The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-06-19
H. GOULD ON STAND|
eeHEDULED>To TESTIFY in NEW
-. YORK SUIT FOR DIVORCE
..........* . FROM WIFE,
HER CHARACTER is ATTACKED
Woman ls Said by Witnesses to Have
Cursed and Used Much Liquor
'.-coaehran Tells Of Her Effort to
~: Harness Mules. 49,, -,.'-

New York. June 17.-Howard Gould
was Scheduled to take the witness
stand late to-day in his own defense
in the suit for divorce from Mrs. How
ard Gould.
r, The testimony by various employees
and former servants at Castle Gould
told of alleged intoxication of the
castles mistress, and of curses al
/ legged to have been uttered by her at
the times the witnesses declared Mrs.
Gould to have been under the influ.
ence- of liquor,
William Wysong, native Of Port
Washington. who did construction
work on the Gould estate in 1902 and
1908, 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 barn, and he.
heard her call loudly to "Mile-a-Min.
ute" Murphy, who had charge of the
automobiles, the witness said, and call
!. Murphy a very Objectionable. name.
The witness said he thought she was
Intoxicated at the time:
Gusts All Employees.
Gus Wright, who said he was a
clerk, with such strong English &C.
cent. that the court could not at first
|: understand what he meant. said he had
seen Mrs. Gould: intoxicated ON two
7 occasions: at Castle Gould, where he
; was employed. con. November G.,
1905" the witness said, "she drove up
to the office and wanted the keys to
the storeroom, and said she wanted
to clean the place out went to the
storehouse. with her, and she took out
lots of things, and ordered 400
blankets to be sent to the house at
once She talked excitedly In French
to her chauffeur, and did not know
what she was saying. She acted as
II she was intoxicated"
The following day. the witness said,
Mrs. Gould summoned him and others
to the Office, and used very strong
language TO: them, saying they were
/ discharged, and to get their money
quick and clear out.
II remarked to her that got nv
orders from Mr.. Malloy,". said the wit
ness, land she SAID: Who in the devil
| ts Malloy? I am Mrs. Howard
Could" -...s..
!. ~. Tails Of Drives About Estate.
* Reinholdt Carlson. who was e,m.
:ployed at Castle Gould in 1905 and
/ 1906 as head coachmah, told Of many
Incidents when In his opinion; Mrs
Gould was under the influence of
liquor In October, 1906, the witness
said, she ordered out carriage. and
had him drive her about the estate:
"She could not sit steady on 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 car
riage. We drove about two miles and
returned to the house. Her. face was
badly flushed, her breath smelled :of
liquor, and she was. clearly intoxi.
Gated"
Upon another occasion, Carlson
said, he was driving Mrs. Gould when
they came to place where men were
unloading coal and two mules were
hitched to q tree nearby. "She got out
of the carriage and united one of the
4 mules and tried to hitch them up to.
I gether,' said the witness. "She tried
three times, and then had to give II
up" -.
T Carlson said Mrs. Could was very
boisterous upon their return to Castle
Gould on this OCCASION. and laughed
hard without any provocation.
Thought Her Intoxicated.
He thought she was intoxicated al
that time. He also told of a. coaching
trip to Larchmont in July, 1905, when
he said he saw Mrs. Gould drinking
on the. lawn and acting as II intoxt
Gated. .,.- -.
One afternoon Mrs. Gould hurriedly
ordered phaeton and a pair OF
horses, and told Carlson she wanted
to catch a train. He started the
horses at rapid pace, but Mrs.
Could kept telling him to drive faster
saying, 81 don't, give a damn IL you
kill the horses; must get this train,
! and II don't there will be trouble at
the stables" Carlson said he galloped
the horses all the way, a distance OF
two and one-half miles, and then
missed the train. Mrs. Gould told
him to go back and discharge every
one in the stables. They were all re.
/ instated soon .afterward by Mr.
7; Could =;
Says She Heard Swearing.
H.. Jane Mccain. who was employed as
q chambermaids at the Gould estate
for four weeks in the summer of 1904
testified that Mrs: Gould was intoxi.
Gated the day the witness arrived at
the castle. On one occasion, the wit.
ness said, some Of the men servants
!! were moving a sewing machine, when
Mrs, Gould came into the. room and
called the men damn stupid fools. 81
On still another occasion, the witness
said, Mrs. Gould came home in her
automobile. and some of the servants
had to assist her. into the house be-
cause. Of her, intoxicated condition.