Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-30
ST|LLMAN LOSES
HIS FIGHT ON GOOD
NAME OF WIFI {
Referee Refuses Banker Di.
vorce-l7inds Him Guilty
of immortality.
MRS. STILLMAN WINS
COMPLETE VICTORY
Baby Guys Right to Share in
Grandfa,hcr's Vast For.
tune Upheld.
WILL CARRY CASE HIGHER
E'innnr'er'. Lawyers VIII rnke APP
peal To New York Supreme
Court.
FiHnncfrr', lawyers VIII Tnke Ap-
peal To New York Supreme
Court.


CARMEL, y. T. sept co.-Jamos
:. st!lIman. multim.ll!onaire banker.
OF Sew York. today los, his Hght 10
divorce Mrs. Anne L. S,!llman and
disown Baby Guy S,illman. and vaa
himself found guilty Of the charge
he made against hts Hife-thc par
o"tage ot an ii!egit!matc child.
Mr. S,!limsn. IT was Indicated to-
night. har not given up the fight.
HIS lawyers would not say whether
,hcy would appeal from the findings
of the referee. should these be up-
2 I'D b. Suprem. Cour. Justice. but
ihsy were reported TO have made
move which seemingly makes !.
clear they have not conceded defeat.
WIi Take Fight Higher.
n was announced by John 4:
N""s. guardian ad litem for Guy
Sn!l1ian. that At Poughkecps!a 4
week from tomorrow he would ask
Justice IoTschauser to confirm
Referee G!oason's findings. As soon
AZ 'h's announcement was given out
u ras learned that tho rlain,ir Will
Seeh TO have tho matter placed te-
fore Supreme Court Justice Tomp-
.!ns. instead ot Justice Morschauscr.
on Tho same date.
Most pf tho open cour, hearings
N tho case have in tho past been
ncforc Justice Morschauscr. II was
he who Srantcd Mrs. StillInan record
siiinony ct s90.ooo year. and It was
Justice Norschau.cr who granted.
over protest. the shifting OF the trial
=" Montreal last rprinE. There Mrs.
stIliInan pra.entcd some Of her mos;
damaging evidence
Woman Win. Complete Victory.
The rcp"7t of the case. nied hero
THIS morning by Daniel J. Gleason.
the referee. gave 20 Mrs. S;illman A
complete victory In her defense OF
her own honor and the good name
"f Guy. her "-year-oid son. She WAS
also victorious Ia the couute:attaoh
she wugel against Ar. S;illman. The
rntercc upheld her accusations that
iae banker had lived with "A former
hroad"Sy show girl. Florence II.
Leeds. IN the manner or husband and
wife. and th., lie had acknowledged
himself III. father OF two children
born 10 Mrs. Leeds
Mr.. Gleason ruled that Mr stili-
man had not proved his allegation
that Mrs. stiIlman had VIOLATED her
marriage VOWS in her conduct with
Fed Eesuvsis. haNbresd Indian
guide. formerly employed 10y tho
canada. Ha also found Guy Stll-
man 10 be the Legitimate son Of Mr..
and Mrs. S'illnan. The banker In
!mpugning the Legitimacy O; little
Guy. born in November. 1918. had
charged that Bcsuvsis was the eaby =
father.
Bahc wins Share OF Fortune:
.As result OF today's victory. Guy
Stillmau retains his right to share.
with his two oldar brothers and his
sister, In the S6.ooo.00o trust funo
Established for them by ,hoir grand
father. the late James Stillman. and
in S27 100000 fund to be distributed
when James a. Stillmnn dies.
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 nnding OF
adultery on the part OF Mrs. still
man.
Mr.. Stillman failed TO overcome the
presumption OF legitimacy, one OF
the strongest known to law. the re-
port said. Tho evidence presented
by the plaintiff 10 show there had
been no conjugal relations between
himself and Mrs. Stillman In the
year preceding Guys birth vas held
by tho referee 10 he unconvincing
and unsatisfactory
,.ors Into Court with IrncIean Hands,
Mr.. Stillman's own misconduct
was IN itself suiflcfent to preclude
his obtaining a divorce the report
indicated. Mrs. Stillman did not ask
for divorce. 1t clearly appeared
without contradiction. Mr.. Gleason
found, that since at least as carly
as 1913 and ever since then, oven
while the divorce trial was in
progress, the plaintiff has been in
innate with a woman not his wife,
known as Florence II. Leeds"
1T clearly appears.' said tho re-
port, that Mr.. stillman has sup
ported and maintained her as his
wifn; that during tho period she has
given birth TO two children, who
have been recognized by him ms his
children: that he has supplied her
with motor cars and Jewelry, super
vised her bank account and has
horne the same relations with her
as a man usually does to his own
wife,
According TO testimony offered
during the trial. one OF the children
born TO Mrs. Leeds died in infancy.
Tho other. Jay Ward Leeds. was torn
months before Guy Stillman came
Into the world, is still living.