Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-10
MRS. ST|LLMAN'S LETTER
CONFESSES HER FAULTS
One Alleged to Have Admitted
Charges; Friends Say Hus-
band Didn't Play Fair.

ports 10 ho an extract of Mrs James a.
Stillman's so-called confession" letter
to her husband before the birth of Guy
Stillman. wlss published yesterday after
noon 10y the poughkeepsie Evening star.
The letter covers nine pages of sta
tioncry of the Hotel Iroquois. buffalo,
where Mrs Stilman was stopping
April te. 1915. tho date when the letter
was written The published extract
says
Dear Jimmy
81 have always been on the SIN
Cere with YOU. and that is Why ! ana
writing YOU this letter We have our
differences and thcso started when your
father made Il plain that he did not
want YOU Ia marry me. You know We
have grown apnrt from each other. hni
that huR not been my fault
II wanted YOU 90 come hnno tn me,
hut YOU would not coui, You left me
~ IN the country all nlnne. AMI u waa
So cold | was lonly and needed YOU,
but you would not com" an h"ntt
broken
Fred has come into my lfo Il
might have hccn different had yuu but
shown mc th. attention ! was entitled
60 as ynur vii, aud com" {" nv when
appealed to you.
According Ia ia, acrouut published
hcrc. where th' first hearings uu Mrs
Stillmau's alimouy motion Wet" hold.
the letter coufcseca that Frcd Feauvais
the Indian guide named as ro-rcspou
dent 10y Nj, Stillman Wta the rathc, eft
her unborn child The ttt.r il is said
also dos,rihcs Incidents hrtwo,u Mrs
Stnlrnan and tho Indian nt Ga, stu
mans camp in the Canadian woods
Friends of Mrs Stillman say th. cx-
tract published was part verbatim and
throughout in the same tone aH AIRS
Stulman's lcttcr but thai 4 would H.
correct e. dgscrih, the puhticotiuu -
- mild laraphiaso" 81 thrf Mis stu
man wrote
when Mr Sulimanl ,ounsel sub
pitted tho "cnur"s9ipp lrttcr a. Iue
tico Mnrschaus"r uu th. aiimony u"-
tion the court iulod i out aa q CON
ndeutial communication between hus
band and wife l'rtruds ~ Nrs Still
/ man declare Il ctn netr r. adnitte'i
( ii Tho iivorco bearings ta thr samr
reason. hut il Is pointed ont an thr
/ other hand that MI Sfiuman.a at
1 rnoyz may 7ureeeI FIR getting .n
/ III showing thai thfI r,isur eaa
+ thc lotter. and havina thc thrd u,
/ snu g. toatify
Mrs Sullmauz friends lao doclare
! tho letter was written unlet = great
/ nervous strain whou ah. vaa in sucf
condition ahe NIGH ~ thopght not
tn knuu vhat zho va4 writing and per
/ haps to have exaggerated the truth ~
I tht situation i'm whirh an. found hef
self They say the letter Is trunpet
cau ~ q woman IN dtstrcaa- rcallt
wonderful thing of whirh ~ wnfnat
/ Who has suffered need frcl a=hamoi
/ They noint t. IL aa = proof of hrr in
tynee vnrnauIiuess and honesty
Even IL Nr stillman Rucce oda il
having the Icttcr admitted IN ovidenrs
in tho divorce action against his wifi
hor friends declare ho viii not b., able
IL have u admitted against Guy fol
tho iaV makes Il clear that motho'
cannot testify t. the t1eritimaey Q
her child
Tho letter IS paid 70 have ir~~r
written aftcr Mrs stilman tolr
rhouci from BuTalo 90 her huuha i,
in N,v Yurk This war about th
time Mrs StiIluan called on Dr. IIugi
Iius~oll Funalo osfcopath and hc tratl
aod ~ the hcarinF ia Nrw Work lae
week admitted ~ him tha' Fred Eeau
,aiS. and not her husband was th
t4thcr n hcr uuirorn child
After receiving the lcttcr Mr. still
man went tn buffalo. t,rordnr
Frields 81 Mrs ~tiluan th, ia nke
displayed no hard frcliuE against ht
wife. hut attended 2 ten PARTY with D.
nd their daucht,r tnrr - Dr. Eus
sells home and thcn went With the phy
Stefan for trip to Niagara Falls.
ON this trip Mrs Stiliman's friend
SAY husband and wife anic9hy mad
plans for divorc. q be obtained b
Mrs Sttlnan. when Mr.. Stilmau sui
| priscd her by bringing divorce actioi
she told her friends:
This is most contemplate especiall
the attack ON little Guy. Mr. Stillma
doesn't play the game fair
II was reported here that the ncH
hearing on May ~ will be held
Poughkcepsic instead OF New York.