The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-06
SENSATION HALTS
|. STILuMAN HEARING
Doctor Testifies Wife OF EX-
Banker Made a Confess
sion to Him.
NAMED GUYS FATHER
Declares She Told Him
Beauyais. Not Husband,
Was Parent.
TENSE SCENES FOLLOW
Sessions Adjourned to 18th
When Plaintiffs Star Wit
ness will Undergo Grilling.
TENSE SCENES FOLLOW

DR.. Hugh Russell OF Buffalo, an
osteopath. testified yesterday that Mrs.
Anne Urauhart Potter Stillman told
him as her friend and physician" that
James A. Stillman was not the father
Of her infant son. Guy, and that Fred
Beauvais. the Canadian guide, was the
father
The doctor declared that Mrs. still
man told him this before the lad was
born--in April, 191S-while she was
under his care in Buffalo. His testi-
mony was given at the third of the
result in his winning a divorce. Incl
dentally. the doctor appeared as the
bankers star witness.
The hearing, like its predecessors,
was held in the rooms of the Bar As
ISOLATION, in Forty fourth street The
session developed into one Of the most
acrimonious legal wrangles ever staged
IN such cases, and it came to a close
with Dr. Russell still on the stand
under direct examination. Because the
taking of testimony became so bitter
and slow the hearing was adjourned
until May 10. The opposing lawyers
stormed out Of the building using any
thing but legal language. Mrs. Still
hands smote the table fiercely while
the doctor testified, hurried out to her
automobile with her head held high
and her eyes flashing with anger
The doctor took the stand after
Charles r. Keller 4 clerk in the Hotel
iroquois. Buffalo. testified that Mrs.
Stillman had occupied rooms there for
day or two during the last two weeks
Of March and again from April Is TO rs.
Then the session became a battle that
vas characterized as filling about four
Pages Of testimony and four hundred u
legal warfare.
The doctor. a grave man, short OF
stature and sombre of garb. talked de-
bberately and was given to much
thought and hesitation before making
answers. He said that he had attended
various members of the Stili,nan family.
Miss Anne particularly. at sundry times.
and was not at all surprised when Mrs
Stillman telephoned TO him from tho
Ircquois just before April i. 1918.
Ee described her as being then In a
nervous condition bordering upon hys-
terra. She told him. he said, that she
was going to see physician in Boston
and that she wanted him 10 help her
regain something OF her normal COM
posure-to help her regain command of
her nerves He administered the treat
ment, he said. and saw Mrs. Stillman
off to Boston.
She returned about April is, the doc
tor continued. still hysterical and more
unstrung than ever. He said that she
explained "she didn't like the looks OF
the Boston doctor and that she had
come back to him. The doctor recalled
loving replied that he thanked God she
had returned"
Here the morning session adjourned.
and when Ii was resumed In the after
noon William Rand. Jr., superseded
Outerbridge Horsey in the direct exam
nation or the witness
did Mrs. Stillman say anything else
% YOU thcn?" demanded Mr.. Rand
Nothing excep. in some conversation
that 4 Of course. consider privileged
replied the witness with hesitation.
Here John y. Stanchfield demanded of
Daniel j. Gleason. the referee. that the
direct examination cease. Mr.. Stanch-