The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-03-18

Mrs. stnman's lawyers saw their
duty In much the same terms. Tho
results Of tho matching " lnforma-
ton thus obtained and tho following
OF the ordinary methods Of Check
ing up" was shown in tho nfidavits
which have already been submit
AGA for the inspection =. Justice
Aiorschausor OF the Supreme Court
hA'ihe basis for the wifc's proposed
sincudcd answer to her husbands
j idom plaint-which Va not counter
faction fq= divorce as has boon sup
= tboi'cd. hut nm effort to- show that
under tho law Mr. StUlmnn's notions
have disqualified him 10 ask Tor "a
divorce; tho evidence used in this de-
tense rs later available ~ evidence
= iit now divorce actio1.
Among them are afiidavits from
Mrs Sophie Erickson ilartkoff. 4
former maid In tho luxurious "stnb-
lisnmeuts Of Mrs. Lccds al No g.
East seth Street. md ~ Rest Court
Crane Neck. Stony Brook l. IT,.
Frank WINS. superintendent Of tho
Cast s6tn street house. and Hannah
johnson, n cook IN the leeds ostah-
lishmtnt. To them may bc added
any day the affidavit NJ Gcorg"
Ihaoker az Herman Carlson, chauf-
feurs, employed by "Mr Leeds" foS
Mrs. Loods, and Mrs Alfred Chris
tiansen. wife OF the superintendent Of
% IN apartment In which Florence
Ineds lived heforo she moved To East
Z ssth Street
% Grove J'hackcr. now employed by
o. family residing at Ne go Park
Avenue. an apartment house whore
Mr.. Stillman has his city home, told
& yesterday Of being employed by Mrs.
Leeds whilo she spent the summer
at Rest Court In 1918 Thicker
often cav mr.. Leeds" at the place
spending week ends. and had no
Z. reason to think the name fictitious
10 until some time ago. whom. IN
his present employment. he saw the
man he had previously known as Mr..
J.ccds' emerge from No go Park
Avenue. Tie also recognized the ex-
pensive car which Mr. Leeds" was
wont to drive from the city to Rest
eConrt and hack.
rHlGH SIGN OF SILENCE" AT
NAME OF LEEDS.
Thacker. on inquiry OF the oliuuf-
feur OF the car outside ghe Park Ave
nue house was told II belonged to
James A. Stillman. When he. saw
Mr. Leeds" about TO enter tho car
Ne snluted and called the man by the
only name he had known.
~. ct was Mr.. Suliman all right"
said ThacKer yesterday. land he
seemed terribly pup out when called
him Mr.. Leeds. He gave me the high
sign and indicated that he recognized
me. have Of course seen him many
times since and he always gives me
the Same nod OF recognition and oo-
rasonnlly repeats that high sign for
Gilence."
l The chauffeur told OF driving Mrs.
Leeds back to the apartment at No.
81 East SGth Street late IN the summer
OF 1913 and then being dismissed. He
was paid off by Mr. Leeds" he said,
3 "a cash. Mr.. Leeds" always paid for
everything In cash, Thacker observed.
Though the place was a large one,
Mrs. Leeds had only a maid and -
cook Mt Rest Court. Thacker SAID The
maid was Sophie Bartkof. whOso
story was printed yesterday. Very
little mail came to Rest Court,
the chauffeur said, and that was gen
orally brought from town by mr..
Leeds" The condition of Mrs. Leeds
Hhdc rest Imperative at the time, and
T'hncker says II was the quietest and
eirangrst job he had ever had.
Herman Carlson, who became Mrs.
Leeds's chauffeur in March. 1919, also
told an Interesting story yesterday.
Carlson lives at No. S54 East 66th
Street. lie was positive, he said,
that Mr.. and Mrs. Leeds had an
apartment ut the Hotel Langdon, No.
TI9 Fifth Avenue as well as at No
~ East s6th Street He drove them
from one place to the other, he said.
rfel did not recall taking them to
theatres much and there was only
one restaurant, near the Langdon,
that he was quite clear about taking
them "a together.
HE SAYS LEEDS" ANSWERED