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Francis Flaherty testified that he wal
head goodman at Castle Gould between
1901 and 1904. He frat saw Dustin Far.
mum when he came out to Castle Gould
with Miss May Robson In 1904 and Farnun
was taken around to see the place. II G
said that FaTnum never came to his road
house.
Flaherty said that he wrote to Mrs.
Gould and volunteered to help her and that
her secretary. showed him a list OF the
former Gould employees, and he went
out with Martin to find them.
or the chief detective for Mrs. Gould them
you can put It that way. just went
F1aherty declared that he had no con.
tract with Mrs. Gould and that he had
no hope, promise or expectation Of re-
ward. He said that Martin paid their
How much have you done for Mrs.
i helped. get 20 or 80 and there might
.Thats right said MIR. shearn'
Here's the bunch
Are you a man OF fortune that you
could give up all your time for nothing3'
for ne and l could AFFORD to help Mrs
makers. said she had fitted Mrs. Gould
between thirty and fifty times in the last
three years and never knew her to be under
the influence Of drink. Sometimes the
fittings were In Mrs. Gould's apartments
80 enthusiastic In her remarks about
Mrs. Gould's sobriety that the Court
asked her to confine herself to answering
the questions.
did abe ever mention Dustin Farnum
to you?' asked Mr.. Niooll'
'or any other mani"
Now that you speak OF 1t I remember
that there was a picture OF King Edward
on her mantle and l spoke OF it and Mn.
Gould said he was q very fine man."
The Rev. Patrick j.. Cherry. former
pastor OF the Catholic Church at Port
Washington. said that he saw Mrs. Gould
in acts Of charity and that she called n
day to see about making some perma-
nent gift and he suggested bronze CANDLE
sticks. He said he saw her frequently,
"a several affida Wits had to be made out
to get the candlesticks in free Of duty.
He never saw her intoxicated or under
the influence OF drink.
DISPOSITIONS READ AT MONT SESSION.
With the exception OF the calling Of
Iie TocepuOh cioTk AZ tHo 81. peSLb unu
ar employee at Castle Gould as character
witnesses, the night session was devoted
to the reading Of the dispositions OF Miss
Marjorie Sells, Miss May Robson and Miss
Marion Shackelford. now Mrs. Norris
Mundy Of Chicago. who Is a daughter Of
the captain OF the Niagara
Miss Sells has been in the Philippines
for more than a year and it was on her
departure that the deposition was taken.
She told OF many visits to Castle Gould
and elsewhere as Mrs. Gould's guest and
said that she never saw Mrs. Gould under
the influence Of liquor.
She went W the incidents Of the
automobile trip to Boston and back by
way Of Hartford in the fall OF 1903. when
they met Dustin Farnum at Hartford.
She said the trip was made for the pur-
pose OF visiting Thomas ". Lawson's
farm near Boston, and declared they
had no idea that Farnum was playing
in Hartford until they saw his name
on the billboards. She said they stayed
raining and the automobile had broken
down.
Miss Sells said that she and Mrs. Gould
had connecting rooms both In Boston
and Hartford, and the only time Mrs.
Gould was away from her was for
luncheon the day after they reached
Mrs. Gould had luncheon with Fanum
at the latter's hotel that day. She said
that Farnum had dinner with them In
the public dining room at their hotel
the first day.
As to the motor trip to Philadelphia
and Atlantic City Miss Sells declared that
the frst night, because she saw them retire
the night. She said that both Farnum
and Miss Robson had dinner with them
after the theatre the first two days and
that after the dinner each time FaInum
left the rooms and went wherever he wa
staying. She said that Miss Robson also
slept in Mrs. Gould's room the second
night.
At Atlantic City. Miss Sells testified.
Farnum was on the Boardwalk with her |
and Miss S~hackelford all afternoon and
Mrs. Gould was tired and stayed in
room. She said she bade Mrs Gould
Miss Robson slept with Mrs Gould. The
has tried to show that the room
they allege wal Farnum's was not oocu-
pied. Miss Sells didn't know where
slept,
Miss Sells declared under cross-exami-
f haanOh P ,hia eH5na" With III n them G0m ie oy tSs
and then take q train back
from Jersey. City. but a few days later
asked permission to change her teeti- |
and said he had done &C.
Miss Robson said in her deposition
that she knew she slept with Mrs. Gould
wasn't sure about the sc cond. She
remember anything about the
Atlantic City trip, she said, because she
had been there 30 many times. but felt
that she slept in Mrs. 0ould's !
She declared that she didn't see
embrace Mrs. Gould at any time
IN the trip. !
When Mr.. Nicoll tried to get a definite
statement from Miss Robson she said: J
Now you are trying to get me all balled
,p.'
The deposition of Miss Shackelford
Imported the testimony Of Miss Sells and
Robson.
BUILDING TRADES WAR NEAR.