The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-29
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Jesse dc Tredcrn, who argued IN court
mat his Swiss naturalization could not
DC recosni2ed BY the French tribunals
since II had been effected for no other
purpose than TO cvade the l'rencti law
affecting the discrimination or his two
her brothers naturaliza ton would hayS
been declared null and void his chill
dren illcgiiinatc. and his viii, in which
he declared himself a Bcrnesc citizen.
and insisted upon It's being governed b,
Swiss rather than by FRENCH law, would
have been Invalid. The French courts
however. decided in favor Of Mime. say
TTedern. ,tt ,fS
Nine. Henri say remained I'll posses
sion Of her husbands great fortune. tie
administration Of which, like lic, sister,
In law, the Princess dc Broglic, she left.
to q man of The name Of Cronier. lie
had been raised from the lowest runG
of the ladder 10 the top by old Con-
slant say, and had been kept on by his
SON Henri Say, al whose death lie as
sumed the direction OF the Say re-
!ineries. Cronier thercupon cndcavored
10 make himself the sugar King OF
France, became an object OF particular
enmlty 20 the eccentric JacuueS I.a-
baudy, popular known as "thc Emperor
OF the Sahara and was 50 completely
ruined by 4 wonderful coup engineered
by 1.cbaudy, that when overtakcn BY
defeat, he committed suicide.
SO entire was the confidence Of The
widowed Nine Henri say. and OF the
Princess dc Broelie. In Gronier. that
when some time before his death Nine.
says two sons became suspicious re-
gardinG his integrity and judgment, and
were led by rumors which they had
heard 10 demand an accounting. lie
was actually enabled 70 induce their
mother TO join MIN in an appeal 10 the
courts. placing them for Il time under
judicial control and vGsting in him
the administration OF their resources. as
trustee, on the ground Of their alleged
G,Xtravasances This guardianship Of
his OF course came to an end witt,
his suicide, and If recall it,it Is 10
show that this is the second occasion
on which Constant say has been Judi
cialiy declared a spendthrift.
When the Cronier crash came. Mnlc.
say a once set to wark together With
the Princess dc Broslie. to save villa Il
they could Of the remnants OF their
fortunes. md by selling all her wonder
fnl collection Of jewels at all auction,
which realized sl.ooo,0oo. and BY dis
posing Of her husbands beautiful cha
tcau and stud farm OF i-ermois. she
managed 10 reconstitutc an estate
sufficient FOL. the wants and comforts
OF her two boys and herself. her son
100000 francs. !, is this that nc is
engaged in dissipating. and ii is IN
order to prevent hin from squander
ing 1t all at cards that Nine Say has
caused the courts to appoint a lawyer
to act as official trustee of what is left
Of his fortune.
The Says and the I.cbaudys are, or
rather were. the two great stRar-pro
ducfng dynasties in France and always
at war with one another. Jacques Lee
haudy was therefore merely pursuing
the policy Of his family when he engi
neered the coup which ruined the Says
man, Cronicr. \ short time previously
his relatives had endeavored to place
him under restraint as lunatic, ow-
ing to his eccontricities But there was
no more talk about his being insane
after this master stroke
He makes his homo for the greater
part Of the year In New York. but lives
very secluded life. and beyond his
brokers'. and the officials of tho French
cable lire. few people in this country
even know him by sight
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