New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-09
Declares Cold Fury. MI
Mother Love, Wa. r.
sponsible for TRACED,
Quarrel Laid to w;s|
Former Athletes Inf.r..,
Due to Her Treatm.D, !
Says Statement

'''eo ana loving husband. A,
marital infelicities with hi, ga
Wife' Blanca De SaulIes, who on b.
night shot him to death. wer,
her conduct and treatment Of hi,
the text of defence of the np,, III
man made tonight by Charlie. ~
De Saulles, his brother.
Charles De Saulles deni., a.,
brother squandered his wife, -
fortune, and declares that. on ~,
trary ne spent large sums Of n,
money to satisfy "her expen,lv. ..
and pay her debts" He seos, :,
claim that mother love prOmpt.s \
murder. The shooting, he say,
marked by "cold fury" His stat.
follows:
Defends Dead Man
AT the time OF my brother, IN.
death ! was absent in the IVES,
course, | fastened TO New YOrs "A
arrived last night, in time to ,u,.!
his funeral services this morning
Il find that a Mr.. Uterhsr ~
seems to be the attorney for Mr g,,l
quita De Saulles, has been utter!
each day to the press statement, d.,
my dead brother which are grossly y,
incredibly false.
"Mr. Uterhart has stated tia, 4.
decision OF the Supreme Court Of a,
state, giving the custody OF my ne,.s
little Jack De Saulles, to his not,
for seven and TO his father ,ct n
months each year was a surprise q,
a disappointment TO Mrs. De Sssla
THE fact is that this division Of a,
tody was pursuant TO a written STU
lation, signed by Mrs. De Saull,s q
her attorney and approved by d, u
cree who heard the case, and b. y
Justice Finch, of the Supreme Coz,
who granted the decree.
Didn't Spend Wife's Money
ALSO, it has been falsely stated a
my brother misused a part Of his W.
fortune. This charge is entirely VI
out foundation. My brother no; =
did not misuse any of her private n
but was most generous in his fsEi
dealings with her, spending large y
to crafty her expensive tastes and 4
her debts.
"As to their married life, shall I
follow the example Of Mr.. Uterhar
shall make no charges or reerinl
tons. But shall say that my bid
err was a devoted and loving husaI
in the earlier days Of their mars
life, and that il is the opinion o.
friends, as we'll as his, that the chr;
in their marital relations was due Dn
conduct and her treatment Of hin
81 have il in writing over her q
signature that their domestic DIE
ences were chiefly due TO her "
faults. II is certain that her friG:
continued to like and respect :
brother after the divorce proceed,9
can mention no better illustrltz
than the fact that the Ambassador a.
Chile, an old friend of Mrs. De sss-'
and her family, had dinner with :
brother only a few days before 2
tragedy.
"Nor do believe that her act "
caused by overpowering affection .
the boy. She had sgred TO g dln.'
of custody. Even when she had .,
in her charge she did not spehc
her time with him by any means. W
ing the divorce proceedings she ".
abroad for several months, leay!hf y
boy in this country. "a.
"And the fact that she shot his 's1'
in the back, firing five shots u .
presence of the little boy and ny V
father and my sister, seems 70 %,
indicate that the welfare OF me "
was not in her mind at the time
THE cool deliberation Of her ,,
her statement Immediately aiter
shooting: Now send for a poueen
and her whole conduct seem 70 sno'
mind moved by cold fury, and D"
sudden anger"
Battle May Be Retained
George Gordon Battle, the New %
attorney, was associated with "a,
Saulles family in Jack De Saul!ess',
rious agreements with his VIE I0'.'
ing the divorce proceedings ana -.
not unlikely that when legai ~.
over the custody Of little JACK PCS, /.
Mr.. Battle again will represe"
family of the murdered man., "
A cablegram from Chile reaehea
De Saulles in the Nassau Couny Z,
early this morning. II oreug" :,
cheering news that Mrs. bianea
gara-Errazuriz, her mother ahe q
Jam and Amelia, her brother az.
ter, had left Valparaiso 70 come -.
aid. Henry A. Uterhart, her i st..' !,
has announced that the Chllesa
mans family will press tner !! n !
for the child as vigorously as WI" '
dead mans relatives. -, ..,sy
Little Jack did not attend ms In ~. :,
funeral in Manhattan to-day. ..
at the home of g. VI. Heekseh.
Westbury, playing with MS pea .
the morning. In the afternOO1, -
went TO Huntington for a motor ~
accompanied by his aunt, MIS- h1'
Degener.
Weeks Derides Gun Theory
District Attorney Charles n Z
for the first time to-day mace "
fetal statement on the MURDER "A Z
"The course of the state | y.
Weeks, will be 70 show that ~. T,
der was a cool and deliberate one !.
state does not believe the hey.! I
vanced that she had taken "a,
volver with her TO protect hs'w -,
the road, and that the use Of " ,osr
impulse of the moment She .,
with her because from the hrs' r. +, .,
actuated to kill her HUSBAND.
carried for that purpose only