Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-30
ST|LLMAN LOSES
DIVORCE ACTION;
SON LEGITIMATE
Millionaire New York Bank
er Himself Is Declared to
Have Been Unfaithful to
Marriage.

Carmel, N. Y, Sept. 20 (by the
Associated Press flames A. Still
man, multimillionaire banker OF
New York, today lost his fight to
divorce Mrs, Anne U. Stillman and
disown Baby Guy Stillman, and
was himself found guilty of the
charge he made against his wife
the parentage of an iliegitimate
child.
Mr.. Stiilman, it was indicated to-
night, has not given up the fight.
His lawyers would not say whether
they would appeal from the find.
ings of the referee should these be
upheld by a supreme court justice,
but they were reported to have
made u move which seemingly
makes clear that they have not
conceded defeat.
1t was announced by John Il.
Mack, guardian ad litems for Guy
Stillman, that at Poughkeepsie a
week from tomorrow he would ask
Justice MorsChauser to confirm
Referee Gleason's findings. AS
soon as this announcement was
given out, it was learned that the
plaintiff will seek to have the mat
ter placed before Supreme Justice
Tompkins instead of Justice Nor
schauser on the same date.
Most of the open court hearings
in the case have been before Just
l.. IL, l., L..
granted Mrs. Stillman record all
mony Of 100000 year, and it was
Justice Morschauser who granted
over protest, the shifting of the
trial to Montreal last spring. There
Mrs. Stillman presented SOME of
her most damaging evidence.
Noman's Victory Complete.
The report of the case, filed here
this morning by Daniel J. Gleason,
the referee, gave to Mrs. Stillman
complete victory in her defense
of her own honor and the good
name Of Guy hire three-year-
old son. She was also victorious in
the counter attack she waged
against Mr.. Stillman. The referee
upheld her accusation that the
banker had lived with a former,
Broadway show girl, Florence IL.
Leeds, in the manner of husband
and wife, and that he had ac'
knoWledged himself the father OF
two children born to Mrs, Leeds
Mr.. Gleason ruled that Mr.. still
man had not proved his allegation
that Mrs. Stillman had violated her
marriage vows in her conduct with
Fred Beauvais, half-breed Indian
guide, formerly employed by The
Stillmans at their summer camp IL
Canada. He also found Guy Still
man to be the legitimate son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman. The banker,
in impugning the legitimacy of lit
tie Guy, born in November, 1918,
had charged that Beauvais was the
baby's father,
AS a result of today's victory,
Guy Stillman retains his right to
share with his two older brothers
and his sister in the $6,00O,000 trust
fund established for them by their
grandfather, the late James Still
man, and in $27,000,000 fund to
be distributed when James A. Still.
man dies.
No Adultery Found.
The referee not only found Guy
Stillman not TO be the son of Beau
vais, but said he did not discover
either sufficient or substantial
proof on which to base any finding
Of adultery on the part OF Mrs.
Stillman.
Mr.. Stilman failed to overcome
the presumption of legitimacy, one
of the strongest known to the law,
the report said.
Mr.. Stillman's own misconduct
was in itself sufficient to preclude
his obtaining a divorce, the report
indicated. Mrs. Stillman did no;
ask for a divorce.
1t clearly appeared, Mr.. Gleason
found, that since at least as early
as 1918, and since then, even whlle
the divorce trial was in progress
the plaintiff has been intimate
with a woman not his wife, known
as Florence II. Leeds"
1T clearly appears" said the re-
port, that Mr.. Stillman has sup
ported and maintained her as ms
wife; that during the period she
has given birth to two children,
who have been recognized by him
as his children; that he has sup
piled her with motor cars and jew
elry, supervised her bank account
and has borne the same relations
with her as a man ordinarily does
t. his own wife"
According to testimony, Offered
during the trial, one of the children
born to Mrs. Leeds, died in in
fancy, the other, Jay Ward Leeds
born two months before Guy still
man came into the world, is still