The evening world., 1921-06-01
ST|LLMAN CASE
ADJOURNED OVER
BANKERS PROTEST
Referee Puts Hearings Over
Until Next Week After
Witnesses Gather.
HUSBAND NOW FOR WAR
Serves Notice There Will Not
Be Any Settlement Out
of Court.
HUSBAND NOW FOR WAR
Especial from a staff corresp o ndent
Of The Evening Worldly

IOUGHk EEPSIE, June ]. - The
;rillman case was adjourned again
,-day. Referee Daniel J. Gleason
ct thc next hearings OF the case for
OF next week.
The adjournment was not easily
accomplished, as attorneys for Mr..
Stillmnn fought II for nearly an
hour after the lawyers and witnesses
had all been assembled In Mr. Glca.
sons Office in the Poughkcepsie Trus.
Building. apparently ready to go on.
As soon as Mr.. Gleason took his
seat Abel I. Smith. associate counsel
to Mrs. Stliimnn. asked for the nd
journment. stating that John u.
Stanchficld, chief counsel, was ap-
pcaring at that moment before JUS
tice Finch in the Supreme Court in
New York in another case and that
he preferred not To 70 on In Mr..
Stanchflcid's absence.
Cornelius J. Sullivan, attorney for
Mr.. Stillman. Immediately arose In
opposition and he and Mr.. Smith
argued until Referee Gleason termi-
mated tho matter with the announce
ment OF adjournment
In announcing the adjournment,
Referee Gleason said that he would
acc Hpt no further excuses: that the
case must go on. beginning next
Tuesday.
Among the witnesses who were
ready To testify were Bernard Kelly
and his wife Irene. the latter formerly
maid to Mrs. Stillman. They arrived
in an automobile with Outerbridgc
Horscy. of counsel to the ex-bankcr.
One OF the witnesses for Mr.. Sull-
man. Isabelle Armstrong. who was a
nurse for Alexander Stillman at Grand
Anse. was located in Los Angeles and
brought on here through the influence
( Arthur Beauvis. brother of the Can
adian guide, Fred, named by Mr.. Still
man as correspondent and also as the
father OF little Guy Stillman.
Her appearance caused much spec
ulation. as the statement she recently
, signed in apparent behalf OF Mr..
Stillman Is regarded favorably by at
torneys for Mrs. Stillman- Since she
came from the West, Isabelle ARM
strong, who received $500 for the ex-
penses OF the journey. has been stop
ping at the Hotel McAlpin In New
York, where, It Is said. Arthur Beau
vais has extensively entertained her.
The unwillingness of Mr.. Stiliman
to agree to another adjournment, "
was said to-day, is due to a sudden
change In Mr.. Stiliman's attitude. II
is understood notice has been served
on his wife's lawyers that all nego;i-
ations for a settlement out Of couri
are of and that the banker never
again will offer to settle on an,
terms.
Furthermore, according to thu
same authority. the banker has
through his lawyers. withdrawn hi
offer OF $4,000 a year In settlement
and declared he will not pay his wl:'
| a cent except wnat He Is ic6ahy Coh'
PEELED to. In this connection 1t !!
said Mrs. Stillman's first demand
for a settlement out Of court Wa.
for SlSo,00o a year. This later wa
reduced to $4,000. with $4,000 OF
fered by Mr.. Stillman and declined.
Mrs. Stiilman Is confined to her be,
to-day In her home mt Fifth ASenu
and 7snd Street. She has a sever
pain In her right lung. It was said a
the apartment by Miss Klee. her sec
rotary. 1t has not yet been deter
mined whether or not this Ia a fore
runner Of pneumonia
In response to a question AZ to an!
subseauent negotiations between Mrs
Stiliman and her husband. Miss Kle,
said, 80 far as know all negotia.
tions are closed"
Speaking OF the reported offer o.
100000 10 Mrs StiTlman to go ints
the movies, tn secretary said, Mrs
Stillman know nothing whatever o
such an offer. ahd as for the $780,
that's only 4 drop in the bucket"