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

bs the dssocldtSu fEehs
NEW YORK, May s5-Mrs. Anne
CrQuhart 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
the New York T.mAs from Grande
Anse. Quebec, today For Mrs. Leeds,
the dispatch adds. Mrs. Stillman has
nothing more than pity"
Mrs. St;iIman added a sensational
aaEIa ~ the casa by charging that
Fred X. Bsauvais. me Indian guide
nam Ell as correspondent by M. Still
man ard Charged with the paternity
OF Guy Stilimar, had been annoying
aer. 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 a
protector. =
Names Society Woman.
T. 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 il 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
during her court battle, she post
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 il Mr.. Stillman does not accept
any responsibility for him. we do. If
Jay Leeds father isn't a gentleman,
my sons are gentlemen
Mrs. Stillman said that if Mrs.
Leeds "had any sense at all she
would fight like a tiger. I hope that
above all else" she added, "she will
not sit still. 1 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.
of James A. Stillman, today has a to-
tai fortune of $1.s0 deposited in q
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
willingness to take Jay into her own
nursery, that the former New York
banker settled $500,000 on "the other
woman" and her son, in trust funds
This statement appeared in an. af-
f1davit submitted by Mrs. Stillman in
winning yesterday from the appellate
division of the supreme court con-
flrmation 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. If 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
a tiger"