New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
Beauvais Turns
His Anger Upon
Both Still1nans
Weary of Being Goat Guide
Says, and Threatens to
Shout Story i'm Streets if
Kept OF Witness Stand
Insists Hearing Be Open
Woman's Attack on Natives
Called BIunder; Boasts
of Phoning to Mrs. Leeds
From a stag Correspondent

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From a stag Correspondent
MONTREAL, Dec 4.--Fred Beauvais
is tired of i"playing the silent game"
Two days ago he said that his lips were
sealed on the Stilman case To-day,
with swift change of attitude, he
loosed the pent-up torrent of indigna-
ton that has gathered in the months
since James A. Stillman named him CO.
respondent in tho fnancier's divorce
suit. For the first time he revealed to
reporters his side Of the story
Aggrieved, the Indian guide hit blindly
out in all directions.
They have put feather in my cap"
he said "but l will take the feather
out. | have suffered for two years.
have made every sacrifice. l am going
to tell my story. l will go on the wit
ness stand whether am wanted or not.
| will demand that the hearings in
Montreal be public. This case hurt me
too much for me not to clear my name
II am not allowed to testify l will
shout my story through the strsets."
Says Mrs. Stillman Blundered
He had done more for Mrs. Stillman
than any one, he said. He had sacri-
feed his business, his sleep, all Of his
time in collecting testimony for her
defense. She had hurt her case by at
tacks on the French Canadians, Beau
vais went on, and he thought 1t might
be advisable for her to stay away from
the hearings in Montreal.
"Mrs. Stillman does not understand
the French Canadians" he said 81
know them, not one-half as we'll as
some know them, but at least I can
talk to them. Most of the French
Canadian witnesses who came down
for Mr.. Stllman simply did not under
stand what they were doing. They
were under the impression that they
were helping Mrs. Stillman to get
divorce"
Beauvais, who describes himself as
the "king Of guides" told how he
became attached to the Stillman family
as guide. He had gone home to see
his people at Grand Anse, he said, and
was recommended to the Stillmans as
q guide of the highest order. The first
few years he was with them his rcla-
tions with Mr.. Stillman, Mrs. Stillman
and the children were very friendly.
he said. He produced a gold knife
with his initials engraved on it which
he said was given to him by Mr. Still
man as a Christmas gift in 1918. He
wears it at the end of his watch chain.
He added that he has book, also
given him by the banker, with the in
scription "from Father to Fred" and
that he will produce this il he goes
on the witness stand.
~ met stillman last April in the
lobby of the Commodore Hotel"
and I passed him. He smiled and l
smiled. 1t was the smile of battle.
He was sort Of surprised to see me,
Of course"
Beauvais smiled in recollection of
the incident. Then he launched on
discussion of the Stillman children.
II love the children, of course" he
said. ~ love all children. Take Gu%,
for instance. He is a strong child.
When only eleven months old or there
abouts he lifted himself up by one arm
from a hook on wall. That is the
kind of a baby he is.
"And Bud, he thinks I am the ideal
man. He wants to be man like my
self. | remember the last time l saw
him. He was at the Grand Central
Station with me. He shook hands and
looked at me and--well, would not do
a thing to have that boy lose confidence
in me. When Bud was only fourteen
or fifteen I had to bolster up his faith
in his father. We used to walk to-
gether and discuss many things.
''Now for Miss Anne-she was always
for her mother. 1 know. She had the
old Stillman character in her, but that
passed away. Well, love all the child
rem because love all children"
When questioned about the "little
Black Bear" telegram introduced at
one of the hearings and declared to
have announced the birth of Guy,
Beauvais said:
81 never heard Of it. I never saw it
printed. | never got such telegram.
do not know anything about it, but
away back they began that game. When
was in Newport | found my name
signed to telegram that | knew moth :
ing about. This divorce suit did not
come suddenly. 1t was planned long
man James A. Stillman was"
Beauvais went on to say that the
final break between Mr.. and Mrs. Still
man came at the st. Regis Hotel in
February, 1918, and that the banker
chad his wife go over to Paris, telling
her that he would go over, too" This
was done SO that he could go ahead and
push the case through, he charged.
ooh, they have tried to catch me in
a lot of ways" said Beauvais, "but
they couldn't do it. The stories they
tell are all lies"
"Flirted' With Mrs. Leeds
The guide talked boastfully of having
"flirted with Mrs. Leeds over the tele-
phone" He called her up every day
for two weeks, giving her 'phoney'
name and telling her that a certain
gentleman had ordered flowers" he
said.
Plainly smarting under the contin-
ued references to his half-bre blood,
Beauvais said:
II am not ashamed of my Indian
blood. / wish I had more of it. My
t-great-grandfathe was an officer
in the French army and he married an
Iroquois from a reservation near Mon
treal. I am proud Of my family. We
may be poor now, but it is an old fam
lily and goes way back"