A SENSATION.
IN NEW YORK SOCIETY
HIRED TO MURDER. (Reuter). (Received 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 20. ' A sensation has been caused through the publication in a Kansas City newspaper of Samuel Harris's confession that he had been hired to murder Mrs. Stillman whoso husband was formerly president of the National City Bank of New York, and who recently failed to obtain a divorce. Harris said that a rich" New Yorker promised him £SOOO upon her death, advancing a substantial sum for preliminary expenses. The plan was frustrated through. his confederates becoming involved m a minor crime.
The following appeared in a New York paper of May 26: £42,350-A-YEAR WIFE. In.,an interview printed this morning, Mrs. Stillman, wile of the millionaire banker and daughter of Mrs. Brown Potter, the actress, confirms the statement that she is considering an offer from a firm company to bo featured ■ on the screen at a salary of £20,000 a year. By the settlement a few days ago, it was stated, out of court, of the Stillman divorce suit, Mrs. Stillman is to receive '£22,350 a year from her husband.,
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14741, 22 August 1921, Page 5
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185A SENSATION. Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14741, 22 August 1921, Page 5
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