The Washington times., 1920-04-24
GOULD BEAT NE,
DECLARES WIFE
Suing for Separate Mainte-
nance, She Also Charges
Unfaithfulness.
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frequently bring two other women
TO the hotel and her husband would
remain overnight there.
The hotel management compelled
him 20 leave. the story runs, and he
established Leone Ritz In an apart
ment at the Hotel Maurice. where she
remained until February, 1918. Her
two women guests also came to the
Hotel Maurice In the afternoons. and
Mrs. Gould says her husband gave
them 200 francs each on every visit
Ayers He Drank Heavily.
At their home In Robiliard, France.
In 1914 and 1915, he drank more
heavily than usual. Mrs. Gould avers.
He kept a sideboard filled with a
large assortment OF liquors and
would 30 from bottle TO bottle, drink
ing a little out OF each. for hours
at time. Finally he would become
practically unconscious and be taken
TO bed. the complaint alleges.
About Christmas, 1915. Mrs. Gould
says her husband had an attack OF
delirium tremeps at their Paris home
He was sent TO a sanitarium for two
months. About two weeks after he
came out, Mrs. Gould says. he re-
sumed drinking and a month later
was sent back to the sanitarium for
another two weeks treatment. But.
she adds, he resumed drinking soon
after he had left the sanitarium for
| the second time.
Justice Gayegan has signed an
order for service OF the summons on
Mr.. Could by publication and by
mail to his home In Paris. the Maison
Lafitte. No. 8 Avenue Picard.
TnasIesv Cover Ten Years.
The matrimonifS tangles OF the
Frank Jay Goulds have amused and
at times confused American and Eu-
ropean society for more than ten
years.
The confusion was due in part to
the fact that each of his brides was
named Kelley, his first wife having
been Miss Helen Kelly. The two
were not related.
Frank Gould. youngest son of Jay
Gould, was born in this city in De-
cember. 1877. About twenty years
ago Mr.. Gould broke away from his
New York connections and went to
live in Paris. A year later on Decem-
Margaret Kelly.
On April IL 1905. Mrs. Gould left
her husband. A few months later she
sued for a separation. Then, angered.
IL was said ,ebcause he was causing
her TO be followed by detectives, she
changed her suit ton one for divorce.
Tho testimony was given before a
referee and ordered sealed.
1t subsequently became known she
had charged Gould with improper con-
duct with an actress. Rose Enter. An
| interlocutory decree was granted in
May, 1919. and was made absolute
thre months later. Mr.. Gould re-
| ceiyed $10s,000 in lieu of her dover
rights and $4,000 a year alimony.
The custody of their two little girls
was hotly contested for. and the court
decided they should be with their
father seven months OF the year a nd
with their monther five months.
Meets English Actress.
In the fall OF last year Frank
Gould went abroad again, and on the
same steamer went Miss Edith Kelly,
a young actress whom he had met.
She stayed in London; SO did he, and
they were seen much together. In the
spring they took an apartment to-
gether in Paris and entertained Law
ishly. A report that they were mar
ried gained ground.
In complaint. filed yesterday Mrs.
Gould says she was married in Eden :
borough, Scotland, on October 20, 1910.
Within a year domestic troubles be-
gan, and eliminated in a divorce suit
brought by Frank Gould in April,
1919, at Versailles.
Each of the Jay Gould heirs re-
ceived one-siXth OF the 500 900, 900 es
tate. 1t was understood that Frank
Gould increased his holdings to dou-
BILE his share.