Milford chronicle., 1909-06-18
SAYS MRS. COULD
DRANK TO EXCESS
Witnesses Declare She Was
frequently Intoxicated.
COCKTAILS SERVED IN ROOM

When Witnesses Testified to the Az
legged Violent and Profane Language
She Used, Mrs. Gould Buried HeI
Face In Her Hands and Wept.
New York, June 16.LTorn with an
ger and extreme humiliation, alter
nately flushing with shame, sobbine
or clutching her hands in exaspera
ton, Katherine Clemmons Gould sal
through trying ordeal in the supreme
court at the continuation of her suit
for separation against Howard Gould
third son Of the late Jay Gould.
1t was a day Of testimony for the
defense, during which Mr.. Gould's at
torney sought to bring out through
witnesses who had been associated
with Mrs. Gould, that her habits we're
such that her husband was justified
in leaving her. In the event of prov
ing this, the defense hopes to under
mine the charge of abandonment, the
only phase of the plaintiffs case
which has withstood the attacks Of
opposing counsel, Justice Bowling
having ruled out the charges of cruelty
and non-suppOrt.
Buried Her Face In Her Hands.
Witnesses for the defense recited
the indulgence of this woman of fash
iOn in the matter of alcoholic stimu-
lants, and told further, while the
heavily yelled Mrs. Gould buried her
burning face in her hands. of certain
remarks and conversations not exactly
in keeping with $500 gowns and the
palatial Castle Gould on Long Island.
1t was during this testimony con-
cerning some of the alleged violent
and profane language, some of it as re-
lated too strong to be printed with
propriety, that Mrs. Gould wept most
Specific statements that Mrs. Gould
had been intoxicated on various Occa-
sions, that she called Howard Gould
issyo4~little hound" one night, that once
she was apparently so under the in
f1uence of liquor as to stagger against
the banister at Castle Gould that her
maid brought liquors to her room, in
cluding some times two cocktails be-
fore breakfast, were among the state
ments brought out as employees of the
Gould estate related on the stand their
experiences with their former mis-
tress.
Said She Couldn't Walk Straight.
Whether or not fit for managing a
household it was a rather erratic ad- f.
that Mrs Gould conduct /.
ed at Castle Gould, according to most
Of the testimony. Verbal clashes with /
the manager of the great estate. heat I
ed arguments at the hencoop with car .
penters, one of whom testified that she .
couldn't walk straight" at the time; /
a period when she remained in her
room for two weeks, consuming during
hat time seven bottles of brandy with
1ther liquors-these incidents and 9th
srs were sworn to on the stand Also,
here was an account by a former
steward of an exciting night when, he
iaid. she wanted the house locked, al
hough Howard Gould was out on the
ront lawn. This. said the steward
lid not seem to appeal to Mrs Gould
IS an argument against closing the
ront door and she told him to go
head and lock up. To appease her,
le testified, he shut the door but did
lot lock it.
This was the night that Mrs Gould
S said to have called her husband
little hound" a term which she ap-
lied to him. as testified, after he had
ONE to her room to see what the
natter was, confusion having been
pread through the great castle by
he ringing of bells in Mrs. Gould's
Oom and the burglar alarm system.
Cost of Society Woman's Gowns.
In answer to questions regarding the
ost of her various dresses. etc, Mrs.
ould while on the witness stand gave
he following estimates:
Dinner gowns, $500 to $780,
Morning gowns, 500 to $3.50.
Day gowns (worn shopping, etc.,
90.
Tea gowns. $500 to s4OO.
Reception gowns. $500.
For oring and coaching and
lchtin g witness said, she requir-
4 pan a tI gowns, DuJ dld not say
DIV much she paid for them. {
Mrs Gould testified that her cos. j
ming cost her $4,000 to $4,000 a I
saF
additional facts brought e. u month
rs. Gould's cross-eav
Her allowance was slR ,ed mouth.
Never wore same gown twice, be- t
luse it would be very bad form" b
Changed her gown three to five c
mes per day. t
Time consumed in each change, two d
r three hours. g
Assistance Of two maids required at h
lch toilette.