Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-27

August. ls1e. to her sons former
nurse. Miss Ethel ONeil, whichs cor.
roborated this testimony.
ON his return from one of these
visits to The Box" Mrs de Saulles
said. the child told her he was going
to have two mothers"
who did he say was going to be
his other mother" asked Uterhart.
Miss Ruth Shepley," was the answer
lie said she loved him as much as
his mother did.
Later according to the witness. a
modification of the stipulation rela-
tive to the boys custody was affected
by the parents to allow him to spend
alternate months with his mother and
father from May to November of S917.
Mrs. de Saulles, by this agreemnt, was
to have her son with her during MAY.
July and September and during June,
August and Ostober he was to be with
his father.
A subsequent agreement with de
Saulles, the witness testified, provided
that the boy should be with her until
August 6, inasmuch as during the
first six days of July the child had
been kept at The Box'-July, under
the previous agreement having been
one OF the mothers months for the
possession of the boy and August one
of those allotted the father.
This was intended by Attorney Uter
hart to establish in whose custody the
| child was or should have\ been on Au-
gust 3, the date of the shooting.
Reaching the narration Of events OF
August 3, Mrs. de Saulles replied to
her attorneys question were in such a
low tone they were scarcely audible
to the jury.
The witness said that early on Au-
gust 3, her former husband telephoned
to her asking that she send little
Jack" over to The Box" She said
| the boys grandfather was gong IT,
spend the day there. She said de
Saulles promised to return the boy
! early that evening.
When he did not come / waited
anxiously and finally giving up hope
of the promise being kept, / deter
mined 10 go and get him." said tie
! witness.
Told Husband Was Absent.
She said she called de Saulles en-
| the telephone, was told he was not al
home, whereupon she called friend
of the family and asked him to go with
her In an effort to secure the boy.
When he refused on the ground
that it concerned delicate matter
Mrs. de Saules said she called a taxi.
cab, intending to go to The Box
There was a pause and finally the wit.
ness said in weary tone:
Il dOn't Icmember much more"
Mrs. de Saulles said she remem-
bered calling the garage once or twice
and insisting that they hurry taxi
cab to her home; that when she had
reached the place where her boy was
she entered and presently found her
self facing de Saulles.
II said I've come to take Jack
home with me, " said Mrs de Saulles
"He looked at me ana said, You
can't have him."
After another silence, longer than
the first Mrs. de Saulles added, Il
felt stunned then. Something was
wrong with my head"
These words came in a faltering
voice and spaced with intervals, dur
Ing which the witness seemed to be
striving to recall something.
| Finally she said:
That Is all | remember"
There was another silence then Jus
tee Manning asked:
| When did you regain your senses p
THE next | knew was when | found
Mrs. Seaman at my side" was the
r. ply.
Mrs Seaman is the wife of Sheriff
j hineas Seaman. Her story ended.
Justice Manning told Mrs de Saulle.
SIC might leave the courtroom and
adjourned the trial until tomorrow,