New Britain herald., 1917-08-04
ARM OF LAW REACHES OUT
 FOR RESISTERS OF DRAFT
JOHNNY DE SAULLES
 SHOT BY Ex.WIFE
Famous Yale Quarterback Shot Five Times By
 Chilean Beauty.

New York, Aug. 4.-Repeated diff lerences over the custody of their son. four and a half year old. whom the mother was anxious to take with her on a visit to her own home in Chile. were assigned today as the cause of the murder last night of John Longer De saulles. by his divorced wife, Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz De Saulles. Mrs. De Saulles spent last night in the jail at M1neola, l.. T.. where she was talk en after a brief hearing, which re- suited Tn her being charged with first degree murder. Beyond sending for her attorney and notifying her mother in south America of her arrest Mrs. De Saulles declined to make a state nent.
 Mrs. De Saulles, who has a summer home at Roslyn, motored to a cottage occupied by her former husband late last night and requested that her son be allowed to spend August with her. MT. De Saulles refused the request and there followed a few moments of earnest conversation between the pair aud MT. De Saulles made a move as if to enter to the house when MT. De Saulles shot him five times in the back. He died soon after being taken to hospital.
 Last nights shooting came as a eli | max to a romance that interested two continents. It started with the court ship in South America in the spring of 1910, when De Saulles went to Chile as a representative of a company in terested in railroad construction. A year later he married Blanca Erraz- y,riu in Do a,.iS marriage, De Saulles spoke of his wife as the lovehest girl in the world" and the first intimation that the cou- pie were not happy came to their friends in July of last year when Mrs. De Saulles began a suit for divorce and named a popular Broadway dan- cer and actress as correspondent. AL though reputed to be worth many mill lions in her own right, Mrs. De Saulles was awarded alimony of $500 a month, which was to be cut in half 1 should she re-marry.
 John Longer De Saulles first won prominence as a quarterback at Yale | and after his graduation he carried 1 his popularity among college men into politics, successfully heading two or l ganizations, one during the campaign 1 of 1912 for the election of President i Wilson and the second for the election of Mayor Mitchell. As a reward fo1 his work in 1912. President Wilson l appointed MT. De Saulles minister to l Uruguay, but he declined the honor and engaged in the real estate busi- ness in this city. He was the sor of MT. and Mrs. Arthur De Saulles o1 South Bethlehem, Pa. His father who was a major on the staff of Gen. eral Polk of the Confederate army was one of the witnesses of the shoot ing last night. Mrs. De Saulles is 2a years old, member of one of the richest families in South America and a neice of a former president of Chile
 It was recalled today that severa months ago shortly before Mrs. Dt Saulles applied to the court for per mission to take her son on a visit tc Chile that 8 message of a few words was delivered to her by priest. The messenger, Rev, James Kent Stone of the Passionist Fathers in Soutf America, said he came more than 4,OOl miles to deliver the message and re
 fused to disclose It's contents to the public. The message Is said to have
 been delivered to the priest by the mother of Mrs. De Saulles, who pledged him to secrecy.
 An inquest into the murder was tC be held at Mineola today by the cor oner. deposition filed by Deputy Sheriff Leonard Thorn states that he found Mrs. De Saulles with her maid near the De SaulIes house after the shooting and Mrs. De Saulles. after asking If he was an officer, admit ed the shooting and said:
 Yes l did the shooting and I hope
 ne will die. Mrs. De Saulles also
 lC-ontinned