Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-19
STATE Asks
for Death
of Woman

S~AAs~AS~~S~ ~
at Trial Of Mrs. Blanca
De Saulles.
Mineola, l.. l., Nov. 1s.-The death
penalty for Mrs. Blanca De Saulles.
beautiful Chilean heiress, was demand
ed by the prosecution today at the
opening of her trial on charge Of
numbering her husband, John Longer
De Saulles, former Yale football star.
District Attorney Weeks exercised a
peremptory challenge against Thomas
]. Mclaughlin of Hampstead. the first
prospective juror called, because he
was not positive that he could send a
woman to the electric chair.
CHASTITY pale. Mrs. De Saulles entered
the court room shortly before Judge
Manning went on the bench. She was
guarded by q woman. Mrs. Phinneas A.
zaman. wife OF the sheriff Mrs. De
saulles was simply dressed in shirt
waist and skirt. Her hair was drawn
straight back from her forehead and
tied in a Grecian knot. The short trip
from the Jail to the court room was
made through tho Tunnel Of Sighs." an
underground passage.
APPEARS MILD AND GENTLE.
Mild. meek and gentle slowly blink
ing her great dark eyes, Mrs. De
Saulles seemed the very opposite Of the
tiger woman" who killed her former
husband the night of lug. 3. because
he would not give UP her child. Ad-
mission was by card only.
Chilean relatives of Mrs. De Saulles
occupied seats inside the court rail-
ing. The woman on trial gave most of
her attention to Judge Manning, watch
ing him narrowly. She ignored all
others except her attorneys. Henry
Uterhart and Defense Council Smith.
Prosecutor Weeks declared that he
would present a plain case of murder
with eye witnesses to the shooting.
When he said this, Mrs. De Saulles
gaxed at him sadly for a moment, then
dropped her eyes and pressed her hand
to her forehead YEARLY. Defense
counsel outlined their places OF tempro-
rary insanity and declared they would
produce alienists in support of it
LARGE SPECIAL PANEL.
There were $50 jurors in the special
panel. Mclaughlin. the first, is an in
SaA &SAS0 0BChS- 4h@ 0thOA . dIO AdiHaCEn
and retired business men from Mineola
and were neighbors Of the slain man.
There was sprinkling of farm laborers
adging by the time consumed in open
ing the examination of Jurors. no evil
dence can be introduced until tomor-
row afternoon.
| NO PLEA OF JUSTIFICATION.
Mother love will play leading part
in the trial. There will be no plea OF
"unwritten law or Justification"
Instead, the defense will plead that
driven to the verge of temporary in
sanity when her child was denied her
Mrs. Do Saulles shot and killed the
man who kept her five year-old boy
from her.
She was not responsible for her acts
at the time. 1t will be claimed. The
Same instinct that causes the jungle
mother to fight for her young, over
powered the beautiful cultured Chilean
woman, and the wealthy clubman and
former Yale football star who had fol.
lowed her half around the world t.
win her. paid with his life.
Mime. Errazuriz vergara of Santiago
Chile. mother Of Mrs. De saulles, wa.
in court when her daughter was called
to trial. She had travelled the thou
sands of miles from South America Il
aid the beautiful girl who left her hom,
and country to be the bride of the dash
ing young American she killed
/ In another part Of the room, icily ig
norins Mrs. De Saulles. sat the rela
tives Of the murdered man. They wer
dressed in deep mourning.
THE SHOOTING ADMITTED.
There Is no denial that Mrs. D
Saulles fired five shots at her forme
husband. AZ he stood with his BAG
to her, after having scorned her. flat
ly refusing to give up the little bo,
Jack, five, in response to her demand
Flouted by the man In the presence Q
his relatives. refused possession of he
child. believing the man was poisonin
, its mind against her-she fought.
The defense. according to presen
plans. will not drag into the case d
Saulles' private life, which led to tn
separation. Temporary lapse OF re
sponsibility is the plea.
The prosecution believes II has
dead open and shut case" They wi
, show that Mrs. De Saulles. with he
, maid, deliberately took q revolver an
motored to her husbands country plac
. The Box-with the intention of kill
( ing him. II there is a conviction Il
! first degree murder, the electric cha.
a Is the penalty.
a Justice Manning has fixed firm rule
for the conduct of the case. Speci,
q deputies handled the crowd toda
: There was to be no knitting and lunch
r ing In the court room. Officers watche
d the Judge carefully. He has receive
: threatening letters.
& Little Jack. the innocent cause Of
: all. Is not expected to be in court. H
10 in custody of his dead fathers pee
pie.
DEsTRoYERs LOST
n IN RECENT BATTI.]