The sun., 1917-11-29
SUPPORT BLANK
MIND CLAIM OF
MRS. DESAULLES
Medical Experts Testify to
Her irresponsible COndi.
tiOn on Aug. ).
X.RAY OF SKULL SHOWN
Her Brain Didn't Clear Until
Month After Shooting,
DIR. Wight Says.

Mrs. Ne Saullcs's lawyers vii, spend
their Thanksgiving Day polishing OF a
hypothetical question more than $4,000
words long and attaching a fulninxtor
thereto The prcjectile will be hred to-
norro" Al the alicnists. They will then
be able 70 say whether or not the young
woman knew what she was doing ahen
she Killed her former husband.
Except for tire combat OF the doctors
ever her mental condition on August ;
and the testimony Of Mrs. de saulless
mother, who MAS too III TO 60 to the
Mneola court House yesterday. the
direct evidence Of both sides Is finished
The hl lpothetcal problem, summarizing
the defendants whole life and ailments
a. recited by her witnesses. will prop
ably be argued over for at least a day.
following the appearance OF the mother.
Mrs Blanca Errasuriz. Then the state
will recall all its witnesses in rebuttaI.
The issue may rest with the jury oy
saturday evening-not forgetting the
Anal pleas Of Henry A. Uterhart tor
Weeks :or the people, and the charg.
Of Justice Manning.
("rrobornte Her story.
The defence produced six more W.T.
tesses Yesterday. Three OF then,-D.
Susanne MonteAu. and Amalia Er-
azuriz--corroborsted essential points Of
the stor. told by Mrs. de Saulles. The
three others were physicians who had
examined her after tine shooting and
who emphasized her ply scal condition.
discussion o! mental ahncrmsNt'es heing
srgel! reserved for later debate. The
Doctors were J. Sherman Wight, Louis
c Johnson and Smith Ely Jelllffe.
Their testimony was all that the de-
fence could wish in substantiatint tts
contention that on the night Of August
, Mrs, de Saulles was suffering from
an inpo, erlshed thyrufd- condition (Mr.
i'terhart's "hypothyreosis' was not
mentioned except ny the sceptica Dis
trict Attorney and an old skull frac-
ture, causing \ piece Of bone to preSs
against the frontal lobes Of the brain
even at the present moment
tton--the contrivance Is called pro-
iectoscope-was set up beside the Wit
ness chair. The side Of this box that
fronted the jury was a glass plate. the
negative of an N-ray photograph Of Mrs.
de Ssulles's head II showed life size her
skull in profile.
Position Of "Fracture."
IN the skull above the forehead and
tnt .al nf hA l,. 4, i.Ii,,
"oncave discoloration which Or Wight,
who explained the photograph. said was
depressed fracture an inch and half
in diameter and three-eighths Of an
inch deep
He said the injury was undoubtedly
caused by Mrs de Saulles's falling
against an andiron in Chile when she
vas girl In 1909; that the bone must
have been broken again when she was
thrown from the running board Of an
automobile two years ago that there
,ad never been an, operation, and that
II ones finger H. pressed on this spot
now II causes pain
Justice Manning moved from his chair
to inspect the N-ray plate. closely. He
asked the jury If they would like to
move but they agreed that they could
see everything plainly. Mrs. de Saulles,
sitting with her counsel permitted her
h'bit and then dropped her eyes and
looked no more
Ut wight is the physician who exam.
med Mrs de Saulles on August Q, three
Gays after the shooting. and frequently
therea'ter and who has sat near her
ouflng the trial He testified that on
August he had found the thyroid Sland
Wthered and IA cuplike depression In the
sAllL She had hallucinations. Three
IN A,,0V q kA a0tsA
her husband could take her baby
sway from her She stared vacantly
Nhen he replied that John de Saulles
~aS uead The X-ray picture was taken
." the following day, August 10. She
continued TO be depressed and confused
Hot until September 4, month and a
eay after the shooting. did DR. Wight
a"u her mind clear and bright"
DR.. WiKhts Diasnosis.
His diagnosis was that Mrs. de Sauiies
vas sunering from thyroid condition"
hu pressure Of an ununited bono frac-
.ure on the part Of the brain where
asuh and judgment are seated" He
.Unouted the thyroid condition to "con-
'nuoas nervous and mental shock"
on cross examination the District At
.9neE tiled TO get DR.. Wight to say
NAT the supposed fracture and depres-
ZION might merely be an unclosed ante
.!or fohtanel tne soft spot that beats
.n oaby's head), but the witness said
tnat was impossible
pr Johnson, who had made blood
ess, said that Mrs. de Saulles was
eh@mlc and deficient as to the life en-.
Ichihg thyroid gland but was improy-
.ne Dr, Jelliffe. who with DR.. Wight
WI answer the hypothetical question
aer' described Mrs. de Saulles's phys
ca condition in great detail. but with
nluch shorter words than those with which
We younger DIR. johnson had nabber-
SaSed the jury.
lie shared DIR, wights opinions as to
"n@'nla and distinct hypothyroid condi.
ION and added that when he frst "a
ne woman. about a week after ths
Sn'otng she was able to cooperate with
nm III mental examination.
through Mr., Iglehart Mrs. de Saulles's
.'rd that before going TO the Box or
Nugus, she called him up and asked
nun to 80 with her to get her boy wa,
'orroborated This the defence regardi
1' exceptionally important. For, II ar.
sues II she was bent on murder. woulC
me nave asked man who would surel,
yen The truth about It? Would she have
ASKED any one to accompany her?
suzanne Monteau although q French