The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-28
4: ::::. ST|LLMAN DIVORCE CASE ST., sag;

There were no deniais. only +rcfusais
10 talk In 1915. Jim ssiiiman met
Florence Helene LEEDS Of the
Chicken chorus
she was called aicnR Broadway
-ths girl with the violet eyes'' and
she appeared nightly In Tho Can
tury Glri.- New York's largest fcmin-
Inc spectacle. Her father was an
Fart SIDE plumber. poor but highly
rcspectAbis. A song writer. sdiscov.
erfnx' that ''v1o' could dAnce. IA.
vfnsiy.- introduced her 70 ths csn-
tary management
A yenS later. ~ n papsr1
TSorencs became weary Of The Cen-
tury Cirr and Of chorus ilse In gem
erai She told friends the show was
noe going well. that she sim retained
but = minor part
FOR a time she attended rvhsar-
sails. and then suddenly she Appeared
At the theatre Ia = Rolls Royce.
carried In pure mink. and said TO
friends that she was flirting with
straight tips on the curb market and
making heaps Of money SO she ~.
signed
EPISODE
IN AUGUST. 1917. Mra srilman
4 engaged Fred Bcauvais. French
Canadian haifbrrrd and xuide. to
teach her children woodcraft. she
had two sons then. James and Alex.
ander.
BeAuvass. wcii educated. handsome.
young and noted. cxme To New
York from Three Rivers. Canada.
and went to the stiiiman estate at
Pocantico Hills.
The papers say that Beauvals
knew the stiliman family well and
was welcomed. for he had been a
guide at their luxurious Canadian
camp.
1T was there. in the Canadian
wiids.' continue the husbands
charges. that BeauvaIs won the
love OF Mrs. stilIman."
In stillman's complaint he adds
this. For three years the intimacy
continued despite my attempts to
stop IL despite my refusal 70 con.
done. legally or otherwise. man.
aged to get Bearvais off my estate
at Pocantico Hills, and barred
him from my camp AZ Three Riv-
ers.-
Bcauvnis secured a job at a sport.
ing outfit house In New York.
EPISODE
TvHE COURT PAPERS continue
1 that Mr.. and Mrs. Leeds were
well known by sight to many Of
the tenants In the apartment house
at 81 East seth street during Janu-
airy. 1919
Mrs. Leeds was. OF course, Flor
ence OF the Century chorus. and
Leeds. according TO Frank Tvens'
affidavit. and that of Sophie Erick.
son. maid. was James A. stiIlman.
IT,, vice president and director OF
the National City bank.
They kept their tongues, they
say. because; well. what was the
user"
Then came March. and the death
Of James A. Stillman, tine s5tner Of
Jim.
In two weeks after the death OF
James Stiilman the son was made
chairman OF the board Of directors
and note paper Of the National City
bank read: James Alexander Still
man. vice president Frank Van
derlip. however, retained bis hold.
During this summer Mrs. Leeds
remained in retirement at Rest
Court. Stony Beach, l.. l.. In a
handsome villa rented from Pitts
DufflcId. millionaire Sportsman OF
New York.
EPISODE 8.
UL,IFT" POTTER STILI.MAN en-
i tertained lavishIy at the Sun.
man home In Pocantico Hills. but II
was observed that Mr.. Stillman at
tended these functions rarely, II at
all.
Autumn came and both women re.
turned 10 their respective homes I'm
town.
Stillman divided his time almost
equally. say the affidavits. between
his wife and Mrs. Leeds.
Fred Beaiivuis. the half-breed
guide, loft New York and returned
70 Montreal. lie opened an insur-