New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-10
Son Talks Of Father He
Does Not Know Is Dead,
of Pony and Toys
Visit REEVES Mother
Witness at Inquest Says
Victim Wanted His Wife
Arrested
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MINEoLA, Long Island, Aug. e.-Lie-
tie Jack De Saulles saw his mother TO-
day.
Late this afternoon he was taken 70
her in the Nassau County Jail and for
a short half hour Blanca De Saulles
held her son in her arms.
In the presence Of her child the
woman who since the tragedy of FRIDAY
night has been seemingly indifferent to
her act and its consequence wept.
Talks of His Father
Little Jack talked Of the father he
does not yet know is dead. He told
mis- mother Of his shiny new mechanical
toys and his shaggy Welsh pony.
His childish prattle dissipated the
pail Of gloom which has enveloped the
mother since Friday night. And when
the lad left the Jail and the stress ot
her first emotional breakdown had
abated. she assured Sheriff Seaman she
was quite happy.
The decision to permit the child to
visit his mother came early in the day
in a family conference at which the
aged Major Arthur B. De Saulles and
Charles A. NJ. De Saulles, the dead
mans father and brother, were present.
1--WE feel" said Charles De Saulles,
chat the family should act as the boys
father would have wished, in showing
TO the child's mother every possible
generosity"
At $40 little Jack, accompanied by
Ernest B. Tracy, friend Of the fam
lily, and a private detective, left the
Heckscher home at Westbury in a
motor car. They arrived a. the Jail at
$3.50 o'clock.
The automobile pulled up at the rear
gates Of the low stone building and
Sheriff Seaman opened the iron doors.
The child broke away from the two
men, stared curiously at the little
group of buildings and then ran up
the stairs.
as this where my mother is?" he
asked Sheriff Seaman. His mother,
who had been waiting for him, uttered
a joyous cry, and Jack hurried up the
stairway to the second floor of the Jail.
Embraces Her Son
Mrs. Seaman had opened the door Of
Mrs. De Saulles's cell, and she rushed
out to met the child. Jacks wide
brimmed straw hat fell to the ground
as his mother embraced him.
Tbau fa1kad for bolf bnur IN he
presence of the two men who came
with the boy and Sheriff Seaman. Just
before he had left he asked:
Mother how long are you going to
stay in here? Why don't you come out
to Aunt Csroline's and help me in the
garden. It's awful nice there" Then
there YVES final embrace and the boy
was taken away.
Mrs. De Saulles's condition was such
this morning that jail attendants hur-
riedly sent for DR., Guy F. Cleghorn, the
Jail physician. When the doctor left
he said:
Mrs. De Saulles's condition is the re-
suit of worry and her refusal to eat"
To-day Dr. Cleghorn will have X-ray
photographs taken to ascertain whether
Mrs. De Saulles is suffering from an or
ganic disorder.
Inquest Into Death Held
The inquest into the death of Jack
De Saulles was held this afternoon in
the Nassau County Court House, at
Mineola, by Justice of the Peace Wal
ter Raleigh Jones, sitting as coroner
The principal witness was Marshall
Ward, friend Of the De Saulles fam
lily, who saw the shooting.
~ dined at the De Saulles home
Friday night" Ward testified. "The
others present were little Jack, his
father, Major De Saulles and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Degener, the child's aunt.
after dinner, the Major lay down on
the couch in the living room. His
son stood beside him. Then | heard
voices and recognized that of Blanca
De Saulles. She stepped into the
living room, unanuounced, and said:
az want to get Jackie John De
S&ulles answered, It's impossible. You
can't have him. It's my month, and
you Just can't have him. Don't lets talk
about IL any more He turned away.
Then heard her say:
There's only one thing TO do,
them Then came a shot. The first
one staggered Jack, and she kept on
shooting. Some one ran into the room
don't know who 1t was. She stopped
shooting, and l ran over to her. Just
as touched her she said:
Wanted Wife Arrested
ascend for the police / rushed TO
phone for a doctor, and, when I re-
turned. Jack was supporting himself
against the door. He asked met
"'Have you sent for q doctorT I
told him had. Then helped him to
the lounge Mrs. De Saulles was out
on the porch. Jack asked me where
she was. ] told him. Then he said:
Don't let her get at me again.
Have you sent for the policeT After
the shooting some one ran into the
room and carried out little Jack, who
had come down stairs In his pajamas,
after his mother began shooting"