Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-19
Dustin Farnum, he Matinee Idol,
Figures Prominently in Sep
aPatiOn Proceedings.
MORE STORIES Of DISSIPATION
Former Servant Says He Served
Plaintiff With Two Quarts Of Cock
tails in as Many Days, in Addition
to Liquor Consumed at Table-Ten
Days More.
nv Associated Press.l

(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. June 1S.-Thc flow OF
testimony adduced by the defense In
the suit for separation brought by
Katharine Clemens Gould against her
husband, Howard Gould. kept edging
mere and more today toward Dustin
Farnum. the actor. whose broad
shoulders and mop of curly hair have
become familiar feature in the case
There was also iteration by servants
and personal attendants that Mrs.
Gould was repeatedly seen under the
influence of liquor by them and that
when she had been drinking, as they
alleged, on the stand she changed
from charming. affable woman to
woman of whims and caprices, i'll
tempered, not nice in her choice OF
language. oyerbearing and quarrel
some.
Mrs. Gould's one time personal valet
swore that at one time he served his
mistress with two quarts of Manhat-
tan cocktails in as many days besides
the wine and liquors which he said she
drank at the table.
Endearing epithets twice marked
the testimony.
"Her New Beau"
John II. Kimball, an oil and paint
dealer. who said he had known Mrs
Gould for is years testified that he
went TO a performance of The Nir-
ginian" in August. 1906. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Elijah Sells and the GOulds. at
the Academy of Music. in this CITY,
and that Dustin Farnum, the star in
the play, Joined the party outside the
PLAYHOUSE after the performance and
spoke to Mrs. Gould. She smiled, and
said to the witness: This is my new
beaux"
John Flynn. who said he was en-
ployed by Mrs. Gould as chauffeur
and that he often drove her to- meet
Farnum after the play, testified that
once when Mrs. Gould was waiting
in the automobile for Farnum at the
Hotel Somerset two men turned to
the actor as he came out at the hotel
door and asked him whose autcmo-
bile was waiting
oh" said Farnum laughing, Flynn
testified. that is mine Another
time. Flynn swore, when he raped
on Mrs. Gould's chamber door at the
st. Regis. she called out: "All right,
dearie,~ and then, when she saw who
il was excused herself with: Il
thought it was Mr. Farnum.' He said
she was dressing at the time and
kept right on dressing while he was
in the room
ImpeIIed by Her Conscience.
Mary Elizabeth Harrison. fresh
checked, good looking girl. who said
she was a floor clerk in the Bellevue
S;ratford Hotel in Philadelphia. pre-
faced her testimony with the expIana-
tion that IT was her first appearance
in court. She had been impelicd by
her conscience. she said. to toll wha;
she saw at the hotel Finally she
wrote a letter 20 Mr.. Could
Il said IN the letter she testified,
in obedience TO Golden rule writo
~ you 10 help you 70 you are in trOu.
bic or something like that
Mrs. Could occupied apartments on
fihc focr where she was stationed
IN September. 1906. the witnessed
went IN. and one morning about 1.Se
O'Clock she said. she saw a man come
ont Of Me-. Gculd's rooms and take
the cleva,cr. she noticed that he was
che only passenger In the car and tina;
the dial registered 18th floor when
the car stopped. she described the
man a. tall. with dark. bushy hair
and wearing soft hat and a Ions
coat
Dustin FsrnVr Again.