New Britain herald., 1917-11-26
TEST|F|ES IN OWN
 BEHALF AT TRIAL
Mrs. DeSaulles Tells Story of
 Romantic CourtSbip
CROWDS PACK COURTROOM
Court Officials, Witnesses and Others Connected With the Trial Forced to Go Through Underground Passage way in Order to Get In.

Go Through Underground Passagc-
 way m Order to Get In.
 Mineola, Nov. 26.-Mrs. Blanca De- Saulles went on the witness stand to- day and testified in an effort to cave herself from being convicted of first degree murder in tho killing of her husband, Jack DeSAulles, famous Yale football star.
 The long corridor leading to th1 court room was jannrned with perDon1 eager to gain admission long bO6oE1' the morning session began. The crowd was so dense that court AttondanA4I witnesses and others connected W1ce the case had to be conducted throuA an underground passa8eway In 0TdAx' to reach the trial chamber
 Most of those who gained adn1A were women. A long line of autoNos piles extended in front o3 the cOtlx house. Every train stopp1ng A1 }hN little county seat town, 0iGgngBe6 score or more of persons hopefuA A1 getting within earghot of tho couE proceedings. Accompanied by her mother, 1 Blanca Errazuriz, her A1tor. Ill Amalia Errazuriz, and brothen VII liam, who came from ChfA to at4oqA the trial, Mrs. DeSaulleS wntko briskly into the court room, 1unaaod greeting to her attorneys and noddo1 to the jury as she took her seat .. the side of Mrs. Phineas Seaman. Wtfa of the county sheriff. She seemed eveA more pale than during the precedin1 days of the trial, but the same com1 posture marked her attitude. I A moment later Justice Maiisetn took the bench, the roN of the jut. was called, and Mrs. DeSaulles tool the witness stand.
 Mrs. DeSaulles' answer to the firsl questions put by Henry A. Uterhar1 her attorney, were uttered in such low tone, that Justice Manning inter-
 rupted to urge her to speak louder:
 Mrs. DeSaulles testified that
 early childhood she fell while playin1 in her home, striking her head againA,
 a fireplace. Next the defendant,
 reply to questions told of her meetin1
 with DeSaulles near Santiago, Chile il
 1911 of his subsequent visits to hel mothers home, Vina Del Mar thl vineyard by the sea" near Santlag0 of their brief courtship and marriag1 in December of the same year in ParffI i Mrs. DeSaulles said she inherite1 securities worth $100,0O0 from her fa| ther, who died when she was chiit and that shortly after her marriag3 she gave these to DeSaul1es.
 What did he say to you when vol gave him these securities?" asked l Uterhart.
 He said, Why, that's nothing, itl absurd to call you an heiress, re, :! piled Mrs. DeSaulles.
 1 The witness told of her return [, 1 the United States with DeSaulles, and ] of his buying her a revolver whilI they were residing at Larchmon1 | N. Y. She said her husband told heI that since she would be alone at hom l a greater part of the time 1t wo0l1 be best for her to have the revolve for her protection
 Mrs. DeSaulles identified the weap on which was the same one previou1s ] introduced as an exhibit by the pr0Ne cution as the revolver with ~-f wh1c 1 DeSaulles was shot.
 Mrs. DeSaulles said they next weL 1 to South Bethlehem, Pa, where hN 1 Husbands parents, Major and MT Arthur B. DeSaulles resided, an, where her son, John l.. DeSaulles. TT was born, on Christmas day, 4s13 Her husband spent week-ends WIZ them there.
 The witness then told of>a 1ncl00A which occurred during a orle1 reAs dence in Washington.
 "I don't want you to mention tA name," said Uterhart, "but tell us hoS photograph DeSaulles showed you Washington was inscribed"
 To Jack with love from ----------------. --------------. answered Mrs. DeSaulles.
 Mrs. DeSaulles' testimony was in terspersed by the reading of severa letters by her attorney which she safl she wrote to her husband from Beth lehem. M
 DeSaul1es was addressed in New York Its so long without you. Please don't disappoint us again Come Tuesday without fail.'' "Toodie and I send all the love in the world, were phrases occurring in these nlia sives. They were signed your dc voted wife, dads girl"
 In letter written to "DarHnl Precious Daddy" she begged her hus band to come and see her withou fail "I am so lonesome withou you," she wrote. The letter wa signed with all the love in thu world from baby boy and ne"
 On August she wrote telling hiE she had tried to get him on tolephont at his club but he wAs out. On thu edge of the letter, evidently as an aft erthought she asked where werd you?" repeated the Interrogation mark three times.
 On the same day, and still writinf from South Bethlehem she thanked him for the gift of a cook book and told him when she got in their "owf little home" she was going to trJ