The Washington times., 1921-05-07
'F|FY ASSERTS
SUIT FRAMED
AGAINST HER
Claims "Dear Honey" Note From
Guide "PIanted"-To Name
New Woman in Case.


NEW YORK, May 7.-Another
woman will be named by Mrs. James
A. Stillman in her fight against the
divorce suit brought by her banker
husband.
This new woman in the life Of
James A. Stillman lived in an upper
West Side apartment from 1917 till
early in 1919. This apartment was
rented by the banker under his own
name.
BANKER BLACK MAILED.
Another important angle to the case
cropped up today when 1t became
| known that a woman friend of Still
man blackmailed him for 100000.
She told him she was in a delicate
condition and as a result of this he Is
said to have paid the money. This
evidence will be put in, 1t is said,
when Mrs. Stillman's side of the story
is heard.
Mrs. Stillman today characterized
testimony which has been offered
against her by the referees hearings
as a "frameup and bought testimony
She is now preparing with her at
torneys the amended answer to the
charges of her husband.
The reported naming of new
woman by Mrs. Stillman was not an
unlocked for development, but IL was
not expected that this action would be
taken before Mrs. Stiilman started 10
put In her side of the case.
1t is said the new woman In the
case was living in an upper West
Side apartment under the name OF
Mrs. James A. Stillnan.' The apart
hxr under
his own name, and the agent who con-
summated the deal with him and col
lected the rents from him will be
placed on the stand to testify regard
ing this, 1t is said.
The woman blackmailer. who bled
the banker for 100000, has been in
terviewed by Mrs. Stillman's lawyers
She, too. it is said, lived in a luxuri-
Gus apartment, with all the comforts
that money could buy. Finally. de-
Gliding to throw over the banker,
she is said to have schemed to make
one big haul and succeeded.
The Canadian witnesses for Mrs.
Stillman are expected to come to New
York after the amended answer to
the divorce action is filed. There will
be about twenty of them, it was
learned.
Fread Beauvais will probably be
to repudiate the charges made by the
banker against him.
Mrs. Stillman has already amended
her action once, naming Florence
Lawler Leeds, the former Century
Roof show girl. charging that her
|, husband lived with MRS. Leeds" un-
der the, name of Jay w. Leeds"
and that he Is the father of little
Jay Leeds, jr. The name of the new
woman in the case is being withheld
until the new answer is filed.
for Baby Guy StiIlman, "the silent
principal In the stilIman divorce
case," by . ruling of Referee Daniel
J. Gleason that neither the testimony
Of DIR. Hugh Russell, of Buffalo, nor
the disputed "Dear Honey" letter,
alleged to have been written by Beau
Nais, shall he admitted into the evi-
dence so far ~ the controversy over
the paternity Of the hoy IL concerned,
II was learned today.
This ruling was secured by John e.
Mack, guardian-at-law for Guy. The
| referee assured Mack that the Rus
sell testimony and the Dear Honey"
letter will be considered only as af-
fecting the multi.millionaire's plea for
| a divorce.
Mrs. Eff Potter Stillman made the
angry accusation today that an at
tempt had been made to frame up"
the case.
Counsel for Mrs. stilImnn declared
that they had learned that one won IN,
who In expected to testffy for the for
mer banker. formerly had close reIa-
ttons with n band Of men md women
Of shady character who were once
inspected Of blacl<mailing wealthy men
| woman was not identified. but II was
the plaintiff, who had advanced her
| money.
Mrs. Stillman's lawyers were deeply
resentful over the publication of let
| ters alleged to have been written by
| Beauvais. They allege that repre-
| sentatives of the other side" had
| violated secrecy agreements. Some
OF these letters began: my Dearest
kathi' and other my Dearest
Honey" One revealed that Mrs. still
man was planning to go to France.
| The last yetter, dated June Is, 1920,
| says:
Let US go through the Canadian
Rockies instead of you going to the
| other side. dear. There are some
wonderful sights. Please call me up
| again soon and write me the full
happenings. It's going to mean more
| work for you-this dirty trick that
! has been played. Well. good night,
we'll.