New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Mrs. Stilln1an's
Alinnony Plea
Set for Mar. p
Continued from uaus one,

(contnued from pap, ore,
hearing, there was a report that one If
1ne supreme Court justices in the 9Th
ouuseiai 'i Dlstrict had signed an order
wnlch would stay all proceedinps in
connection witch the demand for nv
nstlllman's examination. One rumor WINS
mat such an order was returnab,e TO-
aay before Justice Seerer in his cham
bers in Newburgh. 80 ''' 0"'''n
lt was the general impression here
Yesterday that Mr.. Stillman had NO
'ntentlon 'n OF resigning his post as pres
loent OF the National City Bank It
nad oeen rumored he would resign.
women Foes Write Letters
IN ner sensational progress from Flo
Lawlor to Mrs. Florence Leeds wiz
nag dozen SERVANTS, two motor cars.
luxurious apartment in the citv and
a. country home at Stony Brook. +. r
~ "o'lah Whom Mrs. Stillman names
III her answer made MANY foes
evidence of their existence ia IN ~ .
nands OF Mrs. Stillman's attornevs =,
me form of anonymous letters feliin~
ol., o. Ihe alleged intimacy between M
H,tliiman and Mrs. Leeds. f0uph v
Ihe attorneys have divided these letter
writers into two classes.
one class, they said, was inspired hv
IVY ana probably consisted largely of
Mrs. Leeds's associates in the chorus
wno stto; were p1qued at the prosperity she
neys said, showed in chirography and
phraseologv that it's letters were writ
Ten by women who probably were tho
social and intellectual equals OF Mrs
Stllman. y" ~ =
They wrote,0 the attorneys believe
because Welr sympathy for Mrs. Still
man had been aroused by the bankers
actlon against his wife. with whom he
named as co-defenGant her two-ycar-
old son Guy, alleging that he was the
son of Fred Bcauvais, e French Cana
olan employed on the Suilman estate
on the st. Lawrence River in Quebec
All of the letters, according to the
attorneys, were written by women
Mrs. Lawlor Denies Daughter
Mrs. James Lawlor, the mother of Flo.
yesterday denied the existence of the
daughter.
II never had a daughter by that
name or any other name" said Mrs
Lawlor, speaking with great rapiditv
and vehemence when reporters called.
II never heard of Mr. Stillman.
qldnt know anything about this and
! am tired of being bothered. My hus-
hand is simply frantic and has left
ALL" -
10 another caller she asserted that
she had no children at all 1t was
Iound, however, that one of her sons.
waiter, lives with his wife and mother
in-law at 507 West 147th Street. Meth
er he nor his wife was at home last
evening, but his moiher-in-law was and
she sald that she thought the Lawlors
We're taking the wrong course in refus-
ing to admit that Flo was their daugh-
ter and was the Mrs. Leeds named in
the Stillman case.
Such course, she said, made it an
pear that they had been fully aware all
the time Of their daughters where
abouts and mode of life. and knew
more than they cared to tell about her
alleged intimacy with Mr. Stillman.
Actually, she said, Mr. and Mrs. Law
lor had seen little of Flo since she
went on the stage, her visits home be-
ing of the briefest.
Neighbors Of the Lawlors, all of
whom regard the family highly. ex-
pressed the same opinion, and said
that the girls father and mother were
assuming share of the burden which
was not theirs. There was not the
slightest doubt in the mind of any one
II. Leeds were Identical.
Florence Lawlor's hrst important on
gagement on the stage was as a caba-
ret singer at. the Marking Gardens in
Newark. She made hit there, accord
ing to William Richmond, song pub
Usher of I'll Seventh Avenue Through
his goodwill she got small part from
the Dillingham; management.
Her first engagement under that
was as dancing girl in
Stop Look! Listen!" at the Globe
Iheater in 1915. She appeared in an