New-York tribune., 1921-06-23

in Mrs, Stillman's behalf deals with
Jewels which Mrs. Florence Lawlor
Leeds, former show girl displayed in
New York and at Florida resorts, with
her $4,000 fu. coat and her $4,000
apartment on Park Avenue. A New
York beauty specialist has come for
ward with the information that it was
the habit of the eX-chorus girl TO con-
tide in her some of her troubles and
triumphs with the man she called Mr.
Leeds.
Says Leeds" Is Stillman
The volunteer informant has idcn-
tilted James A. Stillman as the "Mr
Leeds" in question. 1t is expected that
she will testify for the defense. She
declares that Florence Leeds on diff
ferent occasions showed her diamonds
and emeralds of high value and said
they were given to her by Mr.. Leeds.
Once, it is said, she told Of fur
coat which had cost $4,000. Visits
paid by "Mr. Leeds" to Mrs Leeds's
apartment are described in detail by
the beauty specialist, who says she was
there on several occasions and saw the
couple together She also testified to
Mrs. Leeds's distress over her hair,
which had been ruined by bleaching
either side to the openly expressed an
noyance of the fnancier.
I'm or about the month OF Septem-
Der, 1919, Mrs. Florence f. Leeds be-
came one OF my customers" said the
beauty specialists in describing her as
soclation with the eX chorus girl. "In
that month she came to my office twice
a week and she had many valuable
rings. Some of her jewels that l re-
member were a diamond shaped dia-
mond ring, two octagon diamonds and
diamond shaped emerald, each one
of which was between five and seven
carats, a bar pin of sixteen diamonds
of about one carat each and two brace
cts made of square diamonds, each
stone being about one carat in weight.
Emeralds and diamonds were set around
the bracelet
One Gift Came From Abroad
"She also had diamond wrist
monds with a platinum chain, which
she wore around her neck, and gorge
Gus diamond hat pins. One of the
pins, she Bold me, Mr.. Leeds's father
had brought from Europe. 1t was of
gold daisies set with emeralds. Mrs.
Leeds also had gold mesh bag with
q diamond and emerald top and bear
ing a monogram made of diamonds and
emeralds. She had diamond shaped
pin with three initials. One Of the
initials was made of diamonds, an
other of emeralds and the third of
onyx. She also had circle of dia-
monds made up as a pin"
The beauty specialist tells of going
to Sloane Maternity Hospital in No
vember or December, 1919, where Mrs.
Leeds was undergoing treatment. One
week later she saw her at her apart
ment, Cd East Eightysixth Street. She
had not quite recovered when the spe-
cialist called to treat her hair
Mrs. Leeds was in bed" continued
the informant ~ saw at this apart
ment' man of whom she spoke as Mr..
Leeds. recognize in picture of Mr..
was also boy between one and two
weeks old, and Mrs. Leeds told me he
was her son. She called Mr.. Leeds
- When I saw him in Mr.. Leeds's
apartment he was in her room. 1t was
about six o'clock in the evening. After
that Mrs. Leeds came to my office to
have her hair blcached to a blonder
hue.
when I first knew her her hair was
quite blonde. Then it changed to
brick-red color, and after she came to
US to have it bleached it became q
lighter shade of red"
Saw Leeds Leave Her Rooms
Several times during the summer Of
1920, the specialist declares, shel wens
to the Plaza Hotel to attend Mrs.
Leeds, and on one occasion she went to
her clients bedroom about lO:;,U
o'clock and saw the remains of
breakt fast for two on the serving table
Mr.. Leeds was leaving the apartment
as she entered, she said. That it WAS