The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-27
MARRIED LIFE OF
De SAULLES is
Barred IN TRIAL
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Other questions brought state
uent from Mrs de Saulles that she
has suffered considerably from the
ueat during her three months impris-
onmeat
The defendant said she had not suf-
Tered any lapses OF memory during
khe time she has<spent in Jail
Mrs De Sanlles said her finger nails
hzd been very brittle and that her
nH1r had falhen out to an apprecialble
1eEree during the last few months
Attorneys for the defense maintain
trat these symptoms Indicated the
process Of the disease of the thyroid
&and, hypothyreosis, with which she
IA claimed to have been suffering at
the time of the tragedy and which is
claimed to have been responsible for
hor lapse of accountability during
wh1ch the shooting occurred
After Weeks drew from Mrs. De
&Aulles a statement that it was "just
before tbs war,that5 she first believ-
ed her husband was not faithful to
JHer, he read q letter which the witt
n&ns identified as having been written
NV her, in which she told her husband
he had been such a perfect, loving
hurband." and ''sweet father" This
@St1sr was dated South Bethlehem,
49, inst after the birth of their son,
fUu Christmas day, 1912.
a safd that because he had stayed
Win me during the birth of our
10y. Mrs. De Saulles said after the
I&&tsr had been read
Other letters. purp orting to show
&0&t Mra De Saul1es was living in a
<t1<e OF domestic tranquility prior to
1he time she secured divorce, were
fsad into the record.
~ In one OF these Mrs. De Saul1es
urged her husband to "get an ap-
tpodnxment as minister to London
<she was IN London at that time, she
sid In answer to another question
<he witness said she had a pretty
mood time there"
In the midst of Weeks questioning
1Er8 Do Saulles interrupted to say st
never wrote q letter or said anything
&o anyone letting them know I was
anything but extremely happy"
Whether you were or not?" asked
Just1ce Manning.
yes your honor" answered Mrs.
lido 9aulles.
IN one of the letters Mrs De
6Auileg wrote to her husband. eff you
don't trust me at least give me credit
careful with the invitations II accept
and know when I can go out with a
rnan.~
Have you found anyone prettier
than your baby girl ?" Mrs. De Saulles
asked her husband in another Of the
mxesives. It continued; ct have not
found anyone I could place in the
same sphere with you, darling boy
have seen no one as handsome. as
sweet and as manly as you"
did you think all these things
about your husband-that he was
manly. when you wrote that?" asked
the attorney.
II thought the best way to hold a
husband was to fatter him to death"
Wns the answer.
W <rXonr answer is hardly responsive"
Interrupted Justice Manning. do
you wish the jury to understand that
Won were not sincere in those state
rnents7.
m nattered him in an effort to hold
him.. sid Mrs. De SauIles.
I'm one of the letters reference was
made 20 members OF the Maurice
Hec1xsulleF family of New York.
AArv tias Heelzsofers friends OF
T61xze7~ askeh Weeks,
They are friends of the DeSau1ies,' -
WaH the answer.
rAre they friends of yeurs?" 1e-
pasted the attorney.
Mo-
wWsre they friends of yours at that
{1u1e3'"
tI Thought they were"
Attorney Weeks asked whether De
4auIIea dld not decline an appointment
|bF President Wilson as minister to