New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Child Held Fathers Hand

Child Held Fathers Hand
When the exchange began the others,
| outside of the boy, started to leave the
room. but none Of them had time to do
so, When her husband uttered what
he evidently intended TO be the final
word he started to follow his father
toward the door. Mrs. De Saulles had
her hand under a wrap she wore, and
almost at once she displayed the re-
volver and fred. The last act of De
Saulles had been to extend his hand to
take that of the boy. and as he was
shot the lad grabbed the hand and
hung to it while the last three or four
shots were fired. De Saulles then fell
upon the couch.
&, Mrs. De Saulles walked over close to
, the body and said: g,
"It's too bad. 1t had to be done. /
suppose it is time now to send for the
police"
Mr.. De Saulles was conscious. but
in great agony. when taken to the Mas
sau County Hospital. thirty minutes al
ter the shooting. He died there on the
operating table few minutes after he
arrived. :, i,
Meantime, Mrs. De Saulles had
slipped out of the house unnoticed:
! She surrendered at once when Sherit
Seaman and Constable Thorne arrived
and found her standing with the maid
in the shadow of a hedge in front or
the house. >,
81 suppose I must go with YOU" she
told the officers, "but before | do l
want to pay the chauffeur who drove
me here"
Accordingly, the woman led the off,
GERS down the road little way, where
a taxicab was standing. She asked the
man how much she owed him. he
looked at the meter and said 81. She
told him TO drive to her home and get
/ the money.
Used Public Taxicab
James Bonner, the chauffeur, told
| Sheriff Seaman to-day that Mrs. DE
[ Saulles had engaged his car shortly
! after 3 o'clock. and with Miss Mon
! teau. the maid. and pet bull terrier
asked to be driven to the De Saulles
/ home near Westbury. Bonner says
| Mrs. De Saulles asked him to stop the
machine about roo feet from the en-
! trance to the house, and charged him
to watch the dog. which she left IN the
| car. The maid left the car, the driver
( saws. and accompanied Mrs. De Saulies
/ in the direction Of the house.
| Why Mrs. De Saulles chose to use a
! public taxicab on her errand Of death
| instead of car Of her own is point
not clear to the authorities. They also
are striying-and thus far without sue
cess-to learn where and when she OBJ
tanned the revolver she carried in the
pocket of the white summer skirt she
wore. The pistol is new.
Mrs. De Saulles was silent as she was
! driven 70 Hampstead in the custody OF
| the Sheriff and the constable. She was
| arraigned before Justice Of the Peace
| Walter Jones on charge OF feionious
assault, and the maid as material
witness. She had gone to the telephone
| in the Town Hall to attempt to raise a
bondsman, when word came that De
Saulles had died. The news did not
shake her.
Said 1t Had To Be Done
81 am glad Of it," she affirmed. at
had to be done; it had to--that's ALL
The charge was changed to murder
| in the first degree, and Mrs. De Saulles
expressed surprise when told she could
not be admitted to bail. She was com
mitted to jail on q short affidavit issued
by Constable Thorn, and at o'clock
this morning was taken to Mineola. Be-
fore leaving she swore TO an affidavit
that Mr.. De Saulles had refused TO
surrender their son, despite the agree
ment which she alleged he had entered
/ into.
In Mineola Jail she was lodged in the
same part Of the prison which held
Mrs. Florence Carman, the wife Of Dr.
Edward Carman. accused Of shooting
Mrs. Madeline Bailey, a patient of her
husband. After short but apparently
restful sleep, Mrs. De Saulles asked to
be permitted TO communicate with law
yers. She telephoned the firm of Uter-
| hart & Graham. Of q Cedar Street,
New York, which conducted the sue
cessful defence Of Mrs. Carman, and
Mr.. Utsrhart came TO Mineola at once
| After retaining counsel she asked to
use the phone again. This time she
| called Murray Hill 7e00, which Is the
Ritz Carlton. She was connected with
| A man whose name neither Sheriff Sea-
man nor District Attorney Weeks would
| disclose. He Is said to be a well known
New Yorker, and the fact that Mrs. De
saulles communicated with him under
such circumstances led to interesting
| speculation.
Tells Friend Of Shooting
"T'm in Jail at Mineola for shooYSg
Jack" the woman prisoner annou'~ed
over the wire.
"Hs wanted the baby. and wouilk not