The Washington herald., 1907-11-11

New York. Nov. te-Paul Gilbert The
baud. jr., the eighteen -year-old son OF
Paul Gilbert Thebaud. who is a member
of the long-established commission firm
of Thebaud Brothers. 81 Broad street.
vice president of the Knoolwood Coun-
try Club. in Westchester County. and
one Of the most widely known horsemen
and society members of the city, was
shot through the forehead at Rocky Dell
Farm, the White Plains country home of
his father. at an early hour this morning
by John Djorlin, a Danish valet in the
employ of the Thebauds.
The valet. after shooting the youth
turned the pistol on himself and died
instantly, with bullet behind the ear
Young Gilbert Thebaud was so seriously
wounded that the physicians in attend
ance upon him said to-day that they
probably would not be able to save his
life
About s O'Clock this morning. John
Hickey, the night watchman employed
located about three-quarters Of a mile
from White Plains. went TO wake the
servants on the place as was his Gus
tom. When ne called the Danish valet,
he noticed that the man was somewhat
under the influence of drink. Just half
an hour after he had awakened the serv-
ants. the watchman heard two shots
sound from the direction of the bed
rooms on the second floor Of the mansion.
Waterman Discovers Tragedy.
The watchman hurried up TO the sec
ond floor and ran down the hall. The
doors Of several guest chambers stood
open. but. when he tried TO enter the
room occupied by Gilbert. he found the
door locked He ran into an adjoining
room that faces the covered porch on the
floor below and climbed through the
window 70 the veranda. Then he made
his way along this footing until he could
open the windows Of the bedroom occu-
pied by Gilbert Thebaud and entered.
The watchman found the valet. fully
dressed, lying on his face by the side Of
the bed, with .3s-caIiber revolver
grasped In his hand on the bed, dressed
in his night clothes. lay Gilbert. with
builet-hole directly over the eyes He
had evidently been shot while asleep. and
the pistol had been held so close to his
face that his eyebrows and the skin
about the hole in the forehead were
burned.
Hickey gave the alarm Immediately.
and physicians were summoned. Dr. H.
E. Schmid and Dr.. A. w Page, OF White
Plains were the first to arrive at the
Thebaud country home. shortly after 3
o'clock. They found<the young man still
unconscious. and with very low vitality
Restoratives were applied. and an i'm
mediate summons was sent 20 Dr. J. A
Blake, surgeon in charge Of Roosevelt
Hospital. in this city. and DR. J. L. Rus
sell, attending surgeon at Lincoln Hos
pital
Before the arrival of the New York
physicians. DR. Squire, coroner Of West
Chester County. was summoned from
Ossining. He ordered the body OF Dior
lin. the valet. removed to Loclwoods
branch morgue, in White Plains. and
made preliminary inquiries among the
servants and members Of the household
about the facts of the shooting
Little Hope for Recovery.
When the New York physician arrived
an operation was Immediately determined
upon. Or. Blake. with the assistance Of
Dr. Russell and the local physicians.
probed for the bullet in the frontal lobe
OF the wounded mans brain. The bullet
was found after an hours search. con
siderable destroyed tissue was removed.
and the skull was trepanned. The physi-
clans said after the operation that the
bullet had penetrated some distance into
the brain, and that a heavy blood clot
had been formed about the wound The
injury was Of such a nature. they de-
clared, that they could not hold out great
hope for the patients recovery. He was
reported last night 70 be still unconscious,
but Tallying under strong heart action
Paul Thebaud. ST. and Mrs. Thebaud
were too greatly pTOstrated to-day 10 give
any details OF the shooting. From inti-
mate friends Of the family il was learned
that they attributed the valet's crazy
deed to heavy drinking and a wild notion
that he was 10 be discharged. and thus
separated from the young man. 70 whom
he had become greatly attached during
his four years service with the family.