Evening journal., 1921-07-12
MRS. STILLMAN
LOSES POINT
Referees Decisions in Sub
stance Indicate Certain
Charges Are Proved
GUYS CASE is
JEOPARDIZED

POUGHKEEPSIE, July ia
series of rulings handed down yes
terday by Referee Daniel ]. Gleason
provides at least a temporary vic
tory for James A. Sdllman by admit
ting in evidence the two alleged
Beauvais letters over the objections
of Mrs. Stillman's attorneys. The
referee admitted also the telephone
conversation which Mrs. Percy A.
Rockefeller, the bankers sister, said
she had with Mrs. Stillman in Feb
ruary. 1918, the only point in favor
Of Mrs. Stillman and Baby Guy IN
the days developments being found
in the wording Of the decision relat-
ing to the letters. which states that
all reference to the child's parentage
contained in them is ruled out
Mr.. Gleason's decision in substance
holds that so far as the bankers
side Of the suit is concerned, he has
proved his charges against Mrs.
Stillman and has established that he
and his wife were not living together
during the spring of 1918, a point
which, II not upset by the defense,
jeopardizes Guys right to the name
of Stillman, as well as his right 10
benefit from the $1,000, 900 trust
fund established by his grandfather
In making the ruling regarding the
letters, Referee Gleason has reversed
himself completely.
So far as the referee 10 concerned
the rulings are final. Any attempt
to have them set aside must be made
in an appeal to the Appellate Divis.
ion Of the Supreme Court.
The rulings were on the sever
points of law raised by william
Rand. of Mr.. Stillman's counsel. a
: the hearing held here a week ag,
last Friday The points were base,
on evidence already submitted il
5 Mr.. Stillman's behalf and concerne,
the most vital part of the testimony
e The letters which the rulings con
Germ are the famous exhibits know
- during the hearings on Mrs. Still
? mans application for alimony an
Y counsel fees. last March, as 3 and {
' Since being brought into the ref
e eree's hearings they have been re
named exhibits IL and 12-A Oetter
- and 13-B (envelope).
A In his decision Mr.. Gleason refer
o to exhibit II as a letter Of Beauvai
4 written in May, 1919, and describe
|, it as having been offered in evidenc
=. as indicating a disposition on N
. part of Mrs. Stillman and the guild
to be intimate. From this offe
:. upon the issue Of legitimacy is @,
; cluded and direct or indirect declai
= alton Of Beauvais as to the paternii
OF the infant" the ruling reads, an
like restriction was placed on VIII;
IS to be drawn from the second mi
sive.
Referee Gleason's ruling regardir
the first alleged Beauvais letter hol,
that it is admissible because Mr.
!, Stillman retained it in her possessic
: after the alleged receipt and a
\ acknowledgement by her Of the secor
J letter, and also because she retain,
the moccasins which, servants te
tify, were the gift of the guide
Guy.
o The admission Of the alleged tel
phone conversation between MI
Rockefeller and Mrs. Stillman is a
other blow to the defense. 9th
sections of the decision, in which {
nine points are raised and in viii
attorneys for Mr.. Stillman are 81
tanned in all but two. deal wi
+ direct declarations alleged to ha
been made by Mrs. Stillman regar
ing Guy, which have been dithdral
nd in regard TO the infant and the p;
w. OF the testimony OF DR.. Hugh
Russell, Of Buffalo, which has be
'r- stricken from the record.