Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-15
HOWARD GOULD WINS POINT
All Wife's Charges, Except Desertion
Dismissed by Court.
woMAN's PAST LIFE IS PRoBED
"BtE" HawIey Said to Have stated
to Police that She Acted re- Gam
bling Tout on Transact
1Hntic Steamers.

NEW YORK, June 1G-Abandonment
will he the sole issue Vpsl which the suit
for separation brought by Katherine Glenn
mons Gould against her husband, Howard
Gould, third son OF the late Jay Gould, will
be decided. This ruling was made late
today in the supreme court by Justice
Dowling. after counsel for Mrs. Gould had
rested the case of the plaintiff. This
sweeps away several phases of the case
notably cruelty and nonsupport, and is a
partial victory for Howard Gould
AS to the charge of abandonment, the
court held that this, too, might not stand,
unless the plaintiff was able to show that
Howard Gould's stipulatons for reconcilia-
tion with his wife were unreasonable. This
phase of the case will be argued tomorrow.
Interesting testimony, bearing on the life
of Mrs. Gould prior to her marriage to
Howard Gould was adduced at the hearing.
William c. Mclaughlin, formerly the head
Of the New York detective bureau, whose
attempt to aid Howard Gould in proving
that Mrs. Gould had been married to Will
liam c. Woodward, alias Big" Hawley,
resulted in his retirement from the force,
was called as a witness. Mclaughlin told
about sending for Big" Hawley and meet
ing him in Mr.. Nicoll's offices.
Woman Used ms Gambling TOut.
Hawley told the witness, he said, that
he CHawley) had used Mrs. Gould as a
decoy on transatlantic steamers to in
veigle men into card games. CThis was
before her marriage to Mr.. Could. The
witness said he asked Hawley IL he had
married Mrs. Gould and Hawley would
neither deny nor affirm 1t at that time.
Inspector Mclaughlin testified that he
had heard that Mrs Gould had been mar.
ried at one time to a man named Dawson
and had investigated the story and sent
his detectives down to see Mr.. Nicoll after
they had looked up Dawsons record II
Baltimore. Ed Shoals, who kept gamb,
ling house in this city, witness said, told
him the story about the Dawson marriag,
and Shoals afterward told 1t to Attorney
Nicou
| Detective Peabody, who was present al
the Big Hawley interview, was called
to corroborate McLaughlin's testimony
George J. Gould, brother of the defend
ant, was then called by Mrs. Gould's law
yer to testify in regard TO Howard Gould,
income.
Grand Duke Drank OOIOnR.
! Following the recess, Howard Gould'i
counsel read from the deposition of Eli
iah Sells, in which he stated he first saw
Katherine Clemmons in San Francisco IL
1888, when she was is or 16 years old. Th'
deponent, Sells, related his experiences
later on board the Gould's yacht Niagara
and on other occasions when he accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Gould in their travels
He said that when the grand duke, Alexis
boarded the Niagara at Newport New
everyone aboard was offered refreshments
| IAN had a drink, eh?" asked Mr. Nicoll
"Yes-tea," Mr.. Sells deposed explain
ing that the grand duke was offered cham
payne but preferred "Oolong tea"
| Mr.. Nicoll read from the deposition o.
Elijah Sells, Mrs. Gould's cousin, in which
he stated the conditions upon which How
ard Gould offered a reconciliation with hi
wife. The conditions were that Mrs. GoulC
was not to interfere in the management o.
Castle Gould; she was TO abstain from in
tOxicants, TO refrain from humiliating Mr.
Gould before his friends and she was L
agree to a regulation OF her persona
finances Mrs, Gould would not admit the
| specifications of this agreement wheI
questioned about II, but said they haC
asked her to sign a paper TO abstain from
intoxlcants."
| Mrs, Gould was on the stand earlier II
the day, and was questioned at length b!
Mr.. Nicon about her living expenses. She
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