Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
INSISTS LEBAUDY
TRIED TO KILL
Wife's Lawyer Says She
Was Too Quick for
Would.Be Slayer
DAUGHTERS SAD STORY
Tells Grand Jury Her Father
Was Always Mean
to Her.

Minroia. T.. l., Jan. li.--Thc Grand
Jury has begun TO receive testimony
regarding the shooting of Jacques l.e-
baudy on Saturday evening by his wife.
Nine. Augustine Lebaudy, at their big
country house. the Lodge, at West
bury. II, W. Moore, counsel for Mrs.
Lebaudy. issued statement describing
the shooting and alleging that Mrs Lee
baudy acted to protect her daughter
from her insane husband. lie declared
that I.cbaudy had previously threatened
her life, and continued:
"She then had caused heavy chains to
he put upon the door Of the two rooms
occupied by herself and daughter. Oa
one occasion these chains prevented
l.cbaudy from gaining entry. The State
'onS;abulary at Mineo.a were informed
Of the trouble there and promised
prompt protection.
ON saturday morning last l.e-
Laudy telephoned from New York and
told his wife that he was coming out
nat night. He used language which
caused her then TO fear his intentions.
As soon as he arrived. around O'Clock.
he made great noise about the lower
part Of the house. opening the windows
and emptyng the blazing Goals from tie
fireplace out on the lawn. His wife,
who was in bed. got up and put on a
robe and went down n few steps from
the head Of the stairway toward the
first landing. l.cbaudy saw her from
the lower hall. rushed up the stairway.
grabbed her by the arm. at the same time
telling her that lie would finish her
Wife Too Quick for Him
"Ile swung her around and reached in
lat .l-..t 60, tie LA "a &
drawing 1t she quickly fired with re-
volver furnished to her by II friend for
her protection. lie staggered back and
fell dead NJ the foot of the stairs. There
were no eyewitnesscs to the occurrence
but plenty Of evidence as to his intention
to kill both his wife and his daughter.
IL ever woman was justified In defend
ing herself from the murderous attack of
an insane person, this woman was
Mr.. Moore said that members Of the
household and others knew OF the threats
VIII 'ch Lebaudy had made toward his
wife and daughter. ard that complete
proof would be brought that tho girl
was in great danger. whereas the mother
actually had been stabbed and nearly
stranglcd on previous occasions by the
madman. From employees at the Le-
baudy estate and others who had deal
llHS Will lstbdluy, SNOE.tS were gain
cred rivalng in eccentricity the EN-
peror Of Sahara's' freaks in New York
city and in Europe.
one OF his amusemcnts was said 10
be that OF riding bareback on n COW
and trying unsuccessfuliy TO persuade
her to hurdle fences. Leba udy frequently
withheld money from his wife and scrv-
ants until they were without food. and
when they told him there was nothing
to eat, his reply, 1t was asserted, was
to go and Kill one of the cows for din
ner. On one occasion ho ordered a car
load of ice sent to Westbury, saying
that II was necessary to Keep his hay
cool.
The fist witness before the Grand
Jury was Jacqueline Lcbaudy. the fif-
'een-year-old daughter. She arrived at
the Mineola courthouse in the company
of Mrs. Charles de Saullcs. Other wit
nesses were servants at the Lebaudy
household. District Attorney Charles Il.
Weeks refused to say whether he would
recommend an indictment of Mrs. T.e-
baudy. He said that he did not feel at
liberty 10 express any opinion whether
Mrs Lebaudy's action was justified.
Always Mean to Her
Jacqueline said:
y was born in France three wears
after father went into his Sahara ad-
venture. l can't even remember him
as being anything but mean to me. The
first time, it seems, that have any
recollection of him. was at the Savoy
Hotel, in New York.
lie never was good to me. lie never
even spoke to me unless 1t was to order
me around. He always looked like lie
was making fun of me. ! know he
didn't like. me. and he made mother
cry every time lie saw her That al
ways made me cry. for l love my
mother so.
Il never could play with other chill
dren ! couldn't even go to school. lie
wouldn't give US enough money for that
Even when / was in st. Joseph's IN
school on Long Island) mother had 10
come and take me out because he would
not pay the bills. He wanted me TO