Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-28

Mineola. N. Y. Nov. 27.-Four hours of searching cross examination by Dis trict Attorney Charles T.; Weeks to- day failed to move Mrs. Blanca De the witness stand yesterday in her trial on a charge of murdering her former husband, John l.. De Saulles. Answers Were Deliberate. The 23 year old Chilean heiress re- itcrated her version of the tragedy of the night of August at De SaulleS Long Island home in the same l dispassionate manner in which she testified yesterday. Her answers were deliberate and were frequently made after lapses in which she seemed to be giving them consideration or striv- ing to freshen her recollection. Her attitude of complete self-pos- session despite the unusual nature of the examination she was und f'going was a subject of comment among the spectators who crowded the trial chamber.
 Once, when his questis-inE '-,Jl been proceeding in a rathe: :~dE5r!; vain for some minutes, the district attor- nev veered unexpectedly and, in an i abrupt tone, asked:
 Failed to Surprise Witness. "When did vOu first know you had 1 shot your husband?"
 l The que 3tion failed of it's evident purpose of taking the witness una wares, for she looked steadily at the prosecutor, deliberated for some sec onds and finally answered slowly: I "'Why-Dr Wight told me- Did he tell you YOU Tad shot him
 in the back was the next question. 1 'I don't remember" the witness an [ swcred, after a pause. | There was a reversion to this point
 some minutes later when the prose cutor asked:
 i "when did you first know that yonr 1,< was. wasn't he?"
 'swas he?" questioned Mrs. De | Saulles in return.
 'T am asking vou." urged Weeks.
 when I heard Marshall Word testi- 1 fly" said the defendant finally. l Marshall Ward was an intimate 1 friend of the De Sau1les and was call
 ed by the prosecution as a witness last week.
 | couId Recall Nothing of Shooting. | Of the actual shooting, Mrs. De l Saulles maintained her claim that she
 could recall nothing-that her mem ory utterly failed to serve her in re- lation to what happened after her ] divorced husband told her she. could
 not have her son, for whom she de- l clares she went to "The Box" De I Sau11es' home, the night of the trage-
 dy. She clung to her previous as- l sertion that not until her awakening
 in the Nassau County jail some days ] later did she again become rational.
 With Justice David F. Mannins's
 permission, the district attorney ing whether she did not remember hav- | ing told the officers who arrested her
 that they would find the revolver with which she did the shooting lying near l a hat rack in the hall of the De
 saulles' home; that the following -morning she wrote a check for $1.000
 with which to bail out her maid. Su- l zanna Monteau,. who had been held as l a material witness and that shortly after the shooting. she thought of such
 things as lawyers, maids and mon ey."
 On none of these points. however, ! was the witness able to amplify her | story, she declared.
 Letters Read Into Record
 Letters written by Mrs De Saulles l to her husband during the time she all leges he was "indifferentlv negIactfur' | and unfaithful to her were read into the record by Attorney Weeks during the cross exaination. Endearing phrases and warm professions of love contained in them were e1nnhasized hv the lawyer as indicrin% th7t Mrs. ne
 Saulles' alleged marital difficulties did | not weigh so heavily upor. her s she claimed in her direct testimony.
 ''My heart was broken. but I would not let him know-I never told any one" explained Mrs. De Saulles when I
 if her relations with her husband were
 as unhappy as she had claimed. l One of these read in part: Dear | Jack: < * I want to tell you l that I am really sorry for having l made you unhappy. That l was not able to make you a. good wife will ever be a regret to me. l I hope from the bottom of nv heart
 that you will find the happiness that l is vour due"
 '.De Saulles made me believe that I i was always at fault" said the defend
 ant in explaining her reasons for
 writing this letter.
 l A Humorous Situation. l A humorous situation enlivened tho proceedings, when, just prior to the 1 noon recess, a juror yawned so loud'v 1 that District Attorney Weeks turned
 to Justice Manning and said: The | jury seems to be tired" l "You can't blame the jurv-a nyone
 would be tired" said Mrs. De Saulles | in tone so low the remark barely | reached the ears of the attorney and the justice.
 "You mean that I am tiresome ?'' l asked Weeks.
 ] 'Yes," answered the witness candid
 ly.
 | gro you ?" the lawyer questioned "Yes." she replied.
 When Weeks explained that he un- | /.rstood he was not exactly "enter- taining" but that his duty demanded | that he make the examination, he was | conducting Mrs. De Saulles apologeti- l cally said she meant mo disrespect.' .' | Pathetic Incident | There was a pathetic incident re- | lated from the witness stand later in
 saes day which contrasted with this