Word: jaccoud
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...murder he had twice been called to the phone at the radio station, but that each time the caller hung up when André answered. Clearly, someone wanted to be sure he was there. Had André any idea who the caller might be? Of course, he replied: Pierre Jaccoud...
...police blinked. Jaccoud, 54, had a topflight reputation. A brilliant lawyer and politician, cantonal boss of the powerful Radical Party, he had been Aly Khan's attorney during his divorce from Rita Hayworth, and he represented innumerable Swiss and foreign companies in Geneva's tightly controlled banking community. Distinguished-looking and wealthy, Pierre Jaccoud lived on the patrician Rue de Monnetier, had a loving wife and three children. He was so much a part of Geneva's upper crust that it was unlikely he would even be acquainted with a family as humble as the Zumbachs...
Moroccan Dagger. Young André explained: Lawyer Jaccoud's mistress for the past eight years was a fellow worker at Radio Geneva, slim Linda Baud, 38. André had wooed and won the susceptible Linda, and Jaccoud's reaction had been one of hysterical jealousy. He sent neurotic, anonymous letters to André, including photographs of Linda in the nude...
Linda Baud supplied the police with more details. Pierre Jaccoud, she said, obtained the nude photos by forcing her to undress at gun point. Another time he had driven her to the country and then threatened her with his revolver; Linda managed to get the gun away from him and throw it into a stream. To win her back from André, the desperate Jaccoud kept writing tear-stained letters and finally offered to divorce his wife and marry his "Poupette" (little doll...
...Jaccoud's absence on a business trip to Sweden, police searched his house and office, impounded two pistols, an exotic Moroccan dagger, Jaccoud's bicycle and clothing. The police laboratory reported that there were traces of blood and human liver on the dagger, and tiny bloodstains on Jaccoud's raincoat and on his bicycle. Furthermore, a button was missing from his raincoat, and a similar button was found just outside the house...