Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-26
DEFENSE FEARS NOTHING;
FROM STATEMENT or TRUTH


Mrs. DcSaullcs has nothing to con-
ccal. She viii! tell the truth. both
! under my questioning and that Of
District Attorney Weeks. Her own life
is an open book. All the artiiiccs Of
the most expert and unrclcniing Quiz
ling by the prosecuting officer can
neither cajolr. brighten nor drive her
into the revelation OF anything other
than the straightforward truth. And
OF the truth the dcfcnsc has nothing
10 fear"
The story Mrs. DcSaulics Will toll to-
morrow Will DC the story of her life.
Her life has covered but the brief
space of twenty three years. 1t held
muca OF JOY during her early years
and Tor a short time after she married
John Longer DcSaulles al the early
age OF sixteen. Then tragedy entered.
casting over the subsequent seven years
shadow which has never once lifted.
II WAS tragedy against which she
could battle only with her woman's
wit and her young womanhood'a win
somcness - and they proved futile
weapons.
to-day, viii he one OF the most dra-
matte eXpos.iions OF lies hopes shat
tered ruthlcssly that has ever been
told il. Il court. From her earliest
recollections after her birth on April
Q 1891, she will reveal the unfolding
Of her life.
Mrs. DcSaulloss testimony will dis
close the fact that after having torn
from her heart the love she bore for
her husband through years OF suffering
~ his hands, she lived for and in the
life of her little son, Jack. Her lawyer
did not hesitate in his opening address
10 criticize the stipulation by which
the custody OF little Jack was given to
the mother for seven months and 10
the father for five months Cit OF each
year. Mrs. DcSaullcS Will declare she
lived III misery and amid unspcakabie
approximations while separated from
hcc four ycar-olG son. She dared not
return 10 Chile. left he should need
her suddenly, or she should ne granted
some brief period OF reunion not in
the agreement.
Her account of the sh noting at The
BoX" the evening OF Angus, ) is a
matter OF which her lawyer has re-
vcalcd nothing. Not so much as an
inklng has been given a. To whether
sh" rccollcctS what she dil when De-
Saulles declined TO let her take little
Jack from The Eox" to her home In
Roslyn.
Mr. rtcrhart has m, de- the unGuaIi-
fed statement that proof viii he sub.
. United to show an agreement by which
Jack should have been given in his
mothers custody on August S and that
tho agreement had been violated
MoTuER TO aE SECOND
WITNESS FOR DEFENSE
; Sonora Erra2uriz. the defendants
/ mother. Will he the second witness for
/ the defense. Through her testimony
Ltcrhart plans 10 corroboratc much Of
the testimony Mrs. LeSau!lcs Will give
ana 10 add much OF Importance. The
A.!eu!stS 10 be called Viii testify TO a
depressed fracture OF the skull. result
. .iS from II fall and yet ununit-u. They
J VIII also testify to = condition OF the
thyroid eiand. which. experts claim.
affects the mental processes Of The per
son afflicted. An N-ray photo OF Mrs
DcSauilcSs head, taken at the Jail. wll!
be offered in evidence 10 prove the
f-aCturo
uterhart spent part OF to-day in pre-
pairing the question 10 bc submitted 20
The aIi.uists. Tho question viii be
from 10000 10 10000 words in length
and Will be read from some se"cnty-Gvs
! lvpcw rittcn pages The reading may
occupy about Two hours The question
wil! hc "a succiuct history Of the girl's
/ life, her marital troubles, her fan. her
! condition owing to the thyroid malady
I md her harassincnt by her physical
and mental troubles, and tho cornpii-
B cations regarding tn custody OF little
Jack It Viii end by asking whether
such person could, beyond "a reason
'hie doubt. know The na;uI. or Iuality
Of her act. The answer 20 the 10 900
word question is expected to he one
iittlr word OF two lctters-''no."
ttcrhar, intends. he declared to day
TO read into the record OF the case the
testimony taken before Referee phoc-
nix ingram in ;hc divorce proceedings
Heretofore that testimony ha. Lain in
Tie archives Of the court, under seal.
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