The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-02-16
GOULD MARRIAGES
NOT ALWAYS HAPPY

| AONNNs oPoClal.-In0 mouse OF
Gould is famous for it's marriages
Three of the four song OF Jay Gould
married stage beauties, and one of his
TWO daughters, Anna married two OF
the French nobility
The marriage OF Edwin Gould. Jaw
Gould's second son, to Miss Sarah
Cantine Shrady. daughter Of DR.
Shrady. caused little stir In high life.
Inc bride was only seventeen at the
ume OF her marriage, on October 81.
George Jay Gould. the eldest con .,
Jay Gould. married Edith MauRham
hngdom, one OF the beautiful women
OF the stage, on September Il. 1885
Inc Kingdoms claimed to trace their
peolgree to the twelfth century. This
clalm was substantiated by the Her
elory Court of England, which pre-
Pdreo coat OF arms for Kingdom.
the eldest son OF Mr.. and Mira Could
Alngdom was born in 1887. Jaw
Ison was born in 1888. Marjorie in
! 1oSV Nivien on May 2, 1892; George
Jay, Jr. In 1896, and Edith X in 1901.
| me seventh child. Gloria, was horn
on March 8, 1905.
! Howard Gould married Katherine
Ctemmons, an actress. In the summer
| or 1909 she won a separation suit
against him and received alimony OF
/ SS6.O0O year. She asked for SI2O. :
600 year. The action was OF espe-
cal interest to the public owing to
the nature of the counter chaT1aa
brought by the husband. He ALLEGED
among other things. that his wife
| frequently created public disturb
ances, on one occasion having an al
tercauon with another woman and
Divorced and weGis Again.
Mrs Helen Kelly Gould, who di-
vorced Frank J. Gould on May 81.
1903. married Ralph Thomas, assistant
treasurer OF the American Sugar Re-
! timing Company. In July, 1909. Frank
Gould married Helen Kelly IN October
| 1901.
Word came from Europe last spring
that Edith Kelly, a former chorus
girl was known there as Mrs. Frank
SoSld. was said that Frank Gould
| eno the young woman were registered
at the Hotel Splendide, at Aix-les-
Balns, as Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gould
The story or the marriage was not de-
/ MED.
| Jay GOuld.'s cousin, Henry A. GouId
IN 1902 married Miss Edna +. Ellis
who was a captain in the Salvation
army, when he had attained the aoe
OF nfty-tWo and she twenty-six. Miss
Ellis came from Philadelphia and at
once ehIlsteo in the army" She had
| good voice, which was a great assat
IN the street work. After rising 10 the
rank OF captain she resigned TO devote
/ al her time TO efforts to reclaim fallen
women Mr.. Gould was also Interested
/ in missionary work
| Anna Gould. the Countess do 70.
tehane. began proceedings in tn
french courts to obtain a judici4,~an-
l 6Eauon from Count BonI de CsEheI-
lahe early in 1906. The first report
was that the count had been oVera =
| tentiNe TO the wife of a member ~
a Partisan family OF the hi1hest fnaD-
! car standing. Presently II VAS safd
| that the real trouble arose from The
| sWlItness with which the gold OF his
american wife escaped from Boni,s
| nhsers' The suit came up for trial In
! the Palace OF Justice at tho end 80
me year, and had by this time assumed
vorce. ''u'e Ill
Notoriety of the Case.
II proved that more than one u,o-
man was inculpated i'm the cbar,-er
against the noble count. Maifrs
Cruppl, Countess Annals LAWYER ala
not mlnce matters, and the trial = =
Iotueu Farls the most diVerting sen
occ'I,lta AVi man! day. Maitre Cruppi
occupied more than four hours in his
! opening address and referred 70
eIeNen or twelve women as MINES A
I. or y. Aside from the OTHER To-
lures OF the trial. there was a strona,
| appeal to public interest i'm Tho -
rative of the counts ardent assai,Its
1 on ms wife's fortune. The lawyer said
that the countess was overwhelmed
by an atmosphere OF lies and ruin.
AT the time of the marriage Coun-
Tess anna mad an income Of 1000 600
francs, but she was never able To dis
| pose OF her own means She never
had pocket money Of her own even
her allowance being only 800 or 400
francs monthly for her personal eX-
penses during the eight years Of her
I
begged for 1000 francs monthly for
/ her personal expenses but her hus-
/ band told her he could not afford tn
let her have SO much.
Maitre Cruppt read letter that
! MRS. Stellington Drake had written to
/ Countess Anna, in which she said:
After three months of marriage
YOU confessed to me the frequent bru-
talities OF your husband. and that you
could have peace by yielding to him
your entire income.
Deficit of Millions.
NJ Cruppi stated that after FIVE
years of marriage there was a deficit
| in the countess fortune under the
counts management or 10000, 600
francs.
1t was related that one evening
when suspicion stirred the anEuished
heart of the countess she was reas-
sured by learning that her husband
had gone to bed. She went to his
| husband, but a dummy figure in the
he'd.
Affidavits showed that the count
kept eight apartments permanently in
different parts Of Paris.
And the count cut OF Boni without
aimOny.
1t was not long before rumors were
afioat that the Countess de Casteliane
was about to unite herself in marriage
To the Prince de Sagan. At this time
the countess was pestered with fortune
hunters. recruited from the nobility.
The news that the marriage VS. a
fact became~Surren just a year after
the divorce. The countess positively
denied the truth Or the report. She
announced that she was going TO sell
all her French real estate and come
to the United States to escape the as
siduities OF the mobility" She >aI-
rived in New York on March is, 1881
With her three children. She declared
that she had had enough Of married
life.
Prince Comes AwOoinR.
Prince Helie de Sagan came to New
ork. too. Some discord In the Gould |
family evidently arose from Anna 5 !
disinclination to give the prince the \
mitten. In less than two weeks the !
countess omit the hOuSa NJ hep eictar .