The sun., 1908-12-25

granted the long clock had been shaken
by the burglars, possibly In the struggle,
or purposely stopped 30 that It's ticking
or striking should not prevent them
rate, IL was concluded that they marked
the time OF the crime, But now 1t 10 sus::
Pected that they were altered, moved
back some hours, with view OF establish
ing an alibi. The question has been
raised whether the striking machinery
was altered at the same time as the hands.
this does not seem to have been tested
at the time OF the murders. and when q
reporter tested the clock some months
after the striking movement was correct
, with the time. An expert clockmaker
has been charged with the task Of ex-
amining this clock to see II the state OF
its works will show whether 1t has been
deranged by being turned back. and M.
Bertillon has been instructed to search
for any finger marks on the pendulum
and machinery. No satisfactory ex-
plapation for Nine. Steinheil reviving
the case has been brought forward.
The murders we're committed the last
day OF May; June, July. August. septem-
Der and October passed without the in
quiry making any progress, and the affair
had dropped entirely out OF public in
terest when on October 81 Nine. Steinheil
wrote letter TO q newspaper saying that
long cloaks similar to those the muir
derers had worn had been stolen from the
Yiddish Theatre in Rue Saint Denis.
How she knew this has not been found
out. Now M. Borderel, Madames friend
from the Ardennes. whom she hoped to
marry. had continued to send her money
after the murders by the hand Of his
friend M. Martin. NJ. Martin told the
Magistrate that when he gave her a sum
| OF money on October Is he told her that
Nj. Borderel would only consent to see
her again when she had established her
innocence. Was 1t this intimation that
caused her to write the letter Of fortnight
later which has resulted in her own ar
rest?
Nine. steinheil's two sisters. Nine.
Herr and Nine. Seyrig. have formally
protested against the statements at
tributed to Nine. Steinheil regarding
their mother. They state explicitly that
their sister adored their mother and
that there never was the least i'll feeling
between mother and daughter; that II
is untrue that Nine; JaPy lived on her
less than $4,000 a year. quite sufficient
for her style Of life; they add that though
they had given up visiting their sisters
house owing to her mode of life, they
both having families Of their own. they
had kept up affectionate relations with
her.
The most sympathetic IL not the only
symathetic figure in the whole tragedy
10 the daughter. Marthe Steinheil. She
had looked forward to marrying her
lifelong playmate, Louis Buisson, but
now his father declares there was no
engagement and has sent his son into the
army to work his way up from the ranks
to commission. 1t is, however, salts
factory to find Louis Buisson quoted as
saying d,
affair, ! don't know the Steinheil affair.
know only Marthe -Steinheil. know
that Marthe had lot of trouble in send
ing me letters. II was not, perhaps, always
Remy Couillard who intercepted them.
Il have enlisted for three years When
I have finished my service / shall be of
age and shal, marry"
Marry Miss Marthe Steinheil2"
Absolutely. She is not responsible
and shall marry her whatever happens"
A well known painter, who naturally
is unwilling 10 have his name printed.
thus speaks Of Nine. Steinheil:
although my friendship with Nine.
Steinheil was not nearly 80 close as that
she had made with Massenet, whom
have seen accompanying her on the piano.
or with Bonnat, who painted her in
evening dress, or other judicial or financial
leading men ] have received the Stein
heils at my house several times and |
and my wife have more than once been
th6ir guests at their house.
had heard 30 many rumors about her |
that j watched her very closely. Those |
who knew her used to talk Of her lovers |
Two Of them knew personally Il don't |
refer TO NJ. BordereD, and | can assure |
YOU they paid very highly for the friend |
ship Of the lady. Some attacked her
reputation. some defended it; these would |
say. II she received so much money as
that she wouldn't wear the same poor
little dress whole season and she would |
be wearing real pearls
@hnd Nine. Steinheil was not the
elegantly dressed woman people now say
she was. She dressed rather without |
taste. AZ the beginning OF the season
she would have dress made by woman
who worked by the day in her house and |
she would wear it continually. When her
friends made any remark about il ahe |
would say. My husband doesn't earn
enough money to let me patronize the
Rue de la Paix.'
MANY knew that Nine. Steinheil pos
sessed . magnificent pearl necklace pre-
sented by an admirer or the highest rank.
When some OF her friends admired 1t |
she would say, Don't be deceived, they
are false. my husband couldn't give me
real ones.
-As n matter Of fact she possessed two
necklaces. one real and the other false.
And the sumptuous dinners to which
were sent In from the most fashionable
caterers, but II any one complimented
her on a dish she would exclaim: You
may not believe il. but everything has
been cooked at home by Mariette and mel
With ten dollars worth of knowing how
to do 1t we get what would cost hum
dred In town.
All OF this was part of the line of
conduct she had marked out to keep her
reputation above suspicion.
t"As for her hatred OF her husband and
mother, IL would have been difficult TO
discover IL. / suspected il. She sur
rounded her husband and mother with
too many cares and attentions. She over
did it,"
Whatever may be the value of this [
evidence it confirms many other wit ID
nesses in one particular No one ever saw
any signs of i'll feeling between Nine.
and her husband or her mother. {
The house Of the murder was the
property OF NJ Steinheil. inherited from {
MS father When the father died il was
valued at about sl2,0 900; to-day il is worth
rom s15.O 600 TO $4,000 A rnortRaqe of +,
y 900 was put on II in 1898 when NJ. Stein (
lel enlarged and improved 1t. Mime.
steinheil brought her husband dowry 7
II $4,000 in stocks of the Japy Manu- G
acturing Company. which pays a high I
dividend. Her mother. however had the !
Isufruct OF the interest on this money s
Until her death.
Apart from the sale of his pictures, G
" designing for stained glass windows 4
lly difficult 70 make an approximation t
a nrnha bIy rnada se0 O00 aip,a tbo 80. | h