Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-29
GUY
|SSON Of
ST|LLDMAN
Long Drawn Out Divorce
Action Ends In Favor
of Mrs. Stillman
BABY GETS MONEY
Mrs. Stillman Cleared of
Charges by. Decision
of Referee
United Press Leased Wire
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. ", Sept.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Sept.
29.-Mrs. Stillman wins.
Referee Daniel J. Gleason, in an
opinion made public today, decided
in her favor in the divorce suit
brought by James A. Stillman, mil
> lionaire and former president of the
I National City Bank.
Tho referee recommended that
Stillman be refused divorce. He
ruled that baby Guy Stillmcn, cen
trail figure in the famous case, IS
actually the legitimate son of Mr..
and Mrs. Stillman and therefore
entitled to share in the vast Tor
tunes of the family.
The contention that Fred Beauvais,
Indian guide, is the father of Guy Is
rejected as not proven.
Gleason s opinion is that Mrs. Still
man has proven her counter charge that
Stillman was intimate with Florence
Helen Leeds, that he maintained her
as his wife and that they had two chil-
dren.
However, no divorce is granted to
Mrs. Stibman, as she did not apply for
actual separation.
Gleason s recommendations Will so
before Supreme Court Justice Nor
schauser at Poughkeepsie and he Will
be required either to confirm or reject
them.
Stillman to Appeal
Stllman s attorneys probably will
file objections TO such confirmation,
however, and will also appeal the ease,
which will lead to a further legal fight.
In the decision of Referee Daniel j..
Gleason, filed by him in the county
court at Carmel, New York, and made
public here, the following points are
made:
/. The proof does not show that
| Mrs. Stillman was guilty of adultery
with Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide.
2 The infant, Guy Stillman, Is q
| legitimate child of Stillman and Mrs.
Stillman and not TIE child of Fred
Bcauvais.
g. The plaintiff, Stillman, was guilty
of adultery with Florence Leeds and
has two children by her.
| Although Referee Gleason. III sum
marizing the evidence, has grouped the
case under three heads, he devotes the
greater part of his reasoning to the
question of the legitimacy of the baby,
Guy, which he says has been established
beyond Il reasonable doubt.
Will Share Estate
The misconduct of the plaintiff, he
also finds, preeludes him from any re
lief in the action while, on the other
hand, the defendant had offered proof
to establish the falsity of the charges
that had been brought against her
Gleason S decision means that Still
man S application for Il divorce will b'
denied aud that baby Guy Stillman vii
share in the S6,000,0 900 trust fund es
tablished by his grandfather, james
Stillman, the same as the other children
James A.. Stilman, then president O.
the National CITY Bank, New York
shocked the city S 100 in particnla
and the public generally when he file
suit for a divorce from his wife eharl
ing that Fred Beauvais, an India
guide, was the parent of Mrs. Stillman
son, Guy. This was last year.
z Stillman charged misconduct >on tn
J part of his wife at the Stillman lodg
] at Grand Anse, Quebec, and at the Still
+ man. country home in WestchestC
county, New York.
Mrs. Stillman entered a counter su
for divorce and named Florence Iced
e former Century Roof chorus girl, as e.
y respondent She denied Misconduct vii
IS the Indian guide and charged that h
|, husband had supported Miss Leeds
2 luxury.
G During the sensational hearings I
t. the ease the banker twice took II
stand.