New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

come IN Win tnelr SnoWSnOcs.
Q.-Can you tell something about
what happened at the Stillman home
when Mr.. Stillman was not there A.
Well, Beauvais took meals with Mrs.
Stillman at her table.
Q.-Well, go on, tell us what you
know. A.--When Beauvais's folks
came there they had to sit at another
table with the people that worked
around the house.
Q.-What did you see at the house +?
A.--Well, l saw lot of things.
Climbed Ladder to See
Q.--Did you climb ladder one day
A.-Yes, I did.
Q.--What did you see? A.-Well.
first looked into Mrs. Stillmans bed
ROOM
Q.-What did you see? A.-The bed
had not been disturbed.
Q.-What did you do next? A
Well, went and looked into the bed
room Of Fred Beauvais.
Q.-What did you see? A.--Well,
saw Beauvais and Mrs. Stilman.
Dwell, what did you notice! A.
They appeared to be sleeping
The next witness was Joseph Page,
relative of the previous witness.
Q-What is your nationality? A
am 1renCn-CanaQlan.
Q.-Where do you live? Ala
Pupue, in the Province of Quebec.
Q.-What is your business? Al
am a woodsman, carpenter and joiner
Q.-Do you know man by the name
of Fred Beauvais? A.--Yes, he is an
old friend.
Q.-I show you a photograph. Is
this the picture of the man YOU know
as Fred Bcauvais? A.--Yes.
Q.--l show you another photograph.
Do you know who this lady is? A
Yes, that is Mrs. James Stillman.
Q.-Do you recall any of the tim es
you saw Bcauvais and Mrs. Stillman
together? A.-Yes, it was late in the
winter of 1916.
Q.-What were the circumstances
under which you recall this meeting !?
A.-They were fifty miles from Grande
Anse and the roads were bad They
wanted to go to Little Lake. | told
them they could only go by sleigh
Q.-What did they say? A.-They
said they would spend the night at
the Little Club.
Q.-Is that some distance from
where you met them? A.-Yes, about
mile and a quarter.
Q.-What happened then? A.-They
went on their way.
the, the parents of Beauva's' Avery
.Q.-Tell us what you know, if you
will? A.-Wcll, his mother is a white
woman and his father is an Indian.
He is an Indian mixed.
Q.-When did you see them again
together? An March, 1919.
Says He Saw Pair in Guides Room
Q.-What were the circumstances :?
Al was working at the Stillman
home.
Q-Well, what else do you recall? i?
A-Mrs. Stllman and Beauvais and
an Italian came up from New York.
Q.-Before the arrival Of Mrs. Still
man and Beauvais you and some of
the other men had been sleeping in
the house, had you not? A.-Yes, but
when beauvais came he said we could
Q.-What did you see Wien % Won
went up the ladder? (This question
relates to the ladder which Ferdinand
ing. The ladder was raised to the
windows of Mrs. Stillman's room and
then to the room of Beauvais.O A.
What room do you mean?
Q.-Well, | mean what room did YOU
look in first? Al looked in Mrs,
otlllmans bedroom.
Q.--Well, what did you do or what
did you see? A-The bed of Mrs
Stillman had not been disturbed.
Q.--Did Beauvais y room adjoin Mrs
Stillman's? A.-~Yes.
Q.-What did you see? Al went
in the ROOM
Q.-Do you remember about what
time in the morning this was? A.
Yes, it was about 10 or 1O:30.
Q.,-What did you find, if anything
Al found some lady's underclothe:
and hairpins.
Q.-Do, you recall looking into Beau
vais's room on any other occasion
1919. NN :" ''ep'e'''''
Q.-Well, what room did you lool
into on this occasion? Al looked
into Fred Beauvas's room.
Q.-What did you see? Al saw
Fred Beauvais and Mrs. Stillman.
Q.-Well, what did you notice? A
They appeared to be sleeping.
| The witness was cross-examined b,
William Coggill, for Mrs. Stillman.
/ Call Statement Garbled
Attorneys for Mrs. Stillman mad
the following statement concerning
this account of the testimony befor
the referees:
"The so-called transcript of cvidenc
before Referee Gleason is considered
gross breach of etiquette and a mos
unsusual proceeding in an action O
this character, but not an accurate &C
count of what occurred before tn
referee. This account makes it eviden
that the witnesses were not spontane
| Gus, but had been procured for the pur
pose Of giving testimony, The cross
examination of the several witnesse
served to explode their whole stor,
even to the point of striking out, to
considerable extent, the evidence the
put into the record
"The whole statement is a rarble
account of legal proceeding and sue
publicity of such a garbled statemen
is a violation of law. Any paper pub
fishing an inaccurate statement Of
legal proceeding is liable to 'prosecu
ton. In this case anything favorabl
to Mrs. Stillman has been left out"
A representative of Stanfield & Levy
Of counsel for Mrs. Stillman, said tha
the transcript of testimony must hay
come from one of three sources. H
said that two of them, Referee Gleaso
and the court stenographer, wer
bound not to make it public and tina
it would be unethical for the attorne,
to make it public.
To Rule on Admission of Letters
When Supreme Court Justice Mo,
schauser hands down his decision o
the application of Mrs. Stillman fo