The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
MRS. DE SAU[LES
ARRIVES IN CITY
Central Figure In Sensational
Eastern Murder Trial Comes
4 To Hawaii For Rest

\ From the stormy and sOul-trying in.
cidents Of a court room in the city Of
Mineola, New York, where she was
tried for murder, Mrs. Blanca de
Saulles arrived in Honolulu yesterday
aboard the steamship Ecuador, and al
though she was booked through for
.Hongkong, decided TO remain here and
find quiet and rest upon the shores Of
Waikiki Beach. :& :
Il Upon the steamer she was known rs
Mrs. Blauca yergara, and was accom-
panied bynher sister Amalia, and little
Jack, the child who caused the mother
20 shoot and kill her husband, the late
Jack de Saulles, famous as Yale ath-
lete nearly twenty years ago. IL
Upon the passenger list the sister
was Amalia Vergara, and the little boy,
Master J. Z. Vergara. The similarity
Of the Christian names, Blanca, Amalia
end Jaime to that of those which be-
came known the Nation over during
the trial of Mrs. De Saulles caused fel.
low passengers to BECOME curious, and
they soon identified the little parties as
participants in the famous trial which
came, TO q close on December 3, when
Mrs. De Saulles was acquitted by the
jury. No. reference was made at the
acquittal to the plea of insanity, for il
was the plea of temporary loss Of ac-
cOuntability which formed the basis of
the defendants case.
Upon the steamer Mrs. Vergara, to
use her passenger list name, seemed
much depressed, and il was to find
quiet here instead Of pursuing her orig
inally planned journey to the Far East
that she suddenly decided to leave the
vessel. ,.n.....l
When the trial came to close it was
announced that she would return to
Chile, where she was born, but later II
was said that she might not immediate
ly 60 to South America. Lf,.
Mrs. De Saulles and her husband
both wealthy, had been divorced, an6
II was q controversy over the custody
Of the little son which caused Mrs. Dc
Saulles to go to her former husband .
home the night of the shooting. Dur
ing that visit, after De Saulles had re.
fused to give up the son, Mrs. De
SGulles drew a revolver and shot him
dead. ..-.
After the jury acquitted Mrs. Dc
Saulles the little four year old-source OF
all the trouble was given into the Gus
tody of the mother. She said then that
the possession of her boy was" the only
thing needed to make my happiness
complete. " It is her intention to re
turn to Chile to the beautiful home
Vina del Mar (The Vineyard by the
Seal, which is her mothers estate
This was the palatial home she left in
1911 to become thsJwife of John L. De
Saulles, athlete and club man. She was
then sixteen years old.
When the jury returned its verdict
her mother, Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz, wai
with her. and also her sister, Miss
Amalia Erraznriz. 1t was happy re
union, for Mrs. De Saulles had been
confined in prison while. awaiting trial,
and also during her trial One of her
kindnesses, while in prison was a
Thanksgiving dinner which she gave
for all the other prisoners, an unusual
experience for most of them.
The trial was hardly over and Mrs
De Saulles was leaving the courtroom
when flashlight picture was taken Of
her. The explosion, was shock to heI
nerves and she even then required the
services Of her physician. The tragedy
occurred on the night of August 3, and
from then on to December 3 Mrs. Dc
Saulles did not revisit her fine home
the "Crdssways, on Long Island.