. Gould talked with him during the
hour of waiting for the next train and
she did not impress him with any
characteristics OF intoxication. Carlson
previously testified that Mrs. Gouid
n.ns loud and hniStcrous ON that oCCR-