New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Fight Opens to
Prove Stilln1an
Father of Guy

!. could thoroughly recommend. He
Maid his debts, the reference said, and
-. the kind of tenant that might be
termed desirable.
Counsel for both sides became in
volyed in hot argument during the
.,nrn;ug session over the leakage of
ssus. Referee Gleason found it nee
sssary to restrain them. Colonel Will
lam J. Rand jr., counsel for the plain
s;f. entered a vigorous protest against
she introduction of further evidence re-
Hs said he did not see any necessity
for it.
sWhy publish this merely for the
beroft of the newspapers ?" he said.
John +. Brennan, chief counsel for
Mrs. Stillman, was on his feet like 81
fash.
sNothing was said when the Beau
vais letters came out" he retorted. az
understand ali these letters were set
~ in type, ready to be released, and
nothing was said about that"
II would like TO put you on the stand
under oath fer examination in connec-
ton with that statement" said Colonel
Rand,
Mr.. Brennan laughed and countered.
"pm afraid the weather is affecting
your head.
Referee Gains Them
Returning to his original point. Colo
mel Rand pursued: Il want you sworn
en- your statement about the Beauvais
letters
Il am perfectly willing to take the
,.,pj ha
Referee Gleason interposed at this
paint.
a think you gentlemen had better
think this over he said. "You had
better go more deeply into it before
YOU talk this way"
u can prove this and l am willing to
prove it tomorrow morning if you
Ike said Mr.. Brennan. 81 have got
the best proof in the world. / will
prove it right out of your own office,
and maybe I will call Mr.. Sullivan"
This brought Cornelius J. Sullivan
TO his feet.
"Mr. Brennan hasn't any absolute
proof Of this" he said. Gle has no
personal knowledge of the facts"
Hamilton Phelps Clawson, of Buffalo,
star witness for baby Guy, said that
he was assistant treasurer of the Ma
rine Trust Company of that city and
that at one time he spent nine months
in Cuba in the interests of the National
City Bank. He opened his testimony
BY saying that when war broke out he
enlisted as a private IN the aviation
branch of the service. He was station
ed at Mineola and frequently visited
the Stillman family, he said.
On January l, 6 and 27, 1918, he went
to Mondanne, their Pleasantville estate.
Speaking of his visit on the 9th of
the month, he swore that he saw Hugh
L. Russell, of Buffalo, there and that
the osteopath had treated the entire
house party. He asked Mr.. Stillman on
this occasion, said Clawson, if he
thought he should have gone to an Of
lug as a private. The banker had re-
Piled that he had done the right thing;
that there were too many officers and
not enough privates.
Both Stillmans Present
On another visit to Mondonne, Claw
son recalled that when he went in the
evening to return to camp Mr.. Still
man was still there and he presumed
that he spent the night at Pleasantvilie.
Mrs. Stillman was also there.
Detailing what happened during his
visit of January 81, the witness said
that the house party on that date in
Guided Mr. and Mrs. Stillman, Alex
ander Stilman, Fred Beauvais, frankie
Beauvas and DR.. Russell. On January
6 Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman, Anne, Bud
and Alexander Stillman and frankie
Beauvas were there. Fred Beauvais
was not there on the LIST or 9th, but
both Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman were, he
said.
iClawson testified that on the after
noon of the 9Th he decided to so out
tobogganing, and everything went we'll
until the third trip, when he had an
accident. He fell out of the toboggan
and was unconscious. He could never
forget that Mr.. Stillman was present
On this occasi on, said the witness, for
when he was revived he heard him
saying:
1T serves you right. 1t was a lack
Of intelligence that caused you to get
hart"
In August, 1919, the witness said, hs