Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-08
ARE MADE
FOR DESAULLEs INQUEST
No Move by Attorney for Wife Of
Slain Athlete to Have Her
Removed to Hospital.
MENTAL COLLAPSE is FEARED
Woman Transferred From Cell in
Jail to More Comfortable Room In
Shcrif'S Own Quartcrs-Millions
Will BE Wagcd in Fight for Son.

MINEOLA, n. Y. August 7.-Prcp-
arations were we'll under way tonight
for the inquest which will be con-
Quoted here on Thursday into the death
OF John l.. DeSauiles. famous Yale ath-
lete, who was shot and killed at his
Long Island home last Friday night by
his former wife. Mrs. Blanca DeSaulles,
hen he refused TO turn their young
son over to her care.
No move was made to-day by Henry
A. Uterhart. attorney for Mrs. De-
S~aulles. to have her removed to "A hos
pital. although physicians who en-
anime her at his request reported that
she was on the verge of Il mental II
physical collapse. Sheriff Seaman ad-
mitted that she had been transferred
from her cell in the county jail to a
much larger and more comfortable
room III his own quarters. The door
of the room will not be locked, and
no guard will be placed over her. al
though the windows OF her room are
barred. Mrs. DeSaulles already has de-
veloped a warm friendship for the
sherin's wife. it was said. Sheriff Sea-
man declared the prisoner had been
removed from the cell on orders of DR..
Cleghorn. the Jail physician. who was
one OF the doctors who examined her.
Major DeSaulles. the dead mans
father, said tonight hat he was too
sick mentally and physically to dis
cuss the case.
Little lack DeSaullcs has become the
objective Of a pending legal fight in
which millions OF dollars will be the
weapon.
BOY JEALOUSLY GUARDED
IN WESTDURY PLAINS HOME
The fve-year-old boy for whose love
and possession his mother slew her
former husband is jealousy guarded
in the home of George NJ. Hecksher.
at WestburY Plains. Despite the de-
mails of both the DeSaulles and Heck
sher families, there is constant fear
that k%idnapers viii! try to seize the boy.
The fight for little Jack will be
waged on one side by the DcSaulles
and the Hecksher families. and on the
other by the Errazuris and Negara
families, supported by the Chilean gov
eminent. The Chilean families are
ready to swing all the weight Of their
combined fortunes Inc all the influence
that can be brought TO bear through
the Chilean governments representa-
tives in the country.
The fortunes OF all the families run
into the millions. They will be staked
for the possession of the tiny lad.
To-day in the Offices of Heckshcr
and DeSaullcs. the real estate firm
of which the dead Yale inlet was a
member. there was a conference of his
relatives and their legal advisers.
were Lyttleton Fox. the De-
Saulles lawyer: George II. Hccksher.
5. F. Tuthili. DeSaulles's confidential
man, n others. 1t was agreed to
go into court at once and ask that
little Jack be surrendered TO the guar
dianship OF one of four persons-all
blood relations of the murdered father.
The court Will he asked TO appoint
either Major Arthur DeSaulles. the
lads grandfather; Charles OeSaulles,
an uncle, or Mrs. Rudolph Degener,
or Mrs. A. G. McClintock, aunts.
MI. Fox is prepared to plead that.
inasnuch. as both parents are in