The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-23
FRIEND IN NEED.
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something about Trotter butzthe wit.
ness was not allowed. on Mr.. NicolPs
op1ection, to say what it was
/ w men Trotter was on the witness
stand, Mr.. Shearn asked him If Mrs.
Iould mad not accused him of putting
polson IN her coffee at Blue Gap farm.
me maid testified that at the Belle
| rvue-Stratford In Philadelphia, Mrs.
MIS- Sells had a party in Mrs Gould's
| rooms one night and the following
| HisHt MT Farnum came to the apart
ments about II O'Clock and took the
,auies out Miss Robson had remained
| wlth Mrs Gould over night on those
two occasions
Allowed $4,000 for Lawyers.
/ New York, June 2s-While counsel
Tor Katherine Clemmons Gould brought
up a reinforcement of witnesses in one
part OF the supreme court today to
Icomoau the charges of intoxication and
misconduct madeAby the defense in her
suit for separation with aHmony, from
her husband, Howard Gould, the plain
TN won victory in another part of
the court by decision of Justice
Geigerich. He ruled that Mrs. Gould
shall be allowed an additional counsel
band
| An allowance of $4,000 was made to
Mrs. Gould last fall for the prosecution
of her suit
In Justice Dowling's court, John
e. Leay. contractor who was
oolns some work at the Blue Gan farm
IN september, 1906. contradicted the tes-
t1mony of the carpenter Trotter. who
said that Mrs Gould on one occasion
was IN the basement drinking with Mr.
Adams. Leay testified he was in the
basement at that time as he had been
called in by Mrs Gould to help move
lsome boards and he saw no one take
a drink. He said he had never seen
Mrs. Gould under the influence of IL
liquor.
Douglas Robinson Called
Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of
Iex-President Roosevelt, was called by
Mr.. Shearn to contradict the statement
of the witness, Flynn. who said he once
fsaw Mr.. Robinson with Mrs. Gould In
her electrical automobile. Mr.. Robin
son said he had never been in Mrs
| Gould's automobile.
| In answer to Mr.. NicolPs question
MI Robinson said there were other
Robinsons engaged in the real estate
business, like himself, In this city,.
| John Berdon, now chef at the Hotel
Astor in this city and in 1905 chef at
Castle Gould and on the yacht Niagara,
testified he had never observed Mrs.
Gould when she showed any signs that
| she had been drinking
| ION tho cruise to the West Indies
did you, ever see. Mrs. Gould come to
the pantry or the kitchen in her night
ldress?" asked Mr.. Shearn.
| The witness said he had not.
| Jas. H. Brennan, who said he had
been cashier at the ST. Regis since 1t
orene in 1904, testified that he had
never seen Mrs. Gould under the inf1u-
cree of liquor while size lived there.
Husband Paid Her Checks.
/ On cross examination of the witness
| Brennan, Mr.. NicoH showed him a
| large number OF checks for supplies
at the ST. Regis which the witness
said had been furnished to Mrs. Gould.
| the hotel for Mrs, Gould and sent to
her husband whoe paid them, the
| cashier said.g sH
All the items on the checks which
cocktails, with areaitem for extra
drinks on the bottom The great
bulk, of the checks We're not read in
| court -
| Leo Theimer, the head waiter in the
main dining room Of the st. Regis
| when Mrs. Gould lived there testified
| he had never seen Mrs Gould acting
boisterously in the dining room and
| had not seen Mr.. Farnum dining with
| Mrs. Gould at the hotel.
"As a matter of fact. Mrs. Gould
| took most of her meals in her apart
ment didn't she?'' asked Nicol1 on
cross examination.
eyes, I believe she did, the witness
| answered
Mrs. Ellen Rock, caretaker at Castle
| Gould from May, 1903, to October,
1904, testified that Mrs. Gould was an
early riser. Her work took her often
| to Mrs. Goulds rooms, the witness
said, and she never saw any liquors in
| the room. She never knew of Mrs.
Gould drinking a cocktail before
breakfast.
Station Agents Testimony.
/ Patrick NJ: Gormon. station agent
at Port Washington. L. L., where the
Gould estate is located, testified he
+ remembered the occasion when Carl
son, the Gould coachman, drove Mrs.
/ Gould hurriedly up to the station and
they missed the train; He 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 intoxication- Carl
Ison previously testified that Mrs.
IGould was loud and boiSterous on that
Occasion, made him run the horses all
the way to the station, a distance of
half mile, and threatened to discharge
levery one in the stables because she
missed the train. Gormon said he
Ihad been station agent at Port Wash
lington for number of years and had
lseen Mrs. Gould at the station many
times and never had seen her when
she acted as if she were intoxicated.
chambermaid. a waiter and
Iseamstress who were attendants upon
Mrs. Gould at various times, all testi-
fed she. only drank an occasional
cocktail and light wine with her
lmeals. She was never abusive or
boisterous, they said.
II Mrs. Hedweg Jacobson, a Swedish
masseuse. testified it was her Office to
massage and give Mrs. Gould her bath
each morning. She testified that Mrs.
tGould was an early riser and never
drank anything more than a little
wine with her meals. -
BarnestOn 5, MarysviIle 2.
Marysville, Kan, June 23.-Barnes-
ton defeated Marysvil1e here in an
exciting game before large crowd.