The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-06-19
COSTLY GOWNS
OF MRS. GOULD
Says She Was Promised Sum
Of $4,000 a Month.
HUSBANDS OFFER TO WIFE

HUSBANDS OFFER TO WIFE
Elijah Sells Deposition States Terms
Of Observation-Disclosures Was That
Mrs. Gould Should Abstain from In
Observation-Disclosures Was TO Agree 20
a Regulation OF Her Flnances--Mrs.
oould's Cutting Retort TO Attorney
Delaney Nleoll.
So large a crowd gathered az the
county court In New York TO attend
trial OF the suit for separation of Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould against Howard
Gould that special police measures
were necessary to preserve order.
Delaney Nicoll. attorney for Mr..
Gould. read from the deposition Of
Elijah Sells. Mrs. Gould's cousin, In
which he stated the conditions upon
which Gould offered a reconciliation
with his wife. The conditions were
that Mrs. Gould was not TO interfere
In the management Of Castle Gould;
she was TO abstain from intoxicants;
TO refrain from humiliating Mr.. Gould
before his friends. and she was TO
agree 70 regulation OF her personal
finances.
Mrs. Gould said that as far back as
1899 her husband promised 10 allow
her $4,000 a month. The witness
said she had TO have at Castle Gould
morning, afternoon, and evening
gowns. with shoes and stockings that
matched. tea gowns, coaching gowns
shopping gowns which she used about
the city. and with most OF these hats,
shoes. stockings. and parasols TO
match
Dinner Gowns, $500 TO $500.
She was accustomed TO change her
gowns sometimes FIVE and six times
a day. She had 10 dress az least three
times day at Palm Beach, and more
than that during her various trips
about Europe.
In answer TO questions regarding
the cost OF her various dresses. etc,
Mrs. Gould gave the following es.
Inmates. Dinner gowns, $500 20 5000;
morning gowns. 500 TO $3.50; day
gowns (worn shopping. etc). $500; tea
gowns, $500 TO $500; reception gowns,
! $780, For motoring. coaching and
yachting, the witness said. she re-
CURED particular gowns.
Honors were about even In the YER
bal battle between the cross-examiner
and Mrs Gould Both sprang sur
prises. The lawyers most embarrass.
ing thrust was the exhibition OF a
faded. old.fashioned photograph of a
young woman sitting on a white horse.
with the white canvas OF a circus tent
In the background. Mrs. Gould turn.
ed a dull red as II was shown. but she
would not identify the photograph as
one OF herself. nor would she swear
that It was not She thought Il was
hardly fat enough for ms"
Something About osuld Fortune.
This picture was introduced to show
IL possible Mrs. Goulds former asso.
citation with Buffalo Bits show.
Mrs. Gould made one cutting retort
! 10 her inqulsitor. Nicoll had been
usldng the witness about her gowns,
how many she wore. how often she
wore them and what became OF them.
They were given away, Mrs. Gould ties.
tilted. "One OF them" she shot in,
was given to your own sister. who Is
| on the stage. have aided many poor
girls TO get stage engagements by
equipplng them with my discarded
gowns"
Attorney Nicoll said he would con.
cede that Howard Gould's income was
about 100000 a year.
George Gould testified that he had
caused an investigation TO be made In
regard 10 the alleged former marriage
OF Towards wife. His fathers estate.
he said. had never been formally dlvid.
ed among the children, but Il was val.
ued approximately at $S0.0O0.000
Howard Gould was entitled 10 one
sixth OF the estate under the viii
Gould's attorneys sought 10 bring
out through witnesses who had been
associated with Airs. Gould that her
habits were such that her husband was
justified IN leaving her.
Witnesses told OF Mrs. Gould's alleg
( cd bibulousness and OF remarks and
conversations not exactly In keeping
with $500 gowns and the palatial Castle
Gould on Long Island.
Specific statements were made that
Mrs. Gould had been intoxicated on
various occasions. that she called How.
ard Gould you little hound" that
once she was apparently so much under
the influence Of liquor as TO stagger
against the hannister al Castle Gould,
and that her maid brought liquors to
her room. including sometimes two
cocktails before breakfast.
Her LAWYER Ciarcnce I Shaarn In