Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-16
GIVE MRS. GOULD BAD NAME
Servants and Others Say She Drank
Liquor to Excess.
CALLED HUSBAND VILE NAMES
she sObs and weeps and shows AnEeE
while story Of Her Domestic nfe
IL BeinE Related on witness
stand.

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IL BeinE Related on witness
stand.
NEW YORK, June 15.-Torn with anger
and extreme humiliation, alternately flush
ing with shame, sobbing, or clenchins her
hands in evaporation, Katherine Glenn
mems Gould sat through q trying ordeal
in the supreme court today at the con-
tinuation Of her suit for separation against
Howard Could. third son OF the late Jay
Gould. 1t was a day Of testimony for the
defense, during which Mr.. Gould's attor-
ney sought to bring out through witnesses
who had been associated with Mrs. Gould
that her habits were such that her hus-
band was justified in leaving her.
In the event of proving this the defense
hopes to undermine the charge OF abandon j.
ment, the only phase of the plaintiffs case
which has withstood the attacks of oppos-
ing counsel, Justice Bowling having ruled
out the charges Of cruelty and nonsupport
yesterday. Howard Gould himself may
take the stand tomorrow.
Used bad language
Mrs. Gould. having naively told yester-
day what is required of a woman Of fashion
in the matter Of dress at Palm beach and
elsewhere, witnesses for the defense re-
cited today the indulgence OF the same
woman of fashion. in the matter of aleo-
holic stimulents and told further, while
heavily yelled Mrs. Gould buried her burn
ing face in her hands, Of certain remarks
and conversations not exactly in keeping
with $500 gowns and the palatial Castle
Gould on Long Island.
1t was during this testimony concerning
some Of the alleged violent and ~profane
language, some Of it as related being too
strong to be printed with propriety, that
Mrs. Gould wept most. Yet, she recovered
herself quickly and at times coached her
lawyer, refreshing his mind on certain in
cidents with suggestions and reminders.
Tell of Her IntOxicatiOn. ..
Statements that Mrs. Gould had been in
toxicated; tina she called Howard Gould.
you little hound" one night; once, that
she was so apparently under the influence
OF liquor that she staggered against the
banister at Castle Gould, were among the
allegations brought out and related by
former servants on the stand.
Her lawyer, Clarence J. Shearn, who had
objected strenuously at first to the trend
Of the testimony, but was overruled, in
jected into the case the rather novel argu-
ment that admitting even that his client
had been intoxicated, this should have
strengthened rather than have weakened
the ties between wife and husband.
1T has been held" he said, that If a
husband drank he needed the love and
companionship of his wife more than II
he were sober, Is not this equally true in
the case of the wife?"
As opposing this view Delaney Nicoll,
for the defense, argued that Mrs. Gould's
alleged excuses, as he would show had
rendered her unfit for her household du-
ties, and that this certainly justified the
husbands actions and attitude.
Whether or not fit for managing a
household, 1t was a rather cratic admins
tration that Mrs. Gould conducted at Cas-
tie Gould, according TO most or the test-
money today. Verbal clashes with" the
manag of the gveat, estate, heated aFgu-
ments at the hen coop with carpenters,
one of whom testified that she could not
walk straight at the time; a period when
she remained in her room for. two weeks,
consuming during that time seven bottles
Of brandy with other liquors-these Incl
dents and others were sworn to on the
stand.
Wanted Husband Locked Out.
Also there was an account by a former
steward of an exciting night when, he
said she wanted the house locked, although
Howard Gould was out on the front lawn.
This, said the steward, did not seem TO
appeal to Mrs. Gould as an argument
against closing the front door, and she
told him to go ahead and lock up. To
appease her, he testified that he shut the
door, but did not lock it.. This was the
night that Mrs. Gould is said to, have
called her husband. little, hound" a term
which she applied to him, as testified.
after he had come to her room to see what
the matter was. confusion having been
spread through the great castle by the
ringing OF bells in Mrs. Gould's room and
the burglar alarm system.
While most OF today's testimony was
against Mrs. Gould, one witness late this
afternoon spoke in her favor. He is
charles H. Danis of Glen Cove, L. l., an
ice manufactures, who formerly was en-
gagged in the business of sinking arteslan
wells. He testified that in 1902 and 1908, he
did considerable work on the Gould estate,
and saw Mes. Gould frequently. He had
never seen her intoxicated, he said. but at
NllllGo AC hilp" bAAN iSN 1891 AAANiA ~
cause he could smell her breath"
ON cross-examination he reiterated that al
all times he had been on the Gould estate
he had never seen Mrs. Gould intoxicated
Carpenter Is star witness.
The carpenter who told Of the alleged
dispute at the chicken coop was the last
witness Of the day. He is William II
Cooks of Port Washington, l. l., who had
dona renair work on the Gould estate. HI
testified that on two occasions he had seer
MIS-. Gould under the influence of liquor
After his testimony was concluded ad
journment was taken until tomorrow.
The argument on the application Of Mr.
sheArn for further allowances Of $50, 0O
counsel fee for his services as counsel foI
Mrs. Gould that was to have been ad
Judged this afternoon was adjourned unit
tomorrow. Mr.. Shearn has already re-
ceived a counsel fee of 5000.