The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
FARNUM AND
MRS. GOULD
Hotel Employees Tel
Bad Stories.
EVIDENCE AGAINST WOMAN
Endearing Epithets Twice Marked
the Testimony.
Aecsrai-s to the witnesses, ssrs. Gs=:s
Called Farnum sDearfe,. and
the Actor Called Her
His soueen."

new AoFhs june 1b.--Ane now OIL te&s
tlmony adduced by the defense in the
suit for separation brought by Rath-
crime Clemmons Gould against her hus-
band, Howard Gould, kept edging more
and more today toward Dustin FAR
mum. the actor. whose broad shoulders
and mop of curly hair have become .
familiar figure in the case.
There were also assertions by SER
wants that Mrs. Gould was repeatedly
seen under the influence of liquor BY
them, and that when she had been
drinking. as they alleged. on the stand,
she changed from a charming, affabie
woman to woman OF whims and ca
prices, ill-tempered. not nice In her
choice of language overbearing and
quarrelsome.
Mrs. Gould's former personal valet
swore that at one time he had served
his mistress with two quarts of Man
haitian cocktails In as many days. be-
sides the wines and liquors which he
said she drank at the table.
On cross examining these Witnesses
Mr.. Shearn for Mrs. Gould, strove al
ways TO prove either that they had a
personal grudge against her or that
they were under obligations to AIr.
Gould.
Endearing epithets twice marked the
testimony. Gavin II. Kimball. an oil
and paint dealer. who said he had
known Mr.. Gould for eighteen years.
testified that he went to performances
OF The Virginian" In August, 1905.
with Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Sells. and the
Goulds, at the Academy OF Music In
this city. and that Dustin Farnum, the
star In the play, Joined the party out
side the play house after the perform
ance and spoke TO Mrs Gould. She
smiled, the witness testified, and aatd
fO he Nuft An L. rT4xg hnr.
John Flynn, who said he was ern-
Rloyed by Mrs. Gould as chAufEeur
and that he often drove her 20 meet
Farnum after the play. testifiod that
only whom Mra Gould was waiting In
the automobile for Farnum at the Ho-
tel Somerset, two men turned TO the
actor as he came out Of the hotel door
and asked him whose automobile was
waiting.
oh" said Farnum. laughing. Flynn
testified that Is my queen"
Another time. Flynn swore. when he
raped on Mrs Gould's chamber door
at the St. Regis she called out: sAll
who 1t was, excused herself with, 81
thought II was Mr.. Farnum."
Wrote Letter to Gould.
Mary Elizabeth Harrison, a fresh
checked, good looking girl, who said
she was floor clerk In the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, pre-
faced her testimony with the expIana-
tion that 1t was her first appearance ia
court She had been impeIied by her
conscience. she said. to tell what she
saw at the hotel. Finally she wrote a
letter to Mr.. Gould.
Il said In the letter." she testified.
In obedience TO the golden rule,
write to you to help you II you are Ia
trouble or something like that"
ted
the floor whore she was stationed in
September, 1906 the witness went on,
and one morning about 7:s0 o'clock.
she said, she saw a man come out 81
Mrs. Gould's room and take the eieva-
tor. She noticed that he was the only
passenger in the car; and that the dial
registered fourteenth floor when the
car stopped. She described the man as
tall. with dark bushy hair and wearing
soft hat and a long coat.
The defense contends that Farnum
was staying on the fourteenth floor OF
the hotel at that time as they attempt
ed to show by the next witness, Flor
ence Gerner. She was also employed
in September, 1906, as a floor clerk In
the MISREPRESENTATION on the four-
teenth floor. she said. when Dustin Far
mum was playing The Virginian" at
Philadelphia. She testified that FAR
mum had a room on that foor at the
same time Mrs. Gould had rooms on q
lower floor. She remembered that one
morning he came up in the elevator
rather early anc~appeared to her less
we'll groomed' than usual
Did you take any means to md out
II Mr.. Farnums room had been occu-
pied that nightT' asked Delaney Nj
coll. Mr.. Gould's lawyer.
mo. but the maid reported that Il
had not been" the witness replied
a.. -.
talked with Miss Harrison about ths
incident afterwards.
Court adjourned at o'clock until
Monday morning. None Of thu plain
tif's witnesses has been heard IN re-
buttal. and the prospect Is that the
case has more than a week more to
go.