New-York tribune., 1921-06-15
Stilll1la1l Social
Bolsllevil, His
Wife Declares
Banker Is Called Fit Sub
ject for a Hospital and
Wall Street Blamed for
His Matrimonial Plight
Cites Attitude of Son
Says Boy Turned From His
Father on Learning Of Fl
nancier's Odd Behavior

POUGHGKEEPSIE, N. Y, June H.
Mrs. Anna U. Stillman in an interview
to-day denounced James A. Stillman as
social Bolshevist and an irresponsi-
BILE home wrecker. She declared him a
sick man mentally and subject for
hospital treatment.
Mrs. Stillman talked calmly. She
said bitter things in a quiet, even tone.
She spoke of Stillman as a type. He
typitied the "degeneracy that comes
out of Wall Street. she said.
For two days Mrs. Stillman has been
staying at the home of John f. Mack,
legal guardian of Guy Stillman. She
was seated on the porch of the Mack
home as she discussed Stillman.
''I can appreciate the attitude of
those Socialists and anarchist persons
who would stone US for the things we
have permitted to come to pass" said
the bankers wife. ALREADY we are
being pointed at as people of high posi-
ton. People are asking what is TO be-
come Of humanity if such as we have
been can wreak our will upon the world.
This situation is not of my making,
and, yet l could scarcely blame any one
who did attack US. Remember, Mr..
Stillnan is not the only one. Wall
street. IS tull OF Sucn men,
Says He Is Abnormal
"Mr. Stillman is a sick man, lie
ought to be in a hospital He is alb
normal. Mr.. Stillman had many admir-
able qualities to begin with. The fault
seems to lie with the lives they lead
down there in Wall Street. 1t is the
constant struggle for power the ex-
ternal mania for making money-the
In, at,fo r nloV
ton such men turn away from their
equals and seek the society of their
Interiors. They don't want equals
about them.
at was thus that Mr.. Stillman
turned away to poor Mrs. Leeds. 1t
was then that he filled his yacht with
women.
"Just consider that Mr.. Stillman's
son-his eldest son---turned from him,
refused to shake his hand after find
ing out the life he had been leading.
This man had tried to destroy his own
home and scatter the wreckage round
the world. | mean just that, too. I
have letters from as far away as Japan,
in which men and women express their
sympathy for me.
"a man of great wealth and power,
Mr. Stillman has struck at the very
foundations of the home. What is to
become Of civilization in such circum-
stances?
OF Value to World
"Does it not all show that there Is
al abnormal condition of Mr.. Still
mans mind? What | am passing
through will be Of value to the world.
II believe my case will teach a lesson
to certain type of Wall Street man
that he vial not easily forget. People
in America will not tolerate this sort
of thing. American gentlemen, rich or
porr. must not treat their families as
Mr.. Stillman has treated his"
After pause Mrs. Stillmann added:
"But Mr. Stillman is not as bad a
man as one of his advisers has made
him out to be. This adviser is a woman
hater He does not believe in any
woman. He would be glad to crush and
kill me-"
Mrs. Stilllnan was asked as the inter
view closed whether it was true that
she had been washing her own clothes
when her caller arrived She acknowl-
edged that this was true and pointed tc
the washed clothing hung up to dry