The evening world., 1919-01-13

that Mrs Lcbaudv had shot her hus-
band. Bcbaudy was capable OF irri-
tating anybody and II is probable
that this was responsible for tho
shooting.
II remember that when ne did not
want to cat he would not permit any
body 10 come near the place on Long
Island and the rest OF the family had
TO live on whatever was in the house.
I have known times when the tenn
pcraturc was around 100 when he
wouldn't permit ice TO be brought in
81 do not think Bcbaudy was in
sane. lie was eccentric. he knew 1t
and admitted IT, We talked about his
ccccntr'y ono day and Lobaudy
said TO mo. They think am crazy
because I do not go around with the
girls. You go out and get up party
and lll show them am sane
"Tho party ~ course. never took
place, but tais little talk and other
things convinced me that tho man
might b. queer. or eccentric. but was
far from insane.
81 never heard Of Madame and her
daughter until 1912. They were
living at that time on saith street,
near Riverside Drive. Lcbaudy al
ways had many places Of residence
ami this was ono Of them. So far as
knew they were man and wife.
though Lcbaudy addressed her as
the Countess De Lochcs and referred
TO her ~ the Countess
In 1914 Lbaudy went TO South
Africa, instructlng mo to either find
tenant Tor the place at Wcstbury
O. arrange for the Countess and
Iacquclinc to go down there. did
not find n tenant.
My own opinion is that Lcbaudy's
estate Is worth at least 1000, 900
His father. tho French sugar king,
LEFT an estate OF S75, 900, 900. Of which
jacques received probably SIS, 900.
His brother Max died and Jacques got
Sj,OOO,0OO more. The mother died, in
1917. leaving ssOOO0.OOO. Altogether.
some 100000 came TO Lebaudy by
inheritance. Good management, !
believe. must have earned 5000 900
moro.
1T probably is not generally known
that at the time Of which | sneak LC-
baudy owned the Langlaagtc gold
mine. In South Africa. and the Huan-
chdCa silver mine In Bolivia, both
valuable properties
"lle transacted the hulk Of his
business sitting at a table in cafe
any cafe-or riding about In taxi
cab. when he had letters to write
he disposed Of them by wholesale.
entering "a big hotel and engaging the
entire staff Of gtCnographcrs.
II remained with him until late in
1915. when liz suddenly announced
that hc would he responsible no
longer for the Countess and Jacaue-
line and instructed mo to order them
out Of the house when / dcmurrcd
no said to me: What, Afraid to
take a little woman and put her out
of a house,
II said no, wasn't afraid. but
hoped To hc admitted to tho bar be-
fore long and did not want TO be a
party to anything questionable The
was not long aftcrward that I re-
signed"
Lcbaudy's former secretary was not
the only one who said a kind word
for the late Emperor" Edwin r
Murdoch, Lebaudy's latest counsel OF
record said
"It Is "A matter OF common knowl-
edge among those who know any
thing OF the late Jacques Lcbaudy.
that he specialized in mining His
Kingdom of sahara project was not
as foolish as II sounds.
"GlanCiuC over a map OF Africa, he
found strip of land claimed nv no
country with his knowledge Of
geology ne saw here mining poSsibi-
lueS. so ne outfittcd au expedition
and took possession. Previous VEN
turos Of Lchaudy in Africa had been
broken up hy French. British and
Spanish interests. These same inter-
cstS appeared now when the King