The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-22
HOWARD GOULD
ND NOT GIVE
HIS Version
nefense in the Celebrated Di-
vorCe Case Rested, to Sur
prise of Mr.. Shearn.
DISPOSITIONS READ
FOR THE PLAINTIFF
,,os7 OF THE WITNESSES WERE
ersvANTs AND MECHANICS,
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS.

N-.r- York. June 21-SensatiOn seek
- and fine curious who have attended
,.r,. the sessions of Katherine Glenn
mons. suit for separation from her hus-
~ Howard Gould, were disappoint-
"a at the resumption of the hearing be-
49, Justice Bowling today, when II
has announced that the defense rested
sr5 that Howard Gould would not take
the stand
clarence j. Shearn, counsel for the
rlsintfff. apparently was greatly sur
.-'.a5 Mr.. Gould seemed relieved, and
Mrs Gould annoyed.
Since the recess of last Friday. your
rororn said Delaney NicOH, counsel
a. GouId "ny associates and I have
decided that the testimony we have Of
fsrea Is So complete that there is no
necessity for going further. Therefore
I'VE have decided To rest
Testimony in RebuttaI.
Mr. Sbearn led off the rebuttal with
testimony designed to show, he eX-
rfsfned ..the falsity of the charges that
Nr Gould was continually and habit
r8Uv intoxicated from 1902 to the pres
eut date
he produced many belOW-stairs wit
rssses whose testimony was followed
by the reading of dispositions of guests
and friends who sWOre that Mrs. Gould
never On their knowledge. drank TO
excess. and that she was always affa-
be- reserved and modest in her Ian
guage.
II was on account of the unexpect-
ed attitude taken by the defense that
Mr.. Sheam ran short of witnesses late
In the day and was obliged to intro
dgce the dispositions. He promised
however. To- have about fifty ready
when court opens tomorrow. who Will
testify IN rebUttal to disprove if possi-
bic the husbands charges. including
Mrs Gould's associations with Dustin
Famum
Mrs, ssnkhead's Deposition.
The first deposition taken up by Mr.
Sheam vas that of Mrs Alice S Bank
head of Atlanta, Ca, wife of Lieuten-
ant Henry McCauley Bankhead of Fort
MCPHERSON Ca. who visited Mrs. Gould
on numerous occasions.
Mrs Baukhead related in her depo-
siti0B the incidents of a visit with Mrs.
Could as the latter's guest, i'm Cairo.
Egypt i'm 1902, when the party visited
The khedive's palace. The witness de
scubed Mrs. Gould's conduct on this
occasion as "ladylike and above re-
proach.' Mrs. Bankhead accompanied
The Goulds on their yacht from Cairo
% Alexandria. Mrs. Gould's conduct
was perfect and beyond criticism" on
That trip according to Mrs. Bankhead.
Mrs Gould was never intoxicated dur
ing this time. the witness depOsed. The
witness stated that she had visited Mrs.
Gould at Castle Gould and the st. Regis
hotel for periods of several weeks at d
time and never saw her use intoxi-
taHts to excess.
One Cocktail Before Dinner.
Mrs. Gould never drank more than
cocktail before dinner and only light
VINE with her dinner; not more than
The average society lady drinks"
What did YOU observe she would
drink at lunch timer" was a question
asked hy Mrs Gould's counsel.
AfS Gould would usually take a
'2cktal before luncheon. but the extent
of her drinking was not noticeable to
He on account of her conduct" the wit
lass replied. She never saw Mrs. Could
Drunk in the evening and never saw her
&
or use improper language The witness
was with Mrs Gould I'm Chicago i'm 1907
ana noticed nothing improper in her
conduct Mrs. Bankhead said her
daughter Katherine. who was born on
Als. VI. 1908. was named after Mrs.
Gol,d- The deponent said Mrs. Gould
vas .dlgniued. refined and gentle. and
Nals conducted herself IN a manner
above reproach."
IN me denomination on the depo-
s,.la Mrs. Baukhead would not swear
-a, she had never heard Mrs. Gould
st9Aen of as "a drinking woman" She
~. t t-9J Mrs. Gould had never spoken
-f but once about Dustin Farnum
5 actor and had then told her that
7- lameS were rot linked together"
any improper way.
@1 Shsam next read the deposition
- lieutenant Baukhead The witness
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