New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-23


ony which had obtained since the open
ing Of the trial on Monday was 70 be
succeeded so swiftly by drama, opened
with the fiat procedure of jury pick
ing.
Two more jurors were required. One
panel of $50 had already been exhaust
ed, and a new one of fifty was on tap
TO be drawn on. II took all morning
to fill the box. Immediately the
twelfth juror had been sworn noon
recess was taken.
No IL was Alexander s. Norton, Of
Wantagh, a retired New York fireman,
and, like the ten men whom the open
ing of the fourth day found sworn, a
father. Norton is fifty years old,
small, compact and wiry. He has four
daughters and son.
Juror so Years Old
With No. II the defence made its
one exception to the rule that the
men who are to decide the fate of
Mrs. De Saulles be family men, fathers
of children. George Siles is sixty and
has been married many years, but he
is not a father. He lives in Smith
trimmer in Long Island City; is tall,
powerfully built and wears a NOUS
tache which does not show the gray
of his hair. Mr.. Uterhart, at luncheon,
expressed extreme satisfaction with
the makeup Of the jury. He may well
be satisfied, for unless the state has
had in mind the same type, the defence
has had its way from the beginning in
selecting il.
District Attorney Weeks plunged
into his opening for the state i'm
mediately court was called to order
for the afternoon session. He spoke
reinforced by an examination Of the
minutes of the defendants divorce suit
against Jack De Saulles, which he
earlier had subpoenaed in New York
City.
Eve intend, gentlemen" he began. in
the same dispassionate tone which car
ried through his address. "to prove to
you that the defendant committed muir
der in the first degree when she killed
John Longer De Saulles."
Weeks went back to the romance
which led up to the marriage Of Blanca
Errazuriz, whose uncle had been Presi-
dent of Chilli, and who was famed not
only as one Of the greatest heiresses
but one Of the great beauties of South
America, to the young prince who had
come out of the sister continent to the
north 20 discover "the loyeliest girl
in all the world"
Tells of Marriage
He told of their marriage in Paris;
of the birth of little Jack De Saulles in
LII af ha Il
vorce and the bitter succeeding battle
over custody of the child.
at was definitely arranged that Mrs.
De Saulles should have the boy for
seven months of the year and the ia
Their for five" he continued August
was one of the months during which
De Saulles was entitled to have his
SON."
Thus the prosecutor came to the day
Of the tragedy. De Saulles had spent
that day with his family, he said, at
The Box. When Mrs De Saulles called
up, he amplifed, there were present
De Saulles, his father, Major Arthur
b. De Saulles, and Mrs. Caroline Dege-
ner, De Saulles's sister.
Mrs. Degener was in the courtroom
when the District Attorney made refer
once TO her. She sat with Mrs. Louise
V. Heckscher, another sister. Mrs. Ar
mand McClintock, third surviving sis
ter Of Jack De Saulles, did not appear.
She was at the Garden City Hotel with
Major De Saulles, whose health is
broken and who will not be seen in
court until he is called 20 the stand TO
describe the shooting of his son.
Behind Mrs. De Saulles, who wore a
fn b.. Eru
the trial opened, were her sister and
brother, Amalia and Guilermo.
Continuing his address before this
first big audience, Mr.. Weeks told Of
the hiring Of the taxi and the trip to
Westbury.
when Mrs. De Saulles walked into
the living room at The Box" he con-
Nnued, Jack De Saulles's father was
lying on the couch and Jack was sit
ting at one end OF it. Jack rose and
walked toward the defendant, holding
out his hand. What do YOU want.
Blanquita?' he asked. Il want my boy,
she answered, and then he turned MS
back 20 her.
"He had said she could not have
little Jack that by law his father was
/ entitled 10 him through the month AS
he turned Mrs. De Saules fired five
shots into his body.
Displayed Mental Balance
/ an her every little act and word
that evening the defendant had shown,
As will be established, that her mental
balance was perfect. She knew wha.
/ she was doing and what she went to
I the De Saulles home for.
II ask you, gentlemen. in accordance
with the law, TO bring a verdict against
the defendant Of murder in the first
degree"
Mrs. Dc Saulles, very pale. but no
paler than il her wont, heard the
states attack without emotion. She sat
as unmoyed as the trial passed into it's
active phase and the Introductory Wit
nesscs we're put on by the state.
Examination Of The frat Two WIS d