The Washington herald., 1917-11-28

with the company's development, how
ever. or of his having used the 5000
he obtained from the sale Of her gas
stock in the development which made
the sale possible.
Having. as he perhaps thought,
lulled the witness through questions
not of paramount Importance, into a
state where surprise might produce
results District Attorney Weeks shot
this question at her:
when did you first learn that you
had shot your husband?"
Mrs. De Saulles answer was un-
hurried:
When Dr. Wright told me-"
Did he tell you that you shot him
in the back?"
IT don't remember"
when Donner came for you, you
had the revolver in your pocket"
IT must have had it," she said.
"Were you in the habit of carrying
a revolver?''
Yes, sir. when I went out anywhere
after night-fall."
Had Pain In Head.
Mrs. De SaulIes could not recall hav-
ing spoken to little Jack at THE
Box" but remembered seeing him on
the stairs with Mrs. Degener. Nor
could she recollect her husband Of
fering to shake hands, she said.
What is the last you remember
Of seeing your husband?" asked
Weeks
His eyes-the look in his eyes," she
responded.
ANY recollection of seeing his
back?"
No"
You know he was shot in the
back?" said Weeks.
Was hep
Responding to the prosecutors ques-
tiOns, she declared the first time she
had heard that De Saulles was shot in
the back was when Marshall E. Ward
testified.
She admitted familiarity with fire.
arms and said she had practiced with
the revolver in Chile and at the beach
at Huntington. She said she had
no recollection of five shots, or of
telling Sheriff Seaman where she put
the gun after the shooting, or of any
Of the many incidents on record in the
trial prior to August 13, save one
thing only. She said she seemed to
recall the doctors hurting her terribly
in the Jail.
She repeated her claim made under
direct testimony that her last recoi-
lection of her husband was "the look
in his eyes," and his words, you can
never have him any more" referring
to little Jack.
Mrs. De Saulles said her head had
given her much trouble the past year
Asked to give detailed account of her
doings on August 3, she said she SEEM
ed to remember that it was very hot.
Weather records were looked up, dis
closing the fact that the temperature
was So and the humidity S6 on that
date. She said she arose late and
played with Jack and in the after
noon she lay down and a little later
a strange woman came for Jack and
she refused to let him go.
Made Two BIunders.
Mrs. De Saulles made two blunders
today, thus marring a record regard
ed as otherwise perfect.
The first occasion was a flippant re-
mark which preceded the only tilt
she had with the district attorney
One of the Jurors yawned so audibly
as to be heard all over the court
room.
Il don't wonder the Juror is tired"
said Mrs. De SauIles.
"Why? Do I make you tired, tooT'
asked Weeks.
Yes" said the witness.
The other occasion was in response
to a question as to whether she had
attended the trial of Mrs. Florence
Carman. She replied:
Yes, heard that black thing tes-
tify."
"who do. you mean by that black
thing?" inquired Justice Manning.
"The Niger" said Mrs. De Saulles.
SIS that what you call people of the
colored race in your country?" asked
the court
I'VE haven't any there" she replied.
In the redirect examination, the
witness bore out her counsePs conten-
ton that she fully intended to return
to her home in Roslyn the night of
August 8. She said she had called
Constable Thorn on the telephone that
day and made an appointment to see
him August 4, as she had heard people
walking about her house. She said
the financial statement of her bank
showed she had spent $4,000 in three
years.
Following anrs. De saulles' testimony
Constable Leonard Thorn was called
by the defense to corroborate the Au-
gust 9Th appointment.
Justice Manning intimated at the
4,