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Show (appeared to be much angered by his evidence. SERVANTS STILL ON STAND . Mrs. Gould's Improper Conduct Is Described by Them i New York, June IS. The procession of servants and employes of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould, to tho witness stand, continued today. One of the sensations of the trial developed, just before the close of yesterday's pro- i ceedlngs. in tho testimony of Herbert Schmit, fhe Gould's footman, from 1904 j to 1905. Schmit told the story, on ! the Witness stand, of a gathering of ' several well-known New York women, J at which Mrs. Gould was present, in the apartment of Mrs. Underwood ' Kirkpatrlck. where, according to Schmit, the hostess' arm was bitten, another woman received a black eye, and he found Mrs. Gould In the cellar of the house weeping. Harry J. Veltch, of Des Moines, la., was the first witness called to the stand by the defense today. He was employed as a valet by Mrs. Gould from December, 1905, to September, 1906, the witness said, and during that time, traveled with her to the West Indies and Europe, and attended' her at the St. Regis hotel In this city and at Castle Gould. Veitch testified that he had seen Mrs. Gould under the Influence of liquor liq-uor several times. He said she drank a great deal on the trip to the West Indies, on fhe yacht Niagara mostly champagne and Manhattan cocktails. The witness described an incident at Castle Gould, In July or August, 1906, when he said Mrs. Gould drank cocktails all day, and became loud and boisterous, and threatened to "fire everybody in the place." I "She asked nie to tie her slippers, and when I snarled to do It. she kick- ed them off in the air," said the for- , mer valet.. "She was staggering about then, but ordered one or two j moro cocktails," continued the witness, ; "and later in the evening, I passed I her room, anil the door was open. She .' was lying on the bed, fully dressed, 1 fcound asleep and snoring loudly." Mrs. Gould eyed the witness sharp- ly all the time he was testifying She j |