Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-13
WOMAN PLEADS TO.DIE

Hsuband to be Arraigned Wednes-
day-Guarded in Her Home
Jury Begins Probe of Shooting.
Westbury, Long Island, Jan. 13.-
Every precaution is being taken today
TO prevent Mrs. Jacques Lebaudy,
who on Saturday night shot and kill
ed her husband, eccentric millionaire
and sef-styled emperor Of Sahara,"
IT their beautiful home at, Westbury,
from committing suicide. The grand
Jury met this morning for an investi-
CATION. An Indictment of first de-
gree murder is expected without de-
lay.
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 the
listeners could make out from the
woman's incoherent cries were the
words: "Oh,, God. Oh, God. For
give mel"
Outside the door was guard-de-
tective Barbuti, of District Weeks
staff. Two other detective, O'Connor
and Thorne-were on guard down
stairs.
Owing to the wcman's condition il
has been impossible to remove her
from her home to the Jail. A physic-
:an is almost constantly in attend
ance.
While no statement has been made
as to what the woman's defense will
be, it is believed that she will plead
sef-defense; that she killed her hus-
band in order to prevent him from
Going bodily harm to herself and their
fifteen year old daughter, Jacqueline.
At the grand jury investigation to-
day five witnesses were examined
The nurse, Frances, the cook; Jules
I.ascomb, the gardener; Jacqueline,
the daughter, and Harry Greenstein,
the chauffeur of Mineola, who drove
tie taxicab in which Lebaudy went
to his home on Saturday night to tes-
tify as to the queer actions Of Le-
hsudy while in the taxicah.
Lascombe is expected to testify to
the eccentricities of Lebaudy and of
"scenes" between the emperor" and
MS wife.
The nurse, who was upstairs with
Mrs. Lebaudy just before the shoot
irg. is expected to testify regarding
the happenings just prior to the STAY
ING of LenaIdy.
Francis. the cook was in the kitchen
when Lebaudy burst through the
door Saturday night. acting strange
ly and carrying can of Feresone
in his hand. Her testimoney viii Ike
" dwell on Lebaudy's strange actions
Just before he was shot.
The daughters testimony VII, in
all likelihood. detail the various quar-
rels between her mother and father.
There WAS no witness to .lie shoot
ing.
The grand Jury will me>t in the
same room '@hcre Mrs. Blaaca De
Saulles and Mrs. Florence Carmen,
central figures in two ether long Is
land killings, were Indicted. Both
women we're ACQUITTED.
Mrs. Le..:,idy, if she has sufficient
" recovered. will be t.,!ic.! to court
on Wednesday and arraigned for the
crime.
An element of mystery has entered
into the case in the Statement Of Ed
ward F. Murdoch, personal attorneys
for Lebaudy. who said that at Le-
baudy's trial in October, 1915, after
| his arrest on charge of assault, the
slain ,naa had testified that Mrs. Le-
baudv was not his wife nor JacGue-
lines mother.
P. E. W. Morse, of Mineola, Lebau-
dy's attorney, in reply to Murdock's
statement. said.
"Mr. Murdock's statement is with
out foundation Lebaudy and his wife
lived together in many cities here and
abroad as man and wife. They have