Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Several newspapers pretend to know
~" name of the assassin of Steinheil
and Nine. Japy. we'll as that of his
aCCOmpl.Ce.
Wooer Is Discovered.
At a late hour this afternoon the wild
over who admitted he was the last lover
of Nine. Steinheil came into Paris and
voluntarily told his story to NJ. Andre
the examining magistrate.
His name is Maurice BordereI He is
a ch retired merchant.
His official ties imony was practically
reiteration of what he told the news
paper men. He insisted that Nine Stein
he'll could not have hoped TO marry him
because he had distinctly advised her
against oh, aiming divorce. and told her
he could never marry her on account of
his children.
1t is impossible for me "a be ieve.''
he said, that the woman who was SO
gay and lighthearted over the telephone
in the morning committed these afro
cious murders at nightfall."
Tonight Magistrate Andre ordered that
autopSieS be performed on the bodies of
NJ Steinhel and Nine. Japy. on the new
theory that they were poisoned before
they were strangled. COuillaud testified
that lie saw Nine. Steinheil pour rum
into the glasses of her husband and
mother on the night of the crime some
hing which she had never done before.
Poison Is Suspected.
Doctors who took the stand testified
to the absence of any evidence that the
victims struggled or suffered during the
strangulation and suggested that a drug
was admiste cred beforehand
Couillaud testified further that since
the murders Mime. Steinheil ordered him
TO destroy various bottles in the fam
lily medicine chest.
Contrary to CUSTOM" he said Mime
r.a1r l,afl" ftr,11 no iDnt Of hl
crime toward her husband and mother
was amazingly amiab.e.'
The political side of the case looms
larger and larger every day. Interest
harkS back always TO the tragic dea tn
in Paris in 1899 of Felix Faure, Presi-
dent of France. NJ Faure died in the
midst of the Dreyfus excitement
The most minute details of the scene
in the room, where he expired in the com
pany of Nine. Steinheil today
fiaGrantIy published by even the republi-
can newspapers. Up TO the present time
this incident To the career Of Nine.
ertiy.
The royalist and anti-Dreyfus organs
arc demanding an official investigation
into the death OF NJ. Eaure and intimate
openly that NJ Faure. as the insuperable
obstacle to the leaders of the Dreyfus
agitation, was the victim of a plot. They
nave put forward the old allegation that
NJ Faure intended 10 yield to the petit
der for the revision of the case and that
consequently he was poisoned.
The only reason to believe that NJ
Faure did not die natural death is
found in the fact that his body decOm-
posed with unusual rapidity To Offset
this there are IN. statements Of five Of
. the best known physicians of Paris. who
certified that he died of cerebral hem
orrhdSe.
The story that Nine. Steinheil was
present when he passed away seems un,
fortunately. 10 be true Great regret. is
expressed that circumstances have now
compelled the disclosure to the world of
this old scandal, which the Faure family
and the friends of the former president
thought was buried with his body
Faure and Woman Friends.
That letters containing evidence of NJ.
Faures relations with Nine Steinheil
were surrendered after his death prob
ably IS true. But the idea that these
communications contained compromising
state secrets is rejected by all who were
behind the scenes at the time.
With regard To the crimes themselves
Mime. StelnheilS husband and mother
Nine Japy. Were found murdered in the
Stelnheils' home in Paris May 81 of this
year and at the same time Nine Steinheil
was discovered tS,und and gagged-the net
is drawing closer and closer around the
wife
stores OF her numerous romantic at
faTs with persons OF note in BuliticaI and
artistic circles are coming 10 light daily
lheN prove what a remarkable woman
sire was. She is now called The. Chsrmer
OF Men. Her salon was dazzIngly bril-
liant.
Her last lover. in whose ewes she de
claIed she wanted Ia justify herself has
now been discovered. His identity fur
niSheS clue 10 4 motive for the crime
lie IL 4 rich widower and resides in a
NpZiDDs in
partment of the Ardennes. He is not i'm
plcated in the crime
hen seen by Journalist this man
VI" Is The father of three children pro-
tested frdntlCally the disgrace an OK
posure would bring. He said he was
ready 10 commit suicide. Nevertheless
ne mace a clean breast of his relations
with Nine. Steinheil
lie described how he had met her at a
reception al the Steinhe!Is'. The gathering
was a distinguished one. He feH easily
uhGef the spell of Nine Steinheil' =
lie soon got into the habit of meeting
l'sr at the Green Lodge "A villa al
he.evue. which Nine. Steinhei rented
'Ide, ne name OF Mime. Provost Mari
ei'e Noir. the cook. whose son was ac-
"l.Sed oy Nine. Steinheil OF being guilty
"t lie murders. lived at the lodge and
"aH her mistress confidante This was
"a ~ last year
Story of Wooer.
or month II was an exquisite idyI e
sad this man. in describing The episode.
AHe. SteInheil said she adorad me. Al
each meeting she made new avowsls am.
s""ie uds the only lover she had eyer
had"
3tte toiu me al her past. the widow or
continued To the newspaper man and
denied this gossip of her relations win
other men She insisted particularly
that the Faure story was legend ana
said she could prove that she was home
i'll ~ the time of NJ Faure's death
sac admitted. however she hated her
husband aud said he led an Infamous
existence. She detested her mother. also.
for having forced her marry StejnneiI
Size assured she would get "A
diver and marry me