Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-18
MRS. GOULD KEPT
HER SERVANTS BUSY
SERVING DRINKS
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found Mrs. Gould there. She asked me Il
, was the man she met l told her 1 was,
and she wanted me to 60 and get the key
to the electric alarm. but 1 told her
could not as l had to watch the place.
Her face was flushed and she talked zap
idly and appeared to be under the In
! 1uence of some intoxicant."
The witness said he saw Mrs. Gould
again in the same night. and IN his opln-
ion she was intoxicated then.
LOUD AND ABUSIVE"
Melville #. Chapman, a broker, who had
lheen a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gould on the
Yacht Niagara on several trips In 1900
testified that Mrs. Gould was frequently
under the influence Of intoxicants and
very loud and abusive in her language TO
the servants at those times.
During the cruise to the West Indies ne
remembered several occasions when Mrs
Gould. who had been drinking, became
dissatisfied with everything and every
! body and would become greatly excited
and saw that she intended to run the boat
and that no one should take orders from
! anyone but herself The witness descrio-
| ed two such outbursts, one in Santiago
/ horbor and the other in Havana harbor.
what did Mr.. Gould say on these oc-
/ casions?" asked NJ. Nicol.
He tried to soothe and calm her and
pass the incident off pleasantly" replied
| the witness
On cross-exauination, Mr.. Shearn asked
| IL the witness was not under heavy fnan-
cial obligations to Howard Gould, and IL
| Mr.. Gould had not put large sums of
money in the business of the brokerage
| firm of which the witness was a member.
The witness said he was under no 1nan-
cial obligations to Mr.. Gould.
| SAYS SHE OFTEN CURSED.
Bechtold said he did not keep a diary
while he was on the yacht.
| Don't you remember that 1t was the
rule to keep a record of every drink
taken by any one on the yacht?" asked
Mr.. Shearn.
NO" replied the witness.
Didn't Mrs. Gould and the guests, too.
| have to sign small check for all the
drinks they had?" asked M. Shearn.
NO. they did not have to sign checks"
replied the witness.
Now, you never heard Mrs. Gould
curse or swear on that trip did your"
| asked the lawyer.
oh yes l did" said the witness. One
night at Quarantine he said he heard
| her swearing. On another night, when
| he was in the Kitchen the witness said.
Mrs. Gould started to open the kitchen
door, mistaking 1t, the witness thought.
for her state-room door, which was
short distance beyond.
| AC1hESS SEtAhES HEX HEAD.
"She blushed and turned about and
walked unsteadily toward her state
room and I followed her. thinking she
wanted something" said the witness.
| Mr. Shearn questioned the witness close
| ly in regard to other persons or servants
who were present upon the occasions
when the witness said he observed Mrs
/ Gould in an intoxicated condition" Mrs.
| Gould frequently shook her head at the
vnvftn lad with an
| touch of sarcasm.
| leaving theepisodes on the yacht.
Niagara, Mr.. Nicoll called Charles T.
Dodge. a carpenter. who said he worked
at Castle Gould for eight months in 1902
! He testified that he saw Mrs. Gould on
one occasion, when he thought she was
intoxicated She came into the room
told them If they did not stop their talk
ing she would make them all walk to the
railroad station.
HOT WORDS IN COURT.
In endeavoring to get several letters
in evidence, which Mr. Shearn contend
ed would impeacn the credibility of the
witness. Chapman. and which Justice
| Bowling would not allow admitted,
tilt occurred between opposing counsel,
which called forth a severe rebuke of
| Mr. Nicoll by Justice Bowling, who
requested Mr.. Nicoll TO apologize.
This is only a case of blackmail
| tactics practiced from start to finish in
TINS suit" shouted Mr.. Nicoll, the de-
PENDANTS counsel, at Mr.. Shearn, as he
was pressing the admission of the let
tiers. Mr.. Shearn promptly demanded
| an apology.
Il don't intend to apologize for any
such remarks" said Mr.. Nicoll.
FORCED 70 APOLOGIZE.
/ Sta ,Ixv co4
| Nicoll owed an apology to the court,
and Mr.. Shearn, for making such a
charge. Mr.. Nicoll apolog1zed to the
court and said he meant no reflection
on Mr.. Shearn personally, but he be-
lieved II had been the attitude of others
on the opposite side TO extort money
from his client. This closed the Incl
dent.
Counsel for Mr.. Goufd read into the
record the dispositions of bellboy, James
| Clark, employed at the Hotel Carroll, in
Lynchburg, Va, where Dustin Farnum
the actor, was stopping in November,
1908, when Mrs. Gould arrived and stayed
two or three days at the hotel on her
way 10 Blue Gap farm, according to the
deposition. The bell boy said. he saw
Mrs Gould sitting in the reception room
waiting for Mr. Farnum on November 10.
and after Mr. Farnum came they went up
to Mrs. Gould's rooms.
WHAT THE BELL BOY SAW.
! On two occasions that day he was called
to Mrs. Gould's rooms, the bell boy said,
and each time saw Mrs. Gould and Mr..
FaIhum alone in the room.
They were in the outside room, which
was really a bed room with a bed in it.
but which Mrs. Gould used as a reception
room, according to the witness.
Mrs. Gould talked with him each time,
with the door partly closed, he said. He
did not see them together in the public
dining room, or about the hotel at any
time the witness deposed.
Mr.. Farnum changed his room and OBJ
tanned ore on the floor above, directly
over Mrs, Gould's rooms. according to
| the witness.
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