Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-23
Huge Bundles Of Manhattan
Cocktail Checks the Final
Shot from Batteries of the
Defense,
ARMY OF WITNESSES TO
APPEAR FOR PLAINTIFF
Battle Turns Against Defense
When Court Allows Mrs,
Gould $4,000 Additional
for Attorneys Fees,

New york. June 22.--While coun-
sci for Katharine Clemmons Gould
brought up reinforcement Of viii
nesses in one part of the supreme
court today to combat the charges
of intoNication and misconduct made
be the defense in her suit for separa-
ton from her husband, Howard
Could the plaintiff won victory p
part Of the court by the ac-
tion of Justice Giegerich. He ruled
that Mrs. Gould shall be allowed an
additional counsel fee Of $4,000 at
the expense of her husband whereas
counsel for Mrs. Gould ask for S23,-
600.
An allowance Of $1,000 was made
to Mrs Gould last fall for the prose
cution of her suit
While this feature was being de-
eided Justice Bowling continued to
hear the case proper, Hotel proprle-
tors and hQtel managers who denied
Knowledge Of any undue intimacy be-
tween Mrs. Gould and Dustin Far
mum, as the defense alleges; employees
Of Castle Gould, members of the crow
Of the Gould yacht Niagara hotel
chefs. hair dressers, ana seamstresfes
testified to Mrs. Gould's sobrety on
all occasions that they could recall
These constitute the bulk Of the
testimony Of the reserve fore .
which were called by Mrs Gould's
lawyer today There are thirty or
more such Witnesses TO be called.
Justice Bowling announced that he
would sit tomorrow night until the
ease was finished.
Douglas Robinson, brother
in-law of ex-Presdent Roose-
welt, was called by Mr. Shearn
TO contradict the statement "t
the witness, Flynn, who said ne
once saw Mr.. Robinson with Mrs
Gould in her electric automobile Mr..
Robinson said he had never been N
Mrs Gould's automobile.
In answer to Mr.. Nicoll's question,
Mr.. Robinson said there were other
Robinsons engaged in the real estate
business, like himself, in this city.
James II. Brennan, who said he
had been cashier at the st. Regis
since it opened in 1904, testified that
he had never seen Mrs. Gould undes
the influence OF liquor while she
lived there.
on cross-examination OF Brennan.
MIR. Nichols showed him large
number Of checks for supplies at tho
st. Regis. which the witness said had
been furnished to Mrs Gould The
checks were signed by walters at ths
hotel for Mrs Gould, and sent to her
husband, who paid them the cashier
said.
MIR. Shearn objected strenuously 10
the admission Of the checks in eNl-
dence. but Justice Downing overruled
him and admitted them. There were
a dozen or more large envelopes full
Of these checks. most Of which were
for supplies during the fall of 1906.
Mr. Shearn said there was no PROOF
that any of HE checks were genuine
and that they might all be forgeries'
Awful Bunch of Manhattans.
All the items which MI. Shearn
read. were for Manhattan cocktails
with an item for extra drinks" on
the bottom The great bulk Of the
checks were not read in court
Leo Theimer head waiter in the
main dining room of the st. Regis
when Mrs. Gould lived there. tes'l-
fled that ne had never seen Mrs
could acting boisterously IN the dim
ing room and had not seen Mr. Far
mum dining with Mrs. Gould at the
hotel.
"As a matter Of fact Mrs Gould
took most of her meals in her apar'-
ment. did not she?" asked Mr.. Nicoh
on cross-eNamination.
yes. I believe she did the wit
ness answered
Never Drank Before breakfast.
Mrs. Ellen Rock, caretaker at Cas-
tie Gould from May 1908 to october
1904. testified that Mrs. Gould was
an early riser She never knew OF
Mrs. Gould drinking to any great eX-
tent before breakfast
Patrick NJ German. station agent
at port Washington. Long island
whore the could estate is located
testified that he remembered the oe-
casion when Carlson. the Gould
coachman. drove Mrs. Gould hurried
Ia TO the station and they missed the
train lie said Mrs. Gould talked
with him during the hour OF waiting
for the next train and she did not
impress him with any characteristics
Of intoX ication.
Mrs Hedwcg jacobson. Swedish
meSseur. testified that II was her Of
flee to massage and give Mrs. Could