The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-22
HOWARD GOULD
DID NOT GIVE
HIS VERSION
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said that he was the son of Senator
Bankhead of Alabama and had entered
the army in 1898 The witness testi-
fled in regard to the various visits of
himself and wife to the Gould estates
and at hotels in this city. He had new
er seen Mrs. Gould intoxicated or OBJ
served her conduct to be unladylike.
The witness deposed he had never
seen her drink more than any Of the
guests at dinners.
On cross-examination Lieutenant
Bankhead was asked:
LAS a man or army officer, would not
you testify reluctantly in regard to the
conduct rejecting upon a woman who
had been your hostess?'
AS a man or army officer I would do
so, ordinarily, but when placed on my
oath to tell the truth, I should testify
unhesitatingly," was the reply.
Never Saw Her Intoxicated.
Louie o. Foreman, superintendent of
q cleaning and ventilating firm of this
city, who had been at Castle Gould fire.
quently during the four years from
MAY. 1901, to December, 1905, engaged
in installing a heating and ventilating
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 Gould, and never saw
her intoxicated or heard her use strong
language to the servants or employees.
On crOss-examinatiOn, Mr.. NicOll
asked Mr.. Foreman for the dates when
he had seen Mrs. Gould 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 F. Murphy, an automobile
broker, who said he had charge Of the
private garage at Castle Gould, from
September. 1900, to April, 1902, testified
that he frequently drove Mrs. Gould
about the estate when she was giving
instructions to her heads of depart
ments. He never heard her curse or
swear at any of the employees, and
never saw her when she showed ANY
signs of being under the influence Of
liquor" Murphy said
On crOss-examination, Mr.. Murphy
said he had never talked with Mrs.
Gould about the case. He admitted he
had made an affidavit in the case in
1908.
Never Heard Her Swear.
Michael J. Duffy, who said he was su-
peTintendent of buildings at Castle
Gould, from August, 1898, to May, 1904,
and met Mrs. Gould almost daily in his
work. testified that he had never seen
her under the influence of liquor nor
heard her use abusive language.
According to letters introduced in ev-
idence by Mr.. Nicoll, witness had writ
ten Mr.. Gould's secretary in September, |
1908. to get permission to visit Castle
Gould and was refused permission.
During the same month the witness
made an affidavit for Mrs. Gould, he
testified.
Jacob Cocks, a resident of Port Wash
ingtOn, who said he had done general
road building, carting, etc, for Mrs.
Gould at Castle Gould, from 1901 to
1906, and sometimes met her to get or
ders as often as three times a day, tes-
titled that during this five-year period
he had never seen Mrs. Gould intoxi-
Gated or heard her use abusive Ian
guage.
Eugene A. Pinckney. who had charge
Of installing the rustic work at Castle
Gould from June, 1901, to September,
1902. testified that he often met Mrs.
Gould at the estate during that period.
and never saw her when her words OF
condition suggested that she had been
drinking. she was always a very
courteous and pleasant lady said the
witness.
At Blue Gap Farm,
John W Adams, who is in the plumb
ing business at LynchbuTg, Va, testi-
fed that he saw Mrs. Gould at Blue Gap
farm in the fall OF 1905.
Mr.. Trotter, a carpenter, testified at
a previous session Of the trial that while
at the Gould farm he saw Mrs. Gould
and Adams drinking together in the
cellar.
The witness said he remembered that
he and Trotter and Mrs. Gould went
into the cellar, and she had asked him
to move some boards. He said no one
there at that time had taken a drink
of whisky. He had never seen Mrs.
Gould under the influence of liquor at
Blue Gap farm.
Henry Dubois. a builder who had
worked on the construction of the COW
barns at the castle. testified that he
saw and talked TO Mrs. Gould often