The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-23
MORE WITNESSES
DEFEND MRS. GOULD
Persons On Stand Today
Swear They Never Saw
Plaintiff Drunk.
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Ler private secretary at the st. Regis.
Ms. Gould was not drinking at this
time, she testified, and showed no signs
Of temper.
She told Of the coaching party that
Mrs. Gould drove beck from North
Castle,> the country place of Mrs. Sells,
where Mrs. Gould was guest, and said
that the party di1 not stop at the
Larchmont Yacht Club. and drink too
freely.
Not intoxicated Then.
The witness visited Mrs. Gould at
Castle Gould in August, 1906 and swore
that Mrs. Gould was not intoxicated at
any time during this visit She denied
too, that Mrs. Gould told Potter, the
carpenter to smash the d door"
when door failed to open properly.
According to Mrs. Sells, Mrs. Gould
was only a moderate drinker'' whose
luncheOn drink menu usually consisted
Of "only a cocktail, a small bottle of
wine, and a cordial"
She usually had the same for din
neT,. the witness said. but il affected
a n IN no way. She never showed signs
OF intOXiCatiOi,."
The deposition CT Elijah Sells. Mrs
SENS husband, and a cousin Of Mrs.
Gouid,s was read to Mrs. Sells. In il
sells declared that a bottle OF wine al
ways was opened for the ladies before
retiring.
Prefers Wine to Whisky.
Mrs. Sells said this was done at her
request, as size preferred champagne
TO whisky"
On cross-examination, Delaney NicoIl
asked Mrs. Sells about Mrs. Gould's
friendship for Dustin Farnum.
The witness said that Mrs. Could
merely had said to her that Farnun
was good actor and had a future %
Nicoll forced her to admit that Mrs.
could had sat0 that she contemplated
returning to the stage and that she
Ing man.
Mrs. Sells Chaperon.
Then Annie COnlOn, who acted az q
maid for Mrs. Sells for ten years. told
Of the visits Of Farnum to Mrs. CouId,s
apartments in hotels. In all instances.
however. the maid said that Mrs. Sells
was present whenever she saw the actor
and she had never seen aFrnum and
Mrs. Gould in the apartments unaccom-
panied by others.
She was present when Mrs. Gould.
Mrs. Sells, and May Robson were at the
MISREPRESENTATION in Philadelphia In
CStSbCit 4Jvo. one denied Inc stories
or heavy drinking and said that the
only persons she saw in Mrs. Gould's
apartment in that hotel were Mrs. Sells
and Miss Robson
She told Of the stay at the Raleigh IN
Washington. ID. c., saying that on two
occasions, Farnum visited Mrs. C;ouId's
apartment shortly after IL O'Clock at
night, asserting that Mrs. Sells also
was present, and that she saw nothino
Whatever that was not entirely DrODat
She created some merrimenJ bv fell
ing how, on one occasion. she entered
MIS- Gould's room and found Miss Rob
son. in neglige holding I'D her whig for
the inspection of Mrs. Gould.
Farmer on Stand.
Herbert Flint. IT.. a farmer OF Mrs.
Sells country place. North Castle. said
that he often forsook the pIow 10 act
IS chauffeur, and that he drove Mrs
Gould to town many times. He denied
that he had ever seen her under the
influence Of liquor.
Agnes Young, a stenographer who
worked for Mrs. Guild at the St Regis.
testified that she was in Mrs GouId's
rooms almost all day, taking lunch
and dinner there, nearly every. dav dur
ing the first three months Of 1907.
She had never seen Mrs. Gould under
the influence OF liquor.