Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-15
ST|LLMAN HAS LOSING
DAY BEFORE REFEREE
Witness SWears Banker and
Wife Were Most Affectionate
in January. 1918.

Poughkeepsie. y. Y, July 15.-Rapid
developments within the last forty
eight hours indicate that the divorce
action of James a. Stillman and that
against the child. Guy. may soon so
TO the referee.
The virtual concession Wednesday by
Col. William Rand, Jr.. counsel for
Mr.. Stillman, that he cannot hope to
win the divorce suit, and the Intro
duction of evidence to show that three
year-old Guy is legitimate. are ex-
pected to influence the defense to
close its case today or when the hear
ings resume again July IS.
With the divorce action in reality
abandoned because of Col. K,,f.d :
tacit confession that MIR. StIimau
was guilty of infidelity To his wife.
and Is therefore as guilty as he hoped
to- prove her 20 be, the contest oenters
about Guy.
The testimony. yesterday. ef Hamil-
ton Phelps Clawson, Assistant Treas
Urer of the Marine Trust Company of
buffalo. an old friend of the Stillman
family. is believed by the defense 10
adequately dispose of testimony for
Mr.. Stillman that h,- could not he the
father of Guy. Mr.. Clawson- testi-
ed he saw Mr.. Stillnl4n and Mrs. Anne
I. Stillman together sever al times iii
the latter part of January. 1918. aud
they were most affecti0nate
In proof of his statements that AIR
Stillman was at Mondanne when h
visited the family there, Mr.. Claws,,n
refreshed his memory from letters IA
sent at that time tc his mother, nov
dead
Mr.. Clawson had entered the armS
aviation service as q private AM w.s
stationed at Mineola Whenever he
had the opportunity. he ,estlnc5. he
obtained leave and Went 70 Mondan-
ne. He was friend of Miss Anne
Stillman. twenty -year-old daughter
of the banker. During January, 1915
he said. he visited Mondanne three
times, on the 1st, 9Th arS 27th
On each occasion he saw Mr.. and
Mrs. Stillman. They were very frieni-
~. affectionate and perfectly cord
ial' he said
Testimony 10 show MIR. StilIm9n
was living with his wife in February
Of the same year was given by Mr.
Clavson. He said he telephoncd tC
the Hotel ST. Regis. where Mrs. Stlll-
man hal suite of rooins. TO inquire
after the health Of Miss Anne VIII
was i'll with mumps Mr. Stillman
answered The telephone and told him
Anne was improved. he said.
Again in August, 1919, the witness
said he went To the StiIlman home in
Newport tor a day and returned L
New York With the banker in an au-
tomobile. Under questioning Of Col
Rand. he said he recalled tn, irci-
sent because the car was loaded with
bottles Of champagne and left him
little room il which TO sit comfort
ably
Mrs Stillman. while Twins AZ Lake
CJChaigne in 1916. Mr.. Clawson as
serted vas accustomed to permit All
the members Of the family and the
guests to enter her room and sit on
the bed in which she was This testi-
inony was introduced tC show the
alleg--d incidents related by witnesses
for Mr. Stillman. in which BeauVais
N-as seen sitting on Mrs. Stillnan's :
b. dsldt was ~ no Significance.
HOW Mrs Leeds lived aboard the
yacht Modssiy for days while Mr.:
Stillman was Saving on the craft nff
Miami. Fla. wss related by Frank
Murphy. formerly steward or the
yacht.
III said the day the boat arrived AZ
tn Florida coast resort Mrs. Leeds
and jay. her son. came aboard and
renamed several days. Mr.. Sullna y.
he restifed. slways dined on the boat
with Mrs Leeds apd al each m.tl
they had cocktails and champagne.
Murphy testified he was employed
by the banker as a valet at his
apartnent. No. 20 Park avenue. un-
I'll December, 1920, when he was sent
70 the Modesty as steward. The
yacht was then launched by Seabury,
Inc. AT Morris Heights. The follow
ing day she went down the East
River TO IS street where she anchor
ed of the New York Yacht Cl.b
station on that evening Mr. Stul-
man. his sister, Mrs. Percy A. Rookie
feller. and Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Prentice came aboard and had dinner.
They left immediately afterward.
The next day Mr.. Stillman. Mrs
Leeds and another woman came
aboard. the witness testified. They
stayed on the craft overnight, the
two women occupying 4 statarooin