Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-25
SAY USED
.ENDEAR|NG TERMS
A,leoed Letters Of Guide to
Bankers Wife to Be Sub
mitted in Evidence
70 READ OTHER Miss'yEs

N.v York, March rs. = Nine letters
.,os,pected to have an important bear.
~ mon James A. Stillman's charge OF
I .ss ;llesitimacy Of Guy Stillman, Mrs.
s,,,,uon,s Young son. All nine letters,
rnn N them fled by attorneys for
~, stillman and two by attorneys for
az. Stillmau, are In the possession OF
\ snnreme o Court Justice Joseph Mors-
chauser. , .,,. ,ho Ia.
..rs WAS said TO be the one written by
Mrs. Stilmau to her husband. This let
Tor which was written In March. lylS,
few months before the birth OF Guy
Stllman, Is apparently the basis for
he statement OF DE Lancey Nicoll, at
torney for, Mr.. Stillman, in open court
A. White Plains on wednesday, that
Mrs. Stillman had made admissions In
ia moment of hysteria.' :
NeIt In order are six letters which
peauyais is said to have written to Mrs.
Stilman. All Of these letters are said
~ have been written Mt Three Rivers,
rbere the Stillman lodge 10 located. and
sre reported to cover q period OF sew
sral years, the last being dated in 1920.
\ According to persons who have read
that purport to be the originals of these
i,tters, they are couched in intimate
language, with Mrs. Stillmun addressed
A. HDearie." The writer Is said to have
sspressed his desire to see Mrs. Still
nan again and to have told her how
lonely he was in the Snowy Canadian
woods. .,--
Quoted as Longing to See Guy.
Beauyais is said to have reiterated
how he ''longed to see little Guy"
Other illusions in the letter are said TO
he counted upon by Mr.. Stillman's at
forneys to prove the allegations in his
complaint.
The plaintiff, the defendant has fled
two missiyes. One is IN epistle which
the banker wrote to Mrs. Stillman three
months before they separated in March ::
inst before Christmas and soon after
Mrs. Stillman had returnd from a trip
abroad.
One lawyer, who said he had read the
original, said the letter was remarkable
for the warmth Of affection it expressed
Mr.. Stillman was said to have told his
wife in this letter how much she had
brought into his life. how complete she
had made his existence, and to have
characterized her as a wonderful wo-
man." -
In this letter, written after the birth
Of Guy Stillman and after the letter of
Mrs. Stillman, Mr.. Stillman was said
to have told his wife that her return
had given him "the best Christmas
present" -r. -
you are the most wonderful influ-
ence that ever came into my life," was
another alleged quotation from this let
ter. -
The first witness called by Referee
Daniel ]. Gleason, of Poughkeepsie, ap-
pointed to hear the mutual claims OF
misconduct in the Stillman divorce case,
Bank of New York himself.
The hearing was held in December,
1920. in room In the Bar Association.
Mr.. Stillman told of his marriage to the
former "Fif" Potter, and then his at
torney asked him IL heswas the father
Of James Bud" Stillman. The banker
replied that he was. The next question
was: -. d.
Are you the father Of Anne Still
mani' To this Mr.. Stillman returned
an Affirmative reply. .. ~ s.
To the question as to whether he ac-
knowledged the paternity of. Alexander
Stillman, eleven years old, the banker
gave similar response.
A short consultation OF his counsel
followed this, and then one Of them
turned to Mr.. Stillman and asked:
How many children have you?''-
Before this answer could be given Mr..
Mack objeeted. 1t was explained that
the guardian of Guy Stillman did not
want the banker to get before the ref.
~ three children for that. cutting
Guy out of the family, would be evi
t'ncc calculated to damage the infants
case.