The sun., 1909-06-22
WITNESSES FOR MRS. GOULD
NEyER SAW HER INTOXICATED
OR HEARD HER SWEAR.


OR HEARD HER SWEAR.
,.serce Rests Unexpectedly without Call.
Ing Howard Gould and Much Time Il
.;..en 70 Reading Depositions-A ne.
e,sion Is Expected On Thursday.
The defence in Kathrine Clemmons
Gould s suit for separation from Howard
rould brought its case 30 unexpectedly
10 an end yesterday morning. whom the
.lshth days session began. that the plain
tiT did not have her witnesses ready to
70 on in rebuttal. Messengers were
ant scurrying around for them, but
ooly a few were gathered In and much
Of the day was spent reading the depo.
sitions Of witnesses for Mrs. Gould. They
we're all as positive that they never saw
Mrs. Gould intoxicated or drinking much
e s.nything a. we're tha witn~AsAs for thA
defence sure Of the opposite. They said
also that she never swore and many Of
them said that she had Q great b,isineaa
had.
Whether the defence had come to the
decision over Sunday not to call Howard
Gould to testify as TO the times he alleges
bis wife hulmillsted him before his friends
and to specify various times whsn abe
vas intoxicated or whether there never
bad bean any intention to call him could
not be learned yesterday. Clarence ].
shearn, counsel for Mrs. Gould. fully
sapectsd that Mr.. 06uld would take the
stand. probably yesterday morning. and
vas prepared to submit him to . oroas-
examination lasting several daya II
vas for that reason that none OF his wit
nesses was In the court room whom JUS
tive Bowling directed him to put in his
case in rebuttal. He asked for time.
but the Court suggested that dispositions
be road until the Witnesses could be
rounded up.
The witnesses for the plaintiff were
subm tilted to little and in some cases I'd
no cross-examination, and accordingly
those who could be found succeeded
each other with great rapidity. II had
been arranged that night sessions were
to be held this week in order to finish the
case by Friday. but It moved 90 swiftly
Yesterday that an adjournment wai
taken shortly after 4 o'clock. There Ii
every indication that, the case win end
on Thursday. and IL 10 likely that Justioe
Dowling viii give his decision from the
bench.
At the end OF the testimony taken
yesterday the case looked more favorable
to Mrs. Gould than at any time previously
Justice Bowling has declared frequently
that he wanted evidence to show thai
Mrs. Gould was habitually intoxioated
hSfore he would oonoede the defen.
dant's right to desert his wife.
Before court opened yesterday Mrs
Gould had something to say about her
"Trip to Philadelphia 10 inquire conoern.
hg the Bellevue-Btratford mirrors.
i cannot reply directly a. to what
accomplished, but will say that my trip
vas not unsuccessful she declared
The reports that was kept from stay.
ing at the Bellevue-Stratford last nighi
are untrue. II wes the presence Of the
reporters that frightened me away
Mrs Gould Is 10 be one Of the wit.
pesses In rebuttal and it IL expected that
The will give her own version Of what
happened In the Bellevus-Stratford when
the and Dustin FArnum were staying
there the same night.
The plaintiffs oass In rebuttal was
started yesterday with extracts from the
deposition OF Mrs. Alice Stiokney Bank.
head, wife OF Lieut.. Henry Maoaulay
Bankhead. U. s. A.. now stationed al
Fort MACPHERSON, Ga. Lieut.. and Mrs
Bankhead were guests OF Consul Genera
John G. Long at Cairo, Egypt. when the
Niagara came along there on q cruis<
% 1902. The Bankheads wsre frequent
uests OF the Goulds and the women
\ became 20 friendly that Mira. Bankhead
pamed her daughter Katherine.
Mrs. Bankhead had testified that Mrs
Gould's conduct at dinner given by tn,
Goulds at the Hotel Savoy. Cairo, al
which the Khedive's brother was presen
and on other occasions in the Fast a
we'll was ladylike and above reproaoh
She had said the same about a dinner
party given by Mrs. Gould at the Wal
dorf-Astoria In 1908.
She never was under the influences
of liquor at any time. either In Cairt
or any other place. Mrs. Bankhead hae
said in answer to one question. i saw
her on number OF occasions take {
cocktail before and wine during dinner.
Did she ever show the effect Of imbib
ns such liquors7' Mr.. shearn had asked
No
Mr.. Nioon had brought out In the cross
examination that Mrs. Gould once spok'
to Mrs. Bankhead d about Dustin FArnun
She told me- Mrs. BankheAd has
said, that II was a perfect outrage tn
way her name and that Of Dustin Farnun
vas connected. as she knew the aoto'
but slightly
In his dsposition Capt. BAhkhead
who ia the son Of Senator Bankhsad o
Alabama, had said that no never sav
Ars. Gould intoxicated or heard he
speak inoohsrently. although he and
Mrs. Bankhead had two meals day viii
Mrs, Gould for long period In 1908.
She never drank moro than q ladl
would was the way Capt. Bankhea'
put il.
This answer was objected to and jus
tice Dowling ruled It out with this remark
4 don't see that this army .ofiioer ha'
any special opportunity for observing