Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-11
FATALLY SHOT BY VALET.
Mysterious Tragedy in Home of
Wealthy New Yorker.
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.

Special Dispatch to Tho Star
NEW YORK November 1f-PauI Gilbert
ThehaUd. ir.. the eighteen-year-old-s son of
Paul Gilbert Thebaud, who is a member
OF the Iong-established commission firm
OF Thebaud Bros. - Broad street vice
president of the KnolIwood Country Club,
in WestchCstsr county. and one of the
best-known horsemen and society men OF
the city. was shot through the fore head
a Rocky Doh farm the White Plains
country home of his father at an early
hour yesterday morning by John Djorin,
a Danish valet in the employ of the The
bauds. The valet after shooting the youth
turned the pistol on himself and died in
slantIy with a bullet behind the ear.
Young Gilbert Thebaud was so seriously
wounded that the physicians in attend
ance upon him said yesterday that they
probably would not be able TO save his
life, but this morning Dr.. II. f. Schmd,
one of the physicians in attendance, said:
Il consider that tn young man has u
splendid chance. He has not been uncon-
sciouS since the shooting. and the bullet,
which lay just under the scalp at the top
of the head has been extracted. The bull
let did not penetrate the brain"
DR. A W. Page, another White Plains
physician who is attending Thebaud
said: Mr.. Thebaud has chance. The
brain structure broken into, but the
bullet has been extracted, and with care
we may save the young mans life"
The shooting was entirely unexpected
and the motive remains a mystery that is
only partially cleared up by the stories of
the fellow servants Of Djorlin. 1t is i'm
probable that the wounded man viii be
adj. TO throw any light upon 1t. since the
attack was mad" while he slept. and
there was no witness to il. There is one
circumstance in which the stories agree
ana that is that DjOrlin was much at
tachcd TO his master and had been brood
ing lately over warning that he would
be discharged unless he changed his in
temperate habits. Fellow servants say
that he was continually talking about
killing people In the house. and that on
one recent spree he had displayed list
Of persons to one of the other servants
adding that he meant to murder them all.
Paul TIL baud ST.. and Mrs. Thebaud
Wer" too greatly Frustrated yesterday to
give any details Of the shooting. From in
innate friends of the family II was learn
ed that they attributed the Wallets crazy
deed To heavy drinking and wild notion
that he was to De discharged, and thus
separated from the young man, to whom
he mad become greatly attached during
his four years service with the family
Mrs. Thebaud told friend of the fam
lily over the phone that she could not
account for Djorlin's act, because he had
always owed her son with the utmost de-
votion. and during the trips taken abroad
| by the family the valet and the young
man spent much of the time sightseeing
tog ther.
II was learned yesterday that the valet
had been drinking heavily for e last six
months. and that several .,@s he had
been warned by Mr.. Tho al that IL
would lose his position if H. =. not mend
MS ways. DJorlin was dTl.. Saturday
night. During the times th&; .,e was in
his cups DjOrlin was moody and ugly. so
ii was said. and he bruoded over the
Iancted sights put upon him by young
Thebaud