New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
Peppers Tell
OF Spying on
Mrs. Stillnlan
tcontIausd from sage enc,

City, January 3, 1901.
Q.-~Will you tell us the names of
your children and how manyryou have
Ave have three. chill dren-Anne.
James and Alexander.
Q.--What are theirageE? Anime
teen. seventeen and ten years. respec-
lively.
Q.---Have you any children bv vour
wife other than. those that have been
mentioned? A.No.
John =. Mack, guar dian ad litem for
Guy Stillman, yourgest son of Mrs,
Stillman, objected
Il object to this, question" he said
mot only as to it form but as to it's
being legal. l Wish to call the ref
eree's attention TO the fact that it
would bear. on the legitimacy Of a
child, and the Plaintiff is not qualified
to oiter evidence on that score here"
Referee GleAso sustained the OBJ
lection and the answer. "No," was
stricken out.
MI Stillm An was not cross-examined
The next witness was Harry Bren-
on, carpenter and woodman, having
at Grand fnse, Canada. He is a French
Canadian, He, too, was questioned by
Mr. Hors ey of Mr.. Stllman's counsel
Q-Dfk you know of man by the
name Of. Fred X. Beauvais? Al do.
Q.-l show you photograph. Do you
lecogn ize 1T? Ayes, sir, that is
BeauvAis, Che man know as Mr.. Beau
vais..
Q.tDo you know Mrs. James A. Still
mara? A.-Yes, sir; do
G.-I show you photograph. Do
yeN know who this lady is? A-Yes
t'tat is the lady ! know as Mrs. Still
rnaH.
Q.-Can you tell US where You saw
jBeauvais and Mrs. Stillman the last
time together? A.-Well, l saw them
a number of times in the winter of
1918 and in the early winter of 1919.
| Q.-Where did you see them? A
Well, / did some work for the Still
mans at their camp and l saw them
| there and | saw them some distance
1 from the camp.
Q.-What else did you witness and
where did you see them? A.-Well,
they were always together and they
spent a great deal of time in the bush.
Odd you ever see Beauvals pay
any attentions to the baby? Ayes,
he was seen with the baby quite a
! little. :
Q.-Did you see them often in the
omen? Ayes, they did quite little
walking with snowshoes.
Q.-Can you tell us Of any particu-
lar time when you were at the STILL
man camp and what you saw? A.
| Well. cannot tell you about dates,
but | remember what ! saw.
Witness Peeped Through keyhole
Dwell. what did you see? A
We'll, l went to the place and looked
through the keyhole.
Q.-Well, why did you look through
the keyhole? A.--Out of curiosity.
Q.-Whose room was 1T you flrst
Mrc
| mans.
Q.-Did you see anything or any
one? A.-No, l did not-not in that
room.
Dwell, 60 on, did you see any.
thing at all-did you note anything? :?
A.-Do you mean in Mrs. Stillman's
room? No, the bed was not disturbed.
Q.-Well, where did you go next !?
Al went to look into the room. of
Fred X. Beauvais.
Q.-What did you see? Al saw
two persons.
Q.-Do you know who those per-
sons were? Ayes, they were Fred
K Beauvais and Mrs. Stillman.
Q.-Well, what did you notice when
you looked there? A.---Well, they ap-
peared to be sleeping.
Q-Could you look around the room
and see things? A.-Yes; 1 did.
Q.--What did you do about the
house? A.-Well. 1 did latticcwork and
l did painting.
.Q.-How did you observe these
things that you have noted? A.
Well, saw this mostly from scaf-
fold.
Q.-How many times did you see
Mrs. Stillman and Mr.. Beauvais in the
room? A.-About eight or ten times
Q.-Now you say you went there
| Why did you go there? A.-Well, l
was curious.
Brenon was cross examined by Will
liam Coggill, of Mrs. Stillman's counsel
Hectorine Nenault Lafontaine was
the next witness. She was asked hel
nationality and replied: French Cana
dian"
Q-What do you do for livelihood
A.-Houscwife.
Q.-Do you know Mrs. James A. Still
man? Ayes, do.
Q.-1 show you a photograph. Car
you tell me whether you recognize it
A-Yes; that is Mrs. Stillman.
Q.-1 show you this photograph; d,
You know who it is? A. Yes; that i
Beauvais.
Q.-I think neglected to ask yo,
where you live Any home is ir
Grandes Piles, in the Province of Que
bee.
Sheltered Pair From Storm
Q.-Can you tell us when you saw
Beauvais and Mrs. Stillman together
A.-Yes; it was late in 1917. 1t wa.
dark and there was heavy rainstorm
Q.-Was it at your home that Beau
vais and Mrs. Stillman sought shelter
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-Well, tell us what happened. A
, We'll, they asked to be accomm odatet
with rooms for the night, as they were
some distance from home.
. Q-Well. can you tell us what yol
did? Airs. Stillman wanted to tax,
bath, and we gave her a room up
stairs, right opposite to the bath.
, Q-Well, what happened, if yo
know? A.-Well, Mr.. Beauvais wen
; upstairs with Mrs. Stillman. I re
, mained in. the corridor Mrs Stillma
went into her room and then went int
the bathroom.
Dwell. what happened after that
Airs. Stillman went into the bed
room and Beauvais went in, too.
Q.-What did you do? Al re
mained in the corridor.
Q.--What happened? A.-Well. the,
: closed the door of Mrs. Stillman's room
it was closed.
Q.-What happened them? A.
beauvais came out, and the light i
Mrs. Stillman's room was turned dowr
Q.-What happened after that? A
i fixed Beauvais up on couch in tn,
hall. ~ 4...ss =
Q-Whv did vo,, s+., =; a.