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She Loved Him, Enriched Him, Killed Him Then the Heroine of This True-life Triangle k Tragedy Won an Uphill Fight to Reclaim Her Freedom— Children and Wealth HISTORIC Thi« Padded Cell in St. Lazare Prison, the “Home" of Leonie Gerard, While Awaiting Trial for Murder, Wi< Once Occupied lty the Famous Spy, Mata Hari. VICTORIOUS Remarkable Photographic Study of Leonie Gerard, Revealing Her Tired Features Aft«» She Had Triumphed in Court for the Third Time. She Was Freed of a Murder Charge, Then Fought for the Custody of Her Children and Finally Won the Fortune Left by the Lover She Killed. PARIS. >,Y“*RENCH justice,” in its leniency H toward women culprits, has al * ways been phenomenal to Anglo Saxon eyes. But no more startling in stance of its after-effects than the strange case of Leonie Gerard has ever beer, ^agen into the annals of local V, result shooting to deatli he^i^«ctor and sweetheart, Victor Depress, mSr^iufacturer of musical in struments, Lebwie ,face»—what? The guillotine? Life imprisonment? Not at all. Leonie. acquitted of murdjer, while judge and jury wept, directs the \|ead, man’s $400,‘000 concern, which she ts" administering in the interests of her and Depres’ children. But what has made tire name of this former pretty house-servant the most talked-of in the French capital today. Is the series of harrowing experiences and troubles she went through before her story reached a happy ending. They reveal her as the center of an astonishing labyrinth of plots and counter-plots seldom conceived by the most imaginative writers. To begin with—and this was a num ber of years ago-—she was a maid in the household of Depres, aging and wealthy. Leonie was very pretty anu she soon demonstrated that she was bright and reliable. Depres became in terested in her and promoted her, giv ing her a position in his office as an as sistant. He also noticed that she was q„i*Q *>nd he began taking her to the theatres. At first Mine. Depres was unaware of this. Adi she knew was that a former maid had been promoted to a place in her husband’s office because she was bright. But it was not long before Leonie became the mistress of Monsieur Depres’ heart, as yell as his business. Under her direct guidance the firm expanded and prospered. Soon it was no secret to Mmc. De pres that she had a rival. Her husband admitted as much to her. Instead of flying into a jealous rage, she accepted the situation calmly. Rather than hat , iug i-ea-uk' aim . meiconiitd Jmr to her home—for Leonie had brought pros perity to Victor Depres & Co. This meant, of course, that Madame Depres was able to afford more luxuries for the home. But there were other developments, and still Madame Depres accepted them in a philosophical spirit. During (he course of seven years three children were born to Leonie Gerard. Monsieur Depres readily enough admitted he was their father. Madame Depres, childless, and con tinuing to appreciate Leonie’s business Don’t Dawdle, Step On It ON’T dwadle. When you have a purpose in hand, go after it and achieve it as promptly and efficiently as you can. i have never believed in beating about the bush.” i These are the maxims of a fighter-— vho fought the game of business— 4. P. GIANOTM. He Thrive* on Opposition lougtu tne "anif or banking—and won: it is the life credo of a man who re fused to become a m i 11 i onaire, and even though he made a million a year, gave it away to worthy enter prises lest at- any time his fortune exceed the mark which many hold to mark the pin nacle of success. In short, these are maxims ot Amadeo r. urannim, famous financier, who has recently re tired, at the age of CO, from the chair manship of the hoard of the Trans America Corporation, the world’s lari? est hank holding company. When this sturdy Californian of Italian extraction was a small boy of twelve, he was subjected to hard fops unusual for most children. He loaded fruit at the wharves from twelve 01 one o’clock in the morning until school time, and went back to work immedi ately after school everv dav. At that, he headed every class. He became n commission merchant, made himself independently wealthy, and retired at the age of thirty one. But it was very difficult for Gianmni to stay in retirement He became a di rector in a hank Then, when a pro gressive suggestion which he made was received indifferently, he resigned his directorate and started a hanle of his own. This is the same Giannipi who, at the time of the San Francises earthquake and fire in 1906. loaded up two vehicles with money from his vaults and forms from his counters, hung out -he sign of his bank. “The Bank of I’aly.’’ on his brother’s horap. and started doing business there while the rest of the money in the State