The Washington times., 1921-03-17
NEW BABY IN
BANKER'SSU|T
StiIIman Is Identified As Man
Who Calls on Mrs. Leeds
As "Husband."
Franklin Harol Leeds 2"


In this question lies the essence
of the mystery surrounding the life
and career Of the beautiful titan
haired young woman calling herself
"Mrs. Florence H. Leeds" whose
name has entered the fascinating
Stillman uivorce drama.
HAD TWO APARTMENTS.
apartments and at Fifth avenue
hotel and for more than three years
was closely associated with James A.
Stillman. multi-millionaire president
of the National City Bank and plsin-
tiff In the divorce action against Mrs.
Fin" Potter Stillman.
Investigation yesterday served to
throw even more vivid lights upon
the chic, little MRS. Leeds" and her
handsome blond son. who is thirty
one months old today. The boy was
born in September. 1918. in the first
of two magnificent apartments fitted
upfor MRS. Leeds" at 81 East Eighty
sixth street.
The attractive young mother lived
there-alone for the most part except
for servants. She was visited two or
three times a week by a well-built
partly bald man in early middle-life,
who was known to attendants and
servants as "Mr. Leeds"
The current city directory contains
the following citations:
Leeds, Florence. Mrs, h., O. East
Eighty-sixth."
Leeds. Frank, mgr. h., "a East
Eighty-sixth.
Two witnesses yesterday identified
James A. Stillman. the famous finan-
cier,s as the 'Mr. Leeds" Of the East
Eighty-sixth street apartment.
Reporters have been unable to To-
cate either Frank Leeds" or Frank
iyn Harol Leeds"
This latter cognomen is of out
standing Importance in the investiga-
tion Of what IL perhaps the most fas-
cinating phase OF the Stillman do
nestle duel.
1t il this name, 'Tranklyn Harol
Leeds" that appears on the birth GER
tificate as the father of Mrs. Leeds"
beautiful little son, Jay Ward Leeds"
known to servants and the few visi-
tors to the couple as Jay. jr."
Surprisingly brief in the informa-
tion supplied, the birth certificate
contains merely this record for little
ay Ward Leeds"
'Mother-Florence Helene Leeds:
-Hdiucn name, FLORENCE helena Lin
coin; age. twentyNthree.
"Father-Franklyn Harol Leeds
(correct; retired: age forty-six"
without explanation. the space for
ancestors a generation removed Of
both parents are left blank.
The birth certificate was filed in
the latter part Of September, 1918, by
DR.. James Ogilive. of $40 West One
Hundred and Forty-second street.
This was week less than year
after the mysterious couple, the we'll
preserved man in middle life, and
Mrs. Leeds" had moved into a luxu-
rious $500 per year apartment of
Ave rooms and two baths on the ffth
floor of "a East Eighty-sixth street.
DOCTOR WON'T TALK.
DR.. Ogilive was seen last night In
the three-story brownstone house he
occupies at the West One Hundred
and Forty-second street address. A
reporter drew him into his office on
the first floor Of the house A large
bulky, slow-moving man. with a gen.
erous brown mustache adorning his
upper lip and light blue eyes, he had
just stepped from his automobile,
after a round Of calls.
Il suppose you know my mission,
doctor?" the visitor opened the con-
versation.
NO But I won't talk about any
thing"
THE records show that you were
the attending physician and signed
the birth certificate for a baby called
Jay Ward Leeds in September. 1918"
He replied:
"Weu, l won't talk about it."
ssDO yo,l denv that vOu uvNrA The
physician in the caseT
my boy. I won't talk. I won't
say a word"
Mrs. Sophia Erickson Barrkoff. Of
1927 Park avenue, maid to Mira Leeds
from June. 1918 to February, 1919.
said that DIR. Ogilvie brought little
"Jay Jr.." into the world. Mrs. Bart
koff, who admitted she had been ap-
preached by detectives and attorneys
in the Stillman divorce suits. added:
Mrs. Leeds told me DR.. Ogilvie for
many years had been her physician
and the physician Of her family.
The maid. who was employed by
Mrs. Stillman as Sophia Erickson, but
has since married an engineer on the
Interborough, positively identified a
photograph Of James A. StiIlman as
that OF the mysterious 'cMr. Leeds"
Further, she declared 1t was well
known to the servants and atten-
dants in the East Eighty-sixth strcst
house that Mr.. Stillman and Leeds"
were one and the same. She sn-
planned:
During the summer of 1913. Mr.
and Mrs. Leeds rented a cottage
at Stony Brook, Long Island. The
cook at that time was Hannah jan
sen. She had a son-in-law named
Mack, who was superintendent OF
the estate nearby and lives at
Setauket. Mr.. Mack Has been en-
ployed by many prominent peoplc.
CAME FOR wEEK-ENDs.
"once ne visited his sister-in-law
and saw Mr.. Leeds who almost in
variably came down for week-ends.
He asked us who Mr.. Leeds was. We
told him Leeds
Leeds, nothing he replied. that
Is Jim Stillman, the banker.
Hannah Jansen lives now with the
Macks in Setauket.