Evening star., 1923-05-25
bEAUVA|S ACCUSED
BY MRS. ST|LLMAN
Guide, Named as Correspond
ent, Annoying Her,
She Declares.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 25.-Mrs. Anne
Urquhart Stillman hopes that Mrs.
Leeds will win in her controversy
with James A. Stillman for the sup
port of the son born to Mr.. Stillman
and Mrs. Leeds. says a dispatch to
Anse. Quebec, today. For Mrs. Leeds,
the dispatch adds. Mrs. Stillman has
nothing more than pity"
Mrs. Stillman added sensational
angle to the case by charging that
Fred K. Beauvais. the Indian guide
named as correspondent by Mr.. Still
man and charged with the paternity
of Guy Stiilman, had been annoying
her. Her attorney has warned Beau
yais to desist. she declared. and added
that Fowler Mccormick. son of Har-
old Mccormick of Chicago. a friend
of the family. is remaining at the
lodge with her and her children as
protector.
Names Society Woman.
Mrs. Stillman said she knew that
Mrs. Leeds was not the cause of her
rupture with her husband. and the
divorce and other suits which grew
out of IL, but that another woman
was responsible. She said Mrs. Leeds
had been replaced in Mr.. Stillman's
attentions by a New York society
woman. whom she has heard he may
marry II he is divorced.
About a month ago, Mrs. Stillman
explained, she was informed that
Mr.. Stillman had broken with Mrs.
Leeds and that the latter was con-
templating a suit against the banker.
Mrs. Stillman appeared far from
her usual health. For two years
poned an operation to conserve her
energy. but three weeks ago it was
performed, she said, and she had not
fully recovered
"I really did not make a direct Of
fer to Mrs. Leeds to adopt Jay (Mrs.
Leeds son)." she said, but would
be glad to make such an offer any
day. He is my sons half brother
and if Mr.. Stillman does not accept
any responsibility for him. We do. If
Jay Leeds father isn't a gentleman,
my sons are gentlemen"
Mrs. Stillm42 said that if Mrs.
Leeds had any sense at all she
would fight like tiger. I hope that
above all else" she added, "she will
not sit still. hope that she will
not let things slide by. hoping that
somehow, in some way, she and the
boy. especially the boy, will be taken
care of That doesn't gain anything
with people like Stillman."
Boy Has Nothing.
Jay Leeds, alleged illegitimate son
of James A. Stillman. today has a to-
tai fortune Of $1.90 deposited in
penny bank, according to his mother.
The mother-Flo Leeds, former
chorus girl-in a telegram from At
lantic City, addressed to the Asso-
ciated Press. challenged the state
ment of Mrs Anne U. Stillman, the
bankers wife, who has asserted her
willingness to take Jay into her own
nursery, that the former New York
banker settled 100000 on 1.-The other
woman" and her son. in trust funds.
This statement appeared in an af-
fidavit submitted by Mrs. Stillman in
winning yesterday from the appellate
division of the supreme court con-
firmation of her award of $4,000 a
year alimony and $4,000 counsel fees.
Mrs. Leeds. in her telegram, said:
"Just saw papers. Boys wealth to-
day comprises one dollar ninety cents
in penny bank. II records show what
papers say, they are positively false"
Mrs. Leeds, who withdrew from the
city after threatening to sue Stillman
for non-support of her child. did not
Indicate whether she would follow
the advice given her yesterday in
Canada by Mrs. Stillman Ito fight like