The evening world., 1921-03-17
COURT ORDERS OPEN
HEARINGS OF TRIAL
OF STILLMAN SUIT
CONTINUED from First Page.)

q remarkably sweet personality, a
small figure and reddish tinged hair.
who went on the stage several years
ago, after failing to make an aus
picious start in the MOVIES and was
in a chorus and in a small part in a
Dillingham; production. They tell OF
occasional visits by Florence to the
contractors home in luxurious auto
mobiles, and Of the sending Of the
sumo automobiles to the tenement 20
take members Of the family out for
ON airing.
Cornelius }. Sullivan Of Mr.. Still
mans counsel said he had no COM
Ilents to make on to-day's develop
ments.
WILL NOT TOLERATE SECRET
HEARINGS.
The manifest cagerness of counsel
fpr James A. Stillman and his wife to
use to the utmost the peculiar pro-
Cedure Of the Ninth judicial District
Wcstchester, DutcAyss, Rockland,
Putnam and Orange Counties) to get
court action in secret, so far as their
ingenuity was successful led Justice
Morschauser before whom all pro-
Ceedings up until now have been
taken, to announce that he will toler-
ale no hearings or motions "in
camera" and that all arguments in
the case are to be made In open court.
This does not affect the private
taking of testimony before Surrogate
Daniel J. Gleason, referee; but these
have been suspended pending the ar
gument OF motions for alimony and
counsel fee and leave to change her
answer on behalf Of Mrs. Stillman:
these motions, indefinitely postponed
Tuesday, have been set down for a
call on the calendar before Justice
Morschauser at Poughkeepsie Satur-
day. Justice Morschauser has said,
however, that he would not regard 1t
as irregular If further motions in the
case were made before another Jus
tice in the district
Dr. James Ogilivic, at his office, No.
500 West 142d Street to-day said he
had been family physician to the con-
tractors family for number of years
When asked if Mrs. Leeds" was not
one of the contractors daughters he
abruptly refused to answer any further
questions
From a trustworthy source IL has
been learned that Mrs. Stillman, in
an affidavit supporting papers in her
side OF the case, has made charges
against her husband and a woman
known as Mrs. Florence II. Leeds of
New York. The papers refer to a
child now said to be about two years
old. Attached to the papers Is an
affidavit said to have been made by
chauffeur formerly employed by the
Sullmans, which is reported to iden-
tify James y. Sullman. the banker,
as Mr. Leeds" supposed husband of
Airs. Leeds.
1t is said that after Mr.. Stllman
filed his suit Mrs. Stillman was dis
pOhSh 70 lbllDlt llAS NAlAA bG9s AL lGeASS1
she did not intend to file counter
charges One day she or some one
-closely associated with her received
an anonymous letter which so i'm
pressed her she employed private de-
tectives. They are said to have col
lected evidence regarded as sufficient
to justify her subsequent action
MRS. LEEDs'S FORMER MAID
RECOGNIZES PICTURE.
Counsel for Mrs. Stillman, it was
revealed to-day, have obtained from
Mrs. Sophie Bartkoff, of No. 1927
Park Avenue, an affidavit bearing on
Mrs. Leeds.
Mrs. Bartkoff is Ne wife of Frank
Bartkoff, an employee OF the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit Company and
formerly a fireman in the apartment
house at No. 64 East seth Street,
where his wife, then Miss Erickson,
was a maid for Mrs. Leeds.
The former maid said last night that
In connection with an investiga ton into
the identity of d frequent visitor to
Mrs. Leeds she recently was shown
photographs Of James A. Stillman. Her
answer with regard 10 these photo
graphs was, "I couldn't mistake that
bald head among thousands" She
said she recognized the pictures of
Mr.. Stillman published in newspapers
in the last few days.
Mrs. Bartkoff told the reporter that
this story was substantially what was
contained in her affidavit:
"I obtained employment with Mrs