Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-23
SAIHLE KILLING
DESCRIBED TO JURY
r.idence of Friend of Deceased
Clubman Questioned by Ac-
cused's Counsel
couldn't HAVE CHILD"
r,.d Man Declared Emphatically For
mer Wife's Request Was
"Impossible"
MINEOLA, n. Y. Nov. %.

MTNEOIsA, n. l., NOV ID.
,,.rsbaI Ward, "A close friend of John Il.
- sau,les, told the jury in the De Saulles
pe trial today how Mrs. DE Saulles
in,sa her husband when he refused TO give
..,h,r child, Jack. Ward was the first
Usefulness Wy TO the actual shooting.
"r,..,ribIng the shooting in detail, Ward
- no met the victim of the. tragedy the
s ~ the killing at as luncheon in New
wy at which Dudley Field Malone, former
collector of the port OF New YORK. was
present
..a Rox that evening and we had dim
there" Ward said. "Afterward we
.rt n. into, the living room and played the
Wvanoeraph Mrs. Degener took little Jack
upstairs.
"Nrs. Dc saules stepped into the living
.oor," Ward continued. Jack walked to-
,vyr sv.rd her and held out his hand. I walked
,ouard the mantelpiece.
"Mrs De Saules said she wanted to
,!ve little Jack home. This De Saulles
s.si.red impossible az II was his day to
us,,a tho boy" Ward went on. Gle refused
~ argue with her. De Saules turned his
Ssck TO his former wife and stepped away
Sss said: There's only one thing to do
81 saw her bring a pistol from her
.,rsa,er pocket and she fired four shots in
ssn,d succession. saw DE Saulles stagger
Ms De Saulles said: 1T had to be done "
Mrs De Saulles kept her gaze directed
dawn while Ward was testifying.
"Uaye you ever been convicted of a
cr,ne?" Uterhart demanded
mo" Ward answered
,Itsrhart produced legal papers showing
ward had been jailed for using loud, in
dscent language and being drunk in Rec
TORS in New York.
'Does that refresh recollection" Uter-
hart asked
crime" Ward said. THAT was for fight.
"I was arrested for fighting in Rectors
aud tailed because ! couldn't pay a fine of
40" Ward protested.
y Mrs Caroline Degener, De Saules's sis
tar described the tragedy. She swept by
Blanca, ignoring her as she walked to the
stand
II was coming downstairs with little
Iack" she said, my hand i'm his. I saw
Bianca come in. She said she wanted to
Gee Mr. De Saulles. and | called him. As
she entered the living room she said. I
want my boy I then heard, shots in such
rapjd succession couldn't count them.
| think there were four. | said. What
have you done?' She replied: I'm sorry,
but It had to be done. Send for the po-
lice
"I didn't see the shooting"
Major Arthur De Saulles. father of the
slain man described Blanca entering the
room ana ner ucflldHu LOT lltlle Jdtk.
MY son said she couldn't have him. He
turned away. She said, If | can't have
him. take this, and then she fired three
or four shots. My poor boy staggered to
the porch and fell, We picked him up and
put him on IL couch where / had been
lying" \
Mrs. Caroline Degener, sister of De
Saues dressed in deep mourning, told of
hearing the rapid shots and how Blanca
informed her that the killing had to be done.
Mrs Degener said the child, Jack, was in
the living room of the house very short
time before the shooting occurred there, but
that later she found him upstairs. During
her testimony Mrs. DE Saules sat appar-
emily in idle meditation.
\ Mrs. De Saules preserved her mask of
deadly calm even when the little niclie-
plated revolver with which she killed DE
Saules was exhibited.
The State rested with the testimony Of
Sheriff Seaman following her arrest.
Counselor Cterhart, in his address TO the
jury in behalf of the prisoner. made it clear
that he would try to prove the act of his
client was committed while her mind was
unbalanced.
After admonishing the jurors to refrain
from discussion of the case, the Court ad-
journed proceedings until Monday, when
II Is expected Mrs. De Saules will be put
on the stand.