New-York tribune., 1921-06-17
SAYS Beauvais
Took Food to
Mrs. Still1nla1n
Continued from paes oncj


could not remember what was in them.
To the best OF her recollection Mr.
Stiilman was not at Pleasantvile at
al! between Christmas, 1917, ana
March, 1918.
Mary Kelly, whose evidence was the
most sensational of the day, formerly
was maid in the employ Of the Still
@.ns, She was in ireland when di-
voIce proceedings began and came back
to give testimony Her presence in
court came as surprise, because Bern
ard Kelly, TO whom she is alleged to
have shown the letter Exhibit B, testi-
fed yesterday that he had no idea of
her whereabouts, although she said he
had seen her two weeks ago.
Miss Kelly gave her address as 5o2
East 136th Street. and said she had
been with Mrs. Stillman both at 8 Tas,
Seventy second Street and at Pleasant
Vile.
Wedding Ring Usually ON Table
Asked whether she ever saw Mrs.
Stillman wear her wedding ring, shc
said it usually lay on her dressing
table, but that sometimes she wore q
plain band ring with the initials "F
B." inscribed inside. She frequently
saw Fred Beauvais at Pleasantville.
she said. She admitted that she had
identified the handwriting Of the letter
described as Exhibit B as being that
of the Indian. From this point on her
evidence became contradictory.
Did you show the letter dated Nav
20, 1919, to Bernard Kelly?" she was
asked on cross-examination.
"Yes."
"When did you show it to him %
u never showed it to him. showed
it to Miss Oliver, Guys nurse, in the
latter part of May or the fore part of
dune, 1919. I never showed it to
Kelly"
did YOU ever show any letter to
Bernard Kelly?"
well, there was letter written by
Fred Beauvais to Mrs. Stillman dated
February II, 1919"
date" ''''
We'll, remember it because, in ad-
d'tlon to the date, it contained ref
erence to rolled oats and bacon"
Are you positive that this was the
letter you showed to Kelly?"
81 ann
"Will you swear you never showed
Bernard Kelly the letter known as F,x-
"Yes."
How did you happen to see these
two letters ~
Il saw the February letter living
open on the desk top and the Exhibit i
letter was open on the bureau"
Letters We're Not Concealed
On ross-examination it developed
that on the two occasions when she
saw the letters the door was open and
anyone could have walked in and read
them. When asked if she had ever seen
any other writing by Beauvais, Miss
Kelly said she was familiar with the
two inscriptions inside of pair Of
moccasins belonging to Guy. The
writing, she believed was in Beauyais's
hand and the text was:
Il hope Guy will always be good to
his mother" and 81 hope Guy will some
day know his father"
Margaret McDonough, formerly the
nurse of Alexander Stillman and now
employed by c. E. Dodge, of Riverdale,
N: Y, testified that she had worked
with the Stillmans. both at 27O Park
Avenue, and at Pleasantvile. Mrs.
Stlllman. Alexander, Fred Beauvais and
a Miss Fagin all lived together in the
blue cottage, she said. They were on
the roper story and on the ground floor
were Guy and his nurse, according to
her testimony. She swore that one
morning she was passing through the
hall on the second floor and saw Mrs
Stillman in her kimono go from the
bathroom to her room. She looked in