New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
She Is Said To Be in State
of Collapse From Old
Ailment
Her Counsel May Ask
Removal to Hospital
Boy Kept From Her; Hus-
bands Memory Defend
ed by Father
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sinee Friday night, when she motoreu
@ the home Of her divorced husband,
John l.. De Saulles, and shot him to
death.
Three medical mcn-two specialists
and the Jail physician-began lengthy
examination Of Mrs. De Saulles to-n'gh'
a, the request Of Henry A. Uterhartr
ber counsel. who is alarmed at her list
less condition. This, he said, ~ so ser'-
aus that he may move 20 have her re
moved 10 a hospital or sanatorium Tor
treatment.
The physicians. according to state
men, by Mr.. Uterhart, will not make a
full report until tomorrow, After
their preliminary consultation at her
bedside they declared, according to Mr..
,r,s,hart. that she was "a very SICK
girl" c-u..
The physicians agree, Mr.. Uternar'
ssid that the woman is victim OF an
n,Iment Of long standing which has
nothing 90 do with the tragedy OF FIJI
dav night. The events Of the last three
DAYS have merely accentuated her III
ness and brought on her present col
iapse. Mr.. Uterhart would not state
specifically just what her ailment was
7, the meantime. the whereabouts oil
litue Jack De Saulles is kept secret
b. the De sauiles family. He IS not al
THE BOX. the De saulles home at west
hurry. There we're rumors that he had
been taken 10 the Briarciif Manor the
home Of G.. n. Heckscher. who was
lack De Saullcs's partner IN the rear
estate business. but nothing could be
learned there.
There is every indication that Mrs
De SauIles's desire TO see her child
will not be gratihed for some Tuna,
Major Arthur p. DE Saulles, father Of
the murdered man, announced yester-
dav that he considered himself the
ehild's guardian and that nobody has
n right 10 know where little Jack is
Mr.. Uterhart will take legal proceed
irrs shortly. he said, 20 establish the
exact status Of the child, pending the
trial Of his mother
Defends Sons Name
Major De Saulles defended the cool
name Of mis- dead son in a statement he
issued to-day.
1T isa matter Of great grief TO me, v
he said. "that Mrs. De Saulles. having
taken the life OF my son, now chooses
90 heap calumries upon him. These
ealumnies will do no permanent harm,
for the whole truth IS certain eventu-
ally 20 come cut.
II know my son as he was and as
few fathers DO. Thank God! others
knew him as | did, and hold his mem
ory green and clean IN their hearts.
aHis faults he had in common with
many other good men, but very few
could Justly claim 70 equal HIM IN ms
splendor and his fneness.
"Jack was a man, every inch OF him.
The tragedy OF his going has broken
my heart. | deeply resent the campaign
Of unjust attack that seems planned.
II was after o'clock last night when
DIR. Guy F. Cleghorn, the Jail physician;
DIR. ]. Sherman White, of the Long ISL
and College Hospital, Brooklyn, and
Or. johnson, Of Johns Hopkins Hos
pital Baltimore, went 10 Mrs. De
Saulles. She had slept until noon and
remained in bed all day.
Affected by Sunstroke
Mrs. De Saulles, the doctors agree
tAid Mr.. Uterhart, els suffering from
an ailment that has been bothering
her for a long time. A sunstroke she
suffered four years ago might have
something % do with her present i'll
ness. She remarked during the heat
spell last week 10 a friend, oh, my
poor head! How il tortures me! | al
ways feel Ill since that sunstroke
whenever hot weather comes on.
The physicians found Mrs. De Saulles
In a state bordering on coma, Mr.. Uter-
hart says. She didn't want TO be eX-
Amined. objected in a complaining sort
Of way and was very nervous.
"She looks worse than yesterday,
said her attorney, "and ate very little
during the day. She asks constantly
for the child, and interrupted me con
stantly when ] talked with her with
the query: why don't you bring my
little Jack 70 me-?
No Attempt TO Get Bail
III the final report Of the ply
sicians shows that she is too i'll TO re-
main in jail / will not hesitate to ask
that she be permitted TO go TO sana..
forum or hospital for treatment, and
I am confident tina; the authorities viii
make no objection TO that he said.
Events to-day strengthened the be,
lief that Mrs. De Saulles's defence will
~
counsel reiterated that she had no in
tention Of shooting Jack De Saulles
when she motored 10 The Box Friday
night. She wanted her boy, she told
her LAWYER again to-day, and feared
her Latin blood turned hot when she
thought that he was taken from her.
Influential friends are coming 10 her
aid. Early this morning the warden
brought Mrs. De Saulies a letter from
charge d'affaires for the United
States in Chile during 1912, when she
last visited her native land. The iden-
tity Of the man was NOT divulged. The
letter. il is said, was written on the
stationery OF the Princeton Club, in
New York City.
81 had the honor" IL reads, "of max
ing your acquaintance when / was
charge d'aGaires for the United States
In Chile beg you 20 consider me al
your orders in whatever way can as
sist you The conclusion Of the let
ter. which was written in Spanish, was
one Latins always use in writing 20
women: "Your faithful and devoted
,eryant who kisses your feet"
Story Of Esespades Reached Chile
Tn. stories Of Jack De Saulles's al
ieged escspsdes had reached relatives