The Washington times., 1921-04-02
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StilIman and Leeds" the Same,
Asserts Mrs. Fitch, Ex-Maid Of
"FIo's" Little Jay.
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ing until night. He is a very low
able little fellow, but has such a
wicked temper at times that few per-
sons were ever able to handle him.
| He was a little too much for Mrs.
Leeds physique. We got along de-
| lightfully together, and was really
very sorry to part from the little
fellow.
| There was not q thing to arouse
my suspicious at the beginning, but
with the arrival of Mr.. Stillman ]
was naturally curious. But i was
unable to ind out any information.
The Jap seemed to know all that
was going on. In fact he was
gathering some kind of evidence sll
the time. and / know that he has in
his possession letters which should
not belong to him.
.LOok NICE FOR DADDY
ION the nrst visit of Mr.. stillman.
Mrs. Leeds told me to dress nice for
his Daddy Mrs. Leeds seemed to
Mr.. Stillman as the Godfather of Jay.
But when Mr. Stilman reached the
house the youngster approached him
and throwing it's arms about his
neck called him Daddy After that
the youngster always looked for tho
ARRIVAL OF his Daddy because Mr..
Stlllman brought with him soms lit
tie trinkets or plaything for the
| child. There were many character
istics OF the child that resembled NJ.
Stillman.
ION his visit to the Leeds house
Mr.. Stillman was always very disni-
ned and at times It was difficult to
believe that he was leading such a
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public with Mrs. Leeds. For q long
time I never dreamed that he was
married and had any children. 1t
was all news to me later on.
| During Mr.. Stillman's visit Mrs.
Leeds would be away from the house
for two or three days at . time. I
understand that on these visits she
was aboard the yacht. of which she
was very fond. The Leeds villa was
IDEALLY built for the purpose Of enter
taining guests, although In the alb
few visitors. Mrs. Leeds was most
of the time by herself.
HOUSE PRACTICALLY DIVIDED.
"The house was practically sepa-
rated into two sections by the stairs
which ran up the center. On one
side Of the private hall Mrs. Leeds
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side of the hall Jay and myself had
rooms. One section was divorced
from the other. and 1t was difficult
for me to tell when Mr.. Stillman left
Everything went along lovely until
Sunday, March 13 when a close friend
of Mrs. Leeds came over from West
Palm Beach and had a talk with Mrs.
Leeds. She told Mrs. Leeds that her
whereabouts had become known in
New York and that she had better
make arrangements for departure at
once to escape the newspapers and de-
tectives. Mrs. Leeds was terribly dis
turbed. She decided to go to Havana
and the next day took passage on the
City OF Miami.
"She left Jay with me at the Hal.
cyon Hotel and told me she expected
| to be gone for q couple of weeks.
But she evidently changed her plans.
"She returned on the same boat
without touching Cuban soil.
| ON her return she was more be-
wildered than ever. I happened to
call up the Flamingo Hotel to secure
a book / left behind and Mrs. Leeds
accused me of betraying her. She
didn't want anyone to know that she
had returned from Havana. After
one day in Miami she took young Jay
and Bertha Potter over to West Pair,
Beach, where they visited the friend
who had warned her and then
start ed North.
| OFFERED YACHT.
| IT always considered this friend
the closest friend to Mrs. Leeds. and
she was looked upon as her REPRE-
| sentative. When Mrs. Leeds left
town this friend was offered the use
OF the Leeds villa and Mr.. Stillman's
yacht. but she preferred not to face
the publicity that would follow.
MRS Leeds did not seem to be
overburdened with money when she
returned from Cuba. She was un-
able to pay up all OF her expenses
rowed several hundred dollars from
the Potter woman, out OF which she
paid to me an advance of 800.
| Mrs. Leeds is also in debt to the
Jap servants. They permitted their
salary to accumulate and 1T amount
ed to more than $1,000 when Mrs.
| Leeds went North.
zone incident which I thought was
very strange occurred the night be-
fore Mrs. Leeds sailed for Havana.
"Shc ordered all OF the photo
graphs Of Jay and herself and Mr..
Stillman destroyed. Snapshots and
everything else were torn up.
MRS. Leeds had evidently received
instructions to carry out these plans.
She was anything but happy. She
seemed to be suffering some mental
trouble. At one time she said to me
in a rather pathetic tone: But 1 do
try to be good
ANGRY AT MOTHER.
"On another occasion, Mrs. Leeds
gave me to believe that there was
another child, but that 1t was no
longer living. 1t was this child that
left Mrs. Leeds in rather weak
physical condition.
81 said that young Jay had tenn
per. Well. one day Mrs. Leeds was
dancing at the Flamingo. ! held Jay
on my lap. He caught a glimpse of
his mother and scowled He was
angry, and when Mrs. Leeds returned
she said to me:
"'Did you see how wicked Jay look
| ed at me1