Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-24

Then his testimony related what had
transpired at The Box" he recounted
tho story OF the shooting.
He said Mrs. DeSaulles hell both
ing chem toward the front. He con-
tradicted a statement yesterday by
Julius II. Adams. the valet. that he
CWard) was not in the room during
the shooting. Mrs. DeSaulles. he said,
stood about three feet from her former
husband. when the latter turned his
back and she opened Hrs.
FINANCIAL RELATIONS
WITH DESAULLES QUESTIONED
In his CROSSE examination Attorney
Utcrhart commenced by digging into
the financial relations of DeSaulics
The witness admitted with apparent
reluctance that they worked together
upon war contracts in 1914. Uterhart
shot out: Were you ever convicted OF
a crime?"
No" answered the witness indig-
nantly.
You swear that positively?"
Yes, positively" The clerk OF the
Tenth District Magistrates Court was
called for; paper purporting to be a
commitment paper was produced. and
the witness was asked:
rs your recollection refreshed by
this record of the fact that you were
arrested in Rcctor's. while intoxicated,
for using loud. boistcrous and indecent
language?'
That wasn't crime. I was ar
rested for fighting"
weren't you committed to jail?"
Yes. because 1 was fined $40. and
had not the money with me. sent out
and got it. 1 was held about half an
hour"
uterhart began questioning the wit
ness regarding bond issue which he
undertook to sell. the agreement being
that he split profits fifty-fifty with De-
Saulles. The witness denied that a
dressmaker named Miss Mary Kelley,
who had invested her life savings
$3o.o00-in the bonds. had sued him for
fraud In connection with the transac-
tion. Uterhart brought out that Ward
had sued the company for commissions.
and the defense OF the company. Utter
hart claimed. was that it had been
Obliged to settle with the dressmak er
because Ward was guilty OF fraud.
READS COURT DECISION
TO SHOW PLAN OF FRAUD
The witness. vi gorously denied this.
Uterhart read from court decisio on
and claimed that Ward and DeSaulles,
telling tho dressmaker nothing of an
issue of so per cent of stock to bond
buyers. planned to divide the stock
secured through her bond purchase
between them.
Mrs. Caroline B. Degener, sister of
the slain nan. added nothing to the
record not brought out in previous tes-
timony, save that little Jack was in the
living-room at THE Box" when the
shooting started.
She had brought him downstairs In
his patamas. she said. to say good
night to his father, grandfather and
Mr.. Ward.
Major Arthur Desaulles. aged father
of John, quoted Bianca's words imme-
diately before the shooting slightly
differently from other witnesses. He
testified she said:
eff can't have my boy. take this"
The majors voice trembled as he
spoke. There was no amina-
ton. The pistol with which the shoot
Ing was done was produced during the
testimony given by Leonard Thorne.
proved to be a weapon, with a safety
device on the handle back. OF a common
pattern.
Sheriff Seaman. although called by
tho State. was of distinct help to the
defense. He said Mrs. DeSauiles APP
peared i'll. and he caused a clothesline
TO be removed from her vicinity, fear
ing consequences. He said she char
acterized the Jail as looking like a zoo.
FAR FROM WELL WOMAN
WHEN SHE REACHED JAIL
I'm my opinion" said Sheriff Seaman.
she was far from we'll woman. and
l had Dr. Cleshorn. the Jail physician,
examine her. He advised me to re-
move her from a cell TO a room, and
issued certificate regarding the ne
cessity'
During the taking of the sherifr.s
testimony, as at all times through
out the trial. Mrs. Seaman sat close
by the defendant. ''mothering" her. Mrs.
Blanca Vergara de Errazuriz. the de-
PENDANTS mother. and Senior Errazuriz's
son and other daughter occupied seats
reserved for them behind Blanca.
Justice Walter r. Jones. the COM
hitting magistrate. after describing
the scene in his court, testified that
the defendant asked him IL he could
get her boy for her now that my hus-
band is dead" He said he Considered
her calm amazing"
The States last witness was Captain
William A. Jones. of the Third Branch
Detective Bureau. the pistol expert.
who Is soon TO testify In the CASTOR B..
Means trial. His testimony was per
functory, relating merely to the me.
chanism Of the weapon.
In his opening address. Uterhart de-
scribed Bianca's early life in Chile. to
which country her family had given