Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-18
son BUD CHEERS
MRS. ST|LLMAN
Treat EN- Rough" He Writes
From School in New
y York
SCORES POINT IN COURT

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 1T.-"Its
been wonderful day--a wonderful
day for us in court"
That was the word Mrs. Stillman
brought to the Mack household after
yesterdays examinations and cross
examinations in the little room in
Poughkeepsie-"'fuli OF men chewing
gum and smoking tobacco was over.
At 6 o'clock Mrs. Stilman stepped
out Of her automobile in front Of her
lawyers home, ran up the cement walk.
took the four porch steps Mt u jump and
darted into the house to deliver the
news. She said she was 'radiantly
happy and she looked il.
ITS been a fine ending for a day
such as this" she added with sweep
of her arm toward the out of doors.
Down in New York City, where he is
busy "cramming" for scholastic exami-
nations-he is being tutored-James \.
Stillman, Jr., who took his mother )
side from the very start Of the singular
domestic tangle. found time to send
along this message:
love. BUD"
Isn't that just like him?" said his
mother. He is the kind Of boy who
says great deal in a few words.
DIR. Russell's Little Book
Documentary evidence In the form of
the memorandum book Of DR.. Hugh L..
Russell, the Buffalo osteopath, was
brought out in his cross examination by
attorneys for Mrs: Stillman at the hear
Ing to show that James a. Stillman. the
plaintiff was at Mondanne. the Still
man country estate at Pleasantville, y.
Y, on January o and January Z. 1918.
Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller, sister of
Mr.. Stillman, testified on Wednesday
that to the best Of her knowledge Mr..
Stillman was constantly at the home OF
his father, the late James Stillman, 8
East Seventy second street. from Jam
uary ] to April /, 1918, and similar
testimony was given by former servant,
Of the family.
The evidence was in the form of en-
tries in DIR. Russell's memorandum
book, which on their face indicated that
he had treated Mr.. Stilman. Mrs.
Stillman, their son, Alexander Still
man. and frankie Beauvals, the young
nephew Of Fred h. Beauvais, at Pleas
antyille on January 9, 1918, and Mr..
Stillman, Mrs. Stillman. Alexander
Stillman. frankie Beauvais and Fred
peuuNulS on january -.
Calls Entry Mistake
On redirect examination by Colonel
William Rand. of counsel for Mr.. Still
man, DR.. Russell testified that the en-
try Of Mr.. Stillman's name on these
two occasions had been a mistake and
that Mr.. Stillman was not at Mon
dame. Each Of the entries showed in
dication of erasures, and John +.
Mack. special guardian of Guy Still
man. questioned DR.. Russell as to
whether the name of II. Phelps Claw
son, Of Buffalo, had not been entered
as one of his patients at Pleasantville
and then erased. DR.. Russell said he
did not know what had been originally
entered or when the erasures were
made.
DR.. Russell was asked what Mrs.
etillman had shid to him about Guy
Sullman when he visited her at the
Woman's Hospital on the day or the
day after Guy was born. Mr. Mack OBJ
jected to this on the ground that any
such information was privileged as being
between patient and physician and the
objection was sustained by Referee
Gleason.