The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-23

'''N~h'cr EbDlll --s--IotlWteu II Dil
tooth and a wearsome cross-cxamina-
tion by Attorney Archibald r. Wat
son, representing Howard Gould, Dustin
farnum put in n trying day here in the
law Office of Louis G. Ehle who was
appointed by the New York supreme
court to take the actor s deposition
covering Mr.. Gould's allegations that
his wife. Katherine Clcmmons Gould,
had misconducted herself with Mr. Far
mum,
Mr.. Farnum was patient and pleasant
IN answering the hagglings Of the Inv
yers, and acquitted himself TO the sat
Shearn of New York representing Mrs
Gould. In all points he parriod and
denied the charges made against him
and Mrs. Gould, declaring that she was
always the lady and that he could not
remember ever seeing her drink intox-
icating liquors.
Some Pointed Questions.
Returning TO testimony concerning
a luncheon which Mr.. Farnum and Mrs
Gould enjoyed together in Mrs. Gould s
apartments in the st. Regis hotel, New
York in August, 1906, Mr.. Watson
asked;
"'What was the color Of Mrs Gould IS
hair on that day?"
Brown-or reddish brown, I think, -
said Mr.. Farnum
u don t know. / never looked Mt
them
You don't mean that, do you7''
asked the lawyer
"Wcll, / may have looked at them,
but not into them. ! don It believe in
looking straight into a lady's eyes"
' How tall is she?'
| can t say exactly. That is mat
ter which depends upon the hat and
out her hat on
Nor her, shoes?'
"Never'
WAS her figure well devcloped?"
As far as / could see.
Had Late Suppers.
Concerning meeting with Mrs.
Gould in Hartford, Conn, Mr. Farnum
testified that he met Mrs. Gould and
at the Allen house there. They all had
supper together, went TO the thcatcr
and were Mr.. Farnum S guests at Il
supper after the theater.
'What did Mrs. Gould want TO see
You about?' asked Mr., Watson.
'She was talking about returning to
the stage and wanted me to find a
suitable play for her out Of all the
manuscripts sent 10 me-
"What kind of a dress did Mrs.
Gould have on when You met her in
Hartford?''
81 could not tell whether it was blue
or yellow
How about the hat?''
cob. it was one of those large ones
with lot of fussy things on top
Did you and Mrs. Gould have any
thing to drink on those occasions 80
'' am quite positive she did not /
might have had some beer
''DId you see her ewes at this Hart
ford meeting?'
"Casually.'
"Your glances did not mect?''
You mean clasp of souls across the
dcep, and that sort of thing? No"
Mr.. Farnum testified that he saw
Mrs. Gould on the Sunday following
the Hartford meeting.
At Katherine's Apartments.
"She asked me to motor over 10 Cas-
tie Gould with her" said he. "'I re-
NAMED outside the house for twenty
minutes while she went in. On our way
to New York. on a dark Jamaica road
we ran into a wagon load of Germans
and turned the wagon over, | thought
We were going TO be mobbed for
while, a man came along and offered
us his car to New York We got in
about II or II O'Clock at night and I
went up to Mrs. Gould S apartments
with her to wait until VIC heard from
our chauffeur. When the chauffeur
came ! went out, -
"Did You have supper that night ?'
asked Mr.. Watson.
"No. -
Did you sit on sofa with Mrs.
Gould?'
"Not with her.
fYou are positivc?'
~ never sat closer to her than in
the tonnoau seat of an automobile. We
had nothing to drink. -
The next meeting referred to was in
Brooklyn.
Mrs Gould met Mr.. Farnum and his
manager, Mr. Paber, after the theater
and drove them over to New York,