New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-06
q. Tells of Events That
Led Up to the
Tragedy
Ayers He Squandered
$4,000 of Her Money
IL, Mind Gave Way When
Son Was Held from Her,
IsLawyer's Statement

i c.,hsd In q plain Whlte siHshaH' NAN'
9TH her let black hair parted and
-, closely over her white temples
~. blanca De Saulles, in her
~ !, the Nassau County Jail, to-day
IA her story Of what led up to the
,.,..sy of Friday night, when she en-
,.,.S the home of her divorced hus-
t,,s John L. De Saulles, and shot
,,- 10 death. She spoke to her lawyer,
u,,ry A. Uterhart, of the firm OF
Usrhsrt & Graham.
Th,, story, a resume Of which was
m.ds public by Mr.. Uterhart, is given
a. the mothers justification Of her
only previous comment on her act
which was:
~t had to be done. 1t just had to
that's all
Into a long recital of inhdelity and
neglect on the part Of De Saulles, Nh.
II,,rhart weaves the story Of how he
,u,ses his client was Systematically
d.,poiled Of her private fortune by her
husband.
Saws Husband Squandered $4,000
Instead of the millions she popularity
Va, supposed to have possessed, Mrs
D. saulles had in her own right but a
can't 100000 when the ex-Yale sth-
l,;s vooed and won her in 1911. Of
this. II is charged, De Saulles squar'
d.red $4,000.
Almost from the day De Saulles
learned Of the true extent of his
yife's fortune, it is charged, he began
the neglect which ultimately won her
{ divorce. After the separation and
subsequent agreements in and out of
court as to the divided custody of little
Jack, the child, Mr. Uterhart asserts,
The De Saulles family cndeavored TO
poison the mind Of the boy against
bis mother.
On Friday night, the lawyer says
Mrs De Saulles motored from her
home at Roslyn TO that of her former
husband with no intention of killing
or harming any one. She went to get
her boy, who, by the terms of an agree.
msnt with De Ssulles. was to have been
returned to her at o'clock. Wher
the hour passed and the boy was not
brought back to Roslyn Mrs. De
Saulles telephoned her husbands place
The butler answered and said the little
fellow had been put TO bed and that
D. Saulles and the family were at the
Meadow Brook Hunt Club for dinner.
Went to Regain Her Son
With the family absent, Mrs. De
Ssulles, whose mind already had been
fred with fears of conspiracy, decided
L would be an excellent time to re-
gain the child herself. First, accord
ing 70 Mr.. Uterhart's story, she teie-
Known resident of East Williston, ask
lng him TO accompany her on the long
ride. Mr.. Iglehart declined, according
% Nr. Uterhart, and then it was that
Mrs De Saulles resolved to take the
reyolver-one her former husband had
given her and taught her TO use-as
measure Of protection 20 herself.
Instead Of finding The Box, John De
saulles'S home, deserted, with the fam
ily away at the Meadow Brook Club, the
place was sblsze with light when Mrs
De Saulles and her maid motored up in
public taxicsb. She asked the driver
70 stop little way from the entrance
While, with the maid, she crept up TO
investigate. Through the windows she
.sE and recognized those inside the
heuse-De Ssulles, his father his SIS
Ter, his friends-all Of whom she be-
heyed 70 have been arraigned against
Per, in sympathy at least in the legal
battles she had waged for her boy.
Frantic 81 the deception that had
been prsetised upon her, she rushed
.nto the house and demanded her boy
Says Her Reason Gave Way
me De Saulles family's accounts 0!
tht AFFAIR do not pretend 70 deny that
ihs was refused-peremptorlly. II was
gore than Latin pride and spirit could
Bear, according TO her account. Reason
gave way, and, fumbling in the left
hand pocket Of her white sweater-an
AWKWARD place 10 carry a weapon, Dir
eterhzrt points out-the niece Of a
iermer President Of Chile brought forth
he nickel plated pistol and fred at her
er-hgsb1nd again and again. When
@ohn De Saulles taught his bride 70
ihoo. he taught her well. Every bull
iti took effect.
Sueh is the lawyers first brief for
ais client
when she had finished that heart
tending. tragic story" asserted Mr..
Jtfrhsrt, II said 20 her: Mrs. De
sagllss, II you are not liberated Of the
etsrge against you--if any jury OF
American men does not set you free
will walk up 70 the judges bench and
tsrn IN ny certificate 20 practise law.
tod her that, and ! mean IT,"
Sons Picture in Cell
While Mrs. De Ssulles told her story
= Der counsel she glanced st times, as
v for Inspiration, toward a photograph
o. the little dressing table Ia gift OF
e Shsrih's wifeJ which sdorns her
ell IL was a picture Of a boy, whose
sJst are ss black and whose hair rs a'
~ ~ the prisoners il Is a picture
o. little Jsek-the innocent cause oi
eFeTything.
And whatever the outcome OF the
murder Trial, il was learned to-day
ron representatives Of the mother
ismllJ there will be wsged inde
tshdenily an unrelenting legal wsrfar'
- Nting custody Of the child from the
ismiiy Of John DE SAulles. All th'
yam, power and influence that can be
sisiaed BY Chilean relatives Of tho