Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
GLAD KILLED HIM."
SAYS MRS. DE SAULLES
Heiress Says Former Football
Star Refused to Give
Up Child
NEW YORK. Aug. 4.

A mothers love. hot anger of Latin blood
when scorned, wealth and romance were
mingled today in the story Of the killing
OF John Longer De Saulles former Yale
football captain, by HE beautiful divorced
wife. a Chilian heiress.
II killed him and am glad did II. He
had refused tc give me my child"
This was the statement Of Mrs. Blanca
De Saules. charged with murder, as she
talked with Deputy Sheriff Thorn in the
Nassau County Jail early today.
1t was at the summer home of De Saules,
in Hampstead, L. L., last night, that the ro-
Chilian came to its end.
Mrs. de saulles had motored over from
her home to Roslyn to demand her child
from its father. De Saulles refused There
was a quarrel. "Then this Is the only
way" the mother declared and, with the
remark, drew a revolver DC Saulles drop
ped at the first shot, struck in the back.
-Four more shots followed.
Mrs. de Saulles was accompanied by her
maid. They fled from the porch, hiding in
n hedge near the house.
DE Saulless father and sister hurried
from the house They stumbled over the
dying man. De Saulles was rushed to the
Nassau Hospital, where he died Deputy
Sheriff Thorn found Mrs. de Saues crouch
ing in the hedges. Her taxicab was still
standing in front of the house.
Mrs dc Saulles was first arraiGned on an
assault charge Then came word that her
| former husband was dead The charge was
| changed to murder.
II am glad l did it, glad" she said.
Mrs. de Saulles. who is only twenty-three
| years old, spent the rest of the night in
| the custody of the Jail matron.
Susanna Monteau. the maid. was held in
| $1,000 bail as material witness.
Arthur D. de Saulles, father of the dead
man; Mrs. r. Degcner, his sister, and Mar
| shall Ward, a friend, were near when the
| shooting occurred
The fact that Mrs. De Saules carried
| new revolver when she called on her d.
vorced husband will weigh heavily against
| her in her trial for murder, authorities de-
| clare.
Charles Pettinus a friend of De Saulles,
| told the District Attorney the story of the
| killing after having talked with all OF the
| witnesses. He said that De SaulleS called
| at his former wife's home yesterday after
noon to remind her the boy was due at his
| house August l. according to the order of
| the divorce court which directed the par
| ents to have his custody alternate months.
He took the boy home in his automobile.
| De Saulles wanted to have the child as
| his father Major Arthur DE Saulles and his
sister. Mrs. Degener, were visiting him.
| About $3.50 last night while the family
was congregated in the reception room, the
| mother burst in unannounced and stood in
| the midst of them. Her hhnds were hidden
| in the folds of her dress. Major De Saulles
was on the lounge.
| De Saulles smiled as the woman entered.
! He put out his hand and stepped close, say
| ing. "Why, hello Blanca"
| A brief conversation ensued, the man
| standing smiling, the woman, her eyes fixed
! hungrily on her child, not glancng at her
| former husband
| at is no use" she said "you cannot have
the boy. l have come to see about taking
him away"
I'm sorry" replied De Saules, 'but
| cannot discuss that. l don't want to argue. "
| He gestured to end the talk and stepped
| to an open French window, where he stood
| with his back to his former wife. Suddenly
| Mrs. De Saulles flashed the gun from her
dress and began shooting. She hesitated
after the first shot then fired four more
Mrs Degener ran from the stairs where she
had been standing and seized the child, but
| he witnessed 1t all.
Thea according to Pettinius. Mrs. Dc
| SaulleS remarked:
well, it's too bad, but it had to be done
| suppose it's time to send for the police"
Mrs. Degener told a similar story.
"The boy was sitting at the foot Of the
stairs and Major De Saules was on the
couch when she entered For long time
after the shooting she sat on the couch in
the living room. She sat there with her
head in her hands, gazing straight ahead
asked her why she had done this thing.
"It had to be done she replied. Tn
glad. Where are the police"
The boy was taken to the home of Mrs
August Hecker, another sister of the dead
man, at Huntington, L.. L.. today The body
Of DE Saues will probably be sent to Beth
lehem, Pa. for burial
Mrs De Saules's friends believe her tenn
porariy deranged. Always high strung
they say shee brooded over the unhappy
, ending of her romance. The divorce man
date she frequently complained. brought hei
the alternative of sacrificing her child If she
returned to Chill, or of sacrificing her par
| ents in that country if she remained here tc
to be near the boy. The decree also provided
that when little John became eight year:
old his father should have absolute charge
of his education, and the period when the
boy should be in his mothers care was ther
to be reduced from Seven months as a.
present, to three
De saulles, whose family lived In Souti
| Bethlehem Pa, was one OF the creates
quarterbacks that ever piloted an Eli team
| He was captain of the Varsity in 1901
In 1911 he went to hill, representing
the South American Concessions Syndicate
: There he met Senorita Blanca Errazuriz
She was only seventeen years old. Th'
Errazurizes went to Paris. De Saule!
followed. They were married in December
1911 in Paris.
The first intimaton of discord came II
1916, when Mrs. de Saulles filed suit To-
divorce. She named a dancer The decree
was granted. Mrs. de Saulles was granted
$500 a month almony so long as she di'
= not marry again. She sought complete
= possession of little John and permission t
take him to London and Valparaiso. Th
court ordered the child must not be takei
| from the country during the war, Will
| there was danger in travel. De Saulles wa
I | granted custody of the child five months II
the year and the mother seven.
, Mrs. de Saulles claimed the boy shoul