The Washington times., 1921-04-05
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MYSTERY GIRL
Viola Clark Danced With Still
man and He Gave Her,
$500, She Admits.

NEW YORK, April s. Viola
Clark, whose name has been in
trodwed into the Stillman case,
explained her position in the
tangled affairs Of the banker,
through an interview today.
In her little hall bedroom at 242
East Fiftieth street, where she has
been living for several months,
3 Miss Clark told how she first met
the banker, who, she said. be-
/ friended her when she launched q
business career by organizing an
apartment renting firm in Brook
lyn- She also described her stage
career, when she played small
parts in several successful produc-
tions.
DEsCRIBES CAREER.
Miss Clark denied that her imam
cial condition today is any worse
on the stage. Her lodgings are of
tho typical stage type. two doors from
the East river.
An amateur sign painter has writ
ten the words, "Cliff House." on the
electric light globe over the door.
which aside from the painted sign is
Just like any one Of the score of other
doors in the block
Miss Clark's room in Fiftieth street
Is just like thousands of other hall
bedrooms all over Manhattan. It
faces the front and one, by craning
the neck, can see the East river, with
BlackwelIs island in the foreground.
AS for Miss Clark hereslf. she Is
tall. of fair complexion and natural
mblonde hair. A few stray freckles
are sprinkled over her nose and
I around her eyes.
LENT HER MONEY.
'~rhere really is no mystery about
fronted by a reporter. As she smiled
two dainty dimples showed. IT knew
Mr.. Stillman very we'll during the
winter OF 1913 and 1914. but that 10
all He lent me small sums of money
whom I started in business, but !
was not successful and 80 far have
been unable to pay him back"
why was there SO much mystery
made about you. With the tales for
attorneys In the Stillman case that
an important link in tho chain
against Mr.. Stillman was q former
chorus girl who once had riches but
was now poor and lived In an East
Side furnished room." Miss Clark was
asked.
MET HIM AT DANCE.
IT can't tell you about that" she
replied. "T suppose they wanted to
make a good story for the news
papers. They evidently wanted to
brand Mr.. Stillman as an awful man.
1t is probably just the same as the
story that a paper printed tonight
saying that Mr.. Stillman was known
Ras Mr.. Cook I don't believe that,
"wil you tell Just how you came
to know Mr. Stillman?" Miss Clark
was asked.
During the winter of 1918 and 1914
] went to q great many Dances" she
said. at was at ,ne very height of
the dancing craze, At one of these
affairs-it was semi-private-I met
me and he was my partner in nearly
every dance that night. He was a
very good dancer
"From then on. from time to time,
met him at dances He always
sought me as a partner. In fact, he
danced moro with me than with any
ono else I got to know him very
we'll I never heard him addressed in
any other way than Mr.. Stillman.
Cook
LOAN FOR BUSINESS.
TN 1914 Theodore P. Shonts was
developing some property in Brook
lyn. I knew Mr.. ShontA and I be-
lieved there was a big opportunity
to make some money in this develop
ment by starting a renting agency.
'T had little money of my own,
but not enough to organize the buoi-
ness One afternoon at q dancing
party / told Mr.. Stillman about it
He offered to loan me $500. l ac-
,cepted, and he gave me the money.
81 started the agency, but it was
not as successful as I had expected
1t would be. Because of this / have
never been able to repay Mr.. Still
mans loan Some OF his friends and
some of mine knew that he had made
the loan.
~when the divorce case came up
/ was afraid some one might draw
me into 1t, so l wrote the lawyers,
telling them the whole story. There
are those who might put q wrong
meaning to a loan like that to girl.
1t was a pure and simple business
transaction"
els it true that you introduced Mrs.
Leeds to Mr.. Stillman7" she was
asked.
T never heard Of Mrs. Leeds nor
ever met her. said Miss Clark. "I
have never played in the Century
Theater and have never been in the
chorus, as some have said in the
stories about the mystery woman
"When / was on the stage / always
played parts. / knew a few chorus
girls. but 1 never played in the
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