The New York herald., 1921-06-30
.STlLLMAN REFUSES
TOANSWER QUERIES
|. UNDER DEFENCE FIRE
Says Evidence Might Tend
to Incriminate Him,
So Is Silent.
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
Mack to Cross Examine
Banker To-day; Will De-
mand Replies.
DODGES WAITING CROWD
Plaintiff in Divorce Court
Uses Boiler Room to Get to
Court-Caught at Exit.
DODGES WAITING CROWD

Court-Caught at Exit.
Special Despatch to THE NEW Ioax HmALp.
PoUoHKEEPsIE, June 29.-James A.
St;llman entered the Poughkeepsie
Trust Company's Building to-day
through a basement entrance. went
through the boiler room past the coal
bin and so upstairs. where he took
The witness stand In his divorce suit
against Mrs. Anne Urquhart Potter
Stillman. Throughout his cross-ex-
counsel for Mrs. Stillman, he sat with
in eight feet Of his wife, but sho
knitted busily. the former banker
gazed steadily at the lawyer. and so
far as the spectators could observe the
Stillmans did not see each other at all.
The cross-examinatien by Mr.. Bren-
nan began only after a wordy and
lengthy legal battle, in which Referee
Daniel ]. Gleason held that 1t was per-
missible, and the questions asked by
Mrs. Stillman's attorney covered prac-
ideally all angles Of the counter
charges of intimacy and wrongdoing
with Mrs. Florence H. Leeds that Mrs.
Stillman has made against her hus-
land. But Mr. Stillman's replies to
the questions covered nothing and set
tied nothing. To all, excepting a few
questions dealing with his age and
place of residence and the name Of his
yacht, he made this answer
II refuse to answer on the ground
that 1t might incriminate me-
SweIters In Boiler Room.
Mr. Stillman made his entrance
through the underground route. SO that
he could escape the curious stare OF the
eager multitude and the clicking shut
tsrs OF the cameras. but in this he was
not entirely successful. When he was
excused at 6 o'clock he hurried back to
the basement, with a group Of detectives
who have been his bodyguard for SONS
time. He remained In the shadow of the
boiler room. where It was very warm,
but every once In a while a detsctive.
mopping his face with a handkerchief.
peeked out to SEQ II the coast was clear.
It became less 90 every minute. how
ever. as few people stopped to see
what made the detectives pop out 30,
and then othsrs stopped to see what
they had seen and then some ono caught
sight of the banker perspiring in
corner of the boiler room.
After that It was almost a riot. The
multitude" from whose curious gaze
the banker has often said he wished to
be protected. was waiting when the de-
tectives finally told him that Il was safe
to leave the sweltering heat of the
boiler room A dozen moving picture
and still cameras clicked and hurnmed
as the former banker walked I'D the
cellar stairs and started toward Union
street, with a detective on either side
Of him and a bank employee marching
along in front. A taxicab with engine
running was waiting. and into this the
former banker leaped. Then he slumped
back into the seat and covered his face
with a handkerchief, which was moist
from the perspiration shed during the
hearing and during the wait in the close
atmosphere Of the boiler room.
Poses for a Picture.
The taxicab went swiftly into Mar
ket street and hurried toward the depot
the chauffeur furiously sounding his
horn. Naturally this attracted atten-
ton, and when the cab reached the rail-
road station another crowd had gath
cred. some OF It having followed the
Stillman lawyers from the court room.
There Mr.. Stillman, after a long con-
ference with his attorneys. consented
to pose for a picture. which was added
to the collection the photographers had
obtained outside the boiler room door.
Mrs. Stillman did not enter the library
of Referee Gleason's ofYioe until her hus-
band had been on the witness stand for
fifteen minutes. She glanced at her hus.
band as she entered. and then walked
10 a chair not eight feet from where
he was testifying. There she sat and
knitted calmly all the time her husband
was on the witness stand. displaying no
emotion whatever and never glancing at
him. Stiiiman showed marked cooiness
as he was questioned by Attorney Bren-
nan. The only outward appearance OF
uneasiness was the large and giistening
beads Of perspiration that rolled from
time TO time down his cheeks. He fire.
ouently rubbed his forehead and cheeks
with his handkerchief
When Mrs. Stillman entered the law
yers were engaged in a long argument
as to whether Mr.. Brennan had a right
20 cross-examine the former banker.
"I would like to have II settled now"
said william Rand, one Of Mr.. STILL
mans attorneys. that tho cross-exami-
nation is to DO a ross-exeminAtion
and not TO relate to new matter not
testified TO by the witness. Every
thing that the witness has testified to
Ia admitted: no one disputes II. sub
mitted that we should be permitted to
close our case. and II they wish to call
Mr.. Stillman rs a part OF their case
they should have the right 70 do t."
Mack states His Case.
John f. Mack, guardian ad Item for
Guy Stillman. interposed at once.
1T claim II is my right" he said. '.to
cross-examine the witness fully now
That is the right reserved when he
Continued on Sirth Puoe.
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