New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Stillrnlall Will
Fight Divorce
Case to Finish
Efforts of Family To Settle
Out of Court Fail, and
Counsel for Both Sides
Scout C. o I'M p ro IN i S c
Society Folk to Testify
Report That Fipancier Was
Ready TO Acknowledge
Guys Percentage Denied

Family connections, which failed In
the first attempt to settle out of court
the divorce case of James A. Stillman
against Anne Urquhart Potter-Still-
man, had not entirely given up hope
Sast night of finally obtaining such q
settlement, it was reported on good
authority. 1t was predicted that sec
ond attempt might be made later to
end the affair which, it was pointed
out, has caused many innocent parties
much worry and concern.
Attorneys for both sides of the con-
sroversy, however, say that there is no
shance of settlement, and they are
ready to resume the hearings next
Wednesday. Mrs. Stillman's amended
answer may be further amended to
make admissible much new evidence.
Mr.. Stillman is reported to be deter
mined to establish forever the question
of the birth of thirty-month- old Guy
Stillman, who he charges is the son Of
Fred Beauvais, Indian guide, named as
correspondent in the divorce complaint.
The hearings are expected by
attorneys to go ahead uninterruptedly
before Referee Daniel j. Gleason, in
Poughkeepsie. When Mrs. Stillman's s
defense is reached, it is known that
society people, who are on her list of
witnesses. will be called upon to take
the stand. An effort, it is said, will
be made by Mrs. Stillman's attorneys
to have future hearings held in open
court.
In the statement of Stanchfield E.
Levy, attorneys for Mrs. Stillman, made
in letter to Mrs. Stillman dated
May 25. it was said that Mr.. Stillman
stood ready to admit the legitimacy OF
Guy Stillman's birth by withdrawing
his divorce complaint in which the
charge against Guy was made.
Peace Negotiations Denied
Cornelius Sullivan, who wrote the
statement issued by Nicoll, Anable,
Fuller & Sullivan, attorneys for Mr..
Stillman, denied that Mr.. Stillman had
ever been ready or willing to admit the
legitimacy of Guys birth. He also said
that Mr.. Stillman's attorneys had not
entered into the peace negotiations.
This conflict in the statement of the
terms resulted naturally. The terms as
exclusively printed in The Tribune said
in so many words that the legitimacy
OF Guy was not to be recognized. These
terms were not acceptable to Mrs. Still
man.
The terms were tentative and were
the result of family conferences
brought about by Mrs. Percy Rockefel-
ler. The first Mr.. Sullivan knew of
them was when he read of them in The
Tribune. The whole move originated in
private way, without consulting at
torneys for either sioe.
Says Legitimacy Not Admitted
The terms printed in the Tribune
were those reported by one authority
to be acceptable to Mr.. Stillman and
in these the legitimacy of Guy Still
man was not admitted. The matter of
Mrs. Stillman's sojourning in Europe
pending the quieting of publicity in
relation to the case had not then come
up.
When the suggestion that Mrs. Still
man sojourn in Europe entered into
the case, Mrs. Stillman again objected
and this hitch proved serious, blocking
g settlement.
Stanchfeld & Levy had been in
formed that Mr.. Stillman was ready to
effect a settlement and withdraw his
case. Such a withdrawal, they con-
cluded, would automatically withdraw
the charges against Guy and leave his
Legitimacy established, unless a new
case was begun at some future time.
This presumption, it was learned later,
was erroneous.