The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-05

neys for Mrs. stiilman IL was Deem
ed wise that as the trial OF the
action must take place outside of
New York city the Arm Of Brenna,
Curran & Bleakley, OF Yonkers,
should be substituted as attorneys
of record for Mrs. stiilman in place
OF Cadwalader, Wickershsm d TAFT.
Attorneys and counsel are united
and nrm In the belief that Mrs.
stillman should and will win, and
toward this end will use the aid of
their respective offices. The case
will however, be conducted by and
under the direction OF Mr.. Brennan"
An order of court covering the
substitution Is expected to be issued to-
morrow.
MOTHER TO FIGHT sTJLLMAN.
After twenty-seven years In exile
a little old woman in biack-Mrs.
James Stillman. sr.-has come out
to night for her daughter-in-law,
Anne u. Stillman, so the latter viii
not suffer the same fate at the
hands of Ser son that she did at the
hands of his father.
II Is the new era now. and Mrs.
Stillman, sr., after nearly three de-
cades of abandonment, has come to
night against her first born, who, II
seems. is following in the footsteps OF
his father. The spirit of the woman
OF today has taken possession of this
woman of yesterday.
This little woman, now siNty-nine, Is
the "ghost"-the skeleton in the closet
of James A. Stillmsn. She Is the
mother OF the banker who is suing his
wife for divorce. who mas placed the
bar sinister on his baby boy and would
..x.KI l. A. T.. g. Ill
Closely has he guarded the secret
that his own fathep-Jsmes Stillman,
builder OF the National City Bank
had so exiled his wife after he was
found with the brunette daughter OF
a city official on board his yacht. the
Wsnderer. back in the days of old
New York.
This bomb shell was thrown into
the StiIlnan case yesterday when
Mrs. James A. StiIlwell. sr.. was found
m the East Thirty-ffth street house.
She has told the story of her exile, and
with IL promise to stick with her
daughter-in-lsw in the fight against
exile that the James A. Stillman of
today is trying 10 force on her in tina
settlement negotiations.
INSISTS on EXILE
Even last night with the bones II
the family skeleton rafting merrily
In the Stillman closet, the ousted head
of the National City Bank was sitting
tight on the exile clause.
Is he still thinking OF his early
youth-he was twenty-three then
when his father exiled his mother TO
Psris-to a simple little apartment in
the Rue Calico?
James A. Stillman. through those
closely connected with him. aims to
fight the divorce case to a finish. He
will send his counsel to Poughkeepsie
next TUESDAY TO carry on the fight,
for. II is said, like his father. he
wants his pretty wife and Baby Guy
to leave this country never to return.
The old adsge, Like father. like
son." seems to be carried out in two.
generations OF the Stillman family.
His fathers yacht, the Wanderer. so
the story goes. was the scene of many
gay party led by the then rising
banker James Stilmsn, g. 1t was
on this yacht that the present Still
man family heads mother found his
father-in the arms of another wo-
man.
The Stillman story o>swo genera
lions is more thrilling than the best
seller. 1t includes blockade canning
during the civil-war. Then the build
irg up OF the greatest banking insti-
tuition OF today.