The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Former Gould Servants Testify
to Mistress Good Character.
Never Saw Her Intoxicated or
Heard Her Swear.
DRINKING IN CELLAR
Is Denied by Adams, Who Was
Said to Be of Party.
Mrs. Gould Probably Will Be
Called Again to Testify.

rebutting the testimony of using pro-
fame language and intoxication on
the part of Mrs. Katherine Clemmons
Gould, who is suing her husband,
Howard Gould, for separation and
alimony was continued at the trial
today. The array of rebuttaI wit
nesses includes housemaids, buffers,
gardeners and various other employees
from the Gould estates in Port Wash
ington and Lynchburg. Va, and
stewards and other servants from
the Gould yacht Niagara.
The trial has almost resolved itself
into a battle of domestics, servants
who were closely associated with
testimony in regard to their mis-
tress's conduct at various times and
places. Mr.. Shearn, the PLAINTIFFS
counsel, said today he had about
thirty more witnesses to call and that
Mrs. Gould would probably testify
again. The case is expected to oc-
cupy several days more of court
Eugene A. Pinckney, who had
charge of installing the rustic work
at Castle Gould from June, 1901. to
September 1902, testified late yester-
day that he often met Mrs. Gould at
the estate during that period and
never saw her when her words or
conduct suggested that she had been
drinking.
'tShe was always a very courteous
and pleasant lady" said the witness.
John w. Adams, who is in the
plum bing business at Lynchburg, Va.
testified that he saw Mrs. Gould at
Blue Gap farm in the fall of 1906.
Drinking in Cellar Denied.
Mr.. Trotter a carpenter, testified
at a previous session of the trial that
while at the Gould farm he saw Mrs.
Gould and the witness, Adams, drink
ing together in the cellar. The wit
ness said he rememb bered that he and
Trotter and Mrs. Gould went into the
cellar together, as she had asked
them to move some boards. He said
no one there at that time had taken
a drink OF whisky. He had never
seen Mrs. Gould under the influence
of liquor at Blue Gap farm
Henry Dubois. builder, who had
worked on the construction of the
COW barns at the Castle estate, tes-
titled he saw and talked to Mrs.
Gould often about the work and
never saw her when she acted as if
she was under the influence of in
toxicants.
Thos. J. Jones, who was Mrs.
Gould's private secretary at Castle
Gould and at the St. Regis hotel in
1904 and 1905, said that Mrs. Gould
dictated letters to him each day and
that he never saw her intoxicated or
heard her swear.
VIM. Cullen, a steward on the
Gould yacht In 1902 testified that
Mrs. Gould always conducted her
self properly as far as he observed
her aboard the yacht.
Bridget M. Kelly. a house maid at
Castle Gould from April. 1901, to
nearly every day and never saw her
intoxicated or heard her use profane
language
Mr.. Shearn read from the deposit
ton of a former head gardener at
Castle Gould from 1902 to 1905. who
had worked under Mrs. Gou1d's su-
pervision 'tabout every day. in the
flower gardens and never observed
her when she acted as If she had
been drinking.
The Foreman's Testimony.
Jas. ]. Brennan. who was employed
May, 1904, to May, 1906. testified that
he often met Mrs. Gould on the eleva-
tor and never saw her intoxicated or
never heard her use profane language.
Brennan disputed the testimony OF
Carlson, the coachman. to the effect
that he took Mrs Gould driving on the
brake in October, 1904. when she was
so intoxicated he drove with one hand.
using the other arm to prevent her
from falling Brennan said he saw
Mrs. Gould and Carlson start out on
that occasion and that she mounted the
high steps of the brake with agility
and appeared in perfectly normal
condition
On cross-examination Mr.. Nicoll, the
defendants counsel, again brought the
former butler, Flaherty, and the mys-
terious Long Island road house into the
case. He vented to know If the wit
ness knew F1aherty and where the
road house of which FIaherty was the
Droprietor, was located. The witness
said he knew FIaherty but did not
know where the road house was. Bren-
nan said he took charge of the stables
and horses whenever Mrs Gould dis
several times in the course of his en-
ployment at Castel Gould, the witness
said
What the Chef Swore To.
Frank J. Bolin. another chef en-
ployed at Castle Gould in 1903, testified
tha Mrs. Gould gave him his instruc-
tions about the bills of fare nearly every
day between 8 and 10 o'clock in the
morning She often asked him to add
a particular dish on the menu for Mr..
Gould he said. Bolin was chef aboard
the yacht Niagara during the summer
said he never saw Mrs. Gould under
the influence of liquor nor heard her
swear at the servants.
Morris Beneach. a member of a firm
of hairdressers for women, testified
that he had dressed Mrs. Gould's hair
or many occasions He remembered
one particular instance in February,
1906 when Mrs Gould attended Miss
Lansbury's wedding in this city, which
Mr.. Shearn asked him about. He said
Mrs. Gould showed no signs of having
drank anything at that time. She was
charged with intoxication on that oc-
casion. He said he accompanied Mrs.
Gould on the trip to Palm Beach and
dressed her hair twice a day while
there-at 10 O'clock in the forenoon and
q gain N the evening