New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
Still11lan Suit
Truce Ended:
Fight Renewed
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time. Mrs. Leeds, Mrs. Bartkoff thought,
was on the stage; it was her belief at
the time that she had been appearing
at the Century Roof and that her stage
name was Florence Lawler Others,
who were in the apartment house at
the time. among them Fred Ivans, the
superintendent, also thought that Mrs.
Leeds was on the stage
Morris Gest, of the Century Roof
was certain last night, after consulting
everybody who ought to know, that
Florence Lawler never had appear
ed there either under that name or
as Florence Leeds, Miss England, Flo
REM Ziegfelds secretary, said Florence
Lawler never had appeared there.
Mrs. Leeds was q tenant of the apart
ment house on Eighty-sixth Street
from October, 1917, to July of last
year. Where she went nobody in the
house knows. 1t was understood that
she was going to another apartment
house on Park Avenue, but it was said
there that no apartment had been
rented to Mrs. Florence Leeds in the
last year. The city directory for 1920
'21 lists Florence Leeds and Frank
Leeds, manager. as tenants of Ga East
Eighty-siXth Street.
Papers Served Last Year
1T was learned yesterday that it was
in July, 1920, that Mr. Stillman served
the papers in his divorce action on his
Wife. 1t was July 8. 1920. when Mrs.
Stillman and Guy, the baby whose le-
gitimacy is questioned in the suit, were
about to sail for Europe on the Olym-
pic, that Mr.. Stillmans process serv-
ers found them.
Papers were filed at once in the vii
Of
County, where they reposed for months
the files without arousing the sus-
picion OF any one that the defendants
were the wife and child OF one Of New
Iork's foremost bankers. The baby
was named as co-defendant in the first
document filed by Cornelius j. Sulli-
van, one of Mr.. Stillman's attorneys
in the County Clerks Office at Carmel.
This document is as follows:
Upon information and belief, the
defendant, Guy Stillman, is an infant.
under the age Of fourteen years, whose
present place of residence is unknown
to this deponent
"on the sth day of July 1920. on
board the White Star steamship Olym-
pic, while docked at Pier No. SO, North
River, at the foot OF West Seventeenth
Street Borough of Manhattan. City,
County and State Of New York, was
duly served the summons in this action
on the said infant defendant Guy
Stlllman, the mother of said infant,
defendant. personally and leaving same
with her.
ut is accordingly asked that the
court, in the interest OF the defendant,
Guy Sullman, make an order requiring
copy of the summons to be also de-
livered in behalf Of said infant to a
n c fad : to Il
that service Of summons on said infant
Shall not be deemed complete until
SAID summons is so delivered.
no previous application has been
made for the relief herein sought
The next document to be fled was
an order and affidavit, signed by Su-
premc Court Justice Morschauser Sep
tember 10, 1920, designating John +.
Mack, OF Poughkecpsie, as guardian ad
Item for the child. Following that was
stipulation agreeing to the appoint
ment of Surrogate Daniel J. Gleason as
referee to take testimony in the case.
For time the proceedings went
forward in the smooth manner "a which
New York City attorneys conduct di-
vorcc actions in those convenient up-
state counties where no papers have to
be filed until judgment is entered
Stillman Employees Testify
Fred Beauvais. a French-Canadian
who had acted as manager for the
Stlllman estate in the Province of
/ Quebec and OF tho estate at pocanticc
h'lls, was named as correspondent With
out the public being any the wiser
Numerous French Canadians employcd
on the estate near Three Rivers, Que.
bee, were called and gave their tc.ti-
rony before the referee, without the
! pubhc suspecting what was going for
ward
The proceedings before the referee
were interrupted BY the announcement,
of Mrs. Stillman's attorneys that they
intended TO try to have the temporary
almony of their client increased from
100000 TO Sl20,000 a year and to oh
tam $4,000 for counsel fees Coinci.
centally, the suit became public
From that day the litigation has
been marking time and reports have