The New York herald., 1921-06-07
CLARA GETS ROLE
IN STILLMAN CASE
Show Girl Is to Be Linked
With Florence Leeds in
Wife's Defence.
HEARING is DELAYED
Brennan Secures Court Or
der in Move to Amend
Answer to Banker.
MAY ASK $4,000 FEES
New Chief of Counsel Collects
All Records and Paves Way
for Fight to Finish.
HEARING IS DELAYED
MAY ASK $4,000 FEES

show girl named Clara well
known on Broadway, will be named
by Mrs. Anne Urquhart Potter Still
man In her affirmative defence" of
the divorce suit brought by the former
president of the National City Bank.
Clara" it is understood will be
charged with having been intimate
with James A. Stillman prior to his
alleged affair with Florence Leeds.
Two other chorus girls and a maid
on the Stillman yacht Modesty may
be drawn in later according to those
familiar with the mass of data col
lected by the defendants counsel. At
present, however, only Clara" and
Mrs. Leeds will be named, John F.
Brennan, counsel in chief for Mrs.
Stillman. said last night
Mr.. Brennan obtained postpone
nent yesterdev of the hearings in the
divorce, which were to have been re-
sumed to-day. AT the same time he
cured from Supreme Court Justice Mar
tim j. keogh at New Rochelle. an
order for Mr.. Stllman's LAWYERS to show
cause before him next Saturday why
Mrs. Stillman should not be allowed TO
amend her answer. No objection to the
amendment is expected.
Brennan Collects Records.
"Clara's" full name and present ad
dress is not known to the defence. but
Mr.. Brennan said the amended answer
would charge Mr.. Stillman and her with
being together in an apartment on West
Forty-ninth street and at Eighty-sixth
street and Central Park West upon
numerous occasions"
Mr.. Brennan applied for stay of the
hearings on the grounds, first. that his
client might have time to amend her
answer, and. second, that Mr.. Brennan,
who has been attorney Of record less
than three days, might have an oppor-
tunity to famliarize himself with the
evidence.
After Justice Keogh had consented
Mr.. Brennan went to the office of
Stanchfeld & Levy. 100 Broadway, for
a conference with Abel l. Smith of that
firm, his associate counsel. who has been
deputed to refute the so-called "peeping
Tom testimony Of Mr.. Stillman's Cana
dian witnesses.
Thence he visited Cadwalader. Wicker
sham & Taft, former attorneys Of record
in the case, and obtained a bulky
package said to contain the "affirma-
tive defence" evidence. He returned to
fonkers after consulting with Mr.. Smith
and John T. Mack, guardian ad lirem
for Guy Stillman.
While Justice Keoghs order restrains
Mr.. Stillman's lawyers only until Sat,:r-
day. ii is considered unlikely tina. hear
ing will be held until the latter part OF
next week. Well informed persons feel
1t will take at least five days after
arguments of the motion to prepare for
n resumption of the hearings. and that
would be week from Friday.
Surprise to Bankers Lawyers.
The eleventh hour appearance of MIR.
Brennan before Justice Keogh took AI:.
Stillman's lawyers by surprise. II had
been expected that any motion in the
case would be made before Justice
Morschauser at White Plains, before
whom 1t was begun. The reason for this
change was that Justice Morschauser
was busy with another case yesterday
and Mr.. Brennan had to act at once.
Mr. Brennan set forth In the applica-
tion that the further amending of Mrs.
Stillmans answer will strengthen her
suit materially. There also was an af-
ndavft attached to II In which Mrs. Still
man again denies categorically. the al
legations set up In her husbands COM
plant.
It is expected that when Mr.. Brennan
makes his motion on Saturday for per-
mission to amend Mrs. Stillman's an
swer. he will apply for additional coun-
sci fees OF $4,000 to allow him to
carry on his work. 1t also Is said that
application will be made for the dp-
pointment of a commission to take testi-
mony of certain witnesses in behalf Of
Mrs Stillman at Three Rivers, Quebec.