New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Mrs. Stillm
Plans to Name
Several Women
Effort to Amend the Answer
May ACause Husband to
Seek Compromise of His
Action for a Divorce
Case May Come UpTo-day
Each Side Reported to Have
Used Dictographs and
Detectives Against Other

New Developments in the divorce &C.
tion instituted by James A. StiAman,
president Of the National City Bank
against the former Fiji Potter are ex-
pected to-day and, it is said, may be
SO sensational as to cause Mr.. Still
man to drop his suit.
Mrs. Stillman Is said to be anxious
to amend her answer to include the
names OF several women and to make
assertions, which. her friends believe,
may cause Mr.. Stillman's attorneys TO
seel, compromise arrangement which
will prevent the charges and counter
charges from becoming public prop
erty. If Mrs. Stillman's counsel seek
to amend the answer to-day they will
60 to the Supreme Court in White
Plains.
Justice Morschauser, before whom
there was to have been a hearing in
the case in Poughkeepsie Saturday, is
to preside in the court at White Plains
to-day He said last night that there
was a possibility that lawyers for both
connection with the motion to amend
the answer.
Notice Served on Stillman
Although Justice Morschauser did
not confirm it, there was report that
an order to show cause why Mrs. Still
man. should not be allowed to amend
her answer had been served on Mr..
Stillman. The order was said to be Ye-
turnable to- -dsy before Justice Nor
sChauser.
John E. Mack, guardian-at-law for
Mrs Stillman's two-year-old son Guy.
whose legitimacy is called in question
by MIR. Stillman's suit, is going TO White
Plains to-day 20 represent his ward if
the case should come up.
Mr.. Mack, who. according 10 one re-
port, had given the name Of the woman
named by Mrs. Stillman as correspond
ent denied yesterday that he had
done so.
The Stilmans affairs we're envcioped
in an tnosphere Of mystery yesterday,
which caused many to believe that i'm
portant events were imminent. Per
sons in close touch with the case who
heretofore had doled out bit of In
formation nav and then, suddenly be-
came sphinxlike No information was
to be obtained as to why counsel failed
- appear at the hearing set for Satur-
day in Poughkeepsie, and it was believed
by Mrs. Stillmans friends that this in
dicated counsel for the opposing side
might be considering methods Of reach
ing an agreement out Of court
Mrs. Stillman IS said TO be searching
for Della Murphy, who was employed
as maid in the Stillrnan household in
1918, believing that she would be q
most important witness in her case
against Mr.. Stillman. The young wom-
all left the employ Of the Stillmans in
March. 1918, and private detectives are
hunting for her all over the country,
it is said
According to those who profess to be
familiar with the situation, private
detectives and dictographs have been
employed both BY Mr.. and Mrs. Still
man for many months in the effort to
the activities Of the private detectives
had covered the ground from Wall
Street to the Canadian camp Of the
Stllmans and that the operatives chs
been busy in Atlantic City and at the
summer home Of the Stillmans, near
! Tarrytoun.
Police Chief Describes Beauvais
Fred Beauvas. the French Canadian
guide whose name has been brought
into the case, has been at the Stillman
estate, near Tarrytown, according to
Chief Of Police Poth, of Pleasantville,
j n. y, which is to the east Of larry
town. Chle1 rom SAID tnat ne "outd
recognize Beauvais in a minute, and SO
would any one who ever had seen him.
He Is the Rind Of fellow you couldn't
forget in lifetime if you once saw
| him." said Chief Poth. "He is big
tall, strapping man, standing we'll abov.
six feet and weighing 200 pounds. His
| black hair is straight IS an Indians
and his eyes are just as dark. with 9
| glitter to them.
"He couldn't step into this village
without attracting everybody's atten-
tion. AS matter of fact. I don't be.
lieve he ever did come here. l met him
on the Stillman estate. If he ever had
! been in Pleasantville l would remem.
ber it."
Mrs. Stillman has been living at the
Plaza Hotel for g few weeks, but de-
parted ten days ago, and presumably
went to her residence, Laurel in the
Pines, at Lakewood, N. j. Neither Mr.
Stillman nor her children We're seen al
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