Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-30
mrs. ST|LLMAN OFF
.TOCANAD|AN W|LDS
viii Rough It With Bud in
4 North Woods to See
\ Witnesses -
PREPARED FOR HARDSHlPS

New York. Dec. 30.--Mrs. Anne
1,roubart Stillman left yesterday aft
crnoon for Quebec, where she plans to
begin at once and almost alone the last
chase of her fight to disprove the
charges James A. Stillman made when
no s,Ied to divorce her and illegitimatizc
her son, Guy Stillman.
lanes. Bud Stlllman, the eldest
son. who went TO his mothers side
when the suit was begun, not quite two
Years ago, and who advised her to
;,trcat 'em rough went with her.. SO
did Charles O'Brien. lawyer from
Tho Office of John +. Brennan, OF 1on-
hers. chief defense attorney.
The decision by Mrs: Stillman to
nenetratc the North Woods, braving
zero weather and deep SHOWS, In order
to interview personally the witnesses
,bc homes will shatterI the bankers fa-
r,ous ladder and keyhoic' evidence,
n,as made at n noon hour conference she
boJ with John Il. Mack, Poughkeepsie
LAWYER. who is guardian ad litem for
Guy. o,o
! Nr. Mack came to her home at o1O
Fifth avenue in response to n telephone
call TO his home late Wednesday night
n Dosaulnicrs, the Montreal attorney
r,Lo has been retained 10 conduct the
JSfcrsc at the Canadian hearings. con-
fcrrcd with Mrs. Stillman Wednesday.
and returned to Canada. lie, too, Is
to bc n member of the cXpedition into
thc snow -driftcd lumber lands.
IN Starts for Canada
Within three hours after the con-
florence with Mr.. Mack, Mrs. Stillman.
"Rud, and Mr.. O'Bricu were on New
1 yorl, New Haven and Hartford train
hound for the Chateau Frontenac, Que
hoo Entering Canada at Shcrbrooke.
Mrs Stillman will rest tonight at tho
famous old chateau. and this afternoon
take the one IL day train for La Tuquc.
,bc railroads farther north in the
Stillman case territory.
81 feel that I ain going up TO light
for my life" Shc told reporter yes
,crdav. land when ! get to La 1uque
. / fccl that the fight shall have started.
She continued: 40
1--WE arrive at la Tuquc at 10
o'clock at nlght--land in tho midst OF
rold and snow and stars--and the next
morning will strike out for my lodge
near Grandc Anse. I have telcYaphcd
10 engage cook for the camp, and at
La Tuouc shall buy some salt pork
and other food so that the lardcr Will
not be short at the lougc.
"My present plans are to make the
camp my headquarters, and to take my
one or two day trips out into the woods
and snow to sec the witnesses l count
as essential to disprove the charges
against me. The camp will be ideal
for that purpose because IL is centrally
f. located in the woods and | can make
d trips up and down the st. Maurice
River. Oh. the trips up and down the
river are about tbirty-tv or forty
miles.
+, "Cold? Yes. 7 fancy so. But, then,
4 Bud aud I will be we'll wrapped up in
furs and we won't mind. Besides, 1t Is
going to help inc TO win.
Counts on Priest as Her Friend
''Thc cure or priest at La TnUlc ]
count an important friend. although !.
rs a non Catholic, have not done moro
than the rest up there in helping his
struggling parish along. I am sure that
he will assist me in every way that he
can, and, you know, the influence of
the priests in French Canada is trench
dous.
Grandc Mere, Grandc Piles, Rap
River and the other towns or sections
whCrC live witnesses for the defense
or witnesses who testified for Mr.. Still
man, will be visited by Mrs. Stillmap,
and the French Canadian men and
women will tell her how they can be Of
service TO her.
The tour of the witnesses, for the
moSt part, will be on snowshocs, skis
Hnd portage slcds, the latter being used
ON the frozen rivers. Both Mrs. stu
man and Bud, as the result OF many
winters spent in the North Woods,
handle snowshocs and skis cxpcrtly.