New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-14
Never Saw Detective Who
Swears He Got Billets
for $4,000, Testifies
Stillman Correspondent
Love Missives Are
Forgeries, He Insists
Angered by Accusation,
He Declares Banker
''knows Case Is LOST
spectos Dispo,ch to The r,,o,,ne

nPectct dispatch to The Tribune
MONTREAL, May 13.--An unqualified
denial Of the charge that for 1000 he
sold to counsel for James A. Stillman
letters alleged to have been written to
hlm by Mrs. Anne Urquhart Stillman
was made here to-day by Fred X. Beau
vais
The Indian declared them to be for.
gerles, saying he never even saw Ed
mund Leigh, the detective who swore
OH the stand at hearings in Poughkcep-
sic yesterday that he conducted nego-
tlations for the purchase of the letters.
This last-minute testimony, which land
ed like a bombshcll on the defense
side of the divorce suit brought by
James A. StilIman, provoked Beauvais,
the correspondent, to reiterative denial.
He kept repeating over and over again
that it was not true.
Seen to-day at the Office Of his
lawyers, Lavery & Demers, he ap-
peared to be smartly outfitted IN
brand new spring attire. He wore a
well-cut blue suit white silk shirt,
black tic and brown fedora. There
was no ambiguity about his state
ments.
"The man who said that 7 sold let
1ers of Mrs. Stillman's is a comm On
perjurer," he snapped. "He is TOO low
Tor words.
Never Had Any Letters
"Not only did not have any letters,
but I would not have sold them for any
money if had them. The only letters
had were purely business communica-
tions passing between employer and
employee and | kept none Of them. |
burned them. No one saw them. 1t
was no ones business to see them.
They gave me instructions which I
fulfilled regarding my duties at Mrs.
Stillman's country home and camp.
That was all. Anybody who says he
has a letter from Mrs. Stillman to me
or from me to Mrs. Stillman contain
ing atfectionate terms lies, and he
knows it. All such letters are forg-
cries.
"Why, never even saw the man who
claims he paid me $l5, 900 for the let
ters. What's more, l have been in
Montreal right along, so how could
have seen Stillman or any of his de-
tectives, lawyers or agents?
"Stillman has lost his case and knows
it. AS for Mrs. Stillman, I still be-
lieve, as l have always believed, in her
innocence. She is good woman
The dapper Beauvais said that moth
ing would surprise him now, as he had
been accused by both sides Of selling
letters. He had written articles on
hunting in the Laurentians. in which
he had perhaps mentioned Mrs. Still
man, but they contained nc new infor-
nation, he said.
Beauvais had his lawyer. Halluste
Lavery, with him when he made these
statements. He said ne never acted
without the authority Of his lawyers
and would make no statement unap-
proved by them. Mr. Lavery also made
vigorous denial Of the charges on be-
half Of his client.
Made Money Recently
Beauvais admitted he made money
within the last week or two, when he
had been successful in selling several
fish and game clubs-one of them near
La Tuaue--to American buyers. He got
4 good commission on the deal, he said.
Mr.. Lavery confirmed this statement
and said he had seen the papers relat-
ing to the transactions.
Beauvais's financial circumstances
are such that it is quite evident to all
his friends and acquaintances here
that at no time has he had any large
sum Of money in his possession. even
remotely corresponding with the figure
mentioned at yesterdays hearing in
the divorce suit He was an insurance
W hnr1
he got job with the now bankrupt
firm Of Friedman Markell Son. New
York stock brokers, who opened an
Office here. He continued with this
firm until their Office closed, and since
then has been interesting himself in
project to launch an Indian remedy
company. When Mrs. Stillman's coun-
sci were here in December, Beauvais
was working on a scheme to run
string Of country clubs throughout
Quebec His idea, as explained to
visiting reporters, was to attract some
of the wet trade of the States to these
clubs.
From personal acQuaintances OF the
guide as we'll as from himself comes
q vigorous contradiction of the evil
dence given at Poughkeepsie His IN
dignation made him almost speechless.
His admiration for Mrs. Stillman is be-
lieyed by his friends to be genuine:
He bluntly described as "disgracefui
lie" the story that he had been guilty
of double-crossing his patroness.
May Bar Further Testimony
pOUGHKEEPSIE, May 13.-Bars
against letting any more testimony en-
ter into the trial of the Stillman di--
yorce suit probably will be clamped
down next Wednesday without any