New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
apone Pressure on Brain
Only Irregular Knitting on
Baby Spot" He Says
Lapse of Memory
Plea Threatened
nr JelIife Repeats That
Defendant Was Insane
When She Shot
[Slnf CorespOndencel


- Mrs Blanca De Saulles, on trial for
-. Wiling Of her divorced husband,
=. nrosecu:ion to-day scored a sur
AVS, victory that threatens 10 wreck
,be very foundation Of the defendants
alapse Of memory plea.
Tho first medical expert called by
D;.,rie, Attorney Weeks to meet the
.,-sv Of medical talent for the defence
,.e,ses that there was no indication
,.., Mrs. De Saulles had been victim
ofs fractured skull, and that the bone
,ressure on the brain, which her law
y.rs insisted accounted, in a large
rsssure al least. for her mental con-
s,,ion when the shooting occurred, did
nc. exist.
Moreover. he made use OF the X-rsy
-lsts brought in by Mrs. De Saulles's
LAWYERS to support his own statements
70 the contrary. He pointed 70 the
marks on the plate that have been iden-
u6ed by the defendants experts as the
rpbesled fracture and "the area of bone
pre,sure" as nothing more than an
irregular knitting OF bones on what is
commonly known as the baby spot"
Prosecution Has More Experts
The prosecution has not completed
;hs calling Of its list of experts.
Should other witnesses be called to
testify to the same facts, is predicted
that one Of the most important feat
wes Of Mrs. De SauIles's defence will
b, neutralizel by the decided difference
Of opinion exhibited by the profess
sonsl meL Questioned for both sides.
All OF the experts questioned by
Henry 4. Uterhsrt. chief of counsel
for Mrs. De Saulles, have been asked
whether her mental condition had been
brought about by the bore pressure
due to fractured skull, and all agreed
that il might have existed even with
out the fracture. But the emphasis
they laid upon the supposed fracture,
The detailed testimony concerning the
childhood accident that resulted in in
jury to her head, and the repeated
references 70 it by Mrs. De Saulles's
physicians all are believed TO have left
the impression that her "lagse of
memory" Of Angus. to 13 was a di-
rec; result Of the fracture.
Immediately before the production
Of this, the first, witness produced BY
the prosecution in its final rebuttal
Attorney Uterhart had announced that
he had concluded the defence. Jus
uee Manning made inquiries concern
ing the witnesses still 10 be heard and
announced that he hoped TO give the
case to the jury tomorrow evening
II It was possible 10 do so.
Mrs. De Saulles Aroused.
Mrs. De Saulles. who had been
seated behind her lawyer, the least
interested person in the courtroom up
10 mat moment, suddenly awakened
'iom her apathetic state at this an
houneement Of the approaching action
oy the jury. She whispered TO her
laWyer and, apparently. was given a
'eassuring reply. Al any rate, she
ttslmed her former position, but ex-
hloited keener interest in her sur
'Veheings from that moment
neither OF the lawyers believe that
VIII be possible to give the case 10
ht jury tomorrow evening. Practi.
ca'iy all Of the morning will be con-
sumed IN the reading of a long hypo-
tneueal question by District Attorney
"eehs' AZ least two hours will be
consumed by each side in closing argu-
ueh's, while another half hour or
.o,e is expected 70 be consumed by
.s'lee manning in delivering his in
'Tae'ons to the jurors.
". Lewis G-cgory Cole, formerly an
fray specialist and now major in the
uI'ea states army. was the specialist
s.eummoned by the prosecutor TO over.
~" the testimony Of the experts
~no appeared for the defence. As
vVn ss ne reached the witness stand
,ne Gark box in which the X-rav plate
.oo oeen exhibited in court previoIslv
.es Eheeled into position and the cleo.
VIC current turned on. throwing th,.
sieWSome likeness Of Mrs. De Saulles's
S@uii out in bold relief.
Sees No Fracture
Will you tell the Jury il you see a
,wresiUre Of the bone there ?" asked Mr..
a., see no evidence Of a fracture
"ssie' was the prompt reply.
A. .Msmoers OF the jury, who had shown
nWle interest IN the testimony Of ex-
pfs or their exhibits up to that time,
t,sned their neeks to see what was TO
found on the plate that they mad
.n ied TO believe pictured a decided
me jurors had better walk over and
Nsmine the plate, as il stands there. il
~, cannot see II clearly from their
'qss' suggested Justice Manning.
LFety member Of the Jury promptly
ms seat and subjected the plate 10
Slose scrutiny, while lawyers for both
sldes leaned over their shoulders and
ncntS. GU"
- You VIII see. instead of a fracture.
re typical saw-toothed edges of bone
"a u"y nave failed to knit together" add
ne expert insisted that such an ap.