The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-27
HEIRS TO BLOODY
|LEBAUDY FORTUNE
NOW|N SECLUSION.
JacqueIine and Mother Fear
Kidnaping---D Daughter to
Face Divorce.
BY MILTON BRoNNER

\ ~ &
PARIS, June 27.-The heirs to
the blood-stained Lebaudy mill!
, lions, Madame Marguerite Lebau-,
/ dy and her daughter Jacqueline,
are barricaded and beleaguered in
their luxurious apartment in
Paris They have made them
selves prisoners, fearing kidnap-
ing
They are defending from Henri
and Roger Sudreau, father and
son, the millions they inherited
from Jacques Lebaudy, emperor
of the Sahara Roger Sudreau Is
20 and the husband in name, If
not in fact, of 17-year-old Jacque-
line.
Jacqueline is suing for annul-
ment of her marriage. Roger is
suing for divorce. In this Iitisa-t
ton Jacqueline's millions are at;
stake. Behind her stands her.
mother; behind Roger stands his
father-who, the elder SudTeau
says. promised to marry him, but
didn't.
Chapter 1
Twenty years ago Jacques Lee
baudy inherited fabulous for-t
tune made outsof sugar mills. He:
was an eccentric man. dressed In
rusty stabbv clothes, fond of such
amusements as buying all the
seats at a theatre and then attend
ing with one companion, leaving
all the other seats vacant.
One day he disappeared with a
pretty French actress. Mademoi- /;
selle Marguerite Delliere.
Chapter IL
World diplomacy received a
shock when news came that an
empire had been set up in the
Sahara desert. Lebaudy, with his
own army of blacks and regal
court called himself emperor of
of the Sahara, king Of Chutianaya.
Oasis, prince of Tartufaya. duke
of &Anois.''
The actress was Empress Mar !;
GOT The emperor" expecting !;
an heir, sent her back to Paris. i
Firmly believeing his child would
be a son, he ordered a cradle out
shining the one Napoleon built for
the king of Rome. It cost $780,
600.
Chapter III
Came two crashing blows. Lei
baudy's empire interfered with !
colonization plans of England and i
France and he. had to leave the /
desert And his child was a grill
Angry and disappointed, Lebau-i
dy remained away. sulking, for !,
two years. Jewels he had given !
Margot supported the wife and
baby. But friends in attending I
to the birth certificate of little !,
Jacqueline put her down as the
child of Marguerite Delliere, in /
stead of Lebaudy's.
Chapter "
Longing for wife and child, Lei
baudy was reconciled to them in
1908. The next year found them |
in America, at Phoenix Lodge, !,
Long Island. Lebaudy became
familiar figure on Broadway
Tragedy ended Lebaudy's
career January II, 1919 He was
shot and killed by Marguerite Del
liere. She said she shot In del
Tense of her child's honor. She
was acquitted.
Chapted V /
A long fight began for Lebau-t
dy's wealth. Finally Madame
Lebaudy and Jacqueline compro.
missed with his kin, taking half of 4
i
While arranging the sett1eme nt, /
enroute to America, mother and !;
daughter met Henri Sudreau, who !,
under his business name of liar
ris'' is Frances leading private !!
detective, advertising that he;
sees everything, hears everything /,
knows everything" !.
Sudreau and his son, Roger, /
helped Madame Lebaudy and JAG !
queline establish their claim to |
the Lebaudy millions. Then came
a Tdoub1e-barreled romance Roger /
fell in love with Jacuue1ine and I
Papa Sudreau with Madame Lee
baudy.
Chapter VI
A civil marriage took place I
between Roger and Jacqueline I
last January 21. a religious
when their elders likewise were
to be married. Then a hitch
Jacqueline and her mother dis
appeared. Roger followed. tried
to take his wife away. was frus-
trated, and the women are still In
hiding.
Meantime Jacque1ine has sued
for annulment, of her marriage,
claiming it was never. consummat-
ed and was a mere form arranged
to settle the Lebaudy will, which
provided she be of age or. married.
Roger filed a. divorce suit, too,
claiming sJacqueline deserted him
and, under the French law, de-
half of the Lebaudy: mil
lions.
Chapter VII
Bolts and chains bar the Lebau-.t
! ~.4,.,r i 1T ]
lance. ~
Says Papa Sudreau: tThe mari
riage was contaminated. Some
foolSwoman told Jacqueline's for
tune by cards and said Roger
didn't love her and was making
eyes at other girls. Madame Lee
baudy was angry because our
marriage was put off. The fortune
teller put the finish on things.
Now we're after Justice"