Evening journal., 1921-05-26
STILLMAN SUIT
Will CONTINUE
Bankers lnsistence on
Wife's Exile for 5 Years
Bars Settlement
DEFENCE WILL
CALL 6 WOMEN

NEW YORK. May 26.-Negotia-
tions toward the abandonment Of
the Stinman divorce action have
come TO naught They were def
nitely discontinued yesterday, and
one OF Mrs. Stillman's counsel said
that unless the banker came TO his
wife's lawyers in complete surrender
there was no reason to suspect that
| the hearing of the testimony upon
which he bases his hopes for divorce
would not be resumed on Wednos-
day as scheduled.
on all those points OF Mrs. Still
mans ultimatum at which the bank
er would have seemed most likely TO
/ balk there was excellent chance of
agreement. IL was said yesterday
| by an authority in the case that the
| banker appeared willing TO retract
/ his charges against his wife, that he
was equally agreeable to acknowl-
edge publicly the parentage Of Guy
! Stillman. and that he was even ready
to promise that he would not renew
| his suit for divorce anywhere in the
| future. The question OF money was
not a serious hitch in the negota-
ton at any time.
But Mr.. Stillman took the stand
/ that his wife should agree TO leave
America after her overwhelming vic
tory and stay away Eve years. He
was adamant upon this one point
1t became known that he insisted
upon this because he understood that
his wife would proceed to divorce
him at once, and he did not want
that suit 10 be instituted in America
Abroad there would be less publicity
| II newspapers were required to get
/ the details from Europe. he is al
/ legged to have figured, they would
print fewer of them.
And it was upon that one point
| that the negotiations failed. IL was
said. When told that the failure
meant a resumption of the hearings
and the continuation Of the case
/ throughout the summer he is said to
/ have said:
"Well, can't help that"
John NJ. Jack. legal guardian for
Guy Stillman. let It be known that
no matter what statement Mr. Still
mad made regarding the boy. the
/ latter's status would be settled by
the court Mr.. Mack said that he
intended that no doubt would be left
concerning the parentage Of his eli
ent. a court order would make the
bankers acknowledgment final and
. legally binding, the lawyer pointed
out
So there is every reason TO expect
that the hearings will be continued
] Wednesday and Thursday. The first
witness will be DR.. Hugh i. Russell,
the Buffalo osteopath, who will con-
tinue his direct examination and
then be subjected to a terrific cross
examination by John b. Stanchheld.
Next Bernard Kelly, former super
intendent of the Pleasantville estate
of the Sullmans will come In for
cross examination. II is thought
that Mr.. Stillman's case will be COM
pleted Thursday night.
Then Mrs. Stillman will begin pro-
ducing her witnesses. Last night it
was said that it is a possibility that
Mr.. Stnlman will be called TO face
several Of these women and TO gaze
upon letters and coded kilograms
alleged to have passed between him
and Florence Leeds.
The code IS quite simple, merely
substituting the numbers from one
to twenty-six for the corresponding
letters in the alphabet The tele-
grams from Florence Leeds are al
legged TO have come from Quoge, l.
l.; Ballston Spt, n. Y; Southport
Conn. and Miami, Fla They will
be subpoenaed from the telegraph
companies. These kilograms are al
legged to indicate that the former
chorus girl was squirting the banker
on the divorce his wife.
A person identified with Mrs. Still-
mans interests predicted that Mrs
Stillman was about 70 try her hand
at journalism. IL was said that she
has almost accepted a large amount
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