The Washington times., 1917-09-13
MOTHER'SFORTUNE
TO BACK FIGHT OF
mrs. De SAULLES

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-"I have
come to protect my daughter and to
nEht for cur little boy.
"A1l that we have, all Of our for
tune and all of our efforts will be
given for that purpose"
This was the simple statement that
Sonora Blanca Errazuriz made as she
rested at The Crossways, at Roslyn,
after q long visit to her laughter.
Mrs. John Longer De saulles, at the
Nassau county Jail. It was a fearful
meeting between the dignihed, proud
woman, who had come many, many
miles to be at the side of her daugh-
ter while she fought for her life be-
fore q jury Of strange men in a
strange land
While the family reunion of the
proud people who had held their own
little court in far-off Chile was ev-
efywAere touched with pathos, there
was still something Of JOY, and DR..
Cleghorn. reporting at the jail long
6fter the FIRST talk. said that Mrs. De
Saulies had lost much Of the melan-
cheiia that had seized her from the
moment that she found herself
prisoner under the charge Of having
shot 10 death the Yale athlete and
Broadway beau whose wife she had
been.
FamIiy Hears Story.
There were three in the intimate
family group that assembled at The
N-E-a.--s-. - has~4 A. raaI $780, -
the murder. The sonora, with soft.
white hair, and blush eye that IL not
generally attributed to the women OF
the Spanish south, presided. Young
ouillSrme, the son, owned the air OF
q gentleman OF the kiesta region.
Sister Amalia. somewhat older than
the slend6r youhg woman who Is on
trial for murder, wore q soft yellow
sport suit, and looked anxiously at
the little gathering at the elegant
country place.
It was only suzanne, the maid. who
had the air OF life and liEhtness that
supplied relief
ait wa only today that we
learned what had taken place." said
the mother an Chile the papers re-
csived the report from New York, but
they would not publish Il until it
had been verified. Then they made
only the slightest announcement So
1t was only today that we heard the
real story OF what had taken place"
never Toid Siothsr.
The mother spoke softly and had
little inclination to wander far be-
fore she learned everything that was
TO be told.
my little girl never told me Of
her disillusionment," she said.
when she came TO me twice knew
that something had gone wrong and
that things were not what they ought
to be, but she said never a word. 1
knew, but / could not ask questions.
She carried her own sorrow"
So II WAS after q very restless night
that the grand dame arose and pre-
pared to learn the whole truth. Henry
A Uterhart, counsel for her daugh-
ter, had the painful duty Of making
the recitation. Seated with the moth
er and the family, the lawyer went
over the whole story, from the first
Rnowledee that De SauIles had found
Broadway more attractive than his
home, down to the hour when q con
stable found a crouching form near
the hedge or The Box after the former
wife had embtied her revolver into
Jack De Saulles' body
When he reached the Broadway
chapter the mother interrupted.
"Ah," she said, there is what
brought about the disenehantment. 1t
was then that sorrow came to my
child"
The mother wore deep mourning for
q sen who died some time ago. Tender
", very tenderly. she greeted the
Eirlish prisoner, and from 5:30 in the
Afternoon until $50 in the evening
they talked az only q mother can talk
70 her daughter in the hour Of woe
and sadness.
Plan Legal Battle.
Then she came back and went over
the papers in the case with Judge
Smith ana Mr.. Uterhart. She mani
Tested q shrewd ability as she listen
ed to the technical part OF the case.
She heard with interest that the ci-
tatlon before Justice Scudder, by
which Charles De Saulles seeks TO
gain possession Of little Jack as his
guardian, is TO come up for hearing
September is. and counseled as to