New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
De Saulies's
Defence Hit by
X-Ray Expert
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pearance of the bones of the skull was
not unusual. and indicated that it was
not serious state of affairs. He told
of his experience in examining such
plates in the course of his career as an
X-ray specialist, and said that he had
seen many such crevices between bones
of the skull that had failed to knit.
THE plate shows neither a depres-
sion nor fracture. but a suture, where
the frontal bone has united with the
bone about it," he repeated.
Under cross-eXamination by Attorney
Uterhart, the specialist repeated his
statements. at one time exhibiting con-
siderable heat when the lawyer at
tempted to obtain an admission from
him that the "saw-toothed" edge of the
opening under discussion ran in an
other direction than the one he had
indicated previously.
The prosecutor continued his final re-
buttal by calling several witnesses to
testify to the apparent mental condi-
ton of Mrs. De Saulles Immediately at
ter she had shot her form.r husband
and when seen several days later at
the Nassau County Jail. In each case
they declared that the slayer of De
Saulles was in an apparently rational
condition when they saw her, which
was during the period she now asserts
her mind was an absolute blank.
Miss Alice VI. Martin, of 1862 West
Seventy-second Street, although a
friend of Mrs. De Saulles and obviously
unwilling to testify against her. was
one of these witnesses. She had visited
the accused woman in her cell two days
after the tragedy at The Box.
what did Mrs. De Saulles say TO
you on the occasion Of that visit|' she
was asked.
"Why. she asked me to deliver a mes
sage for her-to tell little Jack that
she loved him, when | saw him again.
was the reply. 81 think she said some
thing about feeling badly. too
"In your opinion was she rational at
that timer"
Just what do you mean by that ?"
the witness asked. after considerable
hesitation.
"Did she act like a sane person. or
did she appear irrational? ?" repeated
the District Attorney.
Il should say she seemed rational"
was the reply. given slowly and after
considerable thought
DIR !. sherman Wight, one Of the
three medical experts called by the de-
fence. was closely questioned as TO
a possible recurrence of the mental
condition in which Mrs. De Saulles had
shot her divorced husband. Although
he was positive about his statement
that she was absolutely irresponsible
on the night of the tragedy: he was
almost equally positive that she would
never be again.
"She has been so treated, ana her
con6ition has improved TO such an eX-
teri that she probably never VIII De
subject TO such an attack again, said
tbo nhvsician. "She has suffered nu-
shocks since the night of Au,
cust 2 that she could not have faced
that night n
That this question was put TO The de-
witness is accepted as an IN
dication that etfoLts may be made TO
have Mrs. De Saulles confined as erin
inallv insane in the event that she ~
found not guilty by the jury IN the
rrosent case. Also, il was suggested
hat this misht have been asked as a
for opposition TO the grant
;ro of \ complete custody of little Jack
10 his mother at the conclusion OF TINS
trial.
DR.. Smith Ely Jelliffe, another expert
of the defence who was recalled by the
rrosecution for cross-examlnation, was
asked about the seemingly intelligent
words and acts OF Mrs. De Saulles i'm
after the shooting Of De
Saulles. His testimony had shown the
yhite- faced prisoner at the Nassau
County Jail as being in frail physical
condition at the time he had examined
,er. several days after the tragedy, and /
Unable TO answer questions or coop .
rate" when he attempted to make GER /
ain mental tests. 4
suppose that Mrs. De Saulles had .
.alked nationally 10 persons on the
night OF the shooting; that she told 4
,er taxicab driver 20 go to her house /
and be paid for his trip by her maid; /
hat she asked for milk because she .
felt the need Of mild stimulsnt,'
aid Mr.. Weeks. Would you say that
,er mental condition then was better
han it was when you saw AMI talke1 .
% her later" I
"No, | would not" answered the .
physician. THAT is not at all incon- /
,istent with the condition of amnes'a 1
hat Mrs. De Saulles developed"
But il she laid her revolver on the 4
able and, turning to somebody near By. !