Evening star., 1922-09-29

show that their client did not live
with his wife during the year pre-
ceding the birth Of Guy Stillman. and
one OF the witnesses called to aid in
this evidence was Mrs. Percy A.
Rockefeller. the bankers sister. and
niece of the founder Of the Rookie
feller fortune.
No domestic scandal ever created.
perhaps. greater public interest than
the Stillman case.
Mr.. stillman filed his complaint in
July. 1920. in the little village Of
Carmel, N. Y. and 1t lay hidden there
blines Of discord in the stilipan
family, however. during the fall and
winter of 1920. and these were echoed
in society magazines. On the morn
ing OF March II. 1921. the story broke
into newspapers. and from that time
on thousands Of columns Of type were
devoted to the case.
Big Alimony Granted.
cember. 1920. but outsiders did not
know 1t. Subsequent hearings also
were conducted in private, but ac-
counts of the nature OF the testimony
percolated into the ears Of reporters
A few weeks after the case became
publicly. known the directors Of the
National City Bank announced that
Stillman had resigned as president.
Mr.. Stillman's avowed purpose in
instituting the suit was to prove Guy
Stillman illegitimate. If his pater-
nifty could have been tested by allow
ing Mrs. Stillman to start proceed
ings. the banker, his attorneys. in
timated. would have been willing to
be the defendant
Pending outcome Of the case Mrs
Stillman was awarded alimony Of
$50. 900 a year. one of the largest all
mony grants ever made In this state
She was allowed $4,000 counsel fees
and $12,500 for expenses.
Although Mr.. Stillman was believed
to have spent far in excess Of 100000
in his divorce litigation. The amount
turned over to Mrs. Stillman's counsel
for alimony. fees and expenses ap-
Mrs. Stiilman, in the final stages
Of the case, charged that some Of
the Canadians who swore they saw
her misbehavinE with Beauvais had
been bribed to give such testimony.
She contended that others were
tempted with money and promises of
good time in New York to give
similar accounts.
To Offset the stories told about her
by half a dozen French Canadians.
summoned by the plaintiff when hear
ings first opened, Mrs. Stillman and
her oldest son. Bud" went to
SAnaQa l4st january ana Drawing y
blizzard that carried with it q tenn
-perature Of forty below zero, she
drove by sleighs up the valley Of the
st. Maurice river. in the province Of
Quebec. marshalling at the camps
and villages natives who had known
her and would testify that her con-
duct had been Of the best.
Letters in Case.
These witnesses. numbering more
than a score, had their say in the
spring, when trial Of the case was
of them denied it would have been
possible for Mr.. Stillman's, witnesses
to have peeped through keyholes and
from ladders at the Stillnan summer
camp, as the plaintiffs witnesses had
described, and others testified the re-
Beauvais were simply those Of an en-
ployer and servant. One man testified,
It was reported. that he had bean Of
fered $4,000 to swear he witnessed
misconduct by Mrs. Stillman and
Beauvais, and another said he had
was offered for such evidence Of guilt.
Mr.. Stillman's attorneys denied the
allegations Of attempted bribery.
The trial before the referee came to
Q sensational close when counsel for
Mr.: Stillman put into evidence four
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ten to Beauvais by Mrs. Stillman.
They announced that Beauvais had
sold the letters only few days before
to Mr.. Stillman's agents for $4,000,
Testimony to support this was heard.
Mrs. Stfllman Immediately denied
authorship Of the letters. ana Beau
vais later denied that he had sold
them. But they remained a. evidence
in the case.
APPEAL Il Doubtfal
NEW YORK. September 2s.-cor-
nelfus J. Sullivan. counsel for James
A. stillman. declined today to COM
ment on the report of; Referee Dan.
iel J. Gleason, filed in'tCarmel,. rec
ommending denial Of Sfillman's suit
for divorce, frosp Mrs, Anne u. Still-
man, until he had seen copy Of the
referees report. He would not say
in advance whether an appeal would
be taken from the decision, which also
declared baby, Guy Stillman lsgiti-
mate.
He said Mr.. stillman was IN the city.
but declined to make known his
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