Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
THE STEINHEIL STORY.
Continued from Page One.)

Nine Stcinheil induced the count to
live in the villa for three weeks and to
the magistrate Saturday he described
those three weeks as "a period of daZ-
cling bliss" In tones of fervid elo-
quence he told the magistrate: "Those
three weeks were an exquisite idyl. We
lived as in dream. loved her and she
said she adored me- She sWOre with
her hand on her heart I was the only
one to whom she ever had given her
love. She said. all the others were
merely a means to diversion, but it is
different with you, for you are my
life"
The count taxed her with the reports
of her friendship with President Faure.
She became furious, and said she would
prove to him that she cared for Faure
no more than she cared for her hus-
band, whom she said she deserted be-
cause he led an infamous life"
The three weeks in the villa ended.
the woman and the count returned to
their homes in Paris. and it was only
about a month afterward that Faure died
under circumstances that now threaten to
cause a national upheaval even greater
than that attending the Drevful case at
mittently until few days before Stein
he'll and Nine. Japy were murdered. On
the day of the crime Nine. Steinheil call
ed the count on Il long-distance telephone.
The wire was not working well and the
conversation was carried on with diff
Guilty. Finally she exclaimed:
Il am satisfied. for I have heard your
voice. That is enough for me"
The man confessed that the following
day he met the woman in Paris. He sus-
pected she was guilty of the double mur-
der and he told her never to see him
again until she had cleared herself. To
this is ascribed her outbreak two days
ago before the minister of justice. Then,
when she was asked why she had charged
Wolff. an innocent man, with the mur-
der. she became hysterical and screamed:
II wanted to justify myself in the eyes
of the man loved"
The government has refused to permit
Nine. Steinheirs lawyers to go to her in
prison. She is in solitary confinement end
is under observation by a staff Of six
physicians. all engaged by the govern
ment. Rochefort has challenged the gov
ernment to give him 10 minutes to Q;ies-
tion Nine. Steinheil, and II IN that time he
does not uncover all the facts Of Presi.
dent Faure's death he will donate 10O(
francs to charity. Rochefort is remorse'
less in his attacks on the government
saying it plans to send the woman to ar
asylum as insane to save itself from dis
aster. Ever since Faure's death Roche
fort has insisted the truth of the tragedy
could not be suppressed and that the
longer it was stifed the greater the ex
plosion.
Rochefort asserted the full truth in the
Steinheil case would shake the natior
and fill, 1t with contempt and loathing fol
many in high places He predicted cab
met minister and n judge would be only
two of many prominent persons dragged
down. and that the world would be shock
ed to find women took leading part il
the hlackest intrigue in the persecution o
Dreyfns.
Rochcfort boldly asserts Parisians arr
menaced by an organization worse thai
the Malta. He says the real Significanc
in Faures death lies in the fact that i
was few hours before the time set TO
the presentation of the decree of revision
in the Dreyfus case. The President wa
known to have fixed his mind against re
vision, and Rochefort asserts that 'ha
President Faurc favored revision h
would be alive today. barring the posi-
bility Of death by accident or natura
causes"
Coming down to the murder Of Steiche
and Mime. Japy, Rochefort fatty charge
these crimes were the work of three me
and woman. He ridicules as prepcster
Gus the theory Of the police that the mur
ders. were done by robbers, saying tha