The Washington herald., 1917-11-29
HALT ORDERED
IN De SAULLES
MURDER TRIAL
Defense Attorney Granted
Opportunity to Compose
10000 Word Question.

Mineola, l.. l., Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Blanca
ErraZuriz De Saulles' trial for her
life for shooting TO death her former
husband, John Longer De Saulles, at
his country home. The Box" on
August 3, was halted this afternoon
pending the completion by the defense
or rs 10ovo-word hypothetical dues-
tion. Supreme Court Justice David F.
Manning, presiding. announced that
he intended TO hold a night session
and work all of Thanksgiving DAY in
order the earlier to permit the jurors
TO return TO their homes. But delay in
transcribing the mass OF testimony
had rendered impossible the prepara-
tion of the long hypothetical question.
which is to embody a synopsis of all
the evidence. Court adjourned, there
fore. until Friday morning
DIR. Smith Ely Jeiiffe. the noted
alienist of Manhattan. added material
ly to the young Chilean woman's claim
that she knew nothing of the shoot
ing of her husband by testifying that
when he examined her on August u
her condition was abnormal. He wa
unable to examine her mentality then,
he declared.
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was physical" said DIR. Jehffe. 1T
was oet-possibie sor me at that time
10 make an extended and sa;isfac-
tory mental examination. as she did
not cooperate She said not 10
bother her when endeavored TO
evoke answers to questions. So /
apoiosized for having mauIed her
about and retired"
DIR Ja1iffa Stated ,bat he bo5 -,
asked by DR. J. Sherman Wight. the
defendants attending PIT. ician. to
see Ms. DE Saulles in the Jail here
on August H.
Il noticed her extreme pallor. waxy
and almost yellOwish. Her eyes were
yellowish. showing anemia. She saw
well, and tasted and swallowed well
but did not hear we'll Her nails and
hair were brittle and broke easy. The
hair was lusterless. Her pupils were
widely dilated at times and at others
were much contracted. Her tongue
was swelled TO double the size of a
normal tongue and showed teeth
marks on both sides.
Noted Improvement.
"On November 9 / saw her again.
checking up. There was a marked
improvement. examined her mental
ly and found her cooperative. She
was bright and responded readily to
question upon a wide variety of SUBJ
jects. had delightful conversa-
ton with her. upon music, art.
literature, arithmetic. geography and
topics of the day. Testing her for
foil fraa. I
plicated statements. She would stop
me and ask me 10 sag il more simply.
THE pain in her nerve trunks had
decreased. | found a very marked
depression.
Sonora Blanca Nargara de Err
raZuriz. mother of Mrs. de Saulles
was to have been the last lay witness
for the defense today. But she was
unable TO be IN court.
DIR. Wright stated later that her
life may depend upon whether or not
she is called TO the witness chair
Testimony given by Suzanne Mon.
teau. the French maid. glib enough
under direct examination, was shat.
tered in many places by the merciles:
cross-examination of District Attor.
ney Charles r. Weeks, who displayed
none OF lne consluerdtion SHOWN Dy
him TO Mrs. DE Saulles. Suzanne
claimed De Saulles raised his arm as
IL to strike his wife Immediately be-
fore the shooting. The maids En-
giish. none to good at hest, was rem
dered further difficult of understand
ing by the fact that she wept. almost
TO the point of hysteria, throughout
her recital of the scene at the time
of the shooting.
Contradicts state witness.
Suzanne differed from former wit
nesses. and from the physicians who
performed the autopsy, by stating
that De Saulles was shot three times
while facing the defendant. then
CONTINUED on PAGE THREE.