Evening star., 1953-07-05
Six Women Watch
Stricken Jay Gould
With Anxious Eyes
JUAN-LES-PINS.

JUAN-LES-PINS, France,
July 4.-(NANA) In his sump-
tuous, palm -fringed villa on the
Mediterranean shore here, IT
year-old Frank Jay Gould, scion
of the American railway dynasty
of the roaring 1850'S, lies abed
and ailing, and his life and for
tunes are the center of an anx-
ious watch by six women.
Two doctors attend him but.
though Mr.. Gould does not stir
from monastic quiet, $112 900 a
day flows into his personal bank
ing account.
Several thousands have been
flowing in every day for the last
half a century. In the streets be-
hind the villa, lush hotels, night
clubs and bars help a little more
with the Gould income.
Roulette wheels spin to the
tune of several thousands more
in the three casinos he owns
;. but already the doctors have
had to give him a blood trans
fusion.
Relatives Come Running.
Anxiety for his health has
brought relatives gathering to
this Riviera playground which
Mr.. Gould built up from a stretch
of sand and rock into the home
from home Of the international
rich.
From Mexico has hastened his
younger daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Burns, with her daughter, Count
ess (DutSy) Borgia. From Switz-
erland has flown Mr.. Gould'S
other daughter, Mrs. Ellen Mar
ret.
At one of the four other Gould
villas at Juan-leS-PinS is Mrs.
Florence Gould, his third wife,
and by his bedside there is Mile.
Madeline Homo, water-ski cham
pion and barrister. who has been
his secretary for 20 years. There
also is Mrs. Lola Water, who
is his business representative in
the United States, and among
these anxious watchers has blown
up a little trouble.
Arriving earlier than was ex-
pected to put business matters
before Mr.. Gould, Mrs. Water
was told he was too i'll to see her.
Then Mrs. Burns flew in and
hurried to the villa, where she
also was told she could not be
received. Indignant, Mrs. Burns
promptly drove to the public
prosecutors Office and filed a
complaint that her father was
being "SequeStrated."
Letter Called Forgery.
She accused Mile. Homo of
preventing her from seeing him,
and said a maid had rudely
pushed her away from the villa
door. Having received q regis
tered letter saying her father did
not want to see her, she alleged
that this letter was a forgery.
An official from the prosecu-
tors Office called to investigate.
Mr.. Gould denied Mile. Homo
had kidnapped him in the Villa.
He confirmed that he had writ
ten the letter. and that he re-
fused to receive his daughter for
family reasons.
do I look like somebody who
Is hiding away Mr.. Gould?'
asked Mile. Homo. For a fort
night I've hardly slept; I've been
SO worried about his health"
Meanwhile, Mrs. Burns has re-
tired to her hotel, and the Rivi-
era wants to know what will hap
pen next.
Nobody Knows How Much.
Nobody really knows the size
of my fathers personal fortune, -
says Mrs. Burns. Sixty years ago
it was $4,000, 0,OOO-the sum left
to him by his father, Jay Gould,
rival of the Vanderbilts."
BY business deals in France,
where he settled after the 1914
18 war, Mr.. Gould has multiplied
this huge fortune. 1t is esti-
mated that since 1892 he has
netted not less than $235, 200 900,
plus interest on the original in
heritance and income from his
numerous thriving business af-
fairs.
Most of Juan-les-Pinsi is in the
Gould pocket. Besides land
worth $1.40O an acre, his string
of villas and the casino, he owns
three notes.-the Mediterranean,
Palace and Lido-at Nice, several
chateaux, houses in the Paris
Mayfair, and a chocolate factory.
The Gould family jewel collec-
ton is legendary.
By the will of grandfather Jay
Gould, Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Mar
ret will inherit between them the
original $40,000.O0O when their
father dies. But the rest-the
greater part of the Gould for
tune?
Friends say they do not know
whether Mr.. Gould has even
made a will.