The pioneer express., 1912-05-10
COMIC KING N Us.
Emperor Of Sahara Now Lives
In New York.
Ruler 70 Without Funds - Fornsoe
soulsvardIsr, Known % Srhs LIE
tie Sugar Bowl" 10 PlaintiM
In. Big Law Suit.

New York.-Jacques Lebaudy, drst
emperor Of the Sahara, idler Of the
Paris boulevards and one time loverI
of the spectacular, has found New
York q place where he can indulge IN
many Of the eccentricities which,
made him notorious in France and
elsewhere. As an asylum for rejected
and detected monarchs, he prefers ID
to England.
Strange as It may seem, In city
where publicity is the lot of doers o1
the unconventional the emperor o1
the Sahara in the six years that Id
has spent In exile here has had manl
adventures which have escaped nd.
tice. I
As was his wish when he came herd
an exile from France, but with mone1
to burn, he has effaced himself, hai
Joined the submerged tenth as it were
Just now he is living in a villa with
in q hundred miles Of this city, en(
joying himself and awaiting the out
come OF the suit which he has brough
against the superintendent Of banki
and the Carnegie Trust company fo8
an accounting of something like "a
100000. that being the value of prop.
erty in France which he alleges tho
trust company was to dispose of fo1
him.
Tho suit brought by Jacques Pre-
mier, as he used to sign himself on
hotel registers, is really an echo a
his Saharan expedition. 1t was n
1906 that Lebaudy, forced to aba0
don his scheme of empire In tho
desert owing to the refusal of the
powers to recognize his claims, de-
termined to seek an asylum In tho
United States. Because Of the treat
ment of some of his men France had
become uncomfortable for him. In
September. 1908, he issued q procla,
nation offering his French property
for sale, signed by his imperial hand
which was sent to leading bankers
abroad and which was the forerunner
Of his present suit.
It was after this proclamation that
the emperor says he turned over tho
disposal Of his property to the trust
company which he is now suing. It ia
almost needless to say that his claim
has been disputed by the receiver and
the banking department.
Just why Lebaudy, after entertain
ing Europe with his escapades and
playing the role of an opera bouffo
monarch, should have elected to NJ
tire into seclusion has long been .
mystery. Not even his friends of for.
mer days have known in recent years
the residence of the emperor.
While the former idler of tho Paris
boulevards is now seeking a fortune
in the courts Of this country, that
does not mean that he is penniless.
He yet has a large fortune. An In
vestigation Of the career of the ex-
monarch of the desert in this com-
try revealed that at the time Mr.. Har-
riman was reported to be about to
rehabilitate the Erie Lebaudy was
shrewd enough to purchase q large
block Of Erie shares at from $12 to
SIS share, which he afterward dis
posed of at from $50 to $35 share.
Friends who have since heard of this
are convinced that instead of its be-
ing evidence Of unusual business sa-
gacity it was only another evidence
Of his eccentricities.
A brilliant and unique individual 10
this Frenchman, and he comes of an
eccentric family. It Is just about
twenty years ago since he and his
brother, Max, who was equally eccen-
tric. inherited $15,OO0,O0O each from
their father, the French sugar king.
The Partisan wits dubbed him at once
1.-THE Little Sugar Bowl"