Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-13
1(VBEAUVA|S SOLD
|S1|llMAN LETTERS
Love Missives From Bankers
Wife Said to Have Been
lS Bought for $4,000
TAKES DEFENSE UNAWARES

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ietters alleged to have been written Dy
Mrs. Anne L. Stilman to Fred Bau-
vs,s rr,,;. ,,i,. oouos,o,d,r+ wore
suddenly introduced against her Ia.s
NTH .hss u, .ne ne"ri,s nsir, Trit,o.S sS' thnt
X fhsv Nod H., hn,,,,ht Ca" stI 900 from
l3esuvnis an Nav ~ Montreal Cana
ID. This witness said that Beauvais had
conducted bis unvn,iatinn through n
9 New York nrwspnper man. and that he
had held ont siolitIy for so 900.
The sudden reversal of Bcauvas
stand in the case. as related by the wit
ness, took the counsel for the defense
BY surprise. but did not disronccrt Mrs.
Stllman. In statement that she was
willing TO leave her ease TO the referee
Tor a verdict. she charged that James
A. Stillman fought with gold and
that he had paid $4,000 for four
worthless scraps of paper. She denied
authorship Of the letters.
:. just before she left for her home in
New York Mrs. Stillman instructed her
attorneys to rest her case. She said
she was supremely confident of winning.
Mrs. Sttilman's counsel planned Il
conference for today to decide whether
they would offer further testimony III
her behalf or whether they would adj
here TO their original intention 10 let
inc case ." to Referee Gleason n
ioughkeepsic next Wednesday for de-
cision.
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=, Judge Mills and Mr., Macs SaIn
Mrs: Sti!lman. asked me II was
willing TO rest my ease. am. !
close the case, for | am content {"
meet the issue on the testimony of a
snILe'iiaa w. "Ho S,anuS, W ,t. ",i n".'Ia, ,To
prcatest citv of tho world
Al tbis noint Mr. Mack who was
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blaye of sInrv h,,t Ia Lo,c IiLc hnII
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w. ~ s. ~ w ''i, '.a, ,,. Wv
ing !urther 10 say am content 10
awni' n, the N"r"'c''
me pnrchhSt OF lne l'''"rS was iiiHIc
III montreal '"'" Meeh; defective, l."
% %Lnunu heiS"' san; ' was arraisee
Through JaiD"S Shean, New York
newspapcrman. Leigh explained.
s. The letters. replcte with terms of
endearment and such expressions as
~ love every pore OF your skin and
when can we get married. we're ac-
cepted in evidence after Mrs. Stillman
mad denied ever having written them.
She swore the handwriting was not
ner own, but Harriet Hibbard. house
keeper for Mr.. Stillman. looked AZ them
Whu then said tha'' TO the pest OF her
rec0liection, the handwriting was Mrs
Stiliman s.
Say Guide Wanted 3d., 200
Beauvais demanded SD 600 for the
letters. Leigh testified. But after sev.
eral days of negotiations he accepted
S15. 600 He described dramatic con
ferences with the Guide and Shean and
satd he promised Beauyais he would say
the letters We're among those stolen
some time ago when n packet kent nv
the guide was rihad
..You lied 70 Reouyais them" asked
one of Mrs. Stillunn's LAWYERS
4 YES, said Leigh, IT would have
told any lie 70 get letters from a man
Of the character of Reouvais
Nany times in rho comrse of tho trial
Of the case Heanrais was octive in gat.
tiny witnesses 70 testifw in his hehaIf
and for NrS S,iI,man Tn ronadn
onlv a few u,eoLS 400 be corra,,oJ r'it.
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