The sun., 1909-06-19
Mr.. PARNUM AND MRS, GOULD
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to Mr.. Gould in as many months before
mailed one OF them
In obedience to the Golden Rule
Il presume you are referring TO the
biblical Golden Rule are you not2'
Certainly. DO unto others as you
would have them do unto you" :.
Mr.. Shearn didn't care to tackle the
Golden Rule further. and Mr.. Nicoll asked
a few questions on redirect examination
which brought out this further testimony
regarding the team work between the
sixth and fourteenth floors.
Il called up the fourteenth floor and
asked the clerk there who the gentleman
was who just got out Of the elevator
and the clerk said. Wait a minute and
looking to see what room he went INTO
and then she called back. Why that
Dustin Farnum, the actor Then l said
Never mind what you said said
Justice Dowling.
The witness was excused. and Miss
Florence Garner. the clerk on the four
now has a similar job at the Hotel Knicker-
booker. She said it was part Of her duty
to notify the hotel Office II persons OF the
opposite sex went to rooms they were not
assigned to and also II the rooms guests
registered for were not occupied. Il
had to turn in a report every morning. az
to the rooms that had guests in, she said.
WAS Dustin Farnum ever q guest on
your fioor?'
YES; he had room l<l2. l recollect
seeing him earlier, but on the morning
in question / saw him get of the elevator
and 60 into the room.
How did he look?'
We'll. he never does look particularly
we'll groomed. i mean he doesn't seem
to pay much attention to his personal
appearance. ISmiles by Mrs. Gould |
But this morning he looked less well
groomed. He looked as il he had been
out all night and had got himself together
quickly"
How was his hair?'
this morning it was uncombed. and his
general appearance was untidy.'
HADN'T SLEPT IN HIS ROOM.
The witness said on oross-examination
that it was not her duty to report that
Mr.. Farnum had come out OF Mrs. Goulds
room. That was up to Miss Harrison.
All she had to do was to report that he
had not slept in his room.
How did you know he hadn't slept In
his room up to that timer"
-The maid was sitting beside me when
II
her to find out. She went. to the room
and asked him II he wanted some towels
brought to him and then looked in and
saw the bed had not been occupied"
Did she knock on the door,
Il don't know. She wouldn't have TO-.
The rule atthe Bellevue -Stratford % that
the maids are to open the door OF each
room at o'clock in the morning and find
out If the guests are In their rooms. Tho
doors move noiselessly and the maids
can open them without the guests know
ing it, II they are asleep. They only have
To open the door an inch or so, for there
is mirror inside that shows the entire
ROOM
DO you mean to say they do this in all
the rooms, whether the guests are up
or not and without knocking first, and
that the guests do not complain about it?'
Certainly. unless they know the guest
is up. then they knock. understand
that there has been some complaint about
it lately
Must be a nice hotel to live In per-
manently.' said Mrs. Gould, loud enough
to be heard by those in the immediate
vicinity.
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Following the two Bellevue-Stratford
clerks Margaret MCGEE, maid employed
at the Marlborough Blenheim in Atlantic
City in the same year, was called. 1t had
come out already that Mrs. Gould. May
Robson, the actress. the two Misses Sells
and Dustin Farnum motored over to At
lantio City the day before the occurrences
in Philadelphia and the maid was ques-
toned about what happened there.
Mr.. Nicoll showed the witness q blue
print of the seventh floor Of the Marlbor-
ough- Blenheim and she pointed out
She said she didn't know who they were
at the time. but understood that -four
ladies and gent were going to occupy
the rooms.
The witness was questioned about
the makeup Of the rooms. and she said
there were four twin beds and one double
bed in FIVE rooms. She said that the
occupied by Sthe gent had not been ooou-
pied, but that the double bed and the
other twin beds had all been disturbed.
You don't know whether the four
ladies and one gent you saw included
Mrs, Gould do your asked Mr., Niooll,
You're sure you saw the four ladies
Nicoll. with smile.
The witness was sure. Mr.. Shoarn
showed the blue print OF the rooms to
Mrs. Gould and then asked the Court to
permit him to cross-examine the maid
on Monday. after Mrs. Gould had had an
btuuy ~, Dut OubtlCo DOW-
ling ordered that the cross-examination
proceed. II brought out nothing OF i'm
portance the maid standing by her story
that the bed in the sgent's' room had not
been used.
The introduction OF testimony bearing
on Farnum began yesterday when Leon
lie Hereaux, chauffeur for Mrs. Gould
in 1905, was called. He said that on Sep
tember l8 Mrs. Gould's party, in which
were the Misses Sells and another young
woman. went in the car to Boston. They
went from Boston to Springfield and then
to Hartford. where everybody went to
a hotel for the night.
FARNUM TOLD HIM TO GO AWAY.
The chauffeur said he was ordered to
get the car out at 10 A. NJ. the next day
and that he waited until noon before
Mrs. Gould came out and got in. She
had him drive to another hotel, and abe
went inside. He waited until a man
came out and told him to 60 back to the
garage and stay there until Mrs. Gould
telephoned for him. He knew the man
to be Dustin Farnum, because he saw him
once before outside the Academy OF Music
Virginians' there and Mrs. Gould was at
the play. He said that at o'clock that
afternoon Mrs. Gould telephoned him TO
come for her.
The chauffeur told about the first time
he saw Mr.. Farnum. He said he took
Mrs. Gould from the St. Regis to the
Academy of Music. and after the play
Farnum got in with Mrs, Gould and they
went to the Twenty-third street ferry
and across to Jersey City. Mrs. Gould
got on the train and Farnum "a id good.