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Show broker, who said he had charge of the private garage at Castle Gould, from September, 1900, to April, 1902, testified testi-fied that ho frequently drove Mrs. Gould about the estate when she wa3 giving Instructions to her heads of departments. He never heard her curse or swear at any of the employes, and never saw her when ahe showed "any sign of being under the Influence Influ-ence of liquor," Murphy eald. On cross-examination, Mr. Murphy said he had never talked with Mrs. Gould about tho case. Ho admitted he had made an affidavit In the case in 1908. Michael J. Guffy, who said he was superintendent at Castle Gould, from August. 1902, to May, 1904, and met Mrs. Gould almost daily In his work, testified that he had never seen her under the Influence of liquor, nor 1 heard her use abusive language. According to letters introduced in evidence by Mr. Nielli, the witness had -written Mr. Gould's secretary in September. 1908, to get permission to visit. Castle Gould, and was refused permission. During the same month, the witness made an affidavit for Mrs. Gould, he testified. Jacob Cocks, a resident of Port I Washington, who said he had done I general road building, carting, etc., 1 for Mr8. Gould at Castle Gould, from 1901 to 1906, and sometimes met her to get orders, as many as three times a day, testified that, 'during this five-year five-year period, he had never seen Mrs. Gould Intoxicated, or hoard her use abusive language. DEFENSE CAS.u Prosecution's Witnesses Testify to Mrs. Gould's Good Character New York. June 21. When Justice Dowllng opened court today for a continuation con-tinuation of the trial of Katherlne Clcmmons Gould's suit for separation and an alimony' allowance of $250,000 i a year from her husband, Howard ! 'Gould, the' defense sprung a surprise-by surprise-by announcing that it rested its case. Delancey 'Nicoll; counsel for Mr. Gould, declared that, on looking over the testimony that had been presented, present-ed, he had found it so replete with evidence to establish the contention of the lefensel that Mr. Gould was jus- tilled In the separation from his wife, J ' and he believed it unnecessary to call i i anv more witnesses. Clarence J. Shearn, attorney for j Mrs. Gould, told the court that Mr. I Nlcoll's announcement had taken him by surprise, and that he had no wit-I wit-I nesses at hand at the moment to put on the stand in rebuttal. With tho court's consent, however, he said, he would read the depositions of witnesses wit-nesses taken In preparing the case for I trial. Mr. Shearn at once proceeded with i the reading of these depositions, j Mrs. Gould said today that she had ' obtained evidence to refute the testl-1 testl-1 mony of the employes of the Hotel Bellevuo Stratford, who testified they ' saw Dustln Farnum. the actor, leave her apartments early one morning I during her stay at the Philadelphia hotel, in 1906. 3Irs. Gould's lawyer todav declined to say what the refuting evidence was. but said there would be many surprises sur-prises for the defense. . The deposition, taken up hy Mr. Shearn. was that of Mrs. Alice S. Bankhead, of Atlanta. Ga., , wife .of Lieutenant Henry McCauley Bankhead of FoH McPherson. Ga-. who visited 1 Mrs Gould on numerous occasions, j Mrs. Bankhead related in her-deposition the Incidents of a visit -with Mrs. Gould as the latter's guest, in Cairo, Egypt, in 1902, when the party visited the Khedive's palace. The witness described de-scribed Mrs. Gould's conduct on this occasion a6 "ladylike and above re- proach." Mis, Bankhead accompanied the Goulds, on their yacht from Cairo to Alexandria. Mrs. Gould's conduct was "perfect and beyond criticism" on that trip, according to Mrs. Bank-head. Bank-head. Mrs. Gould was never intoxicated intoxi-cated during this time, the witness deposed. The witness said she had visited Mrs. Gould at Castle Gould, and the St. Regis hotel for periods of several weeks at a time, and never saw her use intoxicants to excess. "Mrs. Gould never drank more than a cocktail before dlnnev and only light wine with her dinner not more than tho average society lady drinks." "What did you observe she would drink at luncheon?" was a question asked by Mrs. Gould's counsel. "Mrs. Gould would usually take a cocktail before luncheon, but the extent ex-tent of her driuklng was not noticeable notice-able to me on account of her conduct," the witness replied. She neer saw Mrs. Gould drunk In the evening and never saw her boisterous, bois-terous, and never heard her swear or use improper language. The witness was with Mrs. Gould in Chicago in 1907, and noticed no improper conduct. Mrs. Bankhead said her daughter, Katherlne, who was born August 21, 1905, was named after Mrs. Gould. Tho deponent said Mrs. Gould was "dignified, refined and gentle, and al ways conducted herself iu a manner above reproach." In the cross examination on tho deposition, de-position, Mrs. Bankhead would not swear that she had never heard Mrs. Gould spoken of as a "drinking woman." wom-an." Sho said that Mre. Gould had never spoken to her but once about Dustln Farnum, the actor, and had I then told her that their names were not "linked together" in any improper way. Mr. Shearn next read the deposition of Lieut. Bankhead. The witness said he was the son of Senator Bankhead of Alabama, and had entered the army iu 1898. The witness testified in regard re-gard to the various visits of himself and wife to tho Gould estates and at hotels in this city. He had never seen Mrs. Gould intoxicated or ob- served her conduct to be unladylike. The witness deposed he had never ! seen her drink more than any of tao guests at dinners. , On cioss.examination, Liout. Bank-head Bank-head wa asked: "As a man or army officer, would j you not testify reluctantly in regard j to conduct, reflecting upon a woman, who had been your hostess?" "As a man or army otflcer. I would do so. ordinarily, but. when placed on, my oath to tell the truth, I should tes- ; tif'y unhesitatingly." was the reply. Ixuie O. Foreman, superintendent ' of a cleanlnc and ventilating firm of tils city, who said he had been at j Castle Gould frequently during the four years, from May, 1901, to Decern- ber. 1905, engaged In installing a heat- j lng and ventilating plant, was the , fii8t witness cal!ed by tho plaintiff. I He testified that he, had met Mrs. Gonld quite often, as she would give ' him instructions about the work at Castle Gould, and never saw her in- toxlcated or heard her use strong Un- j guage to the servants or employes. On cross-examlnatjon Mr. Nicoll asked Mr. Foreman for he dates when, i he had seen Mr. Gould at Castle ! Gould, but the only occasion he could ; remember specifically, was In August, 1904. He said he had neer met her I Inside the bc-use. j William' F. Jlurphr. an-automobile I |