Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-11-23
DELIBERATE MURDER
CHARGED AGAINST HER
District Attorney Scathingly
DenOnuceS Fair Chilean
Defendant
By Hugh Baillie


ed as a deliberate murderess, Mrs. BIZ
anea de Saulles, white and wide eyed,
sat in Justice Mannings court here
this afternoon and heard District At
torney Weeks demand that she be sent
to the electric chair for killing her
former husband, John Longer de Saul
les, clubman, politician and former
Yale football player.
fShe shot him in the back and said
she hoped he would die, - exclaimed
Weeks in his opening argument.
Mrs. de Saulles had taken little in
terest in the proceedings, but this af-
Iternoon she listened at the indictment
drawn against her, astounded.
'This defendant is a native of Chile.
and was married to de Saulles in Par
lis, +" said Weeks. "They had one child
They were divorced in 1916. The de-
cree awarded the child to the father
five months of the year and to the
mother seven months of the year.
: We will show you that by express
agreement and consent this arrange
ment was changed so they could alter
nate in having the child. This defend
ant agreed to this. In the day of the
shooting the custody of this child was
rightly with the father, according to
the new agreement.
He described the scene of the shoot
i1ng, the de Saulles house at Westbury.
This woman telephoned her former
husband 8 house the night of August
IL, Weeks went on. "She was told de
ISaulles was out, but would return in
an hour. She called three times for a
taxlcab. When it arrived she told the
driver 10 take her to the de SauIles
house as fast as he could.
She went into the living room. De
ISaulles arose from the couch and came
toward her. He held out his hand. She
demanded the boy. He said the boy
was rightly with him and turned his
back. She fired five shots and one hit
him in the back and caused his death,
''After the killing and when Mrs.
de Saulles was under arrest, the auto
mobile in which she was being convey
led stopped before graveyard -
I w eeks declared. "And she said: How
lucid that we should stop here
And then she asked: will thev
electorcute me right away -
Weeks charged Mrs. de Saulles show
ed cold thought and planning through
out the killing.
/ ''She used servants, automobiles and
money he asserted, pointing at her.
Her revolver had a safety catch. Tt
was necessary to release this catch be-
fore firing each shot, but she did it.
1t was deliberate murder and we
shall ask for a verdict as such from
you
As Weeks made his final demand for
a AG I.
her head defiantly and glared at him.
flush came over her pale cheeks.
The Jury Completed
At the afternoon session some pre-
liminary evidence, two flattened, jag
Iged bullets, taken from the body of dc
Saulles, were identified by DIR. Harry
M. Warner, who performed an autopsy
after the shooting. Utterhart fought
against Warner testifying that the bull
lets were fired into de Saulies back.
He demanded the minutes of the cor
oner from District Attorney Weeks.
With court attendant for chart,
Warner indicated the points where bull
lets struck de Saulles. Mrs. de Saulles
sat with downcast eyes as Warner
traced the fatal wounds. The jurors
leaned forward eagerly.
Raymond Hamilton, a garage keeper
told of Mrs. de Saulles' three teIe-
phones for taxicab on the night of
August 3. He said the calls came be-
tween z and s O. clock, each succeed.
ing one more insistent than the last.
j. Donner, a chauffeur, said he found
Mrs. de Saulles waiting outside the
gate when he reached her home. She
had her maid, Susanne Monteau with
her, he testified.
Donner declared Mrs de Saulles
seemed to be holding something under
her sweater. He halted the automobile
near the house, he said, while Mrs. de
Saulles and her maid walked to the
door, eonversing in a foreign language.
'"Then l heard five explosions, ,
Donner said. Later the sheriff 3 car
came for Mrs. de Saulles.
Mrs. de Saulles went to the home of |
her former husband on the night of |
the shooting to get little Jack, not to |
shoot her husband, according to a con- !
tention the defense sought to establish
through the testimony of Julius Hada- |
mex, de Saulles' valet.
On cross examination, Hadamek said /
Mrs. de Saulles called on the telephone !
early in the evening. Under instrue-
tions Hadamek said he told her de
5aulles was out, then she announced
ler intention of coming after the boy.
What was the first thing Mrs de 4,
5aulles asked when she telephoned?'' I
asked Attorney Uterhart
"She asked: Where s little Jack, -
replied Hadamek.
Immediately after the shooting, Had 4
imek said Mrs. de Saulles begged him
o get the boy.
Referring to the shooting, Mrs. de
oaulles said: cit had to be done. I
,ould stand it no more" Hadamck
estified.
George S. Giles, go, a carriage trim
ner, was accepted as the eleventh ju
or during the morning
The twelfth juror is Alexander F.
Norton, a retired farmer
Immediately after Norton had been
accepted court adjourned until 1870,
when the prosecution was to make its
opening statement.
Every man unknown to the guards at
Mrs Blanca de Saulles' murder trial
vas searched for weapons as he enter
d the court room today. A close watch
vas kept for cranks.
Justice David Mauuiuy received a I