The Washington times., 1921-05-24
BANKER To
WE'D FLO
At I En- He.
FREES Fiji
Will Contest Wife's Suit Only
Formally, Then Marry Ex-
Chorus Girl.

NEW YORK, May PA COM
plete turning of the tables is in
volved in the settlement Of the Still
man divorce case, the finishing
touches of which were reported under
discussion by counsel for both sides
today.
sTILLMAN TO WE'D FLO.
Immediately after agreement out
OF court between the multi-million-
aire ex-president OF the National
City Bank and his wife, the latter
will sue for an absolute divorce, IL
is understood, naming Mrs. Florence
n. Leeds. former of-garden
chicken"
James A. Stiilman, il is said, will
contest this suit formally. and. once
divorced. will marry Mrs. Leeds.
All reports that filtered through
the closed doors behind attorneys in
dicated they were trying to devise a
mutually acceptable basis of settle
meHt, and that Mre. Stillman con-
tinues victor along the whole line.
She has refused even to consider the
reported demand OF her husband that
she 60 abroad to live, and she in turn
demands that before she agrees to
any settlement her husband uneQuivo-
cably recognize little Guy Stillman,
and thus erase the stain of illegiti-
macy placed upon the thirty-month-
old child by Stillman's charge in his
original suit.
On both these points. it was report
ed, the exbanker will eventually
yield.
man was expected to attend a confer
ence of the negotiators at the office
Of John 3. Stanchfield yesterday after
noon she declined to be present and
sent her def to the surprised forces
of the deposed head of the National
City Bank.
The accused wife's defiance threw
a bombshell into the Stillmsn camp.
For the banker had named terms thai
offered her, apparently, both victory
and vindication.
Mrs. Stillman sent word to her hus-
hands representatives that she re-
fused to accept any settlement that
would amount, practically, to exile
from the United States.
Further, that, IL anybody was to be
forced to accept expatriation, even
temporarily, il would be James 4.
SULLIVAN anu S'cuS'
with whom he lived under the name
of Franklyn II. Leeds.
TO PRESS LEEDS CHARGES.
Mrs. Stillman asserted that even an
acknowledgements OF the legitimacy e
Baby Guy would not satisfy her. be
cause she expected to be able to
prove that in court. anyway
She said that she had been forced
hat gh
now intends to train all her artillery
upon Mrs. Leeds and the Leeds baby
("Jay, Junior") and to set into opera
ton every State and Federal Law
which would reach either Stiliman or
Mrs Leeds and that she Is determined
to brand the Leeds baby in legal form
just as Stillman sought to brand
Baby Guy Stillman.
The inside facts" in the negotia-
tions for the stoppage OF the worlo
famous action OF James A. Stillmdn
against the lovely mother of his chill
dren, are as follows:
On Thursday. May IL, two figures
well known in Wall Street (both
members of what is known as the
Rockefeller National City group
called upon Mrs. Stillman in her new
home on Fifth avenue. Assuring her
that they were "neutrals" and ex-
pressing deep regret over the extent
to which the Stillman domestic trag-
edy had spread. the visitors made
her this proposition:
FIRST: Mr. Stillman will with
draw his divorce suit. pay all costs,
publicly acknowledge your inno-
cence of his charges. declare his be-
lief in Baby Guys legitimacy, thus
permitting Guy to share in the 81
600 900 trust fund established in the
will of the late James Stillman, al
low you to secure an uncontested
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