The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-13
WOMAN MOURNS AND
PLEADS FORGIVENESS
FEAR SHE WILL COMMIT
ss.. y. .s,AsHIGIDE. WI ......
Grand Jury Begins Investiga-
tion of Killing of Eccentric
Millionaire.
INV William BaslserylIle. !


Westbury l.. l. Jan. 13.-U. n. 81
Every precaution is being taken to-
day to prevent Mrs. Jacques Le-
Baudy, who, on Saturday night, shot
and killed her husband, eccentric mil
lionaire and self-styled Emperor
Sahara" at their beautiful home at
Westbury from committing suicide.
Minnie Weidner, the nurse, is con-
stantly in the room with the woman.
All night long Mrs. LeBaudy lay
moaning and screaming. Most OF
her words were unintelligible. All
that the listeners could make out
from the woman's incoherent cries
were the words: "Oh, God! Oh, God!
Forgive >me!"
Outside of the door where the
woman lay moaning and seemingly
Indifferent to the fate that the law
may have in store for her was a
guard-Detective Barbuti. of District
Attorney Weeks staff. Two other
detectives, Thorne and O'Connor,
were on guard downstairs in the
spacious home.
Owing to the woman's condition. 1t
has been impossible to remove her
from her home to the Jail. A physi-
clan is almost constantly in attend
ance.
Self Defense.
While no statement has been made
as to what the woman's defense Will
be, it is believed that she will plead
self defense: that she killed her hus-
band in order to prevent him from
doing bodily harm to herself and
their 15-year- old daughter, Jacque-
line.
The grand jury this morning took up
its investigation of the killing. IL Is eX-
pected that an indictment will be re-
turned during the day. charging Mrs.
LeBaudy with first degree murder.
Including the nurse, there Will be
only four other witnesses examined,
Frances. the cook, Jules Lascombe,
the gardner; Jacqueline, the daughter
and Harry Greenstein, the chauffeur
of Mineola. who drove the taxicab in
which LeBaudy went to his home on
Saturday night TO meet his death. He
is expected to testify as to the queer
actions of LeBaudy while in the taxi
cab.
Lascomb is expected to testify to the
eccentricities of LeBaudy and OF
"scenes" between the emperor and
MS VIE.
The nurse. who was upstairs with
Mrs. LeBaudy just before the shoot
ing, is expected to testify regarding
the happenings just prior TO the Staying
OF LeBaudy.
Frances, the cook, was in the kitchen
when LeBaudy burst through the door
Saturday night, acting strangely. and
carrying a can OF kerosene in his
hand. Her testimony will likely dwell
on LeBaudy's strange actions just be-
fore he was shot.
The daughters testimony Will In all
likelihood detail the various quarrels
between her mother and father.
There was no eye witness 10 the
shooting.
The grand jury viii meet in the same
room where Mrs. Blanca De Saulles
and Mrs. Florence Carman, central
figures in two other big Long Island
were acquitted.
Mrs. LeBaudy. IL she has sufficiently
recovered. will be taken to court on
Wednesday and arraigned for the
crime.
Element Of Mystery.
An element of mystery has entered
ward +. Murdock. personal attorney
for LeBaudy. who said that at Le-
Baudy's trial in October. 1915, after
his arrest on a charge of assault, the
slain man had testified that Mrs. Le-
Baudy was not his wife nor Jacque-
line his daughter
Y. Il. w. Morse. of Mineola. Mrs.
LeBaudy's attorney. in reply TO