The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
the line drawn in the deposition offered

the line drawn In the deposition offered
in behalf of Farnum.
Whatever intimacy there was be-
tween her and the actor was accounted
for by her desire to have his advice re-
garding her plans te return to the
stage.
My home had been broken up" she
said, "all authority had been taken
from me. my happiness was gone and 1
wanted some occupation to divert my
mind. I thought of returning to the
stage and wanted to talk the matter
over with Mr.. Farnum, who. 1 was con-
WINGED. would be able to help me-
Her Acquaintance With Farnum.
Mrs. Gould went over the occasions
from the time she first met Farnum,
to the present time. She had not
seen Farnum. she said from 1904 to
1906, when she talked with him about
returning to the stage.
Mrs. Gould said Mr.. Farnum was
never in her parlor at the st. Regis
except on the August afternoon in
1904 when they lunehed together
with several others present and on
the occasion of the automobile ac-
cident on Long Island when they re-
the chauffeur. She never addressed
Farnum by any endearing names. she
said, and never permitted any i'm
proper familiarity on his part
Only once was the even ripple of
the question and answer between Mr..
Shearn and Mrs. Gould disturbed.
The interruption was by Justice
Dowling who said that he wanted to
look later at Mrs. Gou1d's now ia
mour dinner checks at the hotel ST.
Regis.
turbed. He promised to produce
them for the. courts inspection. how
ever.
Mrs. Gould was asked about the vari-
Gus occasions when witnesses for the
defense testified they heard her call
Malloy, the manager of Castle Gould,
liar. puppy. and other harsh names.
She denied she ever called him any of
these names. She said she never asked
Malloy to sit on a sofa with her that
she wanted to talk with him.
Repudiates Seven Bottles.
Richards (steward at Castle Could
testified that seven bottles of brandy
were sent to your room at Castle Gould
during a period of two weeks. Is that
true?" asked Mr.. Shearn.
mo. it is not" replied Mrs. Gould.
Richards also testified that one
night at Castle Gould you rang all the
bells in the house and set up the burg
lar alarms. Is that true?" asked Mr..
Shearn-
mo, I never did that" said Mrs.
Gould
What was the occasion of having
the burglar alarm at Castle Gould?"
asked Mr.. Shearn.
81 was so much alone at night that
had the outside door wired and when
Mr. Gould opened the door that night
the alarm began to ring" answered
Mrs Gould.
"He came upstairs and was angry
and accused me of spying on him and
threatened to quit me- said Mrs.
Gould
Mrs Gould said she never called
her husband "a little puppy" and
never applied any other epithets 10
him. The witness denied that she
swore or used any abusive language to
the servants on aay of the occasions
as testified to by gitnesses for the de-
fense.
Were you ever swaying or reeling
or under the influence of liquor when
you were driving the brake?'
mo. never"
Were you intoxicated the day you
drove the ta1ly-ho from Marmaroneck
to New York as Carbon, the coach
man, testified?''
mo, indeed
Howard Gould and one of his law
yers, Mr.. Sullivan, seemed to be con-
siderably amused at Mrs. Gould's de-
malls. They whispered to each other
now and then as she was testifying
and smiled broadly. She denied all
the alleged incidents at Blue Gap
farm, where servants had testified she
was Intoxicated and abusive,