The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-30
Brain Not Right, Dr..
 Testiifiies
Tn Answer to 15,OOO- Word Question Put By Uterhart Expert Testi- fies Old Wound Affect ed Mrs. De Saulles.

Mineola, l.. l., Nov. 3O-Mrs Blanca De Saulles was not men, tally sound, did not know the nature or quality of the act and did not know that it was wrong when she shot her former hus- band, John l.. De Saulles, in his Long Island home, according to experts who testified today in her behalf.
 This opinion was given in response to a 15.oOo word hypothetical question put by attorneys for the defense. It, fin brief, summed up the evidence given during the trial by witnesses for the defense. It stressed each oc- currence and circumstance during Mrs. De Saulles' life that her attor- neys maintained may have influenced her mind on the night of August B. the time of the shooting.
 To brain pressure resulting frorns a skull fracture suffered in childhood and to hypothyreosis, a disease of the thyroid gland which affects the brain and nerve centers, was ascribed Mrs. De Saulles' alleged lapse of, &C., countability. It was during the 'fbianx space'' that the defendant claims she fired the revolver shots.
 Because District Attorney Charles R. Weeks did not approve the fram- ing of the hypothetical question put by Mrs. De Saulles' attorneys he served lnotice on Justice David F. Manning that he would request time to prepare one to his own liking ! which he will submit to alienists called in behalf of the state.
 This is expected to tengthen the taking of testimony considerably and it Is not expected that the examina- tfon of expert witnesses will be ended before Monday or Tuesday.
 In reference to the phrasing of the Hypothetical question put today, ii was pointed out that the New York state laws provide no person shall be convicted of crime committed while the defendant was suffering from such defective reason as not tc know '4the nature and quality of the act or as not to know that it wal wrong"
 Henry A. Uterhart, counsel for Mrs De Saulles. announcing the comple' ton of the hypothetical questions te be submitted on behalf of the defense made known the phrasing of the be- ginning and concluding parts of the 15,00O word interrogation just before the opening of court today. It begins
 Assume, doctor, that Blanca Er, razuriz De Saulles was born near San. tiago. Chile, April 29, 1894"
 Continuing, it tells of the fall she suffered when a child, a fall in which she is said to have received severe injuries to her head; the three years she spent in an English convent; hel meeting De Saulles on her return te Chile; of their marriage ;their mar. ital difficulties; the automobile acci. dent in Chile a few years ago in whict Mrs De Saulles alleges she received further injuries to her head; the di. vorce and finally a resume of the defenses version of the tragedy.
 The question concludes in these words:
 Assuming of the foregoing facts ant having in mind your personal examf nation of the defendant, in your opin. ion was the defendant mentally sound at the time of the shooting on Augus 3, 1917?"
 -ASSuII1AnS dll Cll6 foregoing Iacts and having in mind your personal ex. animation of the defendant in youl opinion did the defendant know the nature and quality of the act she wa. committing.
 "Assuming al- the foregoing facts and having in mind your personal ex. animation of the defendant, in you1 opinion did the defendant know tha fha art was wrouU7v
 Raymond B. Hamilton, the garage keeper who testified last week for the prosecution, was the first witness to- day He said that he wanted to cor rect couple of statements that he previously made from the stand rel
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