Evening star., 1921-03-23
ST|[LMAN CHARGE
AIRED IN COURT
Bankers Wife Accused of In
fidelity as AIimony and
Fees Are Taken Up.

By the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, March %
A definite charge that Mrs. Anna U.
Stillman. wife of James A. Stillman,
president of the National City Bank
Of New York. was the mother of a
child by an Indian guide was made in
supreme court here today by counsel
for Mr.. Stillman during preliminary
arguments in the divorce suit the
bank president has brought.
Addressing Justice Morschauser,
who presided at the hearing on all
mony and counsel fees, Delaney
Nicoll, chief counsel for Mr.. Stillman,
said:
evidence already before you shows
that Mrs. Stillman took as her lovet
an Indian guide. by whom she had an
infant son. whom Mr.. Stillman must
his family or repudiate as illegiti-
mate.
Lasted Three Years.
This criminal intimacy began in
1915 and continued through 1919. Mr..
Stillman feels it his duty to his IA
Tiers memory. to his family and to
his children to press this matter to a
conclusion.
Had it been possible to do this
otherwise than in court proceedings.
he would have done it. But there was
no other way than to make the moth
Mr.. Nicoll said he could not under
stand the feelings of father whose
wife yielded to the embraces of an
Indian guide" but that he could
understand why he would hesitate to
take court action under such circum-
stances.
The hearing lasted only about half
an hour When it was adjourned,
at 1890. Justice Morschauser re-
served decision on the motions be-
fore him for alimony of $4,000 a
month and counsel fees of $4,000 for
Mrs. Stillman.
Spectators Crowd Room.
When court opened today so many
spectators crowded into the room
that deputy sheriffs had to be station
ed at the doors to prevent entrance
of any more. Not only were all the
seats filled. but many persons stood
on the window sills.
The lawyers plunged into the ques-
ton of Mr.. Stillman's income, which
finally was admitted by one of his
lawyers to have been $536. 900 in 1920.
Counsel for the defendant had claim
ed it amounted to SSUO,0OU or 31.OO0,-
900. Mr. Brennan conceded that the
figure Of $536.000 was correct for the
period of one year, and said that now
that he had been supplied with this
information he had no further oc-
casion for pressing for an examina-
ton of the plaintiff.
In making his charges against Mrs
Stillman--the former Fiji" Potter-Mr
Nicoll said his client had refused to
credit for long time any thought which
might have occurred after she may have
Implicated herself Now Mrs. Stillman
makes charges against him. he con-
tinued. Clearly she is entitled to a
proper allowance of alimony and counsel
fee. Mr.. Stillman desires to be fair and
generous. Mrs. Stillman must defend
herself and the legitimacy of the child"
Don't Ask for Charity.
Mr.. Brennan said:
Let US take this case and get down
to brass tacks. We are not here asking
for generosity. We are here to assert
our rights. We want an opportunity to
find out what these warrior-like people
are up in the wilds of Canada. and we
want especially to know what they have
TO do with this case" Mr.. Brennan
added that in the last eight months Mr.
Stillnan has contributed more than
s26, 900 for the maintenance Of his chill
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