New Britain herald., 1917-12-03
BOY RETURNED TO
MRS. DESAULLES
Touching Scene at Reunion Of
Freed Woman and Son


the verdict Of acQuittal returned by
the Jury at the trial OF Mrs. Blanca
DeSaulles which ended Saturday night
The return of the child was a. sur
prise to It's mother. At the request OF
Mrs. Deeaulle's lawyer, she had con-
sented to pose for photographers in
her home, "The Crossways," at Ros-
Ign, L. T.. and her picture was being
taken when an automobile drove up
in front of her home. She had just
been talking about her son and said:
Cant you mon do something to
help me get him back q
She had hardly spoken when she
saw her son getting out Of the ma
Henry A. Uterhart Mrs. DeSaulles
ran to the door and her boy was in
her arms in minute.
Mr.. Uterhart had telephoned in the
morning regarding the boy to George
Gordon Battle, counsel for the family.
Mr.. Battle replied that Charles A Fl.
DeSaulles and members Of the Heck
scher family, cousins Of the slain man.
would hold a conference with their
legal advisers later In the day and de-
eide upon their course.
Mothers Boy Forever.
At 1870 o'clock, Mr. Battle said that
it had been decided to let the mother
have the child. Mr.. Uterhart went in
g. machine to the residence OF G. Maui
rice Heckscher, and the child was al
lowed to leave the house at $3.50.
When he boy was with his mother
later in the day he said that Mrs
Heckscher. in kissing him goodbye,
said: Goodbye forever"
Mr. Uterhart took the boy In his
machine to the mothers country
place at Roslyn without sending the
news ahead, so the child's return was
a surprise. The boy, who will be five
years old on Christmas Day, is plump
and sturdy and large for his age. He
DeSaulles had been so hardened by the
trial that she did not notice the
strangers present when she met her
child. The boy did not at first, but
after a few embraces he looked some-
what surprised at the spectators and
said: Whats the trouble, mother?"
He used the word mother when
the conversation was Of business ma
ture. but called her by the nickname
OF "Bumby' when he was playing
with her or embracing her. Mrs. De
Saulles told the child that they were
never to be separated again, and he
said he was very glad. He added that
he would rather be with her than
anything in the world. Mrs. De
Saulles thought second, and said
that she would rather be with him
than anything in the universe
What is the universe - asked the
boy The explanation of this raised
many questions, which continued to
multiply for some time. The photog-
raphers finally got Mrs. DeSaulles to
pose with her son. When this ordeal
was over Johns aunt, Miss Amalia
Errazuris, called him to have a cup
Of chocolate. A few minutes later he
shouted from the dining room to his
mother for another cup. AS the first
cup was a small one, he was allowed
to have another.
One Of the first questions raised
was where Mrs. Desaulles intended
to live in the future. and the boy was
consulted on this. He said that he
wanted to go to Chile, where he had
first learned to ride horseback on a
horse called Toxic This reminded
him that he had two riding crops at
the Crossways, and he called for them.
He suggested California as his Sec
ond choice of a place to live.
Will Remain In q. S.
Mrs. DeSaulles said, however, that
she intended to stay in this country,
and would live for the present at the
Crossways. She further asserted, con-
trary to what had been said Of her,
that she liked this country and liked
Americans. American courts are
splendid" she said.
Mrs. DeSaulles. who has had most
of the newspapers supplied to her in
her room in the Nassau County jail,
said that she had read accounts OF
the trial with interest, and had liked
them all with the exception of an
article by q woman short-story writer,
who had said that the plight of Mrs.
DeSaulles was the more pitiful be-
cause she had never read a book and
| was short of intellectual resources.
which might have kept her from
| brooding over the trial. Mrs. De
| Saulles said this was not true, and
added that it was mot nice"-her
unvarying formula of condemnation.
When Mrs. Desaulles was asked
how she had managed to preserve
| throughout the trial the mask of
calm and indifference which had been
the marvel of all who saw her, she
replied IT schooled myself to it be-
| forehand. I knew that psychologists
and every one else would be watch
ing me, and steeled myself to
| hold my expression. It was very
I hard, but one can do what one has
| to do"
She said that the most difficult part
of the trial for her was when she en-
! tered the court room each day, as
she knew every eye in the court room
was fixed on her. She declared that
/ she had not been inattentive. as some
had thought, to what was going on in
| court, but she had seen everything
that was going on.
| Saw Juror Wink.