New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-06-27
laws Nurse to
Swear Leeds
Was Stillrllall
Doctor Who attended BOYS
Mother AT Birth aud Her
Chauffeur Also Said To
BE Ready 10 Name Banker
Together al Week Ends
Appeared in Silk Pajamas
To Get Breakfast for
Two. Attendant Declares

hv Mrs. Florence LAWYER Leeds has
been added to the accumulation of ma
terisi with which the defense for Mrs
Anne Urquhart Stillman proposes to
confront James A Stillman when her
side OF the fnancier's suit for divorce
Is presented before Referee Daniel j :.
Gleason at Poughkeepsie. The ply
stefan who attended Mrs. Leeds when
Jay Ward Leeds was born will swear
that the man who posed as Mr. Leeds
at that time was Mr.. StilIman. The
information furnished by these three
witnesses is regarded as strengthening
links in the chain of evidence now in
the possession of the defense
The nurse, who Is a graduate of ST.
Luke's General Hospital, Ottawa, Ont,
will testify to domestic scenes between
Mrs. Leeds and Mr.. Stillman. She will
recall tAat on different occasions she
saw the banker emerging from Mrs
Leeds's bedroom at 81 East Eighty
sixth Street in his paiamas and dressing
gown, and that he sometimes prepared
"a breakfast of coffee and rolls for
two'whieh he carried back to the room
Identifies Leeds" as Stiliman
The nurse describes the apartment
as consisting of a nursery in which she
and the little boy slept, d room occu-
pied by MIR. and Mrs. Leeds, a living
room, kitchen, dining room, maids
room and bath. She has identified
the "Mr. Leeds" who was constantly
at the apartment as Mr.. Stillman. He
usually arrived about o'clock in the
afternoon and always talked to the
baby, He frequently would watch Jay
eat has supper and Mrs. Leeds, in
speaking to the child. always referred
to mfr Leeds" as Daddy" according
to the nurse.
"Mr. Leeds" was in the habit of
passing Saturday night at the apart
nent during the five-week period in
March and april, 1920, that she took
care Of Jay, she says. 1t was on Sun
day mornings that the domestic scenes
would be enacted when Mr.. Stillman
appeared IN silk pajamas TO get the
coffee and rolls"
The nurse will swear that she has
been in the bedroom occupied bv Mr.
and Mrs. Leeds when Mrs Leeds was
wearing a negligee and Mr.. Leeds his
paiamas and dressing gown. She will
also recall an occasion when she re-
turned without her latch key, rang un,
the apartment and was answered on the
phone by "Mr. Leeds who, clad in
paiamas, admitted her.
The other witness who has Just come
to light, and whose testimony is con-
sidered of Importance is a chauffeur
who was employed by Mrs. Leeds from
December, 1920, until January l. 1921.
at that time she was staying at the
Plaza Hetef. On one occasion, accord
ing TO the chaufeur's statements, he
carried up q baby boy to the sitting
room and turned him over to his nurse.
The child was referred to by Mrs. Leeds
as her "baby boy
Drove Her to Park Avenue Home
The chauffeur will testify that he
took Mrs. Leeds out in a landaulet al
most every day, that he would pick her
up at the Plaza Hotel and drive her to
the shops. He will swear to having
dr1ven her on several occasions to the
$4,000 apartment at 500 Park Avenue.
SAD to have been given her by Mr..
Stillman.
Several times he saw Mrs. Ieedx
come out of the Plaza Hotel with a man
ne Identifies as Mr.. Stillman, the chauf-
lsur VIII declare. He recalls continu-
aHy taxing them TO restaurants and
s1eaters during the period he was en-
pioyed by the ex-chorus girl.
me physician who attended Mrs.
LEEDS Wnen Jay was born has identified
she man known to him as F. II. Leeds
as Games A Stillman. He will testify
- ssa a. Mr. Leeds" posed as the father
q dhe infant Jay, born September n.
1913, in East Eighty-sixth Street, II
vas the Physicians understanding that
.ne chl'ds father also used the name
~ ~ feck over the phone upon occasion
re was UNDER the impression that he
vas a dollar a year man" workiny
iol the Federal government.
vines Lawyer Back From Canada
Nnsrles u. Wallace, of Yonkers. q
.e~yer, who was in Canada in the in
eefests OF Mrs. Stillman, returned last
sht' ie Is known that he conferred
Mitn Fred Beauvais, Indian guide.
s.neo by Mr.. Stiliman as correspond
sIie the father of Guy Stillman.
Ie vas denied that the purpose Of his
s.lp was to arrange for Beauvais 10
ne 20 Fougnkeepsie to face Stillman
next wednesday, when the HEARINGS re-
open before Referee Daniel !. Gleason
nr. Wallace interviewed others besides
neaoFals, and several of these persons
expected TO come to Poughkeepsie
~ an enort to refute the "ladder and
oeshole witnesses who testified tn
eeeing FRED Beauvais in Mrs. Stillmar,s
room IN hotel near the Stillman hunt
i3g lodge at Grand Anse. Quebec.
"a. Arthur Beauvais, brother of Fred.
NJ De present at the opening of the
oetense to interpret French Canadian
Witnesses. =
Mr.. Wallace reported last night To
So at f. Brennan, chief counsel for Mrs
sseli.inan, and. it was said that Abel /.
,sinith, OF the firm of Stanchfield e
Levy, was told of the results of M
aiiace's trip to Canada. Mr.. Smith
sas engaged part of yesterday consoI-
ing friends and relatives of the late
sohn b. Stanchfield, who served as d.
reeting attorney for Mrs. Stillman un-
- ms Ill health made urther activity
op ms part impossible.
Games Brown Potter, father of Mrs
stlllman, will be in court with his
daughter when the hearings reopen.
y IS hardly probable that baby Guy
VIII be brought into court at any ses-
hon except the one at which Mr.. Still
man sls expected to make his appear
Snee TO be cross-examined by John e.
Mack, Guys guardian. Mr.. Mack will
asS Mr.. Stillman questions regarding
ms relations with his wife during 3
Guy -
Elder Mrs. stiiIman May Testify
here is possibility that Mrs.
lanes Stillman, mother of james A.