The New York herald., 1921-06-23
MRS.LEEDS BROKE UP
STILLMANS PARTY
Witnesses to Tell of Wine
and Shower Of Glasses
Aboard Yacht.
BEAUVAIS MAY TESTIFY
Beauty Specialist Will Bare
Secrets Of COlorful Scheme
of Mrs. Leeds's Hair.
MAY TESTIFY


Wine parties aboard the Stillman
yacht Modesty as she lay in Florida
waters last winter an allowance of
$4,000 a month and gifts of jewelry
said to be valued at more than $780,
600 will figure In the testimony of
witnesses to be called In the affirma-
tive defence of Mrs. Anne Urquhart
Potter Stillman when the hearings in
the divorce suit are resumed next
week at Poughkeepsie.
Servants aboard the yacht and at
Cleveland Cottage, the Miami home OF
Florence II. Leeds, the chorus girl
named as correspondent by the bankers
wife, it is declared, will tell of the
home life of 'Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
II. Leeds" in Florida in general, and
particularly of hectic midnight party
aboard the Modesty which broke up in
q temperamental explosion, accom-
An important witness for the de-
fence will be a woman beauty spe-
cialist, who will testify to the kaleido-
scopic changes in color of Mrs. Leeds's
hair, and of the large number Of
jewels she displayed. Through the
testimony of this woman Mrs. Still
mans lawyers hope to prove James A.
Stillman catered to every whim of the
former chorus girl and expended large
sums for her persona! adornment.
Make List of Her Jewels.
Mrs. Stillman's lawyers have made
list of the gems Mrs. Leeds is said to
have worn. A valuation exceeding
100000 has been placed upon them by
an expert. The list includes diamond
shaped diamond ring. two octagon shaped
diamonds and a diamond shaped en-
erald, each Of which is thought to
weigh between five and seven carats.
There Is a barpin OF sixteen diamonds
OF about one carat each. two bracelets
made of square diamonds Of about one
carat each, a diamond and emerald
bracelet in which the stones, of one
carat each, are set around the bracelet;
O diamond wrist watch and a ball watch
made OF diamonds, with platinum
chain, which Mrs Leeds is said to have
worn about her neck; a set OF diamond
and emerald hatpins OF unusually nne
workmanship. a gold mesh bag with
diamond and emerald top, the mono
gram on which also was composed Of
diamonds: diamond shaped pin with
three initials. one in diamonds. another
In emeralds and the third in onyx. and a
circle OF diamonds made up as a pin.
One of the Miami witnesses will tes-
tify that Mrs. Leeds's baby. Jay, was
brought to Cleveland cottage last De-
cember. and that all the time he was
there he called Mr.. Stillman daddy" A
chorus girl will testify she always called
the banker Mr.. Leeds in the presence
of a third person. but that when
strangers were not there he was Just
plain -"
Witnesses will tell of automobile rides
into the bills almost every day during
January, February and March Of this
year. with Mrs. Leeds invariably at
the wheel. An effort also will be made
to prove that all Of Mrs. Leeds's bills
were paid by the First National Bank
of Miami on presentation, but from
Wine Party on the Yacht.
A former servant on the Modesty will
tell OF the wine party and the tempera-
mental outburst on the yacht. Mrs. Leeds
is said to have had an inkling at that
time that Helen" the woman OF So
cicty." also named by Mrs. Stillman,
had been aboard the yacht The former
chorus girl, II will be brought out. few
into a rage and began hurting wine
glasses at the banker.
Wherever Mrs Leeds went she always
kept closely in touch with the beauty
specialist. She insisted upon having
treatments even when she was in the
Sloan maternity hospital in November
and December. 1919. Mrs. Leedss all
ment on that occasion was incident TO a
miehap that occurred during a trip to
New Haven 10 see a football game.
IL also visited Mrs. Leeds at her
apartment" the beauty specialist said.
'It was about n week after she left the
hospital and a week before Christmas.
1919. She was still In bed. | saw at
this apartment a man she addressed as
Mr. Leeds. I have since learned that he
Is James A. Stillman.
There also was a boy between one
and two years old in the house. Mrs.
Leeds called him her son, and she re-
fcrrcd TO Mr.. stillman. or Mr.. Leeds. as
~" did not speak to the man and he
did not speak TO me. IL was I'm the
evening saw him. Mrs. Leeds came
TO my Office after that a number Of
times, on one occasion TO have her hair
benched TO bionder hue. She told Inc
that she had two side pieces of false hair
which she pinned inside her hat so Mr..
Leeds could not see what color her hair
was.
warned About Her Hair.
she told me she pinned this hair In
side n bandannn or boudoir cap when
ever she was In nesligee. Mrs. Leeds
said that on one occasion when Mr..