The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-14
NINE. LEBAUDY
MAY GO FREE;
SAVED CHILD
Daughter and Servants Tell
Of Frenzies Before Man
Was Shot.
III AM SULTAN" HE SAID
Widow Prays for Forgiveness
as Girl Describes III
Treatment.
al AM SULTAN" HE SAID


Nine. Marie Augustine Lebaudy, went
before the Grand Jury at Mlneola yes
,erday to testify concerning the killing
Saturday of Jacques Lebaudy, Emperor
of the Sahara" by his wife. Nine.
Le6audy kept TO her bed in her home,
praying for Heavens forgiveness for
having shot her eccentric, wealthy hus-
band. and indications multiplied yester-
day that she never would be brought to
court 20 tell her story Of indign!ties at
his hands
The strong probability, as made mani
Fest by those in touch with affairs az
the Nassau County Court House, was
that the Grand Jury would decide on the
facts presented to II that II was a case
OF justif1able homicide and not return an
Indictment, or. IL the jury did decide
that the evidence warranted an indict-
rnent. then the case would never come
20 trial
Expectation that Mime. Lebaudy soon
would 60 free was based on the testi-
T.ony which Leoaudy's fourteen-year-old
daughter, Jacqueline. was able to give
the Grand Jury, and particularly on the
plea Nine. Jehaudy was preparing to
make. that she fired five shots into her
husband TO save her daughter as we'll as
herself
Defence Is Prepared.
thfs defence was made known when her
attorney. Harry w Moore, issued
statement as the result OF consuta tons
WITH his client According to this state
rnent. Nine. Lebaudy declared her hus-
hand had threatened to kill her unless
she stepped aside and let him assume
control OF the young girl, and that she
fought to shield Jacquellne from the
clutches OF an insane man. Mr.. Moore s
statement follows:
"During the week prior to the shooting
Mr.. 1ebaudy threatened several times to
hlll his wife and twice attempted to
stab her with a hunting knife. He told
his wife that she must be like women in
some Oriental countries. where the
mother upon becoming unattractive to
her husband must permit her daughter to
take her place.
Mr.. Lebaudy's recent threats to kill
Mrs. Lebaudy were made by reason of
her indignant refusals and intervention.
She then had caused heavy chains to he
put upon the bedroom doors of the two
rooms occupied by herself and her
daughter, and on one occasion the chains
prevented Mr.. Lebaudy from obtaining
entry. The State constabulary in Min
cola were informed of the trouble there
and promised prompt protection.
ION Saturday morning Mr.. Lebaudy
tslephoned from New York and told his
wife that he was coming out that night.
Using language which caused her TO fear
Lis intentions. AS soon as he arrived,
around O'Clock, he made a great noise
about the lower part of the house. open
ing the windows and emptying the blaz-
ing Goals from the fireplace out on the
lawn.
Ills wife, who was then in bed, got
UP and put on a bath robe and went
down few steps from the head of the
stairway toward the first landing Mr..
Jebaudy saw her from the lower hall
end rushed up the stairway. He grabbed
her by the arm. at the same time telling
her that he would finish her. He swung
lser around and reached in his pocket
FOR his weapon. AS he was drawing II
she quickly fired with a revolver fur
nished to her by a friend for her pro-
lection. He staggered back and fell dead
at the foot of the stairs.
No Witnesses to Act.
There were no eye witnesses Of the
occurrence. but plenty of evidence as to
daughter. II ever a woman was justi-
fed in defending herself and her child
from the murderous attacks Of an insane
person this woman was"
AS corroboration Of Nine Lebaudy's
assertions Mr.. Moore said Alise Roget
also known as Frances-the cook in
Phoenix Lodge. the imposing Lebaudy
home. told him that while the family
as living in Larchmont several years
ago the uneasiness OF the servants was
a oused by Lebaudy's attitude toward
bis daughter The cook said. according
80 the lawyer: I'VE always felt he
would do something toward his daugh-
ter"
The cooks story also revealed. Attor-
rey Moore said. that when Lebaudy
came to the house during the last six
months. which had been about every
other night on the average, Nine.
Lebaudy locked Jacqueline in her bed
room and would not allow her husband
70 go near the girl. Furthermore. Nine
Lebaudys counsel said the cook reported
10 him that Mr.. Lebaudy frequently
strutted through the house declaring. 7
am the Sultan. This is my harem and
you must all yield 10 me-"
While these revelations of the motives
that goaded Nine. Lebaudy TO put an
ond TO the bitter quarrels with her hus-
band were being made by her lawyers
the witnesses summoned by District At
torney Charles r Weeks were making
ready to go before the Grand Jury, whose
foreman is Sylvester Pearsall. As
JacQueline, Mrs. Minnie Weidener the
nurse who has been attending Nine
Lebaudy in her bronchial attack, Alse
Roget, the cook. and Jules Lascombe, the
gardener, got into the automobile fur
nished by the District Attorney 200 of
the curious were lined up In front OF the
entrance TO the Debaudy estate.
Iacqueline glanced about at them in
> furtive, half frightened manner. She
was wearing a garnet colored fur coat
with seal trimmings and a velour hat,
and her evident nervousness could not
conceal the fact that the girl. who is tall
for her age, had inherited large share
Of her mothers beauty.
She displayed similar distress when. as
she FIRST OF the witnesses. she entered the
Grand Jury room about 2 o'clock. All
told. she was before tho Jurors for about
half an hour. and came out looking as
distraught as before. She was followed
ny Mrs Weidener. the cook and and the
gardener.
Girl CIings to Friend.
District Attorney Weeks finished with
the witnesses about o'clock. when they
returned to Westbury by auto. Jacqus-
line clinging to the arm Of Mrs. Charles
De Saulles, wife OF a brother of John
J.. De Saulles, who occupies the Box, the
house next to the Lebaudy home. iE
which De Saulles was killed by his wife.
MRS. DE sauiles accompanied the giTi to
court and is looking after her during her