Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-16
STRONG DRINK
AND STRONG
LANGUAGE
TWIN FAILINGS OF
MRS, HOWARD GOULD
This is Testimony of Witnesses
for Defense in Sensational
Divorce Suit Against Multi
millionaire New Yorker,


nllll0llalIe view YORKER,
IBy Morning Joui nal speeisi Leased wirei
New York, June 15.-Torn with am
ger and extreme humiliation, alter
nately flushing with shame. sobhingI
or elenching her hands la exaspera-
tion. Katherine Clemmons Gould sat
through a trying ordeal in the SUI
preme court today at the continuation
of her suit for separation against her
husband. Howard Gould 1t was
day of testimony for the defense, dur
ing which Mr.. Gould's attorney sought
to bring out that Mrs Gouids habits
We're such that her husband was justi-
fled in leaving her In the event OF
proving this, the defense hopes to un-
dcrmine the charges of abandonment
the only phase Of the plaintiffs ease
which has withstood the attacks Of
opposing counsel. Justice Bowling
having ruled out the charges of
cruelty and non-support Mrs. Gould
having naively told yesterday what Is
required of a woman of fashion in
lllf Uldlltt VI IlfNS tI RUM fttdNii
and elsewhere, witnesses for the de-
fense recited today the Indulgence of
the same women OF fashion in tho |
matter of alcoholic stimulants They |
told further. while the heavily yelled |
Mrs. Gould buried her burning face
in her hands of remarks and conver-
sations not in keeping with $500 |
gowns and the paIatial Castle Gould |
on Long Island. II was during this
testimony concerning the alleged Nio-
lent and profane language. some too
strong to be printed with propricty
that Mrs. Gould wept most. Yet she
recovered herself quickly and at times
coached her lawyer. Specific state
ments that Mrs Gould had been In
toxicated on various occasions. that
she callca Howard Gould. you Mttiel
hound" ono night. that once she was
apparently so under the Influence of
liquor as 20 stagger against the ban
lister. that her maid brought liquora
to her room. including sometimes two
cocktails before breakfast, was among
the statements brought out as ems
ployes of the Gould estate related on
the stand their experiences with their
former mistress.
Mrs Goulds lawyer, Clarence J.
Shearn who has been objected siren
uously to the trend of testimony but
was overruled, injected into the case
The rather novel argument that admit
Ting even that his client had been in
Loxicated this should have strengthen
ed rather than have weakened the tic
VYIfp and husband
1T has been held" he said, that
f husband were a drunkard he need
I'd the love and companionship of his Z
wife more than if he were sober, Is
not this equally true in the case Of
he wife -
Opposing this view. Delaney Nicoll
'or the defense argued that Mrs.
ioulds alleged excesscs az he would
how. had rendered her unfit for her
duties and that this certainly d
justified the husbands actions and ,
attitude. II
II was a rather crratc administra
ion that Mrs. Gould conducted at Cas-
le Gould, according to the testimony
1erbal clashes with the manager Of
he great estate heated arguments at
he hen coop with carpenters. one OF !
whom testified that she could not
Walk straight" at the time; period
when she remained i'm her room for
wo weeks consuming seven bottles Of
randy with other liquors-those in
idents and others were sworn TO on
he stand Also there was an account
" a former steward OF an exciting
light when he said. she wanted the
ousc locked, although Howard Gould
vas out on the front lawn This said
he steward did not seem 10 appeal
o Mrs. Gould az an argument against
losing the front door and she told him
o go ahead and lock up TO appcasc
Icr he testified. he shut the door
ut did not lock it,
This was the night that Mrs. Gould
g said to have called her husband n
little hound" a term which she ap-
lied TO him. as testified. after he had =,
ome to her room 20 see what the =
natter was. confusion having been r
prcad through the great castle by !,
inging bells In Mrs Gould's room, and A
he burglar alarm system. While most ii
r the tcstmong was against Mrs 81
iould one witness spage IN her favor !,
&C. is Chas II Denis. Glen Cove. T.. T.
Ie testified that in 1902 and 1908 he -
id several weeks work on the Gould -
state and saw Mrs Could frequently. r.
Ie had never seen her intoxicated he 4,
aid but at times he knew she had "
eon drinking because he could smell cl
cr breath" h
ON cross examination ne reiterated
o. statement that all the time he had 3
cen on the Gonld estate he had never
zen Mrs. Gould intoxicated. The car
enter who told OF an alleged dispute
{ the chicken coop WAS the last
fitness Of the day. He b. william II
ooks of Port Washington. l.. l. who r
ad done repair work on the Gould es- =
ate. He testified that on two occa- a
ions he had seen Mrs Gould under n
lc influence of liquor 4
The argument on the application Of =
lr Shearn for further allowance OF 81