The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-21
DEFEN SE
R RESTS
CASE
Prosecutions Witnesses
Testify to Mrs. Gould's
Good Character

Clemmons Gould's suit for separation
and an alimony allowance Of S2o0.000
year from her husband, Howard
Gould, the defense sprung a surprise
by announcing that it rested its case.
Delaney Nicoll, counsel for Mr..
Gould, declared that, on looking over
the testimony that had been present
ed, he had found 1t so replete with
evidence to establish the contention of
the defense, that Mr. Gould was JUS
tilted In the separation from mis- wife,
and he believed 1t unnecessary to call
any more witnesses.
Clarence j. Shearn, attorney for
Mrs. Gould, told the court that Mr..
Nicoll's announcement had taken him
by surprise, and that he had no wit
nesses at hand at the moment to put
on the stand In rebuttal. With the
courts consent, however. he said. he
would read the dispositions of wit
nesses taken in preparing the case for
trial,
Mr.. Shearn at once proceeded with
the reading OF these dispositions.
Mrs. Could said today that she had
obtained evidence to refute the testi'
mony of the employees of the Hotel
Bellevue Sratford. who testified they
saw Dustin Farnum, the actor. leave
her apartments early one morning
during her stay at the Philadelphia
hotel. in 1906.
Mrs. Gould's lawyer today declined
to say what the refuting evidence was,
but said there would be many sur.
priseS for the defense.
The deposition, taken up by Mr..
Shearn, was that of Mrs. Alice S.
Bankhead. OF Atlanta, Ga, wife of
Lieutenant Henry McCauley Bankhead
of Fo!t Mcpherson. Ga. who visited
Mrs Gould on numerous occasions.
Mrs Bankhead related in her deposit
tion the incidents Of visit with Mrs.
Gould as the latter's guest in Cairo,
Egypt, in 1902, waen the party visited
the Khedive's palace The witness de.
scribed Mrs. Gould's conduct on this
occasion as "ladylike and above re-
proach" Mrs. Bankhead accompanied
the Goulds. on their yacht from Cairo
to Alexandria. Mrs. Gould's conduct
was perfect and beyond criticism" on
that trip according to Mrs. Bank
head Mrs. Gould was never intoXi-
Gated during this time, the witness
deposed The witness said she had
visited Mrs Gould at Castle Gould,
and the ST. Regis hotel for periods Of
several weeks at time, and never SAN
her use intoXicants to excess
Mrs. Gould never drank more than
q cocktail before dinner and only light
wine with her dinner-not more than
the average society lady drinks"
What did You observe she would
drink at luncheon2' was question
asked by Mrs. Gould's counsel.
Mrs. Gould would usually take a
cocktail before luncheon. but the eX-
tent Of her drinking was not notice
able to me on account of her conduct" j"
the witness replied.
She never saw Mrs Gould drunk In
the evening and never saw her bois'
ferrous. and never heard her swear or
use improper language. The witness
was with Mrs. Gould In Chicago in
1897, and noticed no improper conduct.
Mrs. Bankhead said her daughter,
Katherine, who was born August 81,
1905, was named after Mrs. Gould
The deponent said Mrs Gould was
'digDified, refined and gentle, and al
ways conducted herself in manner
above reproach.'
In the oss,eXamination on the de-
position. Mrs. Bankhead would not
swear that she had never heard Mrs.
Gould spoken OF as a drinking wom-
an" She said that Mrs. Gould had
never spoken TO her but once about
Dustin FaTnum, the actor. and mad
then told her that their names were
not linked together" in any improper
way.
MI Shearn next read the deposition
of Lieut.. Bankhead. The witness said
he was the son Of Senator Bankhead
of Alabama and mad entered the army
in 1898. The witness testified in re-
gard to the various visits of himself
and wife TO the Could estates and at
hotels in this city, He had never
seen Mrs Gould intoxicated or OBJ
served her conduct to he unladylike.
The witness deposed he had never
seen her drink more than any Of the
guests at dinners.
On cross,examInation, Lieut.. Bank
head was asked,
CAS- q man or army officer. would
you not testify reluctantly in regard
to conduct. reflectng upon woman.
who had been your hostess?'
"As a man or army officer. | would
do So. ordinarily, but when placed on
my oath TO tell the truth, | should tes-
tify unhesitatingly,' was the reply.
Louie o. Foreman, superintendent
of a cleaning and ventilating firm Of
this city, who said he had been at
Castle Gould frequently during the
four years, from May. 1901, to Decem-
Der. 1905, engaged in installing heat
ing and vcntiIating plant. was the
first witness called by the plaintiff.
He testified that he had met Mrs
Gould quite often, as she would give
him instructions about the work at
Castle Could, and never saw her in
toxicated or heard her use strong lam
guage to the servants or employees.
On cyoss,examination Mr.. Nicoll
asked Mr. Foreman for the dates when
he had seen Mrs. Could at Castle
Gould, but the only occasion he could
remember specifically, was in August.
1904 He said he had never met her
inside the house.
William z. Murphy. an automobile