Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30
De SAULLES DEFENSE
CLOSES; TRIAL WILL
Be RESUMED FRIDAY
Physician Exhibits X-Ray Pho
tograph of Woman'S Skull to
Prove That She Was Men,
tally Unbalanced

Tally unbalanced
ATINEoLA, y. Y, Nov. 2s.-Bianca De
Saulles was like a woman walking IN
her sleep when examined by physicians
just after killing her divorced husband,
John L. De Saulles. DR.. ]. Sherman
Wight testified today. He declared the
Chilean heiress undoubtedly had 10
knowledge of what she was doing when
she fired four bullets into De Saulles the
night Of August 5, when he told her she
could not have her child.
she took no notice of her surround
ings." declared DR.. Wight telling of his
visit TO the Jail. 'She had a peculiar
wsxlike pallor. The whites of her eyes
had a blush tinge. When l spoke she
did not hea- me. Her talk was vague
and confused. 1 was unable to find any
pulse in her left wrist. Her heart was
very feeble. There was depressed area
on her head. She shrank when 1 touched
her. Her thyroid gland was withered-
her limbs swollen. The depression in
her head va, san inch and a half i'm di-
ameter. three-eights of an inch deep.
August 2 she had Authorizations"
This description was in startling con-
trast to the appearance of Mrs. De
Saulles on the witness stand, when she
made brilliant sallies at the district at
torney.
Dr. Wight cited a number of symp-
toms of hydro-thyreosis, from which he
said Mrs. De Saulles suffered. and Ell
hibited an X-ray view of her head, show
ing the pressure on her brain.
The defense closed its case early this
afternoon. AS the state alienists were
not ready to testify. court adjourned
until Friday when rebuttal begins.
Sister Testthes
Amalia Errazuriz, smiling Chilean,
with her own share of the family
beauty, was called by Defense Counsel
Uterhart to tell what she knew of Mrs.
De Saullss' early life and her married
unhappiness. Miss Errazuriz is sister
of Mrs De SauIles
Testimony tending to prove that Mrs.
De Saulles did not go to The Box for the
purpose of killing her divorced husband
was introduced today. d. Stewart
| Iglehart, close friend of the accused
woman. declared she telephoned him
the night Of August and asked him to
accompany him to The Box to get the
boy.
''She was much worried" testified
| Iglehart- "She said she was afraid the
boy had been hurt, but that she had
Just phoned the house and been in
formed he wa being put to bed and
that De Saulles was away"
Islehart refused to accompany her,
because the matter was too delicate for
him to interfere.
Mrs. De Saulles was paler than ever.
| She snuggled in a sweater, as the room
was chilly. As her sister, Amalia,
stepped briskly to the stand, Mrs. De
Saulles eyed her closely.
Amalia declared she remembered
| fall Mrs De SaGlles had when a child
in Chile. Injuries received then, the
defense claims. started the mental dis
eases which led to her present condi-
| ton.
ct was playing with her. chasing
| her." said Miss ErrazuriZ, when she
/ hit her head and became unconscious
/ She was i'm bed six weeks-delirious.
Then she complained of head pains,
said she had a hole in her head and
couldn't keep up with the other chill
/ dren in playing games"
i Miss Errazuriz also declared De
/ saulles, shortly after marrying Blanca,
/ demanded that his mother-in-lsw give
/ him a huge estate I'm Chile and full
charge OF the Errazuriz family affairs.
! when my sister came home to Chile
/ in 1915 after her marriage she looked
very thin and pale. but she didn't com
| plain" testified Miss ErrazuriZ.
Mrs De Saulles' mental condition was
aggravated by a motor accident in Chile
in which her head was cut open, the
/ witness asserted.
/ when visiting my sister i'm America
! Z heard little Jack tell his mother that
/ De SauIles was taking him to places
where drinks were Sold" said Miss En-
razuriz The child acted naughty and
said he was told to act that way when
with his mother"
| Suzanne Monteau, the French maid,
! who accompanied Mrs. De Saulles to
! The Box on the night of the shooting,
was next called.
| Mrs. De Saulles bowed her head in
her hands as the maid told OF the kill
ing. Miss Monteau said Mrs. De Saulles
fred three shots while De Saulles was
facing her.
"He looked like he was about to jump
at her" she said. He EXTENDED MS
arm as II to strike her.
| weeks bitterly attacked Miss Mon
teams story, but she held to the main
4 facts. despite her fright and emotion.
9o,ooo-word Question
Aiisnists X-ray specialists and other
eminent members Of the medical profes-
sion who will testify concerning the de-
lenses claim that MIS- bldhcd lie Sau
les was suffering a lapse of responsible
- On the night of August 5, last, when
her former husband John i. De Saulles'
was shot to death, will be asked hypo-
thet.cai question of 10000 words in
length. -,
Much Of the expert testimony will
! concern the thyroid condition styled
.sbvpothyreosis'' by Mrs. De Saulles' at
tornevs from which they claim the de-
PENDANT was suffering at the time of the
shooting. This disease is claimed TO
rave superinduced the irrational spell
during which Mrs. De Saulles says she
fred the revolver shots.
when the expert witnesses summoned
% stran1then the defendants claim have
testified. other professional men are to
be called by District Attorney Charles
r Weeks TO attack the assertions made
in behalf of Mrs. De Saulles.
Another phase of the testimony TO De
az merits will con-