New-York tribune., 1910-07-12
GOULD GIRLS WITH AUNT
AFTER LONG AUTO CHASE
CnIloren of Frank ]. Taken to
Miss Helen Gould After
Mothers Wedding.
DETECTIVES GUARDED THEM
Belief That Mrs. Thomas Would
Take Them Caused Watch
To Be Set-Had Been
with Grandmother.

/ Immediately after the wedding at noon
/ yesterday Of Mrs Helen Kelly Could
/ the divorced wife Of Frank Jay GouId
10 haIph Hill Thomas at her home, No.
o4o Park avenue, the two Gould chill
dren, Helen and Dorothy. were the CEN
traI figures in WHIT appeared to be an
/ unexpected and rather forceful change
OF guardianship They were taken from
the custody Of Mrs. Thomas's mother,
Mrs Kelly, who lives at the Hotel
! Gotham. and put into the hands of rep
resentatives of Miss Helen Could, who
took the children to her country home
4 in Irvington-on-H Hudson.
Following the ceremony the children
were bundled into a taxicab with a
woman and a man who was said to be
Addison Mizner, a close friend of the
bridegroom. and started away from the
house. Three men, said to have been
detectives employed by the Gould fam
/ lily, followed the taxicab in q large tour
Ing car When they overlook the taxi
/ cab in cd street, between Second and
! Third avenues, the cars stopped, and
after a short conference the children
)
larger car and driven to the home of
Miss Helen Gould. in Fifth avenue.
Later they were taken to Miss Goulds
country place.
It was said at Miss Gould's Irvington
home last night that the children had
merely been brought back there where
they had been staying with their aunt
prior to the wedding. It was denied that
/ there had been any attempt to kidnap
them from their mothers relatives or to
detain them so that Mrs. Thomas could
the Thomases intend to sail on the Kai-
ser Wilhelm der Crosse to spend their
/ honeymoon abroad.
Expected Back at Hotel.
Mrs. Kelly, grandmother Of the chill
dren, was not at the Gotham last night,
and il was said there that she had gone
out Of the city early in the evening and
had not said where she was going or
when she would return. Friends Of Mr..
Kelly at the hotel said that the two
Gould children had been staying with
their grandmother since last Friday
They expressed surprise that the chill
dren did not return to the hotel after
the wedding, and said that Mrs Kelly
had departed suddenly.
/ The MOTEL mana cement said that the
rooms occupied by the Misses Dorothy
and Helen. with their grandmother, had
been retained and that the children were
! expected TO return there after the we'd
ding The hotel register showed that
the Gould children had been assigned to
rooms there on July g.
Il is said that Miss Helen Gould and
her brother Frank feared that Mrs.
Thon7as's affection for her children
might lead her to make some attempt to
carry them off with her to-day, and that
the detectives were employed to guard
the children and see that they were not
| taken away.
| One Of the detectives Vho followed the
children in the automobile is said 10
have admitted that they had been in
structed to follow the children wherever
they might go. and that Mr.. Gould had
instructed them not to let the children
out Of their sight
Make Mystery of Wedding.
Considera bic secrecy was thrown about
the Thomas wedding. All concerned re-
sorted TO various manguvres before and
! after the ceremony to avoid as much
publicity as possible. The Rev Dr.
! George 5. Webster, of the Brick Pres
bvterian Church, who performed the
J ceremony. and Joseph Thomas, broth
er Of the bridegroom. made their exit
from the house after the ceremony by
going down q freight elevator and out
through an alley in the rear to the side
street
Mrs. Could arrived at her apartments,
which OCCUPY the entire third floor of
tbe Park avenue apartment house, about
1920 Z m. and she was soon followed
bv her mother. Mrs Edward j. Kelly.
and her sister, Miss Eugenia Kelly, The
TWO Gould children, with their govern
ess. drove UP in q taxicSb at Il O'Clock,
and Mr.. Thomas came alone soon after
ward
The living room. where the ceremony
was perforrned. was decorated with lilies,
the dining room in American Beauty
roses and the other rooms in pink roses
and orchids. The bride. who was given
au-av nv her mother. wore a gown of
! charnnaign coIored satin and carried a
hououet of lilies-of-the-va1ley and white
orchids. Her two little daughters, in
/ frocks Of white lingerie and Charlotte
Cordav hats. and carrying pink roses
acted as flower girls The brides sister
who did not assist at the wedding Ior
| reI,gious reasons, was also in white
Toeenb 2. Thomas was his brothers best
/ man and only attendant.
Mr. Thomas gave his bride SooVo
.rsc, of land at Sands Point, Long ISL
ora a diamond necklace and diamond
! bracelet
II was said that the Thomases intended
% remain abroad for year Among lhe
guests at the wedding were MI ana NIT
william A. Prime, who are to accom-
rarv the Thonases abroad; Addison
@.- nr Burnett, G.. A. Gillespie.
/ Ieal-,b T Blooner. who is engaged 10
- ,oro+f1v Taylor. an intimate friend