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Show MRS. DESAULLES HAPPY TO SEE HER LITTLE SON MRS. DE SAULLES AND CHILD ( . , v - - i a,,ata 1 1 . ' M - III U 1 , i. $ t , A - " J t ' s & s x 4 j r .1 M. " - A ib w'Tr- sZft z: . . , . r Mother of Defendant Collapses; Col-lapses; Judge Expedites Choosing Jury. , By H. S. RUSHMORE, Staff Correspondent International News Service. MINOLA, L. I., Nov. 20. Four - new , jurors were selected today to try Mrs. Bianua. Erraseuriz do Saulles on tlie charge of murdering her divorced bus- ! band, and but four empty seats remained in the jury box when court adjourned. Lawyers on both sides expressed hope . that the box will be filled In time to start the trial proper tomorrow. Two dramatic ; incidents created considerable interest. : One was the collapse in court of Senora j Bianca Vergara de Krraseuriz, mother of j the defendant. The other was the happi- j ness of Mrs. da Paulles when quietly in- ! formed she was to see her little son, 'Jack" junior, tomorrow. Justice Manning was disturbed at the slowness with which jurors were accepted. accept-ed. Twice he interrupted the examination of talesmen to hasten the rilling of the box, and his criticism and suggestions served to eliminate some of the useless questioning which had materially added to the delay. Court Interrupts. Upon the first occasion Charles P. Cox of Washington, who appeared intelligent and broad-minded enough to be acceptable accepta-ble to both sides, was found to have, some acquaintance with District Attorney Weeks. The lawyers agreed that he should be excused for "cause."' The court hesitated and said: "At this rate, gentlemen, we will not fill the jury box in a month. Many good men have been sent from this room.'' The exercise of a peremptory challenge endPd the matter and Cox stepped down. Upon the second occasion the court's interference interfer-ence with the procedure was markedly sharp. William B. Austin of "Baldwin, a life insurance man, was examined at great length by District Attorney Weeks. lie was then turned over to the counsel for the defense. Evidently finding the talesman good material for a juror. Ulter-hart Ulter-hart then asked him the customary questions ques-tions as to his acquaintance, if any, with the lawyers and witnesses for the prosecution. prose-cution. It developed that he was a client of Assistant District Attorney Klvin lid-wards, lid-wards, which disqualified him. "What is the use of questioning: a man who Is disqualified?" demanded the court. "Tf a talesman is. a client of any of the lawyers engaged in this case, the fact should be announced at the outset. It would save much time." Defendant Cheered. Mrs. de Saulles was cheered somewhat, today by the presence of her mother, brother and sister and Castro Huise, the Chilean consul. They occupied seaTs across tho aisle and immediately behind her. It was -Senora Krraseuriz's initial appearance ap-pearance in the courtroom. She had come all the way from Chile, to give the daughter daugh-ter the comfort of her presence, but illness ill-ness had prevented her from being present pres-ent before this afternoon. Senora fCrra-seuriz fCrra-seuriz is an unusually attractive woman. She is 45 year's of ace. hut appears to be much younger. She was expensively and modlsh'ly dressed. I lor dark beauty whs partly hidden by a I i cured veil. but. the I brightness of her eyes coold bo discerned plainly. Mrs. de Saulles. sea ted wit h her back to her mothpr and giving her whole attention at-tention to the sflertion of jurors, was unaware un-aware that Senora Krraseuriz snddpnly collapsed and was practically carried from t lie room. As no one save her counsel speaks to her in court, she was not informed in-formed of the accident. Despite the comfort deri v-d from t he presence of relatives, Mrs. de Si'ili'-s appeared ap-peared nervous up to a r-r!a in hour, when, for a brief time, she seemed actually actu-ally hapny. The occasion for hey jny w.is the result of a conference between .Tusiice Manning. Mr. Vterhnrt and lawyers representor rep-resentor t he Pe Sau lies family. IJ t lie "Jack" de Saulles, her four-year-o'd son. who was the inno-'r-nt cause of his father's slaying, was tlie sutve-t of ihe conference. Interrupts Proceedings. Cterbart tnt'Tmptd the nf.crnoon proceedings pro-ceedings to ask t':e court to g;-;int ;m interview In bis chambers upon a niatl'r .(Continued on Paca TVo. lOESitESfK (Continued from rageOne.) not related to the trial. District Attorney Attor-ney Weeks was invited to be present, that there might not even be an anppiirance of irrogularitv In the judge's chainn.-rs thev met counsel for ihe He S;uilles iam-ilv. iam-ilv. Vterbart informed the court I hat while the Pe Saulles family had agreed she should see little Jack on Mondays and Wednesdays, he had not been brought to the court yet. "T shall institute habeas corpus pro-eeedings pro-eeedings at once for his production unless I have evidence that tho Pe Saulles relatives rela-tives intend to live up to the agreement," Uterhart said he told Justice Manning. "Jack." It wns stated by tho Me Saulles counsel, was with the August Heoksohers at their count ry estate in Huntington. Heckscher is a brother of Mrs. Arthur de Saulles, mother of John 1 .ongcr d Saulles. The child's prod net ion was promised without haheas corpus proceedings. proceed-ings. It was agreed that little Jack shall have a meeting with his mother on Saturday, and it was agreed that ho should see his mother twice a week thereafter there-after until the termination of the ease. Mrs. do Saulles glanced eagerly at her lawyer's face as he emerged from the conference. con-ference. He smiled reassuringly, and her face lighted as though a great burden had been lifted from Iipt heart. Uterhart stepped quickly to the tiiMo and whispered whis-pered confirmation of the news telegraphed tele-graphed by his encouraging smile. Secret Signal. The acceptance or rejection of a. juror by Mrs. de Saulles is scarcely noticeable. She appears to have a secret signal, given to her counsel by a slight movement of the eyes. William P. Jones, a real estate dealer of Freeport. was the first talesman examined exam-ined today and the first juror chosen. John A. Ellard of Oyster Bay, a superintendent super-intendent of building construction, was accepted as the sixth juror In the early afternoon, more than two hours after Jones's selection. The ghost of a smile passed swiftly over the defendant's immobile features when Henry Miller of Great Neck declared he "believed the girl innocent" and that much evidence would be needed to change his yiew. H was excused. A ripple of laughter broke spontaneously spontaneous-ly from everyone in the courtroom save Mrs. de Saulles and she smiled more broadly than she bad done previously durinc the examination of William A. Seaman, a painter, of Wood mere. Seaman Sea-man was asked If he were a married man, lie acknowledged that he' was. "Any family?" asked Uterhart. "No, sir." "How long have you been married?" accusingly. "Four months." replied Seaman. Herman 77. Reers, a retired cigar manufacturer manu-facturer of Freeport, was sworn in as the seventh juror. William A. Jones, a retired farmer, the last talesman examined today, was chosen for the eighth seat in the box. |
