The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-01
ExONERATES
MRS. GOULD AS He
GRANTS DECISION
Justice Bowling Holds That
She Was More Sinned Against
Than Shining.

New York, June 29.--It is not be-
lieved that any appeaf will be taken
either by Mrs. Howard Gould or her
husband from the decision of Justice
Downing yesterday, granting Mrs.
Gould the separation from her husband
n $4,000 a year alimony.
Mrs. Gould, who has expressed her
qualification over the verdict, will go
to her farm at Lynchburg, Va.
While 1t is possible for either MI.
or Mrs. Gould to bring an action for
divorce, counsel for Mrs. Gould re-
CARDS this as improbable, for the pres
ent at least, after Justice Dowling's
disposition of the charges made by
Gould against his wife.
1 the belief that the case is ended
Shearn, counsel for Mrs. Gould, will
IA for Europe in a short time.
New York, June 29.-It was In the
~Vindication of charges Of intoxication
and her alleged relations with Dustin
Farnum, the actor, that Mrs. Howard
Gould yesterday scored most strongly,
when granted separation and $36, 900 q
year alimony, for, Notwithstanding tha
long array of witnesses for Gould, who
gave such testimony as to make Mrs.
Gould appear at times as defendant
rather than plaintiff, the court held
that the alleged intoxication might
have been due to excitement.
As to Dustin Farnum, 1t was held
that her association with him came
after Mr.. and Mrs. Gould separated,
and that the husband apparently made
no objection.
De Lancey Nicoll, for Gould. asked
for a 60-day stay OF judgment, and
Clarence ]. Shearn. for the plaintiff,
was on his feet to object. He asked
for ar immediate Judgment. Justice
Bowling compromised by making the
stay 30 days.
Shearn's. Fee $4,000.
Shearn then asked for an extra al
lowance for counsel fees, and the court
gave him $4,000. This, together with the
$4,000 allowed recently and the original
allowance of $1,000, will bring his fees
to SIT ,00O, with an additional sum of
SO, 300 for expenses. "Nt
Mrs. Gould's right in Howard
Goulds real property amounts to
$4,000, 900, Shearn said, and was un-
affected by the separation. His &
client, he continued, was going to
Virginia for a long rest. A.
: Part of the courts decision follows:
To apply to the plaintiff in a case Of
this kind no more relief than simply
provision for keeping life and soul to.
gether would be obviously unfair, and
would be putting a premium upon de-
sertion Of wives by their husbands, and
'WOulu De making IL easier Tor them to
reduce their expenses by simply leay,
ing their wives and by paying no more
than was required for the actual neces.
stiles Of life.
IF she (Mrs. Gould) should return ia
the stage, and 1 ave no idea that she
has any idea of doing 1t, but If she
should return to the stage, then a diff
ferent situation would exist. The de-,
PENDANT may then be at liberty to take
steps to reduce this allowance"
Mrs. Gould last night issued the fol-
lowing statement:
IT am the happiest woman living
tonight, because 1 have been SO
completely INDICATED before all the
world of these horrible charges.
Not n little pang shot through
my heart at the smallness. of the
allowance-only supreme Joy and
the deepest gratitude. 1 send a
thousand living thanks to all who 4.
have helped me-"