Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-17
ATTACK ON MRS.
.G0ULD'S CHARACTER.
Small Army Of Servants Will les
tify in Support Of Charges Of
HabituaI lntoxication.
sW0RE. He HEARD HER SWEAR.
This Same Witness Said That AT Din
nor on the Naclit She Drank
Moro Than Anyone Else.

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Moro Than Anyone Else.
New York, June 17-When the Gould
divorce trial was resumed today. d us-
tice Bowling announced that longer SEES
sions would be held from now on, with
possibility of night sessions next
week This action followed the an
nouncement OF Mr.. Gould's lawyers that
small army OF servants and employees
was still to be heard in support Of the
charges of habitual INVESTIGATION
against Mrs. Gould, and the announce
ment that some so witnesses would be
called in rebuttnl.
* andrew Frede,iclsson, who WAS cm-i
nloyed as night Waterman at Castle
Gould from September to December
1906 was the first witness called today.
He testified that he saw Mrs. Gould I'M
der the influence or liquor, in his opin-.
ion. on Nov. Z. 1906.
1T was in the evening and / was
making the rounds Of the house, the
4r
kitchen garden, near the gas house. and
saw q woman coming from that direc-
ton. Invent up to her and found it was
Mrs. Gould. She said something but II
did not understand IT. II Went into
the kitchen garden and found the straw
a,fire i'll three places. While was put
ting out the fire l heard low cries in.
tho kitchen and went in. and found
Mrs. Gould there. She asked me IL I.
was the man she met. I told her 1 was,
and she wanted me to go and get the
key to the electric alarm, but I told
her could not, as had to watch
the place. Her face flushed and she
talked rapidly and appeared to be I'M
dor the influence of intoxicants.'' 81
q The witness said he saw Mrs. Gould
again the same night and in his orin-,
Ion she was intoxicated then.
DRINKING ON. THE YACHT.
Edward Bechtold, who was in charge
of the wines and liquors aboard Mr..
Gould s. yacht Niagara in December.
1906 when the Goulds We're cruising
with a party of friends, testified that
he saw Mrs. Gould Intoxicated several
times during the cruise and that at
dinners she drank more than anyone
else On one occasion, after a dinner
at Kingston. Bechtold said Mrs. Gould
took hold OF a, chair to steady herself,
t''and she had to take q long breath
before she could SO on to her state
room
On Ioss-exannnattDh the witness said
he had made an affidavit FOR Mr..
sGould's lawyers and had talked with
them about testifying. 81
Now, you never heard Mrs. Gould
curse or swear on that trip, did you?.
asked Mr., Sllearn. q,
oh, yes, did" said the witness. One
night at quarantine he said he heard
her swearing. On another night when
he was In the Kitchen the witness said.
Mrs. Gould started to open the kitchen
door installing it, the witness thought.
for her state room door, which was a
short distance beyond.
"She blushed and turned about and
walked unsteadily toward her state
room and / followed her, thinking she
wanted something said the witness.
Mrs Gould frequently shook her
head at the witness answers, and
smiled scarcastical1y.
A GUESTS EVIDENCE.
Melville E, Chapman, a broker, who
had been a guest OF MT. and Mrs.
Gould on the yacht Niagara on sever
al trips In 1905, testified that Mrs.
Gould was frequently under the in
fiuepce of intoxicants and very abusive
in her language to the servants. He
said that during a cruise to the West
Indies he remembered several oc-
casions when Mrs. Gould had been
drinking and became dissatisfied with
everything and everybody and would
become greatly excited and say that
she intended to run the boat and that
no one should take orders from anyone:
but herself. The witness described
two such uuthirsts. one In Santiago
harbor, and the other In Havana har-l
j Dor.
What did Mr.. Gould do and say on
these occasions ~. asked Mr.. Nicoll.
He invariably tried to soothe and
calm her and pass the inciden. OFF
pleasantly" replied the witness.
In endeavoring to get several letters.
in evidence which Mr.. Shearn contend-
ed would impeach the creditability of
Melville Il. Chapman. who had testified
in the case, and which. Justice Bowling
would not allow admitted, a tilt oc-.
CURED between Opposing counsel which
called forth a severe rebuke of Mr..
Nicoll by Justice Bowling. who request
ed Mr.. Nicoll to apologize.
This is only a&case OF matchmaking
tactics practised from start to finish
in this suit" shouted Mr.. Nicoll at Mr.
Shearn, as he was pressing the admis-
sion of the letters. He was at once
sternly reprimanded by Justice Dow
ling and apoiogized, saying he meant
no reflection on Mr.. Shearn personally,
hut he believed It had been the attitude
of others on the opposite side to extort
money from his client.
A BELL BOYS STORY.
Counsel for Mr. Gould read into the;
record the dispositions of bell boy,
James Clark. employed in the Hotel
Carroll in Lynchburg. Ya.,5 where Dns-.
tin Farnum, the actor, was stopping In
November, 1906 when Mrs. Could ar,
rived and stayed two or three days at
the hotel on her way to Blue Gap farm,
according to the deposition. The bell
boy said he slw Mrs. Could sitting in.
the reception room waiting for Mr.
FarnnIn on MOVIE. and after Mr.. Far
nun came they went to Mrs. Could s
rooms. On two occasions that day he
was called to Mrs. Gould's rooms the.
bell boy said, and each time saw Mrs,
Gould and Mr. Farnum alone in the
room. They were in the outside room.
which was really ii bedroom. with a bed