of Cali fornia was unavailable “The sefieret of it all,” says Mr. Giannini. ‘'is work God meant us to work. Those who don't work never amount to anything. To take from anyone the incentive to work is a ques tionable service. “When you have a good plan, spring it. Because an idea is new is certainly no indication that it is not a good one. TYv to be first in everything!” ability, adopted the children and gave them her husband's name. Thus, if one could have peeped into the Uepres home, a most unusual sight would have been revealed; perhaps Leonie in the nursery, down on her hands and knobs carrying one of her children piggy back, while the elderly Mme. Depres fondly held another child on her knee and the bearded father watched be nignly from the doorway Strangely enough ft was a happy family—for a time. This arrangement continued for months. Meanwhile Leonie had taken entire charge of the musical instru ment business. While she acted as director general of Victor Depres & Co., the nominal head of that concern, now past sixty, relaxed and took thing easy. He decided to enjoy life, He began to spend days and nights in younger and gayer company It was noticed that he seldom paid much attention either to his wife in name or his wife in fact ACCUSED Scene in a Peri* Courtroom During the Trial of I.eonie Gerard for the Murder of Her Sweetheart. Leonie l» Weeping While the Attorney General Reads the Accusation. Near Her Is Her Attorney, the Ever-present Maitre Raymond Hubert, Whose Eloquence Swayed the Courtroom and Who Has Acquitt»d Hundreds of Feminine Killers. All this time twei women watched his movements closely. One was Leonie, who feared that after all her years of hard work for him and his business he was losing his love for her. The other was Mine. Depros, who feared that if Leorite were lost tq the family the busi ness would crumble. And then one day there came to the ears of Mme Depres word that her husband had installed a new favorites m an elegant Hat; that he had covered this new beauty with jewels puchased with the earnings of the firm under Lconifra t Causes of Jaundice and How It Can lie Treated J>» H1KHIKI U HhHSCHKXSOKV, (Phrtician anil Surgeon) T AUNDtC'E is not a disease in itself. It is just a symptom of some im portant disturbance in the body which' causes the pigment of the bile to enter the blood and become de posited m the tissues. Bile is manufactured in the liver. From there it flows down a tube into the gall bladder, where it is stored un til needed. As food passes from the stomach into the intestine it receives and mixes with jets of bile from the bile duct (see sketch). Should the duct become plugged or obstructed, the bile cannot enter the intestine Its manu facture in the liver is continuous and gome means is sought as an exit The blood, as it flows through the liver, relieves the accumulation by absorbing the bile pigment. Having entered the blood, the pigment usually shows its presence fir?t by a yellowish tinge of the white part of the eyeballs later the skin become? a pale yellow The discoloration of the skin may in the course of time, become »o intense a* to assume a greenish bronze hue The most frequent cause of obstrqc tion of the duct is the presence of gnll stones which, having formed in the gall bladder, travel down the duct and then, because they are too large to go further, become stuck. The bile can J \ l.ivei li- -GfcU Kladdei ( Stomach 0 Stone lodged in duel obstructing film of bile from the liver and gull idaddrr into the intestine. not pass, but becomes dammed back into the trail Madder and the liver. Jaundice then occurs as just explained. Obstruction of the duct can also be caused by tumors of neighboring organs, the liver, stomach, pancreas, anil right kidney Chemical poisons have been known to cause |auretire foi example. T N T., chloroform, arsenic and phosphorus. Severe infections as -typhoid few-r, malaria, pneumonia, yellow fever, and make venom poisoning nave .it utiies been followed l*v iaundtee About fifty per cent of new-born infants become jaundiced about the fourth day after birth, ft lasts from one to two weeks. The discoloration of the skin may be so slight as to be barely noticeable or it may be so pro nounced as to cause grave concern by the parents In the very ^reat ma jority of cases the jaundice is not due to any disease and therefore requires no treatment of any kind. This kind of jiundiee is especially apt to affect premature or weak infants One of the reasons advanced lor this phenom enon is that the intestines of the new born infant are sterile that is. there are no bacteria present When milk is ingested, bacteria are neees. arily swal lowed too, as bacteria are always pres ent in hnilk. Once bacteria have gained admission they travel up the bile ducts and set up a mild inflammation of the gall bladder Jaundice then results. Another theory advanced is that after birth there is a temporary destruction of a great many red blood cells, if the jaundice is very severe or lasts an unusually long time, then disease may be suspected and should ire investi gated Any disturbance of the liver may be responsible for jaundice Such disturb ances may be brought about by chronic alcoholism tumors, syphilis, preg nancy and chronic heart failure. UBcwrubt. iWu. #«*¥»*. iau utui mvum waw Aii a result, a ?ery strange situation de veloped.