The New York herald., 1922-05-14
.BEAUVAIS ASSERTS
LETTER STORY ISLE
Never Had Missives of Mrs.
Stillman He Is Accused
of Selling.
CHARGE is BOOMERANG
Defense Takes That View and
Is Likely to Rest Case
This Week.
CHARGE IS BOOMERANG

MONTREAL, May 13.-"I have never
which could be sold, and if had
would not have sold them for any
money. Any man who says otherwise
knows he is lying" declared Fred
Beauvais, replying to the accusation
he had sold Mrs. Stillman's letters for
$4,000. The letters produced and
from which extracts have been pub
lished he declared were false.
Beauvais denied there had been any
break between himself and Mrs. Still
man. but admitted he felt resentment at
insinuations made by her counsel he
had information. He supposed that was
based on the fact he had written articles
on life in the woods and in the camps,
and on hunts, in which allusion was
made incidentally to the Stillman case.
He denied the case had been a good
thing for him financially. declaring he
had spent his own money in behalf of
Mrs. Stillman, and his lawyers had not
refunded it. He added:
"Stillman has lost his case and knows
1t. AS for Mrs. Stillman, / still believe,
as / always have. in her innocence
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, May 13.--Bars
against letting more testimony enter
into the trial of the Stillman divorce
suit probably will be clamped down next
Wednesday without any comeback
from the sensational development yes
terday in which counsel for James A..
Stilman. plaintiff. declared they had
paid Fred Beauvais. Indian guide CO.
respondent, $4,000 for four letters al
legged to have been written to him by
Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. the defendant.
John T.. Mack guardian for little Guy
Stillman, alleged by Mr.. Stillman to be
the son of Beauvais. said to-day he did
not consider the letters, which were
accepted into evidence. as a blow to
Mrs. Stillman's cause or that of the
baby. Last night Mrs. Stillman said
she was willing to let the case go to
the Referee on the 5000 pages of testi-
mony and other evidence already In.
The possibility, however. that the de-
fense will ask to reopen the trial before
Wednesday--the time limit for such a
reuuest-was conceded to-day as an
outgrowth of Mr.. Stillman's eleventh
iiour surprise.
The defense OF Mrs. Anne Urquhart
Potter Stillman probably will be rested
this week I'm accordance with instruc-
tions she Issued Friday night TO her
LAWYERS after the four letters she is al
legged to have written to Fred X. Beau
vais. the correspondent. had been adj
mtted against her. So far as could be
ascertained yesterday no attempt will be
made TO refute the authenticity OF the
letters other than the denial made by
Mrs. Stillman on the stand. which was
to the effect that, while the handwriting
was similar TO hers. the sentiments ex-
pressed were not hers.
Mrs. Stillman has until Wednesday TO
decide one way or another. II no more
witnesses are to be called in her defense
her lawyers. John +. Brennan of fon-
kers and Isaac NJ Mills and John II.
Mack of Poughkeepsie, guardian for
baby Guy Stillman, will have ten days
In which to file a brief, lawyers for MIR
Stillman eight days following in which
to reply and the next three succeeding
days will be allowed TO the defense to
rebut the plaintiffs reply. Then the case
will go to Daniel J. Gleason, referee. for
decision.
Persons close to attorneys for the
defense said yesterday they were opti-
inistic. They were quoted as holding
that the testimony of Edmund Leigh,
the detective. concerning the alleged pur-
chase of the letters from Bcauvais for
$4,000 aided materially the claim OF
Mrs Stllman that her h, gband has
stopped at nothing to destroy her and
her infant son. The claim will be made
IN the final briefs Of tho defense, It was
stated, that the alleged parchase from
Beauvais Is on par wish allegations
OF attempted bribing OF witnesses from
the Canadian North Woods. IL will be
held that Mrs. Stillman's declaration
that the sentiments in the letters were
rot hers negatives their value and is