The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-27
0NFESSION in
LETTERS USED
AGAINST WOMAN
er Greatest Regret She Had
SNOt Made Good Wife.
rs De SaulIes's Letters Praise
husbands Qualities.
USED TO LIVE WITH HIM?
)anced Her Feet OF" When
Heart Was Broken.
That's a Lie," RetOrt When
Her Love Was Questioned.

NIfneoIa, Nov PA letter in which
be- defendant told her husband that
was 1.-THE greatest regret of her
fe'r that she had not been liable
make him a good wife" was read
\ the record today, during the cross
xa animation of Mrs Blanca De Saul
Is, who is on trial in supreme court
here charged with numbering her
Iivdfced husband, John l. De Saul
Is, at his Long Island home the night
Z August g. There were indications
.hatSthis letter will be used by the at
orrieys for the prosecution in their
tempt to break down the story OF
indifferent neglect" on the part OF
her husband told in direct eXamina-
iontby the young Chilean woman yes
erdAy The letter was written While
Mrk.tD De Saulles was on ship bound
Tor xChne to visit relatives in the
ipribg of 1916, prior to the granting
|1f her divorce decree. At that time.
he Witness said "she felt that her
narIted life was Fundamentally"
Made Her Believe II.
AIfs. De Saulles countered her ad-
mission that she wrote the letter,
saying she was to blame for every
hing by stating DE Saulles always
made me believe that / was at fault. y
III his questioning District Attor-
'ney Charles r. Weeks. delved apollo
getieally into intimate subjects relat-
ing 20 Mrs. De Saulles' marital rela-
tions
rs it not a fact after the birth of
your son you refused to live with
John De Saulles as man and wife ?''
was1One of his interrogations
The witness said this was not true.
lid you not tell an intimate wo-
maTl friend that you did not care who
your husband went around with as
long as he stayed away from you?"
81 Weeks
"IRhat is lie," was Mrs. De Saul
les reply.
Says She Suffered in Silence.
Orher letters purporting to show
she was living in a state of domestic
tranquility prior to the time she
secuted a divorce were read. In one
of these Mrs. De Saulles urged he1
husband to get an appointment as
minister to London" She was in Lon
don atsthat time. she said In answer
to another question the witness SAID
she had a pretty good time there"
In the midst of Weeks questioning
Mrs. De SauHes interrupted to say 81
never wrote letter or said anything
to anyone letting them know / was
anything but extremely happy"
Whether you were or not?' asked
Judge Manning.
Yes, your honor" answered Mrs
De Saulles.
If you don't trust me, at least give
me credit for having a good head
am very careful with the invitations
accept and know, when I can go GU
with a man"
Have you found any one prettiel
than your baby grip Mrs. De Saulle.
asked her husband in another letter
1t continued:
Il have not found anyone l coulC
place in the same sphere with you
darling boy-I have seen no one al
handsome, as sweet and as manly a.
you"
Believed in F'Iattcring Him.
Did you think all these thing
about your husband-that he wa
manly-when you wrote that? ?" asked
the attorney
Il thought the best way to hold
husband was to flatter him to death,
was the answer
your answer is hardly responsive,
interrupted Judge Manning. DO yol
wish the jury to understand that yol
were not sincere in those statements p
81 flattered him. in an effort to hole
him" said Mrs. De Saulles.
Mrs. De Saulles's story of seeing he