The sun., 1919-01-21
100000 LEBAUDY
GEMS~NOW SOUGHT
Lawyer Says Man Since Slain
Gave Wife's Jcwclry to
Other Women.
HAD POSED AS UNMARRIED
Slayer Asserts Ideal Welded
Life Turned to Is Years Of
"Hell on Earth"

II the Nassau county Grand jury
at the resumption OF its session to.dav
should act counter to general oxpecta.
! ton and 'indict Nina Marie August.
Lcbaudy for the murder OF her husband
jacques. her attorney. Harry W. Moore
, Is prepared to go to trial with evidenc,
indicating that Lebaudy may have had
, motives inspired by another noma,
which prompted his reported intention 10
get rid of his wife.
Mr.. Moore made known at Mineo',
yesterday that he had information lead.
Ing him to believe that Lebaudy had
distributed valuable pieces OF fewer
once his gift to his wife among women
friends. Toward one woman In part.
ular, the lawyer revealed, Lebaudy had
been particularly lavish with his pres
ents and his attentions.
The attorney said he had received a
letter to this effect from the woman
whose name he refused to disclose. sh,
said. according to Mr.. Moore. that La.
baudy had been attentive to her IN Man.
haitian, posing as unmarried, and tina,
under this impression she had accented
Jewelry from him. She had no iukl-r
that he was married, she declared. IN.
til she read ne had been shot IN his
home in Westbury, l.. l., and saw DIN,
picture In the papers.
I'VE know positively" said MIR Moore.
that several pieces OF tho jovelrv
which once belonged to Nine. Lebaudy
and which are 20 unusual as to attrac,
attention have been seen by numerous
persons in New York city. We mean 10
nttf Ixvbn ha
this property"
Gems Deposited in Manhattan,
The gems. which Mime. Lebaudy ,I,a
her lawyer were worth 500, o0o, had
been given to her several years $50 BY
her husband. About year ago he pro.
fessed fear al having SO much jewell
around the house and his wife readia
agreed to his proposal TO place the gem.
In n safe deposit vault at Hampstead
Later he told her he had decided {,
take them to bank in Manhattan. ~,
consistently refused to divulge the name
of the institution.
Search for these valuables as well az
for other unlisted property of Lebaudy',
that is tucked away in odd corners, WI
be started under the direction OF Paw
h Deferc. for many years associate.
with the Emperor OF the Sahara" as ar
attorney By an arrangement vi".
Ernest s. Suffern. a friend of Nine L..
baudy. Mr.. Defere took charge yes.
terdny of her claims on the dead MAI.
estate, which appeared to be advaHcin.
toward an arnicable settlement with ht,
relatives in France.
Nine. Lebaudy told the wife OF Shcr"
Phineas Seaman, who Is looking at'a-
her comfort, that her first four YEA
with Lebaudy had been Ideal" but a,
ter that Tor fifteen years she lived i
life OF hell on earth" Nine. Lebaudr
sad she had known Lebaudy's family j.
France, and they had always recognize
her as his wife.
81 was justified in killing him" So
declared. MY only concern now ia tnn.
my old mother and my brother in Fran.
may hear Of this terrible thing. I kart
II my mother heard OF it 1t would g..
her"
DR.. William Lowden, VII" f.. aor
nected with tho Nnickerbocke~ san
tarium at Amityyille, l.. l.. wher, Re.
baudy was committed for ten ds,,
1918, appeared at the prison youn- D..
and declared his conviction tAa'
baudy, as no had seen him, SO.
dangerous paranoiac.
He should never have been al'97sN o..
he at large DR. Louden ASSERTED ~.
we're much surprised when q. ,.
freed him."
solomon De Sofa, denUst
prene Court Justice Mauu.u. v. n.
iyn yesterday for an order a1'~1..
him TO question officials Of tho t.'
tional Bank at Hempstea., T.
Nine Lebaudy's reported Depot
jewels there. so that he =, GIT ir,-S
bill for 1910, which he assert 80
Lebaudy owes him. The order ~.