Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-08
GOULD DIVORCE TRIAL
Case of Katherine cIemmons Gould
Against Howard Gould Called
For Trial Today.
CHerald Specia1.)


New York, June S.-Was there an
inherited curse in the millions left by
Jay Gould, the Wizard of Wall
street," 1t would certainly seem so
from the amount of notoriety and do
nestle trouble in which the most of
his children have shared since his
death.
A year ago this month the family
skeleton was rafting its grisly bones
in a French divorce court, where the
Countess de Castellane, formerly An
ma Gould, was suing for separation
from her titled husband.
About the time that the courts re-
leased the Countess de Castellane
from her husband for good and all
leaving her free to marry the noto-
rious Prince Hellie de Sagan a few
months later-the family infelicities
of the Frank Goulds were being aired
in the New York press. AS in the
case of the youngest daughter, Anna
the troubles of the youngest son,
Frank, eliminated in a divorce. The
decree was granted his wife, who
was Miss Helen Kelly, two weeks ago.
And now, when the ink has scarce
ly had time to dry on the papers in
the Frank Gould case, comes the sep
aration suit brought by Mrs. Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould against How
ard Gould, and the latters counter
suit for divorce. The case was
called for hearing today before JUS
tice Gerard in Part 3, Special Term,
and it is expected the trial will take
place without further delay. 1t will
not be jury trial Most of the testi-
mony will be offered in the form of
dispositions taken by both sides.
: The matrimonial troubles of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Gould have furnish
ed staple of gossip for several years.
The couple have not been living to-
gether since they returned from Eu-
rope late in the summer of 1906. It
was not until nearly a year later.
however, that Mrs. Gould brought suit
against her husband for limited di
vorce. Desertion, non-support anu
cruelty were some of the charges
brought by Mrs. Gould. In answer to
the application of his wife for sep
aration, Howard Gould filed a paper
covering twenty-eight typewriter
pages, in which he set forth many al
legged shortcomings of Mrs. Gould
Alleged evidence by private detec.
lives ,--s77,--.-7s- 7l.,-,.s-,-.-,...ll.s
th5 testimony It IS lndeFsfood that
ever since their first differences
arose both the husband and wife have
been under the almost constant sur
vigilance of flocks of private sleuths. |
In fact it has long been custom of |
the Goulds to engage the services of
private detectives. This custom has
been followed ever since George
Gould was bothered by the notorious
leila Nicholas. !
The welded bliss of the Harvard
Goulds was of but a few years dura-
ton. After an eventful courtship,
they were married quietly, almost Sc
cretly, at the Holland House in this
city in January, 1898. Mrs. Gould
was Katherine Clemmons, native of
California. She was an actress of
some fame, having starred in the
west. For brief period she was at
the head of company in New York
At the time of the marriage it was
an open secret that, Notwithstanding
The fact that George Gould himself
was happily welded to a former act
ress, Miss Edith Kingdom, he, as
we'll as the eldest sister, Miss Helen
Gould, looked with anything but IA
voring eyes upon Howard Goulds at
'entions to Miss CIemmons. Almost
rom the day that Howard Gould first
net the actress, shortly after her ap-
on the stage of the Fifth
Avenue Theater, the Gould family ex-
pressed disapproval
Jay Gould's will stipulated that
none of his children should marry
the consent and approval of
The others. A forfeiture of half the
,hild's share in the estate was to be