Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-30
STHLMAN LOSES
DIVORCE ACTION
WIFE IS CLEARED
Sensational Charges of Millionaire New Yorker
Not Established, Says Referee, but Defense
Proved His Misconduct With Florence M.
Leeds, Clara and Helen" Baby Legitimate

antVllle ana tnere was no metllnS at
any other place, which would nave
naturally prevented the usual inter-
| course between q husband and wife.
ITO meet this proof, evidence has
been offered on behalf of the adult de-
PENDANT that on January 6 and Janu-
ary % of 1918 the plaintiff and de-
| PENDANT were together at his resi-
dence. Mondanne,' Ple%asantville, n. T..
and between the 18th and 26th of Feb
ruary the adult defendant with her
family stayed at the st. Regis hotel in
New York City and on n or two
occasions the plaintiff was observed
taking the elevator which led to her
apartments and the plaintiff answered
a telephone call to the adult defend
ants apartments. 1t further appears
without contradiction that during all
this period the relations between the
plaintiff and defendant were most har-
monious and pleasant. no proof being
offered or claimed that at that time
! the plaintiff and defendant were not
| carrying on their usual marital rela-
tons, and in October previous it is
| established that the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT occupied a room together at
| Lake Dawson, Quebec. at which time
the plaintiff expressed the greatest
pleasure at occupying a room with his
| wife. In fact, it also clearly appears
that after the birth of the infant, Guy.
the plaintiff and adult defendant were
often together, at which times the
plaintiff played the Victrola for the
benefit of the defendant and the said
infant. and their relations were appar-
emily most happy and pleasant.
ION the question of access, the testi-
mony of the witness Phelps Clawson
(son of a wealthy Buffalo manufac-
turer and a friend Of the Stillman chill
| dren), strengthened by letters written
by him setting forth the fact of the
presence of the plaintiff at MOndanne
are most convincing.
Evidence Not Satisfying
"The evidence on the part Of the
plaintiff as to non-access is not salts
factory. is not satisfying and does moi
convince me.
THE plaintiff has failed to overcome
the presumption of legitimacy and |,
therefore, find the defendant, Guy
Stillman, to be the legitimate child of
the plaintiff and the adult defendant.
while the plaintiffs own miscon-
duct precludes the granting of any re-
lief to him in this action, and while
the adult defendant asks for no af-
firmatiye relief, but sets up the mis-
conduct of the plaintiff as a defense
only, the plaintiff asks for an adjudi-
cation that the adult defendant is
guilty of the charges against her and
for a finding to that effect herein.
1.-The testimony adduced by the plain
tiff in support of the charges, uncon-
tradicted. are sufficient to justify him
in believing her guilty of the charges
made against her. A careful examina-
ton, however, of all the testimony
has shaken my faith and belief in the
testimony of the witnesses called in
the plaintiffs behalf.
"It is claimed that there is evidence
tending to establish misconduct be-
tween the adult defendant and one
Frederick Beauvais, a half-breed In
dian guide, commencing at Lake Wya-
gamack, Quebec, in December of 1916.
and continuing down until the early
part of the year 1920, and witnesses
are called whose testimony the plain
tiff claims establishes the following
misconduct:
About November %, 1917, and dur
ing the week preceding the said date,
the adult defendant and the said Beau
vais occupied a room together in the
Blackburn cottage at Grandeanes, Que
bee, in the summer of 1918, the adult
defendant and said Beauvais lived alone
and together, in the Blackburn cottage
at Grandese.
"In the latter part of June or the
fore part of July, 1919. the adult de-
fendaDt and the said Beauvais slept
together in Beauvais' room at Gran
deanse, Quebec, and the said adult de-
PENDANTS clothing was kept in Beau
vais' room.
Charge Called Untrue.
"In September of 1919 the said Beau
vais and said adult defendant slept
together in her room in the White cot
tage at Grandease and that at various
times in the Blue cottage at Pleasant
vile and in the main residence there,
and said Beauvais and the adult de-
PENDANT were guilty of acts of miscon-
duct.
"The defendant not only offers evil
dence tending to show the untruth and
falsity of the evidence Of adultery on
the part of the plaintiff, but also tend
ing to show that the agents of the
plaintiff offered inducements of money,
position, and to purchase clothes for
witnesses if they would testify as TO
some misconduct between the adult de
PENDANT and the correspondent, Beau-
vais, and evidence is offered on the
part of the adult defendant to show
that in December of 1916, the defend
ant did not stay in the cottage on the
Little Lake Wyagamack, Quebec, but
that on such occasion the adult defend
ant had taken the train from Little
Lake Wyagamack to the Big Club on
Big Lake Wyagamack, where she was
sleeping at the time.
"The testimony as to the occupancy
of the Blackburn house in the sum
mer OF 1919 and as to the defendant
and the correspondent sleeping to-
gether in June or July of 1919. and in
September of that year deserves care
full scrutiny. The witness Grenon tes-
titled that on 10 different mornings he
peeped through the keyhole of the door
of Beauvais' room and saw Beauvais
and the defendant sleeping together.
1t is conceded by all parties that at
the time mentioned the defendant was
at the White cottage mentioned by
Grenon, three nights only, and this,