The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-02

Eleven for "Not Guilty" on
First Ballot Taken,
Is Report.
BOY Is LARGE FACTOR
He Was Most in Our Minds
Juror Ohm Tells Happy
J. Mother.
BLANK MIND PLEA WINS
Freed Woman Holds Reception
and Goes to Her Roslyn
Home.
BOY Is LARGE FACTOR
BLANK MIND PLEA WINS

At, $50 o'clock last night Blanca de
sauiiss wac acquitted Of the charge Of
aurdsfthg her divorced husband. It Ia
what ths lawyers call "clesn verdict"
The fury dd not excuse her on the
ground Of insanity. but simply said mot
suiity." which means that at the mo-
msnt .of the, shooting she did not know
What she vas doing.
The Jury was out An hour and forty
minutes, but reached the decision we'll
within that time. The Jurors agreed not
to talk about the case outside, but it was
admitted that 'Severar' ballots were
taken.
II 10 Understood that on every ballot
oil Of the Jurors were for acauitting
Ma de Ssuiles. but that at first one
or two Of them favored mentioning in.
sanity in the verdict.
Mis-. do saulles went straight from the
court room 10 the Jail. got her belong
M. which we're already packed in an
t.cipat3on OF the verdict. and was taken
BY her family immediately TO their
aoss. the Crosswsys,> In Roslyu. There
she arrived before II O'clock to spend
the atght and Tor an indefinite period
hor~after. SlM expects that hcr boy
will Be returned 10 her to-day by the
relatives OF John S. dc Sauiles.
HOoes = Reception.
After her acQuittal she held a rccop-
ten tor = few minutes in a room near
thA court room which has been used oy
hsr lawyers, Henry a. Cterhart and
Cee0ty Judge Lewis ]. Sn,ith. Outside
the 1ecr crowd gathered. which
home 9uardsnaan With 4 ~iac was unable
. keep away from the portal In re-
'ponee to rAps at the door Mr. Itcrhart
ed his client a few feet in the corridor.
Thfre . woman dived through the press
rurIseA the salute.
fhso yufof No. =. Philip ". Ohm OF
Dsiheeee, who 10 SO years old. a retired
Trocer, sn6 has two sons OF his own.
got thfoag1 the crowd and shook hands
With M. - Saulles. His gray head
wasCe1 - ~ heamed down upon them.
Il 3Det want to say" he said. that
We are Al plsssed that you are going
70 get your b6g. We means all of us.
] canoe to cay n for them. II was the
eo~ that was IN oUr minds most Of all
ssulies. wAe4s placid wanness Of the
!ong TRIAL he4 Stven way to flashing
lille ct hApeiness, answered quickly:
lea. you see that get him too. They've
dt.,e everything-"
~. Uterhart broke in. "Yes. I'll see to
49," Then Mrs. dc Sauiles. with Sheriff
Sear.s1's wife on one side and her sister.
As1. Errasuris, on the other. and with
~" 'oeer'ns Mr.. Vtsrhart treading close
Ind and surpGhnded by friends, in
ding a group that chattered ever 30
o. IN Spanish. fairly ran down the
'''irs. She went through the long tun-
T. Hhere the big Iron gate swung open
10 rsrsive her. for the last time.
I'own the eteps to meet her came
l,e dog, froiicking-Sandy. he's really
he she-'n's dog. and IL supposed to be
'ToHrtisliy disposed toward all prison.
''s But Mrs. de Saulles has been his
'nceal savorite, and Sandy barked
around her. Mrs. de Saulles patted him
an1 passed on up TO her room.
the jury had gone to the Garden CITY
Hotel for supper at s o'clock when
JHstsce Manning ended his charge and
gave the case to them. 1t had returned
% the court house at $40 o'clock and
gone TO IL room On the second floor. A
&C" Ysrdiet vss expected.
Rssh ess Court Room.
None Of the hundred men and women
Sin had come 70 see the fnish left the
court house after the dinner hour. At
quarter after . the knots Of gossIpers
II the corridor made pell nell rush
mo the court ro0m, for the jury had
oeer heard rapp1ng at its door, which
meant thar rAady n arnerGe
minute after the crowd was seated a
uniformed guard brushed aside the few
people at the door and Mrs. de Saulles
>7te-ed.
She was followed by her sister and
brother william Errazurix. Mrs. Sea-
man and half dozen friends and the
s'vo lawyers for the defence. Mrs. dc
ssul'es vsx bitins her lips, but other
.!se seemed unInoNed. She was smiling
hintly. Mr.. Ttcrhart grinned broadly.
Lac everybody else. Mrs de Saulles
:dd "A stvaiyM tip" as to what the Jury
"ad done. Tho defendant leaned far
over the counsel table and spoke TO him.
re nodded hts head. She turned and
.''asd Al the door expectantly and for
Ton,ent rested her head in her hands
Or 'he table.
The fury arrived. looking properly SOL
enE at frst Mrs. de Saulles scanned
"f jurors faces az they nlcd In. Some
shi'ed At her. others d,1 not. but when
Mey were seated IN the box. juror No. s.
Nilliam Jones % F'reeport, winked at
''--o- possibly /, was at Uterhart.
way. !, was In her direction and she
s'!la1 agair
zap at the doc Of the judges cham
1.'s ard N" r,prt room group stood up
~ &c iaat tir-.e as Justice Manning en-
'rHd' The Justice IN his black robe
90 Gu grave words. He announced
"a Shaleve' 'he ,crd!ct there nnst he
Ils'nrbsnce n the court room, no voice
u De raiscf IN approval or ,disap-
.hs'; any cHerdcr would he sent 10
'-A's Seaiey thea ,iad his turn. He
's"ed item n they had agreed upon a
-,.'e'. and they said they had.
Jury, r're and look upon the de-
coh''ir"ed ~ Str,k Paor.