Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-17

the proper attention as servants?"
asked Mr.. Shearn.
The witness said he did not remem-
Der that.
Don't you remember anything she
said about not being allowed to use her
horses and the coach and four?" asked
Mr.. Shearn.
NO" replied the witness.
William Wysong, a native of Point
Washington, who did construction
work on the Gould estate in 1902 and
1903, testified that he saw Mrs. Gould
intoxicated once in the spring of 1902
or 1903. Mrs. Gould, he said, walked
down the road near the basin and he
heard her call loudly to Mile Minute
Murphy" who had charge of the auto
mobiles, the witness said, and call Muir
ply an Objectionable name. The wit
ness said he thought she was intoXi-
Gated at the time.
Gus Wright, a clerk with a pro-
nounced English accent said he had
seen Mrs Gould intoxicated on two
occasions at Castle Gould, where he
was employed.
Reinhold Carlson, who was employed
at Castle Gould in 1904 and 1906 as head
coachman, told of many incidents when,
in his opinion, Mrs. Gould was under
the influence of liquor. In October,
1905. the witness said, she ordered out
carriage and had him drive her about
the estate.
Could Not Sit Steady
"she could not sit steady in the
seat ." said Carlson. Several times l
took the reins in my right hand and
placed my left arm back of her to keep
her from falling out of the carriage.
We drove about two miles and re-
:
badly flushed, her breath smelled of
iuuor and she was clearly intoxicated"
Carlson said Mrs. Gould on one oc-
casion tried to drive through a gate,
although it was closed. The witness
said she once asked the lodge keeper
if he had a revolver.
He told her he had" said Carlson,
land she ordered him to go down to
the gate and shoot any one who at
tempted to come in or go out I could
smell strong liquor on her breath and
she was intoxicated"
Carlson told of a coaching trip to
Larchmont in July, 1905, when he saw
Mrs. Gould acting as if intoxicated.
one afternoon Mrs. Gould hurriedly
ordered a .phaeton and d pair of horses
and told Carlson she wanted to catch
a train. He started the horses at a
rapid pace, but Mrs. Gould kept telling
him to drive faster saying;
81 don't give a d if you kill the
horses. I must get this train, and if
don't there will be trouble at the
stables"
Carlson said he galloped the horses
all the way, a distance of two and a
half miles, and then missed the train.
Ordered Employees Discharged
Mrs. Gould told him to go back and
discharge every one in the stables
They were all reinstated soon after
ward by Mrs. Gould. The witness de-
clared that Mrs. Gould was intoxicated
on this occasion. in his opinion.
Jane McConn, a chambermaid at the
Gould estate in the summer of 1904, tes-
tilted that Mrs. Gould was intoxicated
the day the witness arrived at the
castle.
Il once saw bottle of brandy in her
room and sometimes 1 heard cursing, -
said the witness. "Once l heard her
swear terribly"
She said Mrs Gould more than once
threatened to discharge~"all the SER
wants.
Miss McConn told of an alteration
| between Mrs. Gould and her husband,
during which her mistress said to Mr..
i Gould:
"IH show you who is boss of this
| place and who gives the orders. I will
have everything done 1 want done here,
and nobody can stop me, either"
James Lauretsen, a footman en-
ployed by the Goulds, testified to seeing
Mrs Gould stumble, and she would
have fallen if the footman had not
caught her" as she was getting out of
her automobile in New York during the
winter of 1904. She was intoxicated
at the time, in the witness opinion.
He said he had seen her under the in
huence of liquor several times that
winter.