New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09
Wife May Face
Stilllnan With
His Love Notes
Affection for s'Mudski,'' His
Pet Name for Her, Said
10 Have Been Pledged in
Letter After Guy Came
Full of Endearing Terms
Defense to Stress Bankers
Buffalo Trip Following
Her ssHysterical" Missive

Letters which are said to have passed
between James A. Stillman and his wife
since the birth Of Guy in November,
1918, viii! be produced by counsel for
Mrs. Stillman at the next hearings of
her husbands divorce suit in Pourh-
keepsie. These communications are de-
clared to show that even after he re-
esived the so-called "hysterical" letter
which was excluded as evidence by Su-
preme Court Justice Morschauser, the
banker wrote endearingly to his wife,
saying that he had "never seen any one
never have loved any other woman SO
much"
A witness for the defense will swear
that Mr.. Stillman's direct response to
the "hysterical" letter was a hurried
trip to Buffalo, where the financier is
quoted as saying to his wife:
"Mudski, it does not make any diff
ference" "Mudski" was his favorite
term of endearment for his wife during
their married life.
These letters, which have come into
the possession of counsel for the de-
Tense and which they will use in re-
buttal at the hearing, ara said to give
no indication that there was a breach
between the banker and his wife. They
are described by q person In close touch
with the case as being the "letters Of a
loving husband, full Of endearing
phrases"
In one missive Mr.. Stillman is said
to pour out his heart in regret for the
mistakes that both Of them had made
and to express the wish that they might
hovc fhofr 1iuao RI Tive of~ $a-
gether. He wrote reassuringly to his
wife, under date Of April 80, 1919, on
the eighteenth anniversary of their
marriage. Part of his letter is said
to read as follows:
with ali the mistakes would not
like to live them over again, OF, rather,
I mean I would like to have some Of
our present knowledge and be able to
live them over. ! have never seen any
way, and could never have cared for
any one so much. / hope the next
eighteen years are going to be happier
than the first; certainly we won't make
the same mistakes"
Another letter, dated June IA, 1919,
apparently was written in reply to one
the banker had received from Mrs.
Stillman. In it he is declared to have
stated that he wanted to be alone in
Counsel for the defense will assert
that Mr.. Stillman went to visit his
wife in Buffalo in March, 1918, several
months before the birth Of Guy. She
was staying at the Iroquois Hotel at
the time. This was the visit which has
figured extensively in the testimony
given by Hugh L. Russell at hearings
in the suit. The bankers trip to Buff
falo is said to have been the result of
the now famous "hysterical" letter re-
ceived from his wife and was the oo-
casion for the alleged statement that
at did not make any difference"
Mrs. Stillman's attorneys have ac-
cumulated further evidence of large
sums of money the banker is believed
to have settled on Mrs. Florence H.
Leeds. They will endeavor to prove
that on one occasion he turned over
to Mrs. Leeds, Proctor & Gamble. and
the United States Rubber Company
bonds valued at $50. 900.