Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-23
SAY MRS. GOULD
APPEARED SOBER
MANY WITNESSES DEFEND HER
CHARACTER
Score of Servants and AcquaIntances
Deny They Ever Saw Magnate's
Wife lntoxicated-Testl-
mony interesting
fBy Associated press.l

NEW YORK, June 22.-While coun-
sci for Katherine Clemmons Gould
brought UP a reinforcement of wit
nesses in one part of the supreme
court today to combat the charges Of
intoxication and misconduct made by
the defense in her suit for separation
from her husband, Howard Gould, the
plaintiff won a victory in another part
of the court by a decision of Justice
Geigerich
He ruled that Mrs. Gould shall be
allowed an additional counsel fee of
$1,000 at the expense of her husband.
An allowance of $4,000 was made to
Mrs. Gould last fall for the prosecution
of her suit.
Justice Dowling continued to hear
the case proper. Hotel proprietor and
hotel manager denied knowledge of
any undue intimacy between Mrs.
Gould and Dustin Farnum, as the de-
fense alleges; employees of Castle
Gould, members of the crew of the
Gould yacht Niagara, hotel chefs, hair
dressers and seamstresses testified to
Mrs. Gould's sobriety on all occasions
that they could recall.
Will Sit Today
Justice Dowling announced that he
would sit tomorrow night until the
case was finished.
James ]. Brennan, who was employed
as a foreman at Castle Gould from
May, 1904, to May, 1906, testified that
he often met Mrs. Gould on the estate
and never saw her intoxicated or heard
her use abusive language.
Brennan disputed the testimony Of
Carlson, the coachman, to the effect
that he took Mrs. Gould driving on the
brake in October, 1904, when she was
so intoxicated he drove with one hand,
using the other arm to prevent her
from falling. Brennan said he saw
Mrs. Gould and Carlson start out on
that occasion and that she mounted
the high steps of the brake with agility
and appeared in a perfectly normal
condition.
Frank ]. 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
servants.
Morris Beneach, a hair dresser, tes-
titled that he had dressed Mrs. Could 5
hair on many occasions. He remem-
bered one particular instance In Feb
ruaFy, 1906, when Mrs. Gould attended
Miss Lannsburys wedding in this city
about which Mr. Shearn asked him.
Seemed Sober
He said Mrs. Gould showed no signs
of having drank anything at that time.
She was charged with intoxication on
that occasion.
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 he had
dressed her hair.
William r. Linn, proprietor of the
Carroll hotel in Lynchburg, Va, testi-
fed in regard to Mrs. Gould's stay at
the hotel in November. 1906, when the
defense contended that Dustin Farnum
and Mrs. Gould were there together and
ate their meals in Mrs. Gould's rooms.
The witness produced a bill dated
November 10, 1906, made out to Mrs.
Could. charging her $21 for one and
three-quarter days board at the Car
roll hotel. The witness said he did not
observe Mrs. Gould's movements about
the hotel.
"Did you know that she telegraphed
Mr.. Farnum to meet her at your
hotel?" asked Mr.. Nicoll on cross
examination.
The witness said he did not.
"Did you have hall clerks and sys-
tenn of mirrors by which you can OBJ
serve the entrance and departure of
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