The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-28

Once, when his questioning had been proceeding in rather tedious vein for some minutes, the district attor- ney ceered unexpectedly and, in ab- rupt tone, asked:
 When did you first know you had shot your husband?"
 QUESTION FAILS
 The question failed of it's evident purpose of taking the witness un- awares, for she looked steadily at the prosecutor, deliberated for some sec onds and finally answered slowly:
 why, Dr. Wight told me-"
 Did he tell you you had shot him in the back?' was the next ques- ton.
 T don't remember" the witness answered after pause.
 There was reversion to this point some minutes later, when the prose- cutor asked:
 When did you first know that your husband was shot in the back? He was, wasn't he?"
 Was he?" questioned Mrs. De Saulles in return.
 'Im asking you" urged Weeks.
 " liyp U Was III COdiL last WSch when I heard Marshal Ward testify" said the defendant finally.
 Marshal Ward was an intimate friend of De Saulles and was called by the prosecution as witness last week.
 Of the actual shooting Mrs. De 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 di yorGad husband told her she couJi not haYe iler son, foi e0ghoni slls declarFs she went to TThAl Box" De Saulles' home tkSss night of the tragedy She clung tossher previous assertion that not until hr awakening in the Mas sau county JsAl some days later did she again become rational
 ATTORNEY AIDS WITNESS
 With Justice David F. Manning's per- mission the district attorney sought to assist the witness by asking whether she did not remember having told the offi- cers who arrested her that they would find the revolver with which she did the shooting lying near a hatrack in the hall of the De Saulles home; that the next morning she wrote check for 5000 with which to bail out her maid, Su- zanna Monteau, who had been held as a material witness and that soon after LlG Si1OOtllS SIle thought Ol SuCu lulHS5 as lawyers, maids and money" NOn none of these points, however. was the witness able to amplify her story, she declared
 Letters written by Mrs De Saulles to her husk-nd during the time she al- leges he was "indifferently neglectfu," and unfaithful to her, words written into record by District Attorney Weeks dur ing the cross-examination. Endearing phrases and warm phrases of love con tained in them were emphasized by the lawyer as indicating that Mrs. De Saulles' alleged marital difficulties did not weigh so heavily upon her as she claimed in her direct testimony.
 MY HEART WAS BROKEN
 My heart was broken, but I would not let him know. never told anyone" explained Mrs. De Saulles when ask why she wrote the love letters if her rela- tions with her husband were as unhappy as she had claimed. One of these read in part: Dear Jack: I want to tell you that I am really sorry for having made you so unhappy
 That was not able to make you a good wife will ever be a regret to me I hope from the bottom of my heart that you will find the happiness that is your due.'
 .De Saulles may believe that I was all ways at fault" said the defendant in ex- plaining her reason for writing this letter.
 A humorous situation enlivened the proceedings wher. just prior to the noon recess, a juror yawned so loudly that District Attorney Weeks turned to Jus tice flaming and said "The jury seems to |, tired"
 "YSu can't blame the jury anyone would be tired" said Mrs. De Saulles in q tone so low the remark barely reached the ears of the attorney and the justice.
 "You mean that am tiresome?' asked Weeks.
 sYes' answered the witness candidly.
 ITO you?' the lawyer questioned < Yes" she replied.
 When Weeks explained that he under stood he was not exactly entertaining but that his duty demanded that he