New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-21
Mother INSISTS
ON SEEING Child
De Saulles Murder Case Is Halted
Because Of Little Jack

4n1lleOId, L. L., NOV. 21-MrS. Blanca
ca de Saulles, who is being tried for
the murder of her divorced husband,
John Longer de Saulles, came into the
Nassau County courtroom at Mineola.
l.. L., yesterday morning with her eyes
flashing and her lips trembling. She
began at once to talk with animation
to eX-Judge Lewis j. Smith, one of
her lawyers.
The contrast between her apparent
excitement yesterday morning and her
stony demeanoy of the day before
awakened interest, and it was learned
that she had been aroused again con-
corning her Observation-Disclosures old
son, for whose sake she had shot de
Saulles, according to the defense.
The boy, it was learned, had failed
to appear at the prison on Monday
afternoon at the close of the trial,
when she expected him. BY an agree
ment between counsel for Mrs de
Saulles and for the family of his faith
er, the child, John Longer de SaulIes,
Jr., has been making visits twice a
week to his mother on Mondays and
Thursdays.
No word had been conveyed to Mrs.
de Saulles that the boy was not to
be permitted to visit her on Monday,
and her worry over his absence was
heightened, according to her lawyers,
by the fact that she was conscious
or the possibility that visits to
her from him might in the future be
few.
After the young woman had talked
to her counsel, Henry J. Uterhart, her
leading representative, started to pre-
pare an application for writ of ha-
beas corpus to compel the family to
have the boy visit his mother. The
child is now with the family of Mrs.
August Heckscher, an aunt Of the late
John l.. de Saulles, at Huntington,
l.. I. Before the papers we're ready,
however, Almuth C. Vandiver, of the
firm of O'Gorman, Battle & Vandivir,
which is representing Charles A. H.
de Saulles, a brother of the dead man,
entered conference with Mr.. Utter
hart said that he would press the
habeas corups proceedings at once,
unless an arrangement for visits from
the boy was made which was salts
factory to his mother.
The boy has not so far appeared
in court during the trial 1t was
learned yesterday that Justice Man.
ming had been very much opposed to
having the child in the courtroom.
Mrs. De Sau1les has also been unwil-
ling to have him near her at the trial,
where it might be interpreted that he
was being exploited as a feature of
the defense After the agreement as
to future visits, Mr.. Uterhart said:
Il was surprised to learn that the
agreement to bring the boy to visit his
mother twice a week had been dis
regarded, as that agreement was pro-
81 1,I- TO
TO writ of habeas corpus to prevent
the boy from being kept away from
his mother. Today 1 find that they
had decided that they were not going
to allow the mother to see the boy
during the course of the trial. I told
Mr.. Vandiver to tell Charles De Saul
les that If he did not want the boy
taken out of his influence by a writ
of habeas corpus he had better re-
consider. After conference with the
justice they came to terms"
Boy Not i'll Court.
Almuth G. Vandiver said that there
was no objection to lettin~ the boy
see his mother, but that the trial was
not adjourned until p. M, and that
it meant keeping the boy out until
professionally late in the afternoon to
let him visit his mother. He said.
Yesterday the Heckschers, with
whom the boy had been staying, were
rowing into town and on that account
could not take the boy to the Jail
to see the mother The boy spent the
afternoon playing with the Heckscher
children. In addition to that it had
not been decided whether to allow the
boy to visit his mother at all during
the trial. Hitherto he had been see
ing his mother twice week from
3:15 to o'clock. 1t was felt thac
visits to the mother after court would
keep the boy out too late.
1.-The idea that the boy might visit
hi: mother in court did not meet the
approval of Justice Manning, and Mr..
Cterhart told me that he did not
want the boy in court either The sug-
GestiOn to put the matter before JUS
/ tice Manning and let him decide what
| should be arranged came from our
! SIDE. AS matter of fact, it was
| originally made by ex-senator James
| w. O'Gorman. No court order was
| made, but Justice Manning simply
! brought us to an agreement. The boy
will make visits to his mother on
| Wednesdays and Fridays during the
trial from about 1 o'clock to $50
George Gordon Battle, who was
| originally employed by Charles A H.
| de Saulles to defend the name of the
J late Jack de Saulles, stated few
| days after the murder that he was
! engaged solely to defend the memory
| of the dead man. and was not inter-
ested in the prosecution of Mrs de
Saulles. Mr.. Vandiver. a partner Of
| Mr.. Battle. said yesterday that the in
! structions to lawyers for Mr.. de
| Saulles were not confined to the work
| of excluding from the trial or of en-
batting attacks on the name of the
| late John Longer de Saulles. He said
! "Mr. Murphy has been engaged to