New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Leeds, Chorus
Man, Sought i'm
Still1nan Case
Counsel for Bankers Wife
Eager to Get Testimony
of Reputed Husband Of
Show Girl Named in Suit
Last Reported in Newark
Decision ON Alimony: and
Allowance for Lawyers
Will Be Rendered TODAY

Attorneys for Mrs Anne Urouhart
Potter Stilinaan have begun search,
1t was learned yesterday, for the real
Franklin Harold Leeds. said to have
been tho husband of Florence II. Leeds,
the show girl whom Mrs Stillman is to
name in her amended answer to the
divorce suit of her husband, James A.
Sti!lman, president of the National
City Bank.
The real Franklin Harold Leeds is
said to have been chorus man,
slender and dapper, his head gener.
eusly endowed with hair. His appear
snce is said to be SO decldodly at
variance with that OF the man known
rs Mr.. Leeds at the show girls apart
ment and identified as Mr. Stilman,
the banker, that he was unable to re-
new the lease OF the apartment when
ne tried to do SO.
Leeds Reported in Newark
According to the informaton in the
hands of Mrs. stillmaMs attorneys
Leeds, the chorus man, was not at the
East Eighty-sixth Street apartment
during the period that the other Mr..
Leeds was visitor there. Their
latest information concerning him was
shat he was employed in a cabaret in
Newark
His name is that given in the city
records as father of Florence II. Leeds
baby Jay, whose real father is alleged
10 be James A. Stillman
Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
will send his decision on Mrs. Still
mans application for $4,000 Il month
temporary alimony and $4,000 counsel
fees t. Ahe Supreme Court at White
Plains By special messenger to-day. 1t
will reach there, it is expected. before
n -
the court, will take it at once TO Car
where the original papers in the action
were filed. When it has been entered
there it may be made public.
There are said to be about fftee
typewriter pages in the decision. A
representative of one Of Mrs. Still
mans attorneys expressed the opinion
that alimony would be allowed at the
rate of 100000 a year and s-cotFed. at
the suggestion that the allowance for
counsel fees might be as litte as
$4,000
What. s5o,oo0.' lie exclaimed
why. that would not pay expenses
in the case 1t should be way above
that, and I think that Justice Nor
schauser will take into consideration
the vast amount of travel and incl
dental expenses, aside from expert
advice a"d profound study, involved in
this case"
Although Justice Morschauser's
ruling is formal one upon the appli-
cation for almony and counsel fees,
he is expected to pass also upon the
letters and atfidavits submitted, and
counsel for both sides believe that it
may be possible to read between the
lines his opinion of the whole case
as it stands at present.
Mr.. Stillman's counsel expressed no
anxiety concerning the possibility that
the letters said 20 have been written
b. Fred Beauyais. .he French Canadian
named as CORRESPONDENT BY Mr. Still
man. might be excluded as evidence
by Justice MoYschauser. Their con-
tidence, it was said. was based upon
their knowledge Of other evidence
which they regarded as strong enough
TO prove their case, even without the
letters.
Mrs. Stillnian's attorneys also wore
a confident air. They are said to be
relying largely unon evidence which
they believe shows an Illicit intimacy
between the banker and Florence
Leeds, the show girl.