New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-06
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bride has been pledged in the fight to
take the boy from his fathers people.
The legal controversy just begin
ning-one which promises revelations
of variety unequalled since the Thaw
trial-has, then, a twofold object:
The liberation of the mother and the
restoration to her of her son. The
zenith of the imprisoned mothers
hopes is that she and Jack may return
to Chile together.
Son Is Not To Be Found
Mrs. De Saulies called for her boy
to-day. She wanted to see him at the
Jail, if only for an hour, and if that
was not possible, she, wanted to talk to
him over the telephone. Agents for
boy-and encountered what may turn
out to be lively mystery before it is
over. Jack was not to be found.
He was not at The Box. Inquiry at
the residence of George NJ. Heckscher,
relative Of the De Saulles, at West
bury, met with the response that he
was not there. II was variously ru-
mored that the child had been taken to
the home Of August Heckscher, at Hun
tington, or that of Charles De Saulles,
at Long Beach, brother Of the dead
man.
Mrs. De Saulles was distracted by
the word that the boy could not be To-
Gated. IL was the only subject on
which she was not absolutely calm.
If Mrs. De Saulles takes the witness
stand in her own defence, as circum-
stances seem to indicate, hers will be
a story which will involve more we'll
known names than have been given
publicity in any one court proceeding
in many a day.
Disenchantment on Honeymoon
Her alleged mistreatment by her
husband began, Attorney Uterhart
says, shortly after the wedding in
Paris. The lawyer asserts he has in
formation that De Saulles borrowed
money to finance his European trip on
which he married the supposed Chilean
heiress. On the honeymoon the first
disenchantment came, according TO Mr..
Uterhart, when it developed that the
bride was worth, not fabulous millions,
but only 100000.
1t appears that the family fortune
had been largely dissipated since the
generation of Sonora Vegara, Mrs. De
Saulles's grandmother and the richest
woman in South America of her day.
Four sons were given free rein with
the fortune and made away with it TO
the extent that Blanca, though reared
in the finest palace in Chile, was left
comparatively poor.
Returning to America in 1911, De
Saules took his sixteen-year-old bride
to his fathers home in Bethlehem, &C
cordng to Mr.. Uterhart, while he spent
most of the time on Broadway squan-
dering her patrimony.
Boosted of Women Friends
"In those days" said Mr.. Uterhart,
"De Saulles boosted of his many women
friends. 1t was roses in the morning,
a motor trip in the afternoon, theatre
and a wine supper afterward. That is
the way Mrs. De Saulles's fortune was
going. Later De Saulles entered poll
tics and organized a College Mems
League for Wilson. He is said to have
spent additional thousands angling for
a ministership TO Uruguay, and when
he got it he turned the offer down.
His reason for doing this may come
out later.
"Mrs. De Saulles's intimation of her
husbands unfaithfulness came while
she was leading her unhappy life in
Bethlehem. On one Of his occasional
trips home from New York she discov-
cred some receipted dressmskers' bills
in his pockets. His suave explanation
was that he had paid them TO help out
a friend. In the blindnes of her trust
ing affection she believed him, for,
mind you, she was only child then
only seventeen. In fact, she is child
yet; a simple. impressionable child"
Husband Failed to Meet Her
Life was so bereft of pleasures and
SO different in Bethlehem from what
Mrs. De Saulles expected that two
years was all she could stand. In 1913
she pleaded TO be permitted TO visit
her mother in Valparaiso, and the plea
was granted. She came to New York.
Her husband did not meet her at the
train. She went TO the steamer. Jack
De Saulles, idol Of Broadway and hail
fellow we'll met, was elsewhere.
Even her serving maid, Mr.. Uterhart
states, was so moved by the young
wife's grief that the lawyer says the
girl remarked TO her mistress:
ats no wonder he isn't here, Mrs.
De Saulles ! think you ought TO know
what is going on. Do you want me to