^ Madame De pres never had been jealous when her hus band gave his affec tions to Leonie Gerard. But when she learned be was deserting Leonie for some other woman, she flew into a rage. She went to Leonie and urged her to put a stop to Do pres’ phi landering. Leonie went to Depres and pleaded with him to settle down. He only laughed at her and pointed out her own paradoxical posi tion. She followed him one day to the apartment of the other woman and then made up her mind with the same finality that had made her --uccessfu! in Depres' bust Walking- into his home one morning, -he deliberately fired four bo Huts into him. Then she marched directly to the nearest police station and gave herself up. She was sent to St Lazare prison to await her trial For fiye months she slept there in' the cell once occupied by the famous World War spy—Mata Hari. Those events reached their amazing climax when they converged in a Paris courtroom. For days the capita) could think and taik of little else but the case of l.eonie Gerard To add to its importance, iter attorney was Muitre Raymoud-Hubert, the great Parisian criminal lawyer, who has more than 100 acquittals of women tried for mur der to his credit. Thousands wondered whether Iwonie would be another one, though many doubted it, because she had confessed to the staying. But the recital of events and the eloquence of Maitre Raymond-Hubert proved effective Everybody in court, even the judge end' the members or the jury, wept copiously Leottle, in stead of being a murderess, was visual ized in the public mind as the heroine of the hour. She was acquitted (an other victory for Maitre Raymond Hubert, of course) and was deluged with congratulations. But. there was to.follow a series of anti climaxes to the trial, as strange as the developments that led up to it and all rebounding to l,conie Gerard’s benefit. . .. Victorious tn court and upheld by public opinion. Leonie now decided that <he could claim hei children ns her own. She so informed Mme Do pres. But the latter refused to give their, up. Leonie pleaded with her, but “1—■■ "If one could have peeped into the Depret home, a mo»' (mutual tight would have been revealed; perhapt Leonie in the nurterjr, down on hat handa and knees carrying one of her children piggy hack, while the elderly Mme. Depret fondly held another child on har lcne« and the bearded father watched benignly from the doorway. Strangely enough, it wa* a happy family— for a time.” Mme. Depres assured her that she had suffered too rhuch in silence during: the past few years to surrender the only bit of love she could claim. They were her children, she insisted, as much as they were Lconie Gerard's. “I have cared for them, adopted them as my own'” - The case went into court. Again PRETTY Thi* Little Girl U On* of Leonie Gerard'* Three Children Who Were the Cauae of a Bitter Court Battle from Which Their Mother Emerged Triumphant. Leonie enlisted the legal aid of Maitre Itaymond-Hubert. She was awarded the guardianship of the children — al though, curiously enough, they re mained in the eyes of the law tin adopted children of Mme Depres, The blow was too much fot Mme Depres It meant the end of all hoi hopes and desires There was nothin! else to live for. She died of heart dis ease. With the death ol Mme. Deprea. the children of Leonie Gerard, as legal heirs of the Depres estate, blood re lations of horse! t and her late husband, were not going to let Leonie take away this fortune. At least, they thought so. But Leonie had conquered too many times already to let the for tune slip from her now. Again she went into court, with Maitre Raymond-Hubert for the third t time as her legal adviser. It resulted i in a compromise. Leonie agreeing to i pay a few thousand ffanes to the con- f testing relatives. Meanwhile the business continued to ' expand under Leonie’s guidance. She is now the boss of the 10,000.000 franc concern which belongs to her children. That is the story ol the former house-maid who became Involved la matters of love, death, imprisonment and court complications before she finally reached her long-sought goal ot happiness. :
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