The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01
Case Will Be in Hands of the
Jury Late Today.
Nurse Describes Fast Living
and Extravaganza.
PRESENTED TO BRITISH COURT
Defendant Also Took AerOplane
Ride While in England.
She Was Conscious of Murder,
Three AIienists Testify.

Mineola, L. L, Dec. both state
and defense rested in the trial of Mrs. |
Blanca de Saulles shortly before noon |
today and the fate of the Chilean
beauty who killed her American hus-
band will be in the hands of the jury /
tonight.
Alienists for the state. appearing as
the last witnesses, fatty contrad1cted 4
the claim of experts for the defense ,
that Mrs. de Saulles was not respon- (
sible when she shot and killed John /
L. de Saul1es, when he refused to give
her their 5-year-old son. They declar- !
ed their examinations showed no trace
of insanity, that she knew the nature
of her act and knew that it was
wrong.
To Jury by p. NJ.
Court adjourned until O'Clock i'm
mediately both sides had rested and
the closing arguments were to be
made this afternoon. District Attor-
ney Weeks and Defense Counsel Uter-
hart said they would consume about
an hour and a half each. The charge
of, Justice Manning to the jury is ex-
pected to take about As minutes. The
case probably will be in the hands of
the jury therefore about o'clock.
Mrs De Saulles smiled family as
the state closed and as Justice Man
ming remarked that the case would be
with the jury this evening she turned
and smiled at the men who Will renoer
the verdict.
The states hypothetical question
was not as long that of the defense
and required only twenty-eight MIN
utes to read. 1t reviewed the love let
| ters Mrs De Saulles had written her
| husband and her actions Immediately
before and after the shooting.
Justice Thought Her Sane.
| Walter r. Jones, the justice of the
| peace who presided at Mrs. De Saul
| les preliminary hearing, was the Ilrst
/ witness recalled TO the stand TO-DAY
! He declared his observation of Mrs.
De Saulles following the shooting gave
him the impression that she was ra-
| tional
In answer to question from Attor-
ney Uterhart, however, Jones added
! that her calm manner, despite the
| unusual circumstances greatly sur
prfsed him George H. Hoffman,
| keeper of the Mineola Jail supported
| Jones opinion regarding Mrs. De
Saulles' sanity of action and CONVEX
sation during her Imprisonment.
/ Mrs Anna Mooney, the nurse whom
John L. De Saulles, Jr-, called Boobie,
| was the next witness She told of
Mrs. De Sau1les presentation to King
/ George and Queen Mary during a
flight which the defendant took while
there, numerous shopping excursions
on which the witness said her mistress
I bought extravagantly and other de-
| tails of the De SaulleS luxurious mode
of life, during the time she was en-
ployed by the family were related.
This evidence was evidently intended
| by the prosecution to offset that given
by other witnesses who said De Saul
les neglected his wife while they were
touring England.
Nurse an Important Witness.
Mrs. Mooney, according to witnesses
for the defense, was the nurse retained
by De Saulles, thru whom he is alleged
to have tried to ALLEVIATE his sons af-
fections for his mother. Regarding
the automobile accident during a visit
to Chile in which Mrs. De SauIles
claims she sustained severe injuries to
her head, Mrs. Mooney said doctor
took three stitches in Mrs. De Saulles' s
chin following the accident and that
her mistress attended a concert the
same night the accident occurred.
The defense maintains Mrs. De Saulles
was confined to bed for several days
following the mishap. Mrs. Mooney
said she had never seen Mrs. De
Saulles cry ''alI the time L was with
! them" She told of many theater and
| dinner parties which she said Mrs
De Saulles attended, escorted by her
husband. The witness said Mrs. De
Saulles never complained to her of
| having severe headaches or periods of
nervous exhaustion.
! Frederick r. Coudert, widely known
J international law expert, whom the
) prosecution declares Mrs. De Saulles
called by telephone at his home in
Oyster Bay the morning after the
shooting, was placed on the stand by
: Weeks. He said his acquaintance with
: Mrs De Saulles was of a casual nature
On Mr.. Coudert's statement that he
would not be able to identify Mrs
De Saulles' voice, Justice Manning
: ruled out his character examination
The state maintains Mrs. De Saulles
called Mr.. Coudert seeking his advice
as an attorney the morning after the
!, tragedy.
Visited Defendant in Her Cell.
Countess Otto H Salm. a cousin
l of John l. de Saulles. testified that
when she visited Mrs. De Saulles il
2 SaulleS cautioned her to be careful
: what she said-"That there might be
: dictograpf1s about the JAIL
e It's awfully nice of you to come
to visit murderess," the COUNTIES.
i said Mrs. De SauIles told her
Il At 1850 O'Clock Charles I. Wood
of counsel for the prosecution begaI
reading the states hypothetical ques
ton. DR.. Isham Harris, superinten.
dent of the Brooklyn state hospital
was on the witness stand while ths
e lengthy Interrogation was read.
1t required twenty-eight minutes Il
read the question. Doctor Harris an
s swered that he believed the defendan
: knew the nature and quality of th'
: act; that she knew it was wrong
n DR.. Charles N. Pilgrim, chairnnai
r of the New York state hospital com
mission was NEXT called tn answer tht