The Washington times., 1921-07-04
SISTER
BLAMES Fiji IN
HER TESTIMONY
Swears Bankers Wife Went OFT
to Canada While His Father
Was Dying.

POUGHKEEPSIE. y. Y. July A.
Mrs. Stillman said her husband
would have nothing to do with her
and that he spent all his time down
at the bank or with his club friends
Mrs. Stillman said that so far as she
was concerned he did not care who
saw him or whom he went with. and
that she was going away to Canada
The paragraph is from the direct
examination OF Mrs. Percy A. Rookie
feller, sister of James A. Stillman and
aunt of Guy Stillman, while she was
on the stand before Referee Daniel
J. Gleason at resent hearing on the
charges that Mrs Anne Crquhart
Stillman and Fred n. Beauvais, IN
dian guide. had been guilty OF mis-
conduct, and that Guy was the son
Of the guide
Cnshaken in the slightest degree
by persistent REORGANIZATION by
John e. Mack. the guardian ad litem,
and by John r. Brennan, chief coun-
sol to Mrs. Stillman, the testimony Of
tho former Isabelle Stillman was ad-
mitted to be the most damaging item
In the evidence presented against the
baby. Despite this admission, how
ever. counsel for deronse were conn
dent that Mrs. Rockefeller's state
"oulu pc OlSel Dy IOuT " IL
nesses whom Mr.. Mack is known to
be ready to produce on July IA, the
second of the mex tscheduled hearing
days.
CLAWsON TO APPEAR.
Chief among these will be H.
Phelps Clawson, OIL buffalo. son of
wealthy retired business man. who
will testify TO Mr.. Stillman's presence
a. l.... tN,tl.
dates important in the Legitimacy
issue raised as to Guy.
Mrs. Rockefeller. when she ap-
peared at Poushkeepsie. was on the
stand for more than an hour, and,
although she was reported to nave
been much asitated by the forceful
methods OF Mr.. Mack and MIR. Bren-
nan. it was ascertained she did not
fnd 1t necessary to alter her testi-
mony In any respect. Frequently
calling attention to the difficulty of
remembering as far back az thioe
years, a period she was called on to
remember as though IL were only
yesterday. she gave her testimony
coolly on the whole.
And when she had finished. the
heht to cut off Guy from any share
In tn ctrust fund OF sss0o,Ooo es-
tablished by the late James still
man for the beneht Of his grand
children. had gained a great deal.
She swore that the banker, from
January to March Is. 1918, had
been every night at the StIllman
home. 9 East Seventy-second street.
where James Stillman was lying
close to death. She testified that
Mrs. Stillman had not visited the
Seventy street residence dur
ing that period, but had telephoned
once. This telephone call had bcen
answered by Mrs. Rockefeller and
after swearing to tn paragraph
above she rccollected the remainder
OF the talk as follows:
II begged her to he patent and
told her that my brother loved his
children more .than anything in the
world, but that he could not leave
my father now. as the doctr had
said he was about to die. Mrs.
stillman said that she refused to be
considered a stick OF furniture by
any man and said that she was
leaving for Canada, where II was
beautiful In the winter time"
MACK OBJECTS
A she related this, Col. william
Rand Of counsel for Stillman how
ering close by and visibly satisfied
with the progress Of things. Mr..
Mack broke In with vigorous objec-
tions. Colonel Rand countered. and