The New York herald., 1921-06-27
MRS. LEEDS'S nurse
AIDS MRS. STILLMAN|
Will Testify to Bankers
Frequent Visits to Home
of EX-ChOrus Girl.
ROMPED WITH BABY
Chauffeur and Physician
Also to Be Called for
the Defence.
SCENES In APARTMENT
Three Important Witnesses to
Help Case Against Plaintiff
in Divorce Suit.
SCENES IN APARTMENT

Mrs. Anne Urquhart Potter Stillman
is depending upon trained nurse,
chauffeur ana a physician to prove be-
yond question that James A. Stillman
lived with Mrs. Florence H. Leeds at
different times since 1917 and that
Jay Ward Leeds is her husbands son.
These three witnesses will be the first
to testify when the aggressive de-
fence" of Mrs. Stillman is opened
about the second week in July.
John F. Brennan, chief counsel for
Mrs. Stillman, expects the nurse.
whose identity is being withheld. to
prove the star witness so far as the
allegations Of Mrs. Stillman affect Mrs.
Leeds and her young son. This nurse,
THE NEW YORK HERALD is reliably in
formed, will testify that she knew Mr..
Stilman as Leeds of the secret SER
vice." and that he was a frequent
visitor at the apartment Of the former
chorus girl, "a East Eighty-sixth
street, during the months she was car
ing for the baby.
The nurse is graduate Of st. Luke's
General Hospital, Ottawa, and has
practised in this country since 1917.
She was in the employ Of Mrs. Leeds
throughout the time Mrs. Leeds occu
pied the seventh floor apartment at
the Eighty-sixth street house. Jay
Leeds was born in this apartment.
Scenes I'm Mrs. Leeds's Home.
The apartment, the nurse will testify
consisted Of a nursery for herself and
baby Jay, the bedroom OF "Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin II. Leeds. a kitchen, living
room and dining room and another bed
room which. never was occupied. The
latter room was Intended as a maids
room. it is said the nurse will state, but
there never was a maid at the apart
ment during the time sh, was there.
Mr.. Leeds" usually reached the
apartment about o'clock In the after
noon. His first inquiries. according to
the nurse, always We're for the baby.
and 1t was his habit to dash into the
nursery as soon as he had doffed his
hat 1t will be brought out that "Mr.
Leeds" would sit beside the infants
basket playing with him until dinner
was served. Afterward he would "st
with the baby and watch him eat his
supper" The defence expects to show
through this witness that in speaking to
the child Mrs. Leeds always referred to
"Mr. Leeds as Daddy.
"Mr. Leeds" was what the nurse has
termed IAN affectiorate husband and a
loving father" He made the coffee and
got the breakfast rolls and did other odd
jobs around the house. His overnight
visits were infrequent. it is said the
testimony will reveal, except on Satur-
day nights. which he invariably spent
In the company of Mrs. Leeds.
~ have been in the bedroom of Mr..
and Mrs. Leeds" the muse said, when
Mrs. Leeds was in neg'igee and Mr..
Leeds in pajamas and dressing gown.
| went into the bedroom to get Jay, who
had been sent there to play early in the
morning. II was apparent Mr.. Leeds
had been rolling around the floor with
the youngster."
Testimony From Chauffeur.
The chauffeur was in the employ of
Mrs. Leeds when she occupied a suite
In the Plaza Hotel. His testimony will
deal mostly with routine work during
that time, of trips Ia restaurants, hotels
and large department stores and OF
visits to theatres.
"Mr. Leeds" accompanied the former
chorus girl on many of these trips it
will be stated The chauffeur will be an
other of the witnesses, who, IL Is said,
viii Identify Mr.. Stlllman and "Mr
Leeds" as the same person.
The cooperative apartment at 500
Park avenue. which the banker Is said
to have purchased for Mrs. Leeds. also
will figure prominently in the testimony
of the chauffeur.
IL will be the claim OF Mrs. Still
mans attorneys that Mr. Stilman paid
$4,000 for the apartment and spent
s17,5O0 to redecorate it, The chauffeur
is expected to give testimony relative to
acquiring title to the property.
physician who attended at the birth
of Jay Ward Leeds Is the third i'm
portant witness In Mrs. Stillmans de-
fence. II will be brought out in the
testimony OF the physician that "Mr
Leeds" frequently used the name Peck"
I'm telephone conversations, a name which
hitherto has not been mentioned in the
suit The physician was OF the opinion
the father of the baby was another one