The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-23
FARNUM' 5 NAME
IS IN CASE AGAIN
Maid Tells of Actors Visits to Mrs
Howard Gould-Their Conduct
Was Always Proper.

NEW YUM, June Zo.-DuSllu FAR
! NUNS name came prominently into
the Gould separation suit again today
| following the announcement, embar-
RAISING to Mrs. Gould. by Mrs. Mabel
h. Sells, that Mrs. Gould had express
ed TO her desire to return TO the
stage and said she wished Dustin Far
| mum as her leading man.
Then Annie Conlin, who acted as a
maid for Mrs. Sells for ten years. told
OF the visits of Farnum to Mrs.
Gould's apartments in hotels. In all
instances. however. the maid said
that Mrs Sells was present whenever
she saw the actor there, and she had
never seen Farnum and Mrs. Gould
in the apartments unaccompanied by
others. She was present when Mrs.
Gould. Mrs. Sells and May Robson
were at the Bellevue-Stratford In
Philadelphia in October. 1906. She
denied the stories OF heavy drinking
and said the only persons she saw in
Mrs. Gould's apartment in that hotel
were Mrs. Sells and Miss Robson. She
told of the stay at the Raleigh in
Washington. d. c.. saying that on two
occasions Farnum visited Mrs. Goulds
apartments shortly after IL at night.
asserting that Mrs. Sells was always
present and she saw nothing whatever
that was not entirely proper.
Inspected Her Wig.
She created some merriment by
telling how, on one occasion. she en-
tered Mrs. Gould's room and found
Miss Robson. in negligee, holding up
her wig for the inspection of Mrs.
Gould.
Herbert Flint, Jr., farmer OF Mrs.
Sells country place. North Castle.
said he often forsook, the pillow to act
as chauffeur and that he drove Mrs.
Gould to town many times. He denied
he had ever seen her under the infiu-
ence OF liquor.
Agnes Young. a stenographer. who
worked for Mrs. Gould at the st.
Regis. testified that she was In Mrs.
Gould's rooms. taking luncheon and
dinner there. nearly every day during
the first three months Of 1907. She
said she never saw Mrs. Gould under
the influence OF liquor.
Further evidence to prove that Mrs.
Gould never drank more than per
feet lady should was introduced at
the resumption OF the trial today.
Nothing Stronger Than Water.
Edward Roman, superintendent OF
Nine. Osmond's dressmaking estab-
lishment, said he had seen Mrs. Gould
at Nine. Osmond's many times, but
had never seen her drink anything
stronger than water. Mrs. Mabel K.
Sells, friend of Mrs. Gould tor
years. said she saw Mrs. Gould an
average OF several times a week while
In New York, was a member OF the
famous Gould-Egyptian party and
guest of the Goulds on their trip to
Florida in 1905
On none of these occasions had she
ever seen evidences that Mrs. Gould
drank. she said Mrs. Sells says she
was present during Mrs. Gould's al
tercation with Jones, her private Sec
rotary at the st. Regis. Mrs. Gould
was not drinking at this time, she
testified, and showed no signs of tenn
per. She told OF the coaching party
Mrs. Gould drove back from North
Castle, the country place OF Mrs. Sells
where Mrs. Gould was guest and
said the party did not stop at the
Larchmont Yacht club and drink too
freely.
The witness visited Mrs. Gould at
Castle Gould in August in 1905 and
swore that Mrs. Gould was not intoxi-
Gated at any time during this visit.
She denied, too, that Mrs. Gould told
Potter, the carpenter, to Smash the
id door" when a door failed to open
properly.
Attorney Nicoll, representing How
ard Gould. succeeded in having
admitted as testimony yesterday
e. large number Of restaurant
slips showing the amount Of
liquor that had been charged to
Mrs. Goulds account while she was
guest at the st. Regis. James II.
Brennan. the cashier of the hotel
since 1t was opened. is the witness who
enabled the defense to have the items
admitted In court. The slips contain
records of each purchase and the exact
time that the goods were bought.
On Sept. "a, the record shows, ore
Manhattan. one quart OF White Rock,
total 20 cents. This purchase was
made at 1850 a. m; at 1881 a. M,
one Manhattan half portion ragout OF
lamb, peach pie. pint of No. 10, total
So 80; 1898 p. m, one Manhattan, one
pint White Rock, one Manhattan. one
tai 80 cents; 7:15 p. IN. pint OF 17S,
one Manhattan, pint of Apollinaris,
quart OF White Rock. total 1926.
Purchases of liquor are recorded on
the restaurant slips on other days, too.
The envelopes containing all checks
we're marked in evidence. but on Mr..
Shearn's contention that he wanted
to have an opportunity TO examine
them over night they were not read In
court. In spite OF Mr.. Shearn's objec-
ton that his clients name was not
signed to any OF the slips and that
some OF them looked like forgeries the
court admitted them on the statement
of Brennan that he had charged some
OF them to Mrs. Gould's account and
knew that others had been charged.
Mutiny Leader Killed.
MANILA, June 23.-Sergt. Aeade-
mia. leader OF the Navajo, mutiny, In,
which Commander Walker and other
Americans defended themselves by
turning a church into a fort, was kill
ed by Sergt. Hewson, of the American
uursuing party, In fight on juno Is.
according to dispatches received hero
to-day Hewson- also injured in
the skirmish
Takes Fatal Auto Trip.