New Britain herald., 1917-11-20

played its part, it was not jealousy of
another woman, but Of the divorced
husbands alleged attempts to win the
directions of their 4-year-old child
away from the mother.
While much hope is pinned on the
new technique to be used in the de-
tense In this case, the main strength
OF the case for Mrs. de Saulles is adj
mitted to be the picture which she
makes in court. The pathos of the
appearance of the young Chilean wo-
man can hardly be oVerestimated. The
spectators in the courtroom were
startled when she walked into the
courtroom with Mrs. Phineas Seaman.
wife of the Sheriff She was emaciat-
ed, and apparently had barely the
strength to stand up. Her face was
deathly pale. Very large brown eyes.
dark brown hair and black brows and
lashes made the porcelain hue Of her
complexion more striking. The effect
was enhanced by the fact that she
was seated beside one of her lawyers,
ex-District Attorney Lewis J. Smith.
who has flord coloring
She is only twenty-four Years old
and looks younger. Her dress seemed
to accentuatc her youth. She wore p
white waist of severe pattern and
black pleated dress. She sat very
erect, with her arms folded and her
eyes usually on the floor in such a wav
that the lids were almost closed Her
expression would indicate that she
WAS wholly absorbed in thought and
ohliNious t" what was going on about
her. She did not once during the day
show the least interest in the proceed
inGS.
The only occasions when she looked
up were when Prosecutor Weeks
asked prospective jurors if they were
personally acquainted with her. Af-
ter asking if they were acquainted
with counsel for the defense, Mr..
Weeks would say:
And do you know Mrs. de Saulles,
the young lady here, who is charged
with murder in the first degree?"
Mrs. de Saulles would rise slightly
and look up, that the talesman might
see if he remembered her None had
ever seen her before.
Few Spectators.
For the opening day of a sensation
al murder trial, with characters prom
inent in society involved and two con-
tinents interested, the courtroom at
mosphere was singularlv "intimate,"
INV CAcAI eAAAllCu dL Ill Tiny lllCdl0IS.
The courtroom, which is small, is sit
uated in wing of the Mineola Court
House, surrounded by trees There
were very few spectators, the general
public not having been welcomed. The
attendance was confined almost en-
tirely to court officers, lawyers, re-
porters. and other directly interested.
Nine. Errazuriz- Vergara the mother
of the defendant. was i'll and did not
attend, but Amalice and William Err
raZuriz, sister and brother Of Mrs de
Saulles, sat in the courtroom. The
only relative of the late John Longer
de Saulles was his brother Charles.
l.. J. Smith, who is now appearing
for the defense. was formerly the
chief of Prosecutor Weeks. Mr.. Weeks
was an assistant on the staff of Dis
trict Attorney Smith when the Carman
case was tried, and the two are fast
friends. In that trial they were op-
posed by Mr.. Uterhart, with whom
Mr.. Smith is now associated Judge
Manning, urbane. but formal, contrib
uted to make the proceeding appear
moro like u social function. The
Judges rulings were in every case &C
cepted without 4 word and there was
nothing on which prosecution and de-
Tense clashed.
Prosecutor Weeks was mainly inter-
ested in knowing whether talesmen
considered that they were made of
such stuff that they could do their
duty as jurors and return a verdict Of
guilty if justified by the evidence. even
providing that it might mean inf1ic-
ton of the death penalty on young
woman. All four of those accepted
met this test satisfactorily to him. An
other question which he usually put
was:
would the fact that the husband
Of this young woman was divorced
for intidelity prejudice you in her IA