| Show on trial fop for blackmail banyN Al albany albanys JY Y nov lov s 29 Mrs ret codye trial on indictment for or blackmail was beguian the albany county court before judge clifford D gregory today it is alleg alleged edin in the indictment that mrs cody wrote letters to miss bliss helen and george gould on january 11 and march 9 1898 respectively asking them to call on her and promising them she would give them what hat was alleged to be valuable information to enable them to effect a compromise prom lse or discontinuance of the action then pending against the heirs of the late jay gould to establish the dower rights of mrs angell on the ground that she was the first wife of gould miss bliss helen gould and her aunt mrs elizabeth palm were present at the trial today after a jury had been im panelled panel led george gould was placed upon the stand as the first witness he lie 1 identified d e n t eifle d t two w 0 1 letters e t t e rs f from ro m mrs 1 ars frs C cody 0 d y w which h i e h w were er e r received ec e 1 v e d by b y him hi m in t february fe b r u 1896 and september 1895 these letters suggested that mrs airs cody had means for forr discontinuing the case of mrs angell against the gould heirs who alleged she was married lo 10 jay gould when he was a young surveyor and who afterward confessed she had no basis for the statement has been summoned as a witness on behalf of mrs cody mrs cody has been veen confine 1 in the albany jail since her arrest in new york city may last jast just as she was about to sail for europe where she was going to represent AmeT american ican claimants in the shepard estate in england |
