The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-22
SURPRISE SPRUNG
IN GOULO SCANDAL
Defense Rests Without Husband
of the Plaintiff Giving Any
Testimony.
REBUTTAL TESTIMONY
TO MRS. G0ULD'S CREDIT
Woman Was Almost All Angel of
Light, According to Eyi-
dence Introduced.


NEW YORK, June 2I.-Sensation
seekers and the curious who have al
tended daily the sessions of Katherine
Clemmons Gould's suit for separation
from her husband, Howard Gould, were
disappointed at the resumption of the
hearing before Justice Dowlinp today
when 1T was announced that the defense
rested and that Howard Gould would
not take tho stand
Clarence j. Shcarn, counsel for the
plaintiff. apparently was greatly sur
pr1sed. Mr.. Gould seemed relieved. and
Mrs. Gould annoyed.
"Since the recess of last Friday vonr
honor, said Delaney Nicoll, counsel
for Gould, ''my associates and | have
decided that the testimony we have
offered is so complete that there is no
necessity for going further. Therefore
we have decided to rest
MI Shearn led off the rebuttal with
testimony destined to show, he ex.
planned, Fthe falsity Of the CHARGES
that Mrs. Gould was continually and
habitually intoxicated from 1902 10 tbe
present date
Friends of Katherine Heard.
He produced many below-stairs wit.
nesses whose testimony was followed by
the reading of dispositions Of guests and
friends, who swore that Mrs. Gould
never, to their knowledge. drank to ex-
cess, and that she was always affable,
reserved and modest in her language.
1t was on account of the unexpected
attitude taken by the defense that Mr..
Shearn ran short of witnesses late in
the day, and was obliged to Introduce
the dcpositions. He promised, how
ever, to have about fifty ready when
court opens tomorrow, who Will testify
In rebuttal 10 disprove, If possible, the
husband IS charges, including Mrs.
Gould S associations with Dustin Far
mum.
Lack of Sensations.
/ When Justice Bowling opened court
today for continuation of the trial
of Katherine Clemmons Gould 8 suit for
separation and an aIimony allowance
of $3.50 600 a year from her husband,
Howard Gould, the defense sprung a
surprise by announcing that 1T rested
Mr. Gould, declared that on looking
over the testimony that had been pre-
sented he had found it so replete with
evidence to establish the contention of
the defense, that Mr.. Gould was lusti~
fed in the separation from his wife.
that he believed it unnecessary to call
any more witnesses,
Clarence j. Shearn, attorney for Mrs.
Gould. told the court that Mr.. NIcoll S
A,ty l., l.NH
prise. and he had 30 witnesses a1 hand
at the moment to put on the stand in
rebuttal. With the court s consent,
however he said, he would read the
dispositions of witnesses taken IN pre-
pairing the case for trial.
Mr. Shearn at once proceeded with
the reading Of these dispositions.
Mrs. Gould said today that she had
obtained evidence to refute tho testl.
mony of the employees Of the Hotel
Bellevue. Stratford, who testified that
thev saw Dustin Farnum, the actor,
leave her apartments early one morning
during her stay at the Philadelphia ho-
tel in 1906.
Mrs. Gould's lawyer today declined
TO say what the refuting evidence was,
but said there would be many surprises
for the defense.
Text of Deposition.
The deposition taken up by MI
Shearn was that of Mrs. Alice S. Bank
head of Atlanta. Ga, wife Of Llent'
Henry McCaulcv Bankhead of Fort Nc,
Phcrson. Ga, who visited Mrs, Gould
on numerous occasions.
Mrs. Bankhcad related in her deposi-
tion the incidents Of visit with Mrs.
Gould, as the lattcr's s guest, IN CAIRO.
Egypt. in 1902. when the party visited
the Khedive's palace. The witness de
scribed Mrs. Gould s conduct on this o@'
casion as "ladylke and above re
rroach. - Mrs. Bankhead accompanied
the Goulds on their yacht from Cairo to
Alexandria. Mrs Could conduct was
"pcrfect ana beyond criticism; on
that trip. according to Mrs. Bank head.
Mrs. Gould was never intoxicated dur
ING this time the witness deposed. The
witness stated that she had visited Mrs.
Gould al Castle Gould, a the St Re
gis hotel, for periods OF several weeks
nt a time and never saw her use iptoXi-
cants 10 excess
Mrs. Gould never drank more than
a cocktail before dinner and only light
wine with her dinner. not more than
thc average society lady drinks
"'Whnt did you observe she would
drink AT lunch time?f' vas a question
asked by Mrs. Gould : counsel.
"Mrs. Gould would usually take Il
cocktail before luncheon, but the cX-
tent of her drinking was not noticeable
TO me on account of her conduct. the
witness replied. She never SAW Mrs.
Could drunk in the evening and never
saw her boisterous and never heard her
swear or use improper language. The
witness was with Mrs Gould in CHI
caro in 1907 and noticed nothing inn
proper in her conduct Mrs. Bankhpad
said her daughter, Katherine who was
born August 81. 1905 was named after
Mrs. Gould. The deponcnt said Mrs.
Gould was 'dignjGed, refined and gen
tic and always conducted herself in n
manner above reprorch.'
AS to Dustin Farnum.
In the cross.eXamination on the de-
position. Mrs. BunlSbead would not
swear that she had never heard Mrs.
Gould spoken of as a ''drinking wo.
man She said that Mrs. Gould had
never spoken 10 her but once about
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