New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Court FrOwns
OnCash Plea bv
Mrs. Stillman
-'Will Deny Motions if /
Feel Same Next Saturday
as | Do Now" Declares
Justice at Proceedings
Husband Wins a Poin.
Several Accusations Hell d
as Based on Hearsav
and Insufficient Evidence

POUGHkEEPSlr.. Feb Emotions
Of Mrs. Anne Crquhart Potter Still
man to obtain additional expense
money and the appointment Of com
mission to take testimony at Montreal
II the divorce suit Of James a. Still
man were held pending for week
by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
;hc objection OF Mr.. Stillman's
counsel that the afidavits supporting
the application wefe based on hearsay
and we're Insufficient
In ono motion Mrs. Stillman asked
'or $500 expense money. In the other
applying fer Canadian commission to
year testimony, 1t was set forth that
Mrs. Stillman's counsel would produce
evidence Of alleged bribery and at
-empted bribery OF witnesses called hv
James A. Stiilman. These witnesses
were TO support chargcs Of misconduct
Of Mrs. St.llman with Fred Beauvais.
indian guide. named IS correspondent
and fathcr Of baby Guy Stillmeu.
Ell Gery the motion next Saturday
4 feel then as do this minute Jus
ticc Morschauser said.
Mrs. ~t''lmar's s Application asserted
hat she had spent several thousand
dollars move than the Sl2 90 allowed
ner for eXnenses last year and That she
rad no income save 800 month tern
porary alimony. She asserted that Mr.
Stil,nan had ignored her requests fov
the return Of her ilvcrware. linens.
wedd ng presents aud household furni
ture. and as result she had been
'orced to borrow money to refurOish
her home. She had never been able to
repay the loan, she said.
The testimony tnat Canada would
r11 r+a
criticisms from Mr.. Stillman's lawyers,
who said the testimony was based on
hearsay Justice Morschauser agreed
with Mr. Stillman's counsel in this re-
gard.
In view OF the fact that Mr. Still
mans lawyers were willing last fall for
a Canadian commission to be called.
:. /. Brennan. of Yonkers counsel for
Mrs. Stillman. said he could not see
why the opposing counsel objected to
such course now
We never would have consented
had VIC known that we would be called
upon TO pay the freight" said Corae-
lius J. Sullivan, CT counsel for MI
Stillman.
THAT is Just the g;st of the matter
said Mr.. Brennan to the court They
don't want to pay"
Mr.. Sullivan brought GU. the poi1.t
that the matter Of applying and appeal
ng or the question of Canadian com
mission might go on forever.
"Appeals have 10 terrors for me"
said NJ. Brennan. "Appealing is d
practice THAT goes to the rich" Later,
he said "Mrs. Stillman cannot afford
the luxury of appeals. Her husband
can
Since the application last December
sor Canadian commission. Mrs. Still
man and others who recently made a
,our along the st Maurice Valley in
Quebec, say they located twenty new
witnesses to testify in her behalf.
Among these arc D. +. Hardy, city man
ager Of La Joque, and ]. A. Parent.
manager of the National Bank of La
Foquc.
Mr. Hardy. the application said
would testify concerning correspond
ence and conversations with Ferdinand
Rage IN respect TO payments made to
lin by J. Albert La Fontaine, alleged
agent of Mr.. Stillman, and other prom
sed payments for testfying in the
Stillman case in New York in pecen
Der, 1920. Page testified ne witnessed
misconduct by Mrs. Stillman and Beau
vais.
Mr.. Parent would give similar tcsti-
nony regarding Ferdinand Page and
mis- brother Joseph Page and would
also tell OF their bank deposits il was