The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-29
Lebaudy Millions
By MILTON BRONNER.


stained Lebaudy millions, Madame
Lebaudy and her daughter, Jacqueline,
are barricaded, and beleaguered in
their luxurious apartment in Paris.
They have made themselves prisoners,
fearing kidnapping.
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
Jacqueline.
Jacqueline is suing for annulment
of her marriage. Roger is suing for
divorce. In this litigation Jacqueline's
millions are at stake. Behind her
stands her mother; behind Roger
stands his father-who, the elder Sud-
reau says, promised to marry him, but
didn't.
Chapter /.
Twenty years ago jacques LeBaudy
inherited fabulous fortune made out
of sugar mills. He was an eccentric
man, dressed in rusty shabby clothes,
fond of such amusements as buying
all the seats at theater and then at,
tending with one companion, leaving
all the other seats vacant.
One day he disappeared with a pref
ty French actress, sMademoiselle Mar
guerite Delliere.
Chapter ii.
World diplomacy received a shock
when news came that an ''empire" had
been set up in the Sahara desert. Lee
baudy, with his own army of blacks
and regal court, called himself Gem
peror of the Sahara, king of Chuti-
anaya Oasis, prince of Tartufaya, duke
of Anois."
The actress was Empress Margot."
The emperor" expecting an heir, sent
her back to PERKS. Firmly believing
his child would be son, he ordered a
cradle outshining the one Napoleon
built for the king of Rome. 1t cost
$160,000,
Chapter III.
Came two crashing blows. Lebaudy's
empire" interfered with colonization
plans of England and France and he
had to leave the desert. And his child
was girl!
Angry and disappointed, Lebaudy re-
manned away, sulking, for two years.
Jewels he had given Margot supported
the wife and baby. But friends in at
tending to the birth certificate of little
Jacqueline put her down as the child
of Marguerite Delliere, instead of Lee
baudy's,.
Chapter ".
Longing for wife and child, Lebaudy
was reconciled to them in 1908. The
next year found them in America, at
Phoenix Lodge, Long Island. Lebaudy
became a familiar ig1re on Broadway.
Tragedy ended Lebaudy's career jan
uary II, 1919. He was shot and killed
by Marguerite Delliere. She said she
shot in defense of her child's honor.
She was acquitted. ~
Chapter v.
A long fight began for Lebaudy's
wealth. Finally Madame Lebaudy and
Jacqueline compromised with his kin,
taking half Of the $4,000, 900 estate
remaining. ~ - .
While arranging the settlement
enroute to America, mother and
daughter met Henri Sudreau, who IN
der his business name of Harris" is
Frances leading private detective, adj
vertising that he "sees everything,
hears everything, knows everything"
Sudreau and his son, Roger, helped
Madame Lebaudy and Jacqueline es-
tablish their claim to the Lebaudy
millions. Then came a doubie-bar-
relied romance. Roger fell in love
with Jacquelin and Papa Sudreau with
Madame Lebaudy.
Chapter vi.
A civil marriage took place between
Roger and Jacqueline last January 81
A religious ceremony was to have fol-
lowed, when their elders likewise were
to be married. Then hitch. Jacque-