The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
GUIDE FREQUENTLY SEEN BESIDE BED OF MRS. ST|LLMAN
This Is Testimony of One Witt ness, While Another Says Woman's Bed Not Slept
 in on Certain Night
By Associated Press

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 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. June te.--At~ tempts to prove misconduct by Mrs. Anne IT. Stillman in her relations with her servant and part Indian guide Fred Beauvais were made to- day in the divorce case instituted by James A. Stillman New York banker.
 Irene Kelly. parlor maid, fre- quently saw Beauvais at the Pecan tico Hills estate standing beside Mrs stillmsns bed, playing the phono- graph and reading to the bankers wife, according to a report of her testimony
 Mary Kelly mad, declared Mrs Stillman sometimes used to wear a plain band ring with the initials F. E." engraved on the inside, 1t was said. Asked whether she had ever noticed her mistress with wedding ring on her finger, the maid replied that Mrs. Stillman's wedding ring always had reposed in a jewel box on her bureau.
 During her testimony it was said she told of having seen BeauVais handwriting not only on letters, but within the moccasins worn by Guy Stillman, the infant son, who Mr. Stiilman charges is she son of Beau Hais. Inscribed within one moccasin, sine testified, were the words. q nope Guy will always be good to his mother" and in the other, T hope Guy will some day know his father"
 Margaret MoDonough, the nurse Of Alexander Stillman, young boy tes- tlfied, if was asserted, that on one occasion in 1919 Mrs Stiliman. Beau vais, Alexander and a Miss Fegan, dwelt in the upper story of the Blue Cottage" while Guy and his nurse slept beIow.
 Bed Not Touched.
 Early one morning Miss McDon- ough. according to report of her testimony, was passing the bathroom upstairs and saw Mrs. Stillman come out of the door in her kimons and enter her own room. The nurse fol- lowed. and noticed that Mrs. still mans bed appeared not to have been slept in during the night Then, it wa. said, she testified that she walked down the cor, idor, looked ipto the adjoining room which had been occupied by Beauvais and observed that the bed had been slept in
 Irene Kelly. it was ascertaned. had looked in Mrs Stillmans handbag testified bore the handwriting of Beauvais She read them but could not recolect their contents.
 On direct examination she told of seeing Beauvais carrying breakfas to Mrs. Stillmans room on severa. occasions Cross-examinatlon was credited with bringing out that those who partook of these meals with Mrs Stillman on more than one morning were James A. Stlman, Jr., her old est son, and H. Phelps Clawson, friend of the Stillmans and son of a wealthy Buffalo manufacturers
 Mir. Stillmap. it was asserted, the witness testified. never visited his estate between Christmas week in 1917 and the following Marcn. Yes terday. witnesses said, the banker remained in New York throughout most of this period, and that Mrs. Stillman, to whom Guy was born the following November, remained away from her husbands quarters, spend ing her time in Canada, Buffalo and upon the estate mentioned in today's proceedings.
 There was considerable testimony today as to when. where and how the various servants had gained ac- cess to letters belonging to Mrs. Still man.
 TestimOny Conflicting.
 Mary Kelly showed one of them to Rernard Kelly, then caretaker of the estate, 1t was brought out, put upoE cross-ex sanitation these two wit i.esses were reported to have so con flicted the date of the letter and other details as to contradict statements upon which one of the letters has been accepted into the case as evil dence
 Mrs Stillman attended the hear ings today and large crowus gath cred outside on the sidewalks to catch glimpse of ner.
 It was understood that the attor- neys for Mir. Stillmar protested at to- days hearing that reports of the tes- timony taken yesterday bad been somewhat garbled somewhere on the trip into print. Because it was learned that they had agreed to pro- duce Mir Stiliman for cross-exami- nation June 23. his attorneys an nounced, 1t was said they would not put Mir. Stiilman on the stand on that date. but at later unannounced time so that he might be spared the 1 1r~ .R k .x-f<