New-York tribune., 1921-06-30
Banker, Struggled Into
Hearing Via the Cellar,
Refuses to 'Incrianinate'
Self and Won't Reply
Never Once Looks
| Wife 8 Feet Away
GUYS Attorney Charges
Plot With Mrs. Leeds; !;
/ To Examine Hin1 Today
Frnm . staf Correspondemt

,-se Daniel J. Gleason. The eyes of
the banker never once met those of the
wife he is suing for divorce during the
tbree-hour grilling to which he was
subiected this afternoon.
Sitting on the left hand side of the
referee, she placidly knitted. Mr.. Still
nsn sat at the right, eight feet away,
sraye and psrspiring. He arrived be-
.ore a. m. by way of a back alley and
boiler room, lodging camera men
snd the curious. Mrs. Stillman jumped
suntiiy from her car and smiled her
way through the crowd at the front en-
tznce to attend the most dramatic
SESSION Of the suit.
4 Under ross-examination Mr.. Still
nan admitted his name and his age.
4 He said he owned yacht called the
Nodesty and several motors. To every
sther question leveled at him his an
sxer was the same: 81 refuse to an
swer on the ground that it might tend
/ % incriminate me-" 1t was noticeable
ltast throughout his testimony he
emitted the word degrade" which is
| psrt of the legal phrase "to degrade
g incriminate He would not iden-
tfy his own signature on a license ap-
,lication for car. When confronted
& s.h a picture of Jay Ward Leeds he
d .sld it listlessly and made his uniform
sply.
Won't Tell Yachts Sponsor
] When pressed by Mr.. Brennan he ad-
4 nitted that he believed he would be in
j aiminated if he told who christened
a bis yacht the Modesty.
q The eross-examination, which was
II conducted BY John F. Brennan after a
ferce argument as to the legality of
4 lie proceedings, was confined largely
I 10 interrogation on Mr.. Stillman's
J ownership Of the Modesty and resi-
1 deEces in Florida and New York. He
i will be on the stand all day tomorrow,
shfn John 3. Mack, guardian ad litem
for Guy. will conduct the cross-ex-
4 animation.
He will try to prove that there was
4 . conspiracy between Mr.. Stillman and
Hrs, Florence Leeds to bring about this
sction for divorce, to destroy the wife
and to destroy the child in order that
! be might marry the ex-chorus girl and
legitimatize Jay Ward Leeds. Mr.. Mack
4 will base his cross-examination on the
theory that this was done in order that
4 bis ward, Guy Stillman, should lose his
4 share in the trust fund, his good name
I and his birthright.
A Crawling Says Mrs. Stillman
4 Mrs. Stillman's comment at the end
d the day was:
"Mr. Stillman is running true to form.
1 IL he had an open character he would
{ come out openly and say, Yes, did
hese things instead of crawling be-
bind refusal to answer"
4 Testimony damaging to Mrs. Still
4 man was che feature of the morning
session. Edward j. Lawlor, an en-
4 ployee at Mondanne, the Stillman es-
j tate at Pleasantville, swcre to listen
4 ing in on long distance conversation
batween Mrs. Stillman in New York
\ itd Fred Beauvais at Pleasantville, in
q shlch the guide is alleged to have said:
4 Leave the window open and imagine
4 am there hugging you." He also tes-
y ahed that Mrs. Stillman asked Beau
Il ials TO refer to her as that little In
4 a2i.
Mr.stillman arrived from New York
. og Tram before a. m. He was accom-
panied by Cornelius j. Sullivan. Pro-
seding straight to the Poughkeepsie
] Ilast Building, the pair entered by a
.acs alley on Union Street. They pro-
.eeaed down some rickety steps,
slvsSed gangplank between q boiler
sAa ane in the engine room and in
as way reached the elevator. No
aowd was on hand TO see the banker
usNe. as he was not expected until
ms afternoon or tomorrow. All morn
4 ~ pc remained in real estate Office
s;.s u sne third floor, where he was served
''.a simple luncheon.
Z nv 2:lS he went on the stand. He
,:.s ss dressed in navy blue serge suit,
'asl S,sa a blue tie and pearl pin. He wore a
W. W. rundown collar and a straw ant.
uash nc entered the referees offjce he
W. ssas directly to the witness chair and
4 Ias ooWn, but did not remain there
4 sstss. a heated argument opened the
4 @,efnoon session.
h, I,. otlllman was called to the stand
Y az 1yoionei William Rand ir., who said !:
a.. would like to have it settled now
,ras s she cross-examination is to be a
Il ,ossss.sSamination and is not to relate
new matter, not testified to by the
.asS Everything that the witness
S,s a. tes.ined to is admitted; no one dis
$3.50. ssss u. | submit that we should be
s;sas'i.ted s;.s TO close our case, and if they
lI'sa 70 call Mr.. Stillman 90 9 part OF
70 dc it.o '"ooiu iss~ 'Ao t's"'
said: '"''pea " h'S &eee anu
,,.s. eiaira that it is my right to cross
1 hine this witness fully now. That
ss1a. sight | reserved when he was
toa 80 ! may state now that / intend
.s@amine him fully as to conspiracy
Js"een him and one Florence H. Leeds
b 10y tney planned and prearranged
ass,hg this action for divorce, to
h 10y ~ the wife, to destroy the child
snes .as end that he might marry Flor
sh;ia & u. Leeds and legitimatize their
H. gay Leeds. And to the end that
oni, eniid whom represent might not
bn, y. iose his share in this trust fund
biss snss Which is more important still
so0o name and birthright."
Rules for Mrs. StiIlman
,sss,p prolonged argument followed, the
dsela;s ds nnally holding that. under 9
6sors. 6sslon Of Chief Justice Bartlett of the
YoSt q Appeals of the State of New
H. t,,l,wa I was entirely discretionary with
euns.ai s.aai court and that under the cir
ahces 1t would be an abuse of dis
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PERT GORDON DRY GINGER ALE.