The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
POINT IS GAINED BY MRS. STILLMAN
 Ar,.'!I!NST HUSBAND
$. os Declares Couple To- : Ether During Period Held Important in Establish
 ing Paternity of Boy
By Associated Press

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 17.-At- .torneys for James A. Stillman strove 10 prove today the bankers claim that Guy Stillman is illesitimate, but be- fore the cross examnation of one of tlieir principal witnesses had closed it was brought out for the first time that Mir Stllman and the wife he is suing for divorce lived to- gether under the same roof on two Sundays within the period considered important in establishing the pster- nifty of Mrs. Stillmai's 1-months-old son.
 Her counsel apepared pleased that the proceedings of the day had re- suited in making possible the elimi- nation of the entire testimony of D. Hugh L. Russell, osteopath of Buff fs.Io. It was he who testified iha' Mrs. Stillman told him before the birth of Guy that Fred Beauvis the part Indian guide employed by Mir Stillman, was the childs father"
 On the ground that these state ments were made by Mrs Stilinlau while under treatment and were therefore privileged as between a pa tent and doctor, her lawyers asked that the entire testimony of the os- teopath be stricken out, Referee Glea- son took the matter under advise II ent and promised to give his de- cision on June 2S, when hearings are resumed here.
 "LittIe Black Bear''
 Mary Olive Gllligan. the nurse who attended Mrs. Stillman at the birth of Guy on November I, 1918 testified that the bankers wife directed her or that day to telegraph Beauvis message saying Little blac bear has arrived" she added that Mrs still man also had asked her at the same time to locate MT. Stillman and re- quest him to visit her.
 The banker, who the witness said had not gone to the hospital with his wife on the day before Guys birth, subsequently, called several times but, so far as the witness could recollect he never was with the new bern Guy, nor did lie ever speak of the baby.
 It was learned tonight that Mrs Stillman has told her attorneys that during the summer of 1918 whiie she and her children were near Grande hnse, Quebec where Beauyis was employed at their camp, it was agreed that when the expected infant ar rived messages would be sent to all of the children and to the g1ide. should the baby be a girl the mes sage would say White bear has ar rived and if boy Black bear mas arrived"
 This, # was understood the defense expects to establish later in the case.
 Reads From Diary
 Dr. Russell was cross examined fl on. Il o'clock this morning until after 5;30 o'clock this afternoon.
 From diary in which he kept the list of his patients. he read, it was said. the record for January 6, 1918, showing that on that day he had treated Mir. Stillman, his wife, Aiexan~ der Stillman and Frankie Beauvis, Fred's nephew, at Mondanne, the bankers estate near Pleasantville in the Pocantico hills. Two lines had been erased from the entry for the day 1t was said
 The diary also recorded it was as serted, that pr. Russell treated Mir Stillman and his wife. their son Alexander and Fred Beauvis at Mon dane three weeks later. A line also was erased from this entry. John F. Mack, guardian ad litem for Guy Sti1lman asked the witness if the name scratched out had not been that of H. Phelps Clawscn of Buffalo. He could not recollect.
 Husband And Wife Present
 The date in question-January 27, 191S-was said to have been the Sun day on which MT Clawson later will testify that he was guest at the Stillman estate and that both hus- band wife were there. This Is the date which Mrs. Sti1lman's lawyers have selected. it was said to make tLeir strongest stand for establishing Guy Stillman's legitimacy.
 Dr. Russell recounted his visit to Mrs. Stillman on the day of Guys tirth and said he had treated her for both mental and physical ailments
 He also was with Mrs. Stillman and Beauvis in Canada during the fall of 1919. He helped straighten out some legal tangles affecting Stillman property there. They found the camp in rundown condition and on the way back to Grande Anse the osteopath declared, 1t was said, thac both he and Mrs. Stillman eriticised Beauvis for neglect in caring for the property
 Beauvis was angry when they rt ached the camp and he put on a deer skin suit, attached a large re- Nolver to his belt and sauntered off to the woods.