Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-23
STATES WITNESS
HELPS DEFENDANT
Valet Admits Mrs. De Saulles
Thot Husband Absent When
She Went for Child.
DRIVER CORRCBORATES HER
Intimate Friend of Slain Man
Will Be the First on
" Stand Today.

MINEOLA. n. Y, Nov. 22.-Julius
Hademek, the Austrian valet of John
J.. de Saulles, admitted on the witness
stand in supreme court here today
that 1t was the hope of regaining
possession of her young son that took
Mrs. Blanca de Saulles to the home of
her divorced husband the night she is
charged with having murdered the
former Yale athlete.
Hademek had been summoned to
testify in behalf of the prosecution
and Henry A. Uterhart, one of the
defendants attorneys, asked him in
cross examination:
when you told Mrs. de Saulles
that her husband was not at home.
what did she ask you over the tele-
phone that night"
"She asked II Jack was there
Hademek answered.
"And by Jack you inferred that
she meant her SOM" the witness was
asked.
yes" he replied.
Fibbed Over Phone.
On previous questioning Hademek
had testified that on the night of the
tragedy Mrs. de Sau1les had called
her former husbands home and in
quired whether he was there. The
valet said that at De Saulles' direc-
ton he told her his master was at the
Meadowbrook Country club and would
be back in one hour, Notwithstanding
the fact that De Saulles was standing
at his side at the time.
What was the first question Mrs.
de Saulles asked when she entered
her former husbands home that
night" was another question asked
Hademek by the defense.
"She wanted to know the meaning
of Jack being kept away from her
so long" the valet replied.
And what was the last you heard
her say to him before you heard the
five shots?" asked Uterhart.
''Se said, L wan. him, was Hade-
mek's answer.
What did de Saulles say to that :"
was the next question.
He said, no, no." the witnesses
replied.
Then you heard the shots?"
"Yes," said the man on the stand.
Chauffeur COrrobcratcs Story.
James j. Bonner. the chauffeur who
drove Mrs. de Saulles to the scene of
the tragedy, had preceded Hademek
on the witness stand also as a states
witness. He testified that the defendant
said as she got into the automobile:
"I'll give you dollar II you get
me there in time"
She had already told him she wanted
to go to de Saulles' home, by the
shortest route" he said.
IF you got her there in time?" re-
peated Attorney Uterhart. emphasizing
the last two words.
"Yes-if I got her there in time"
Bonner replied.
The inference was that she wanted
to reach de Saulles' home before he
returned from the club, altho there
was no direct testimony to that effect.
The fourth day of the trial began
this morning with only ten jurymen
selected: The other two were chosen
q from n second panel of fifty drawn
when the first panel consisting of $50
men, was exhausted Wednesday after
noon.
The jury sworn, District Attorney
Charles r. Weeks, conducting the
prosecution, made his opening state
ment on the case, his address occupy
ing less than fifteen minutes. The
taking of testimony was then begun.
Tomorrow the first witness will be
Marshall Ward, Intimate friend OF
John L. de Saulles. He was placed
on the stand late today but when Dis
trict Attorney Weeks stated his ex-
animation would occupy considerable
time" Justice David f. Manning order
cd recess until tomorrow morning.