New-York tribune., 1921-06-16
Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller
Asserts He Lived Apart
From Wife for Months
Before Guy Was Born
Testimony Shaken
By Boys Guardian
Financier to Testify ON
June %; Doctor Calls
Him Devoted Husband
From a Staff correspondent

From staff Correspondent
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June 15.-
Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller, sister of
James A. Stillman, testified here to-
day as the principal witness on behalf
of her brother at the resumed hearings
in his divorce suit against Mrs. Anne
U. Stillman before Referee Daniel J.
Gleason.
Under severe crosse examination by
John e. Mack, guardian ad litem of
Guy Stillman, whose paternity was the
subject of attack. she said that her
brother lived with his invalid father,
the late James A. Stillman, at East
Seventy Street during the period
between January 1, 1918, and April l.,
1918. Guy was born on November %
of the same year and most of the tes
timony offered to-day by maids, and the
and Mrs. Stillman did not live together
during the period which preceded the
child's birth.
DR.. Warren Hildreth, who attended
Mrs. Stillman at Guys birth, said Mr..
Stillman visited his wife in the
hospital and appeared devoted hus-
band.
The appearance of Mrs. Rockefeller
at the hearings came as complete
surprise to counsel for the defense. AT
the conclusion of the morning sessions
the witness left the referees Office,
weeping and heavily velled.
Stllman Must Appear June %
Mr.. Stillman will be required to ap-
pear before Referee Gleason on June 2S
to be cross-eXamined on the testimony
he gave at the first hearing held in the
library of the New York City Bar As
served demand On Cornelius j. Sulli-
van to have the financier on hand for
the hearing which will be resumed on
June % The present session will ad-
journ on Friday
Mr.. Sullivan agreed to accept the
new amended answer of Mrs. Stillman.
1t will name three women, Mrs. Flor
ence II. Leeds, who was mentioned by
Mrs. Stillman in her first amended re-
as "Clara" and "Hclen." 1t contains
charges Of misconduct with these
women on the yacht Modesty in New
York City and other places.
Mrs. Stillman faced her sister-in-
law throughout the morning session.
Crowds awaited her arrival at the Office
where the hearings were held. She
was almost mobbed as she alighted
from her car. She was dressed in a
! flaming plaid skirt, light smock and
wide blue hat which shaded her face
Her favorite bandanna was under her
hat She wore white and tan leather
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attorneys, John F. Brennan, Charles J
Wallace and Abel I. Smith, were in at
tendance. Mr.. Sullivan and Colonel
William Rand were present for the
! plaintiff. Mr.. Sullivan conducted the
direct examination and Mr.. Mack, as
guardian of Guy. the cross-eXamina-
tion of the witnesses.
/ Mrs. Rockefeller was in black and a
veil hid her face. She sought to con-
ceal herself from the eyes of the curl
Gus gathered around the doors of the
! Helen D. Hunt, who formerly was
| housekeeper in the Stillman home in
| East Seventy-second Street.
On direct examination, Mr.. Stillman's
| sister testified that between the period
! from January 1 to April /, 1918, her
brother lived continuously in the home
of the late James A. Stillman. who was
| i'll at the time. She declared that she
saw him come in almost every evening
and that he passed many of his days
at the bedside of his father during
the most critical period of the latters
illness.
Shaken on Cross-E Examination
| Mrs. Stillman never once appeared
at the house in all this time, she said
Under Dissemination, the testimony
of the witness was slightly shaken
when she admitted having been away
| herself for several week-ends and not
being able to state positively that Mr.
| Stillman was at home every night.
She was said to have admitted under
cross-examination that her brother was
absent from his fathers house for one
weekend Immediately after the death
! of their father, on March Is, 1918, her
brother left the Seventy second Street
house and went to live at his own
home, 27O Park Avenue, she said.
When asked by Mr.. Mack if she was
interested in the outcome of the case
Mrs. Rockefeller looked directly across
at her sister-in-law and said:
'T would be only human to have an
| interest in my brother"
DR.. Hildreth' told of attending Mrs
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