The Washington times., 1921-07-16
INDIAN SELDOM /,
WITH Fiji, SAYS
|. MILLIONAIRE POET
Society versifisr Proves Strong
Witness for Mrs. Stillman
and Baby Guy.

and Baby Guy.
PoUGHKEEPsIE. July 1s.--For
the first tine since the celebrated
Stillman divorce case flared into pub
lie notice the story of the friendship
between Mrs. Stillman and Fred Beau
vais. the Indian guide. was told au-
thoritatively yesterday.
The tale WAS told by III. Phelps
Clawson, the young millionaire friend
OF the Stiflman family, under cross
examination by Col. William Rand In
the divorce trial.
Colonel Rand, who has become Still
mans chief legal instrument since the
proceedings were resumed, spent two
and half hours seeking to shake yes
terday's testimony OF the young man.
Testimony mistaken.
This was to the effect that Mr.. and
Mrs. Stillman had lived together in
t-rmittently during the important pc
rod OF 1918. before the birth of Guy.
the disputed child. Colonel Rand did
not shake the testimony. He did not
even make the story CULVER and the
young millionaire left the stand as de-
bonnair as though 1t were the end of
formal dance.
During the entire cross examine
ton. John r.. Mack, guardian for
Guy and acting chief Of Mrs. Still
mans attorneys, did not interrupt
the current OF questions and answers
once to protect the witness.
Dark featured, slim and modishly
attired. Mr.. Clawson declined to per-
init his composure to be ruffled at
any point, even when Colonel Rand
remarked: -
You are a versifier. think-or
should j cal you poet?"
UnruffIed By Rand.
Smilingly the witness confessed:
Il should say versifier rather than
poet. since my poems are all printed
at my own expense" ~.
He cheerfully identified a clipping
of a verse, entitled g Man to Man"
acknowledged its authorship and con-
coded that the subject was Fred
Beauyais.
Colonel Rand cut in crisply: -,s
You are very partial TO Mrs.
Stillman, then"
And Clawson nodded: =
Il should say that 1 WAS, and
with reason. She has been more
than a friend to me. She has treat
ed me as a mother might. i think
L have every reason To be partial 10
her."
But while Fiji Stillman and the
Indian guide were under discussion.
Colonel Rand was unsparing in his
quest for dana ging admissions. r
He piled Clawson with questionsto
bring out the history Of the woods
man and the society woman, and the
young man said:
Mrs. Stillman and Beauvais met
?rst in November, 1916, at camp
which the Stillmans had at Lake
Cochalgney, in Canada, for vacation.
Ii was just a log cabin In the woods.
Mrs. Stillman, Anne, Bud and 1 were
there.
I'VE hired three guides who were
camping in tents nearby. Fred
Beauvais was one Of them, and the
only one that could speak English,
so he became sort OF chief OF the
guides. !.
Fred Kaiantonoran Beauvais De st.
Jeanne. He is of the IroQuois ma
ton and the Caughnawaga tribe,
from the Montreal area. The tribe.
by the way, Is an off-shoot OF The
Mohawk tribe.
A Hunter and Trapper.
Fred is a hunter, trapper, lumber.
lack and guide as occasion requires.
and good in all. He dined with Our
party chiefly because he could SPEAK
English and was apparently one of
the most educated of guides.
1T Just happened 30. The other
guides might have had the same
privilege were IL not that II WIS
thought they might be embarrassed.
Fred Beauvais WAS a good COOK, toD,
let me add, and cooked fish espS-
cially well.
When we met him he was tail.
long haired, strongly built chap with
swapping black eyes and looked every
inch an Indian guide. I'm told he
has changed since, but SO he was
when we met him. and he knew the
woods.
Young Clawson told of enlisting In
the air service, doing duty at Hazel
hurst Field, Mineola, and going 10 the
Biltmore for Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bits ball on his first fCriough on De-
cemher 81, 1917. he met Anne htere,
he said, and was invited by her to
Pleasantville for New Years, which
invitation he accepted. Continuing.
he said:
Il arrived before luncheon; We
dined at 6; Mr.. and Mrs. StillinaE.
Alexander, Bud and Frankie Beau.
vais, Fred's five-year-old nephew,
were there. After dinner 1 returned
to Mineola, leaving Mr.. and Mrs,
Stillman together at the table.
Colonel Rand tried to weaken Clay
sons earlier statements to the effect
that he saw MIR. and Mrs. Stillmaa
there on the 9Th ana 9th OF January
when he called. but the boyish viii
ness was not TO be shaken.