The sun., 1909-06-17

at the grocery store Of B. ". Oglesby d
co. Of Bloomsbury. Va, and were tele-
ph1ned from there to the telegraph office
at Lynchburg."
Trotter identified number of tee.
message asking Dustin Farnum to meet
Mrs. Gould at Lynchbura.
FLORIST SAYS SIZE RELIED.
The first witness yesterday was Harry
Turner, now president OF the New York
Florists Club, who Is In charge Of the
greenhouses at Castle Gould and was
there in 1905. He said he saw Mrs. Gould
intoxicated several times and that one
night Mrs. Gould came down to the stable
ooachman. He said she reeled against
the wall Of the stable arch while talking.
Turner said that on November OF that
year Mrs. Gould came down to the estate
office, where the heads Of departments
were, and commenced talking to them
generally, and kept repeating, "I'm Mrs
Howard Gould" He said she went over
and leaned against the wall for support
Turner said that the two instances named
were the only times he remembered
seeing Mrs. Gould under the influence Of
drink.
Under Mr.. Shearn's cross examination
Turner said that the day she came TO the
office she told Malloy, the manager that
he was discharged and that all the others
were discharged and could get their m oney
right away: Mr.. Shearn asked II Mrs.
Gould wasn't finding fault because the
I'm Mrs. Howard Gould" for the purpose
Of impressing them with the fact that her
commands should be obeyed. Turner
said Mrs. Gould told the department heads
to get their money and Get it quick,
get 1t quick!"
E. Preston wysong, who was doing
construction work at Castle Gould in
sitting under the awning OF the roller to
keep out Of the rain he heard Mrs. Gould
swearing at her chauffeur, whose name
Wysong thought was Murphy.
Mr.. Shearn ask ed Wysong 4 the Murphy
in question wasn't Mile q Minute Muir
sure. Wysong said he had seen Mrs,
Gould occasionally. but that there was no
other time when he thought she had been
drinking.
ADVENTURE OF A CLARK"
Sustave Wright. who said he was a
clark" in the estate Office at Castle Gould,
said that on November 5. 1905, Mrs. Gould
mobile and sent to him for the key
Wright opened the storehouse and then
he said Mrs. Gould commenced taking
things out. He said she took nearly
all the automobile articles but some old
Gaps and that she said. who the devil
is Malloy? I'm Mrs. Howard Gould"
Wright said that Mrs. Gould ordered
400 blankets and 200 quilts sent to the
house that afternoon and that he sent
all he could and Mrs. Gould had some
wagons loaded and left an hour or SO
later.
Mr.. Shearn brought out the fact that
although Wright had never kept a diary
before he wrote down the happenings Of
several days at this period. Wright said
that Malloy kept diary too.
While he was telling about the incident
at the storehouse Wright said:
Mrs. Gould was looking around to see
whft else she could take away
have you got some animus that you
volunteer a statement Of that kind:'
asked MIR. Shearn.
Wright said he bore Mrs. Gould no
i'll feeling. He never saw Mrs. Gould
take drink and the only times he thought
she had been drinking were when she
came to the storehouse on the 9TH and to
the office on the 9th.
Roinhold Carlson, who was the Gould
head coachman between October. 1904
and August, 1905. said that he first saw
Mrs Gould under the influence OF drink
about four days after he won't there.
on skeleton brake and took Mrs. Gould
out for a ride
THE CoACHMAN sMELT HER BREATH.
when We got down the road little
way 1 noticed that Mrs. Gould was in
toxicated. Her face was flushed. her
breath smelled terrible and she was
sitting unsteady. She was right beside
me and was so afraid she would fall out
OF the high scat that took the reins in
my back two or three times to catch her
II she went over. | rode this way for
about two miles and then drove back
home"
Carlson said the next incident occurred
tho second week he was there. Mrs.
some orders about the horses. She talked
StMt time as If she was drunk, he said.
In the last part Of October came the in
cident OF the mules. He said he was
driving Mrs. Gould around the estate
and they came to dock where n tow
team OF mules was tied. He said the mule,
were unhitched and that Mrs. Gould had
him stop She got out and tried TO hook
the mules on to the wagon, and when she |
couldn't do it she tied the mules to the |
tree again after turning them around two |
or three times. Carlson said this was
positive proof to him that Mrs. Gould
was intoxicated.
Carlson said he didn't remember seeing !
Mrs. Gould drunk again until May of the
next year. when she had him drive her
all around the place looking for Ford,
then the manager. While she was at
one of the gates Ford drove up, having
been to New lork on an errand. He said
Mrs Gould asked Ford how he dared leave
the place without getting permission first.
and then discharged him and another
man who happened TO be there at the
time.
Carlson said that after discharging these
men Mrs. Gould drove back to the house !
and when she was going in she made a
laugh which convinced him that she was |
drunk.
WREN MRS. GOULD DROVE.
Mr.. Niooll inquired about the time Mrs. |
Gould was driving the four-in-hand and
Carlson said that in July, 1905, she went
out riding in the body brake with two
erooms on behind Fownes. the driving
master, on the box with Mrs. Gould and
Carlson on another seat. He said Mrs.
Gould smelled of whiskey and that when
she was driving into one OF the gates about
9 o'clock in the evening she didn't see
that the gate was closed and ran the
horses into il.
Carlson told about a coaching trip in |
Westchester county in the same month !
when they stopped for dinner at Larch- |
mont and he saw Mrs. Gould drinking
something on the piazza. He said that
when they started on Mrs. Gould took the |
reins and drove the horses at a terrific |
rate.
Another time Mrs. Gould ordered the |
vis-A-vis Mrs. Gould came down to ,
the stable before the horses were hitched |
up. She saw one Of the grooms who |
Ind n aore foot and daClared ha woa |