The Washington times., 1921-03-27
MRS. LEEDS TO.
HAVE counsel
Chorus Girl Figuring In StiIlman
Suit Plans for Legal
L., FrOleCtlOn. -,
By FLOYD MacGRIFF.

InternstisAal News Service.
NEW YORK, March 27.-Around
. baby-little, blue-eyed, smiling Guy
Stillman, aged twenty-eight months
-centefs today the attention of New
York's social "400" and thousands
Of others who have been amazed by
the Stilman divorce scandal. one of
! the most sensational chapters in all
divorce history.
JUDGE CONSIDERS CASE.
For the fates are casting their
mold about this tiny child. and
whether he 10 to be one branded
for life and denied his $2,6OO 900
share in the Stillman fortune, be-
cause Of charges of illegitimacy
lodged against his mother by James
A. Stillman, multi-mililonaire head
Of the National City Bank. will be
Indicated in some measure before
another week Justice Joseph Mors-
chauser. who has retired to his
study at Poughkeepsie to deliberate
upon papers filed in reference to
Mrs. Fin" Potter Stillman's motion
for 100000 yearly alimony, must
also pass upon allegations respect
Ing little Guys legitimacy.
Attorneys following the case said
today they would not be surprised
IL Justice Morschauser ruled that
\ the question Of legitimacy, as raised
by the bankers allegations that
Mrs. Stfliman lavished her love upon
Gn Indian guide. would have to be
decided by presentation Of all evil
dence that might bear upon the
subject. That would be a highly
complicated. legal fight wherein
physicians and pathologists would be
called upon to testify. as well as all
manner Of caves dropping Witnesses.
PROCEEDINGS DEADLOCKED.
The, bankers divorce proceedings,
Ms well as Mrs. Stillman's counter
tuit, naming former chorus girl
IS her husbands sweetheart and al
leging him to be the father of a
baby boy. called "Jay Leeds, jr.,"
were deadloc2<ed today Both STILL
ran and his wife, as we'll as an ar
ray of attorneys, are awaiting Jus
tice Morschauser's decision regarding
aiimony and $4,000 counsel fees
desired by Mrs. Stillman's lawyers
AS additional details of the bank
er's heart affair" with MRS. Flor
ence Lawler (Leeds), former chorus
girl, have become public, the cp;n-
ion has been reached by interested
attorneys that Stiilman's suit for d.
Vorce' in New York state is scarcely
hKely to prove a success, while Mrs,
,stillman, as long as her husbands
charges remain asaisnt aer chlrncrer,
likewise might have grave difficuit,,
In winntr g," SIN liar suit.
However. Justice Morschauser's de-
cisfon will pave the way Cor further
hearings by either side, il Is predict
Ell. with Daniel J. Gleason, referee.
taking testimony. Should such a turn
come, there would be nothing left but
to determine judicially the parentaCe
OF Guy Stillman, which Judge Nor
schauser declares to be the real issue
of the case.
John E. Mack, Paughkeepsie. attor-
ney,s who has been named legal
guadrian of little Guy, asserts he will
night the dropping of divorce proceed
fngs by Mrs. Stillman, until GUYS
name is cleared. either legally or by a
withdrawal of charges by Banker
Stillman.
In this connection simple proof of
misconduct on the part of the mother
IS insufficient to prove illegitimacy
o. child. Proof must also be given
that the husband could not, under
any circumstances, have been the
rather OF the infant. In this connec-
tion Mrs. Stillman's attorneys have
twelve witnesses to swear that Still
man and his wife were living in ap-
parent friendship at their country es-
tate, near Pocantico Hills and in New