The New York herald., 1921-03-26

containing the great assortment OF affi-
davis, letters and other documents
handed him Wednesday after the law
yers had argued the matter of tempo
rary alimony and counsel fees.
To Settle Status OF Boy.
He let 1t be known that he Is prepared
to spend all the coming week studying
the papers and that it is extremely un-
likely that he will be prepared to render
a decision until Wednesday. II the case
turns out to be particularly lucid and
the affidavits onesided. It is possible that
the Justice may be able to arrive at his
decision earlier. He is a rapid worker.
He says he intends spending all to-
morrow reading the stuff. But his at
titude of mind may be seen in his ar
rangements He has prevailed upon
Justice ]. Addison Young to preside In
his court on Monday and Tuesday and
Justice Arthur s. Tompikins will act in
his stead Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday. Justice Morschauser will sit in
Newburgh to-day and then will retire for
a week.
The Justice let 1t be known that he
intends opening the way wide for the
Stillman boy. Mrs. Stillman is asking
$4,000 month aliInony and $4,000
counsel fees. 1t Is known that the finan-
cial features of the problem before the
court at present are not worrying the
Justice to any great extent. but before
him are all the principal allegations
made by the banker and his wife against
each other, and the Justices chief con-
Germ is to be ready to make such recon-
mendations as will remove any barriers
to quick and positive settlement of the
boys status
John e. Mack. guardian ad Item of
Guy, has made it plain that he will not
agree to any dropping Of the divorce ac-
tions by either party or both unless Mr..
Stillman publicly proclaims In the proper
court setting that he withdraws his
charges and that he acknowledges that
the lad Is his son. Unless Mr.. Mack
does agree to it the divorce proceedings
cannot be deserted except the court
overrules his protest. But that both
sides are considering the easiest way out
of the whole affair Is q virtual GER
tainty. 1t is understood, too, that JUS
tice Morchauser will advise against
public hearings. The testimony will be
taken secretly.
May Turn to Another state.
1t lS IOL 10 po dSSuIIleu, however, tlldt
dropping the matter at this stage Of the
game Is a perfunctory matter--a mere
cessation OF hostilities 1t is not at all
unlikely that Mrs. Stillman eventually
will go to another State and seek a d.
vorce IL she fails here or abandons her
quest in this State. Likewise it Is not
at all impossible that Mr. Stillman may
adopt similar means of terminating his
affiliations with his wife, And there is
Florence Lawlor Leeds and her infant
son to be considered.
Mrs. Stillman held q long consulta-
ton with her lawyers, Stanchfield e.
Levy, some time between midnight
Thursday and yesterday afternoon. Just
where the conference took place is not
clear, but Mrs. Stillman is said to have
been decidedly agitated. She was in
formed at Lakewood that her husband 8
lawyers, De Lancey Nicoll and Cornelius
J. Sullivan, had come into the possession
of certain letters written to her by Ferd
Beauvais, the Canadian woodsman who
is mentioned in Mr.. Stillman's action.
1t was we'll known that the husbands s
lawyers possessed some letters from
Beauvais TO Mrs. Stillman, but these,
apparently, were letters that Mrs. Still
man either believed TO have been de-
stroyed or so well hidden as to be safe
from discovery.
do you mean to tell me that they've
stolen those letters?" she Is alleged to
have demanded. THAT means an I'M
mediate trip to New York.
She was met in New York by Louis
Levy, one of her lawyers, and there
trace of her becomes vague. Later she
returned to Lakewood But John f..
Brennan, another of her lawyers. was
called down from Yonkers and the con-
ference was protracted one. No per-
son concerned would discuss Il.
Florence Leeds Under Cover.
Where Florence Leeds Is remains a
mystery. Rumor had 1t that she was
on her way to New York, that she
had retained counsel on her own ac-
count and was prepared TO see to IL
that she was not going to be forgotten
utterly in all the talk Of settlement and
peace.
An interesting sidelight on the gen.
eral situation was given yesterday by
a competent authority, who said:
mot the least of the troubles OF both
sides is the failure of witnesses TO
stay put. Each side is contending that
the other Is tampering with witnesses
or prospective witnesses. Some have
disappeared. others are showing signs
of weakness. more are talking about
mistakes they made in affidavits.
I'VE discover that detectives we never
heard of and whom both sides repudi-
ate are trailing witnesses and spreading
propaganda warranted to change the
minds of those who ara Willing IN re-