The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
HOWARD GOULD NOT TOTESTIFY
 AGAINST WIFE
LATTER KEENLY DISAPPOINTED AS SHE WANTED TO SEE HIM
 GRIILED
Had Prepared Questions

I 0INlAAELD
 Had Prepared Questions
 After Recovering from Shock of Hus-
 bands Side-Stepping Performance
 Counsel Shearn Began RebuttaI To-
 day by Reading an Affidavit from
 Mrs. Bankhead, Who said, ssMrs.
 Gould Always Conducted Herself as a Lady,"
 Special from United Press) New York, June 21.-Side-stepping 1 the hot fire of questions prepared at | the direction of his wife, Howard Gould, multi ti-millionaire sportsman, l, | was spared the ordeal of facing oppos- | ing, counsel today and when court opened his attorneys announced that | it had been decided not to put him on the stand, in his separation suit. This change of plans is supposed to | have followed the receipt of informa- ton by his counsel regarding the line of questions that had been formulat- ed.
 Mrs. Gould is known to have taken notes from time to time during the trial and she, herself, wrote many questions bearing on the intimate pri-
 vate affairs of their married life which were designed to embarraSS the mill lionaire and more than play even' for the cross fire which she underwent. The announcement of Gould's new plan came as a great surprise to the spec tators as well as to the counsel for Mrs. Gould.
 Mrs. Gould was particularly disap- pointed and showed plainly that she had been deprived of an experience anticipated with intense interest if not with plea sure. The defense notified Clarence J. Shearn, of counsel for Mrs. Gould, that the defense rested, but Shearn was not ready to proceed as he had expected that Gould's testi- mony would hold the attention of the court until Wednesday at least.
 CT and my associates have decided that the testimony already in the rec ord is so complete that we deem it un- necessary to, take up the time of the court further,' said Nicoll.
 After Mrs. Gould's counsel recovered from the shock of Howard Gould's side-steppiug performance, Shearn be- gan the rebuttal by reading an affi- davit made by Mrs. Alice Stickney Bankhead, wife of Lieutenant Henry M. Bandhead, U. s. A., of Fort Nc, Pherson, Atlanta; Ca. Mrs. Bankhead & Long, U. s. Consul at Egypt, and was living there when MT. and Mrs. Gould visited them. She stated that she had seen Mrs. Gould every day during her. stay and had attended a dinner given by the Goulds. She said she had been on the yacht Niagara and had dinner and that she never had seen Mrs. Gould under the influence of liquor.
 Mrs. Gould always conducted her self as a lady" said Mrs. Bankhead. She said that she had visited the Goulds many times, including stay with them at the Waldorf Astoria for dox in, 1Q09. days at Castle Gould in May, 1905, and at the St. Regis Hotel in July, 1905. She also said that she had visited them in Chicago and asserted that on no oc- casion did she ever see Mrs. Gould af- fected by liquor. 'tShe never drank more than a lady shou1d-one cocktail before luncheon and dinner and wine at dinner" asserted Mrs. Bankhead. The witness stated that she named her daughter Katherine after Mrs. Gould.
 On cross-examination in the taking of depositions, Mrs. Bankhead said that she had never heard Mrs. Gould speak of Dustin Farnum once and ven tured the opinion that it was shame that their names had been linked to- gether as they knew each other only slightly.
 Mrs. Bankhead in reply to questions said that Mrs. Gould had never told her of any of the expeditions with Farnum which have been referred to in the trial. She said, in reply to
 
 these things when she named her daughter after Mrs. Gould.
 The deposition of Lieutenant Henry M. Bankhead, son of Senator Bank head of Alabama, was also read. He his wife's testimony and said: Mrs. Gould never drank more than a. lady should drink.
 Louis o. Furman. who visited Castle | Gould on various occasions between May, 1901 and December. 1905. to super | intend the installation of heating and ventilating apparatus. testified that he | saw Mrs. Gould many times and that he never heard her swear and that he | never saw her under the influence of liquor.
 William F. Murphy, who styled him. 1 self an "auto broker said that he | was in charge of the garages at Castle | Gould from September IA. 1900 until April 15 1902 He said that he saw Mrs. Gould almost every day during | that time and never saw her show of liquor.
 Michael J. Duffy. an inspector in the construction at the Pennsylvania l. terminal who was superintendent of at Castle Gould from August, 1902. until May. 1904, testified that he saw Mrs. Gould almost every day during that time and that he never saw her under the influence of 1iouor.
 Jacob Cocks, brother of William Cocks who testified for Gould. was called to the stand and contradicted his brothers StatementS reSarolnS MrS. appearance on certain occa- sions at Castle Gould. William Cocks testified that in 1906 when the two brothers were packing goods to be sent to Blue Gap. Mrs. Gould was under the influence of licuor and Jacob Swore that that was not true.
 On cross-examination Nicoll asked onIy two questions, as follows:
 ''Did you ever see a lady under the influence of Hquor?' "Well, I don't know as ever did" replied tho wit ness.
 .'You wouldn't know it if you saw ,ne would you?' "Well, I might and might not,' said Jacob with great solemnity, after some serious reflec- ion.
 James Higgins. who assaulted his wife Clara. was before the Police