The Valentino Affair (63 page)

courtship and marriage
, 5
, 6
, 8–9
, 10–11

death
, 95

diplomatic posts
, 19
, 20
, 25
, 28
, 31
, 39–40
, 44–45

drinking,
, 61–62
, 63
, 113
, 180

estate
, 125
, 247
, 250–51
, 252

family roots
, 7

financial state
, 128
, 129
, 247
, 252

funeral
, 109
, 114
, 118–19

gun purchase for wife
, 16
,
91

meets Blanca
, 4–6

Montagu scandal
, 52–53
, 180
, 187

mother-in-law and
, 10–11
, 15–16
, 31
, 52
, 202

photo
,
12

in politics
, 17–20
, 21
, 23
, 32

polo ponies
, 81
, 128
, 247

press and
, 12–13
, 17–18
, 80
, 81

revenge on Rodolfo
, 73–76

sports and
, 7
, 17
, 33

World War I horse business
, 51
, 59

young adulthood
, 7–10

See also
de Saulles divorce

de Saulles, John Longer, Jr. (Jack Jr.) (son)

birth
, 21
, 186

custody arrangement after divorce
, 77–78
, 82
, 84
, 107
, 127–28
, 181

cuts ties to mother as adult
, 259

guardianship of after father’s death
, 133
, 135–36
, 138–39
, 241

guardianship of after verdict
, 241

inheritance from father
, 135

left with nurse while mother travels
, 71

life after the verdict
, 241–43

permanent custody
, 247

photo,
22

at scene of crime
, 109
, 111
, 115
, 161
, 183
, 195
, 196

testimony at trial
, 176

visitation rights after Jack’s death
, 123
, 131

visits father after divorce
, 80–81
, 82
, 84
, 88
, 90–92

visits mother after her arrest
, 124–25
, 131–32
, 142–43
, 145
, 215
, 216

young childhood
, 25
, 26
, 30
, 47
, 55
, 58

de Saulles divorce
, 68–71
, 77–78

alimony
, 78

custody
, 77–78
, 82
, 84
, 107
, 127–28
, 181
, 241

settlement
, 71
, 77–78
, 82–83
, 128
, 130
, 146
, 181

de Saulles murder trial

autopsy
, 123

bail
, 111–12

charge to jury
, 234–35

closing arguments
, 228–34
, 243

courthouse
,
124
, 140
, 148
, 157
, 176
, 178–79
, 185

defect of reason
, 169

defense strategy
, 100
, 101
, 103–05
, 113
, 115
, 130
, 140
, 170
, 171

grand jury
, 136–37

gun
,
91
, 92
, 94
, 108
, 111
, 122
, 123
, 126
, 149
, 150
, 158
, 163
, 165
, 167
, 178
, 194
, 196
, 203–04
, 229

“hypothetical question
,” 217–18

indictment
, 133–40

inquest
, 123–24
, 126–27
, 173–74

insanity plea
, 104
, 150
, 166
, 170
, 171
, 172
, 175
, 227
, 244

jury deliberations
, 235–36

jury selection
, 140
, 141–43
, 144
, 145
, 146
, 147

medical evidence
, 219–22

motive
, 163
, 166
, 224

movie based on
, 247
,
248
,
249
, 250

opening arguments
, 148–50
, 167–70
, 243

press and
, 99–100
, 104
, 105
, 107
, 109–10
, 113
, 127–29
, 137
, 138
, 176
, 240–41
, 244

prosecution witnesses
, 136
, 150–54

scheduling the trial
, 137
, 138

self-defense plea considered
, 173–74

verdict
, 236–37

See also
Uterhart, Henry A.; Weeks, Charles R.

de Saulles murder trial—Blanca

admission that demeanor was a ruse
, 242–43

amnesia
, 194–96
, 207–08

arrest and booking
, 95–98