Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-15
MRS. GOULD TO
ASK DIVORCE ON
DESERTION PLEA
CATHERINE REVISES BASIS OF
SENSATIONAL SUIT
HUSBANDS BROTHER is CALLED
TO WITNESS STAND
Most Interesting Developments of
the Case Brought Out During
Examination of Prin-
clpas
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redirect examination. She said the
letters she had written to Mr.. Malloy,
manager of Castle Gould, which were
read in evidence and were addressed TO
him as my dear Mr.. Malloy," were ad-
dressed simply in terms of politeness
and not in terms of endearment.
Mr.. Shearn referred to the large bills
which Mrs. Gould had charged to her
husbands account prior to and fol-
lowing their separation in July, 1906,
and which were still unpaid at various
jewelry stores and millinery shops
here and in Paris. He drew from
the witness the statement that If Mr..
Gould had given all the allowance
he promised she could have paid them
all.
Mrs. Gould said that as far back as
1899 her husband promised to allow her
$4,000 a month The witness said she
had to have at Castle Gould morning,
afternoon and evening gowns with
shoes and stockings that matched; tea
gowns, coaching gowns, shopping
gowns, which she used about the city,
and with most of these hats, shoes and
stockings and parasols to match.
Expensive Accessories
Yachting costumes were distinctive
from the others and had to have their
expensive accessories, the witness said.
She was accustomed to change her
gowns five and six times a day some
times. She had to dress at least three
times a day at Palm Beach and more
than that during her various trips
about Europe.
Regarding the cost of her various
dresses, ETC., Mrs. Gould gave the tol-
lowing estimates:
Dinner gowns, $500 to 5000.
Mor1,iuer GOWNS &100 to Slb0,
Day gowns (worn shopping, etc),
$500.
Tea gowns, $500 to $400.
Reception gowns, $780,
For motoring, coaching yachting, the
witness said, she required particular
gowns, but did not say hoS mucn she
paid for them.
Mrs. Gould testified that her cos
tuning cost her 900 to $4,000
year. She said that Palm Beach was
perhaps the most fashionable resort IN
the world and she dressed there merely
as other women dressed.
Mrs. Gould said at Palm Beach and
Ormond she wore her handsomest
gowns at "rolling chair time" and tea
time" She never wore the same gown
twice, she said, and gave most OF them
away when she returned to New YORK,
where her social position required an
entirely different outfit.
She said she only dressed at Ormond
and Palm Beach as women of wealth
and social distinction dressed and that
she INDUCED in the mildest form OF
dress, as there were other people who
dressed oftener and made more dis
play.
Bad Form
"What would happen if you wore one
of those gowns twice"' asked MI
Nicoll.
TT would be considered very bad
form-very bad Mrs. Gould replied;
In New York, the witness sald, her
social position required her to change
her entire costume at least three or
four times day
"How much time is consumed in
making these various changes?" asked
Mr.. Nicoll.
1.-TWO or three hours for each one
usually" said the witness.
Mrs. Gould said woman OF her sta
tion in New York society required two
maids to dress her. Counsel wanted TO
know if she could not dress quicker
with four or five maids.
Mercy no! l couldn't dress at all
with five maids" said the witness.
Mr.. Nicoll wanted to know If the
witness ever rode horseback. She said
she had. She was shown picture or
young woman astride white horse,
with large show tents looming up in
the background. The witness was
asked if it was not a picture of her
SELF She could not remember 1t.
Might Be Hers
isn't tht your picture, taken in
Manchester, England when you were
with the Cody buffalo BID show?"
asked Mr.. Nicoll.
The witness could not recall it, but
would not swear that it was not her
picture.
Mrs. Gould was asked IL she remem-
bered employing and discharging las
servants at Castle Gould during the
year 1905. She could not remember
definitely.
During Mr.. NicolPs examination of
Mrs. Gould with regard to heY ac-
quaintance with Dustin Farnurn he
question her as to her visit with Far
mum and a party to a hotel in Atlantic
City one Sunday in September, 1906.
She was shown what purported to be
diagram of the suite occupied by
the party, but was unable to designate
which of the five rooms she occupied.
The examiner drew from her the state
ment that there were two single beds
in the room.
Mrs. Gould was excused just after re-
cess WAS Ldk6n.
Mr. Gould was in court all during
her testimony, but she refrained from
glancing in his direction
Following the recess, Howard Gould s
counsel read from the deposition of
Elijah Sells, in which he stated he first
saw Katherine Clemmons in San Fran
cisco in 1883 when she was Is or 16
years of age.
The deponent (Sells) related his ex-
periences later on board the Gould
yacht Niagara, and on other occasions
when he accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Gould in their travels.
All Had Drink of -
He said that when Grand Duke Alexis
boarded the Niagara at Newport News
everyone aboard was offered refresh
ments.
"All had drink. eh?" asked Mr..
Nicoll.
"Yes. tea" Mr.. Sells deposed. ex-
planning that the grand duke was Of
fered champagne but preferred cooling
tea"
William c. Mclaughlin, formerly the
head of the New York detective bureau,
whose attempt to aid Howard Gould in
proving that Mrs. Gould had been mar
ried to William C. Woodward, alias
big" Hawley, resulted in his retire.
ment from the force, was called as
witness.