The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-04
]. |. DE SAULLES, YALE ATHLETE,
 SLAIN BY WIFE
Rich Young Chilean Woman Held Tn MineOla
 Jail.

New York, Aug. 4-Repeated diff 6erences over the custody of their son, ( 1-2 years old, whom the mother was anxious to take with her on a visit to her own home in Chile, were assigned today as the cause of the murder last night of John Longer De Saulles by his former wife, Blanca Errazuriz De 0aulles. Mrs. De Saulles spent last night in the Jail in Mineola, l.. l., where she was taken after a short hearing which resulted in her being charged with first degree murder. Be- yond sending for her attorney and mo- tifying her mother in South America of her arrest, Mrs De Saulles declined to make a statement.
 Mrs. De Saulles, who has a summer home in Roslyn, motored over to the cottage occupied by her former hus- band last night and requested that her son be allowed to spend August with her. MT. De Saulles refused the request and then followed a few tween the pair. MT. De Saulles turn cd as if to enter the house. when Mrs. De Saul1es shot him five times in the back He died sooh afterward in hospital
 Last nights shooting came as climax to. a romance that interested two continents, It started with the courtship In South America in the spring of 1910 when De Saulles went to Chile as a representative of com- pany interested in railroad construc- ton. A year later he married Bian- ca Errazuriz in Paris. At the time of his marRisEe ND& &4Sanlles spoke of his wife as s-the 1oveIfest girl in the world" and, the first intimation that { the couple were not happy came to their friends in July of last year when Mrs De Saulies began suit for di- vorce and named popular Broad way dancer and actress as correspondent. Although reputed to be worth many millions in her own right, Mrs De Saulles was awarded alimony of $500 . month. which was to be cut in half should she remarry.
 John Longer De Sauiles first won prominence as a quarterback at Yale and after his graduation he carried his popularity among college men in- to politics, successfully heading two organizations, one during the cam paign of 1912 for the election of Pres ident Wilson and the second for the Election of Mayor Mitchell. As a reward for his work in 1sl2 President Wilson appointed De saulles as min easter to Uruguay, but he declined the -kOrfor and engaged in the real estate 6usiness in the city He was the @son of Arthur De Saulles of South % Bethlehem, Pa His father, who was major on the stan of Gen. Polk of the Confederate army, was one of the witnesses of the shooting last night. Mrx. De Saul1es is 23 years old, a member of one of the richest families of South America and niece of a for mer resident of Chile.
 It was recalled today that several months ago, shortly before Mrs De saulIes applied to the court for per- xnissfon to take her n on visit tc Chile, that a message of few words was delivered to her by priest. The messenger, the Rev. James Kent Stone, of the PasAonist fathers ir South America, said h. came more than 5000 miles to deliver the mess gre and refused to disclose it's nature to the public. The message is saie to have been delivered to the prtes by the mother of Mrs. De Saulles who pledged him to secrecy.
 An inquest into the murder was tt be. held in Mineoia today by the cor oner. IA deposition filed by Deputy Sheriff Leonard Thorn said that h. found and arrested Mrs. De Saulle' with her maid near the De Saulle house after the shooting and that Mrs. De Saulles. after asking whethel 4 he were an officer, admitted the shoot Ing and said:
 r"Yes, did the shooting and hep ' he will die.'
 se Mrs. De Saulles also told the office that she placed the revolver on hal hack in the house, t.-iere 1t wa found.
 At the county jail 1t was said tha Mrs. De SaulIes passed a restful night
 nwA uaarned cooIy and unshaken thi