New Britain herald., 1917-08-06
HRS. DE SAULLES
 TELLS LIFE STORY
Describes Cruelty Of Former Hus-
 band Which Led to Shooting

NSAi III lllC A>eiSSIu SOulllS Jdll dl Mneola, l.. l., Mrs. Blanca De Saulles, the 23-year-old wife who killed her divorced husband Jack" De Saulles, for fear that he would get their child away from her, told yesterday the story of her sufferings which had led to the act she committed on Friday 4ight.
 She described him as a man who kept all his good qualities for the general public and displayed only his bad ones in his home. While he was accepted by his men companions and by nearly all who were only casually acquainted with him as the finest type of good fellow, as a big generous man who radiated cordiality and gtod-felowship, she and a few others she said, were acquainted with the re- verse side of the picture-the side which was presented mainly to his wife.
 De Saulles married her believing she had millions, she said neglected her when he found she had less than he expected, returned to his Broadway f2yoritos when the honeymoon was lfsrdly over, obtained $47,O0O from her by stealth and false pretenses, n- troduced his women companions into his own home in her absence, drove his baby boy about the city in automo- 5ilos with these women, took the boy with him into barrooms. expressed hi5 contempt for her in brutal lan- Guase in front of their son and their servants and. after she had obtained a ti1p1cn ottep, ter fo nOjSon the mind 0f the boy against her.
 Mrs. De Sau1les told her story in a low. tinem otional tone without change of expression, as if stunned into a sort of apathy by her act. She used no bitter language in talking of her former husband, but spoke as if she were reciting the commonplace. The cell in which she is confined does not differ from that of other prisoners, except that it contains a small table, which was furnished by Mrs. Phineas Seaman, wife of the sheriff, when Mrs. De Saul1es asked for a stand on which to place a large picture of her son, John Longer De Saulles, Jr. She was clothed simply in a gingham dress 1 with a large white collar, which en- pIsasized her youth. Her lawyer, | Henry A. Uterhart, had difficulty in l
 
 cause she continually besought him to 1 concentrate his efforts for the present l upon one thing only-pro curing a visit of her son to her cell,
 The boys wherea bouts are at pres ent unknown to Mrs. De Saulles and heIs lawyer. Her representative called at "'rhe Box. where John l.. De Saulles was killed on Friday night and asked about the boy. but was told he was being cared for by relatives of the father. who would not tell where he was then. Other relatives said the boy had been taken ito the noun tains' Mir. Uterhart will seek today to reach an agreement with the rela- tivys of De Saules for permitting the 1 boy to visit his mother occasionally |
 Fears Boys Mind is Poisoned.
 The greatest dread of the mother | now is that if the boy is kept away | from her she may find he has been | taught to look upon her with horror. | It is not likely that legal steps will be 1 taken to obtain the custody of the boy 1 for Hle mother while she is in jail, 1 but the question of allowing her fre- 1 ouent interviews with the boy may be l taken to court if there is opposition to 1 this desire of the mother Should | Mrs. De Saulles be acquitted. she au- l tomatically gains complete possession l of the child which has been the main l object of her life since she separated from her husband. ]
 Mrs. De Saulles had not much hope l fo. an acquittal yesterday before her l conversation with her lawyer. She 1 said that her experiences in this coun- try. and particularly in the courts, l which gave De Saul1es more rights 1 than she had over the boy, in spite of | his proved misconduct, together with l her knowledge of the powerful friends 1 of De Saulles, made her tremble when 1 she thought of her own future. She felt more cheerful, however when her lawyer. after she had finished With her story said:
 "I will throw away my license to l practice law if any jury which hears | your story does not free you.'
 Tine first part of the story bearing 1 aga pst the dead man was supplied 1 yesterdav by John E. Hickman, an 1 acauaintance of De Saulles and his l former wife, who called at the Mas l sau County Jail to offer his services to l Mrs. De Saulles and her lawyer for the 1 nurpose of getting evidence corrobor- l atins her own statements against her l husband Mir. BeekElan was not able to see Mrs De Saulles, but said he l coula prove that De Saulles had boast ed in 1911 that he was going to marry 2 woman for her great wealth ana that he borrowed the money with which to go to Paris to marry her. Further allegations by MT. Beekman went considerably beyond anything | said bv Mrs. De Saulles against the l dead man. ! Believed Love ImpelIed Marriage. Mrs. De Saulles said she had De- Heyed that De Saulles married her