New-York tribune., 1908-06-01
PARIS STUDIO MURDER
.uro PERSONS STR4NGLED
,,.5,be ,SfeinheI and Mother-in-
Tcr KMed-Faint Clesrs.

.,.v s1-Adolphe Steinheil. the well
,ointer. and his mother-in-law. were
E'"" .-s,rled 10 death this morning at the
taOha ..,5ence. which adjoins the studio of
GUS --bo-,ss the American portrait painter,
Eue de Vanguard
Z" rsa was ransscked of everything of
AZ s.einheiTs wife, who was found
1U" hound 10 a bed. says that the crime
fsss-,i,-ed nv three men and a woman. She
.,a- she recognized the woman as a
sN,N s.o mas employed by her husband
-'a' ,,.;on 70 the brutality of the crime. a
~. audacity with which il was COM
sS The artists house is near a large print
np0~ -,,,xhr,ent. where work goes on all night.
re -,-chuaan and timekeeper are en-
and an almost constant stream of
po" g coming nd going all the time.
,,.,,x-s-r Of the crime was made by Stein
servant. who aross a. a. m 10 pre-
,-,.yfast. Hearing groans coming from
S+e;nheirs sleeping apartment, he entered
:. .,u,6 her living bound hand and foot on the
If cotton wool which she had sue
- ,n eiectinE from her mouth, lay on the
-hin cord was around her throat
massage he found the painter dead. He
bic knees and the body was bent back
.. Ee had been strangled with whipcord
- N that around his wifes neck: his
- mere blackened and his limbs were
s-ady stiff
r-s,,beIrs mother. Nine. Japy. She also
,.., st-ansled and the body was fastened
te the beo
-,s servant at once gave the alarm. and NJ
-,-5 chief detective, and other police Of
.s.ls uere soon on the spot To them the wife.
=, ss5 60 rni-aculously escaped death. related
-... she recollected of the tragedy
e.. seid that at about o'clock in the morn
.,r .As had been awakened by the entrance Of
,.-.s men and g woman, who sprang upon her
IL. rjls beasts and tied her 60 the bed Evil
s,-,lv they had mistaken her for her SIXTEEN
,.,--ol5 daughter, who was absent in the coun-
m. Of the men said: Your father had
,n exhibition sale OF pictures. Tell US where
he money is
shs n,inted 10 q drawer in the bureau, and
,.snphTe the woman muttered: XIII her
mick Why are you sparing herr Nine. Stein
hsn struck by the voice. looked at the woman
and seemed 10 recognize her as one of her hus-
hands models.
There vas runor late tonight that the po-
Hrs had arrested an Italian in Pere-la-Chaise
quarter as one Of the assassins-
The uurderers evidently we're well acquainted
with the affairs Of the Steinheil family Entry
70 the house was gained by false keys.
Nine steinheils injuries are slight, but she is
suffering from shock. She heard the cries and
struggles OF her mother while lying bound and
helpless. She says that the assassins got $1,000
IN nonry and jewels valued al about $500
-hs nan servant, who slept in room at the
-p pd the house, says that he heard nothing
dung the night.
a6olphe Steinheil was the son Of the cele-
kasd genre and portrait painter, Louis Charles
Auguste Steinheil, who died in Paris in 1sS5-
ne younger Steinheil was about fifty years old.
sai vas horn in Paris. He was grandnephew
c MISSIONER. He had painted the portraits Of
many distinguished men. inclu3ing II. Faure,
President Of France, who was his intimate
friend