New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Banker Said to Have Been
Identified by Picture as
Person Who Posed as Co.
respondents Husband
Woman Reported
To Be i'm Florida
Bought Share in Park Av.
Apartments, but Visited
the Place Only Twice

The legitimacy of two children is
at issue in the Stillmna divorce pro-
ceedings, according to information OBJ
tanned yesterday from person thor
oughly conversant with the case.
One of them, as has been told, is Guy
Stillman, born in November, 1918, whom
James A. Stillman, president of the
National City Bank, named as code
fendant in his action against his wife,
Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman, alleg-
ing that the child's father is Fred
Beapvais, French Canadian, formerly
employed on the Stillman estate on
the st. Maurice River in Quebec.
The other child is Jay, the son of
the mysterious Mrs Florence H. Leeds,
formerly of 50 East Eighty-sixth Street
the woman named as correspondent in
the moving papers attached to Mrs
Stillman's amended answer to her hus-
bands suit. Jay Leeds was born in
September, 1918, and Mr.. Stillman is
alleged to be his father. 1t is said that
Mr.. Stillman's efforts to obtain a di-
vorcc are impelled not only by his de-
sire to disinherit the infant whom he
believes to be another's son, but to
free himself from Mrs. Stillman sc
that he may be free to marry Mrs
Leeds, whom, it is said, he met while
she was appearing in "The Century
Girl" in 1915.
Wife May Name Other Women
While it is definitely asserted that
Mrs. Leeds is the sole correspondent
mentioned by Mrs Stllman u ter
counter move, statement is made by
those connected with the case tnat MIS-
Stilllnan is in position to press her fight
with other allegations.
Mrs. Stillman's proposed amended
answer to the complaint of her hus-
band, according to report here, con-
tains the allegation that intimate rela-
tions between Mr.. Stillman and Mrs
Leeds began in September, 1917,
IN the counter papers filed by Mrs
Stillman the apartment on East Eighty
sixth Street, and country place at
Stony Brook, L. l., are named. The
allegation concerning Mr.. Stillman and
Mrs. Leeds, it is said, is baaed upon
affidavits made by Mrs. Sophie Erick-
son Bartkoff, of 1724 Park Avenue
perintendent of the apartment mouse
mentioned, and Hannah Johnson, OF
Setauket, L. L., formerly employed as
cook at the Stony Brook establishment
of Mrs. Leeds.
One of the facts set forth in the
affidavits, it is said, is that the de-
ponents identified a photograph of Mr.
Stillman as that of the person they
knew as Franklin Fl. Leeds, husband OF
Mrs. Leeds.
Mrs. Leeds is described as the
daughter of shopkeeper and is said
to be about twenty-tw years old and
to have appeared on the stage in minor
roles prior to her alleged association
with Mr.. Stillman.
Mrs. Leeds Changes Apartments
Mrs. Leeds, who left the apartment
in East Eighty sixth Street last July
about the time that papers in the
divorce case were served on Mrs. Still
man and her infant son, moved, it, was
learned yesterday, to a cooperative
apartment house at 800 Park Avenue
in which she bought share, and which
she visited only twice before departing
for Florida. M. H. Curran, superin-
scribed her as follows:
"She was beautiful young. woman
with hair of what I think they call
Titan coloring. She was quiet and
pleasant, although on neither occasion
did she stay more than few minutes
"She merely wanted me to see that
the decorators were admitted and also
to arrange for the connection of the
gas stoves and other details. She
came alone on each occasion.
"She told me she, would spend the
winter in. Florida and there was nc
great hurry about the decorations
which could be attended to later. AS
matter of fact, they were not com
pleted until late in October.
"Some time later, forget just when
I began to receive visits from a num-
Der of mysterious individuals who
wanted to know what could tell them
about Mrs. Leeds. They showed me
photographs and was able to identify
her, but, of course, / could not tell
them anything more than have told
you. These visits continued for about
q fortnight, and just when / had be-
come exasperated they ceased"
Efforts to discover Mrs Leeds in
Florida have proved unsuccessful sc
far.
The French Canadian named by Mr.
Stillman, whose home is at the other
end of the continent, was q, man OF
tcontlnued on rage eiaht)