Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-27
Letter From Mime. Steinheil.

Letter From Nine. Steinheil.
In the light of Nine. Steinheil's arrest
for completely in rhe murder a letter
which she recently wrote takes on a new
interest.
The letter. while printed in Paris. was
not sent to this country. 1t was written
to NJ Marcel Hutin of the Echo de Paris.
who is a personal friend of Nine. Stein
he'll.
during the summer. not long after the
murder of her husband and her mother,
and she had not responded.
On a Sunday toward the end of Octo-
Der he saw two women. who he thought
were Nine SteinheI and her daughter.
coming out of the office Of the govern
ment's general detective agency. He did
not address them. out of feelings OF
delicacy. but he sat down and wrote
second letter to Nine. Steinheil.
In this letter he asked her whether it
we're she and her daughter whom he had
seen leaving the detective office. and If
all hope of detecting the assassins of her
relatives had been abandoned or whether
the public might still hope for a solution
Of the mystery.
He received a response to this second
letter under date of October 80. In il,
among other things. Nine. Steinheil said:
HAS it come to this. monsieur? Is it
you who. after having proved to me that
1
friends. could charge me with not doing
my utmost to avenge my dead?
Indeed. il. was I and my daughter who
came out of the detective bureau, and
recognized you. You were wrong not to
speak to US
Il would have assured you that more
than ever 7 am aiding in the search for
the assassins. You could have seen me
in the same place for many days there
after.
e g., 7 l,x.
regained my health. and with it my firm
determination to avenge my husband and
my poor dear mother. whom / adored.
Promises to Avenge Dead
LAS you know | have been aspersed in
every way. and TO add to the infamy peo-
pie have been willing to say that | have
smirched the memory of him who never
failed in honor. I do not forget this, and
| shall avenge him who cannot avenge
himself.
Yes. indeed. monsieur, | am seeking
the ASA ssin where have always told the
representatives of justice that they could
DE found.
Nine. Steinheil goes on then TO repeat
her story that the assassins were heavily
disguised and that they wore long black
c!oakS which were closely buttoned from
top to bottom. That" said she, lis one
thing most exact.
She then tells Hutin that two days after
the assas nation an enploye of the Paris
subway found an invitation to one Of her
husbands exhibitions. The invitation IN
closed another, on which were three adj
dresses.
One of these addresses led the detective
to a theatrical costumer. from whom he
learned that on the night of the murder
three robes such as were worn by the
assassinS disappeared from particular
theater between . and & O'Clock in the
evening.
From this clue, she says. Il hope
that ii will be possible to find traces OF
the assassins. One thing I can say. these
men were certainly not French.
The dark one, who was at my side,
and who asked me where To find the
money. had strong foreign accent Il
have always insisted on this po:ntD
Il shall never forget the ordeal to which
I was Obliged to submit at Bouiogne.
where l was taken. because Nj. Leydet
had no authority at Be..evue There |
was obliged to submit to the most sur
prising interrogat:ons regarding myself,
my husband, my mother and my family.
Without the loving support of my
daughter | should never have been able
to survive that ordeal.
The painter Adolph Steinhei! and his
mother-in-aU, Nine. Japy. were 70 nd
stranglcd in tae artists residence. 10 Rue
de Vanguard, Paris, on the morning eff
May II last. Nine. Steinheil. tne arts.
WHOM was SdSSeu anu bct!iIu "
her bed and in a faintng condition
SteinheiPs man servant discovered the
crime. AS usual. he arose at o'clock TO
prepare breakfast On hearing Sroans
from Nine. Steinhers room he entered
and found her lying, bound hand and
foot. to her bed.
4 gag Of cotton wool Law near by which
she had succeeded i'm ejecting from her
mouth. A thin cord Of catgut similar
20 that found around the necks or her
mother and her husband was Fastened
about her throat.
Nine Steinheil when released at once
became hystericaI and little could be
way to another bedroom, where he found
the body OF Nine. Japy. Steinhel's body
was discovered later in his own chamber
He was resting his knees his hody
bent backward. His features were black
ened and his limbs were already stir.
The thin fatal cord was about his neck.
Police Are Notified. :.
The man servant at once notified the po-
lice by telephone and Chief Detective
Hamard and other police officials were
soon on the scene. They searched every
where, but found no clues to the MUIR
derers.
The next day the police magistrate Wis
tied 1J2 Rue de Vanguard In spite OF
reply to his questions. She declared that
she had been aroused from her slumbers
by the appea rance OF three men and a
woman.
All the men wore boards and one Of
them sandals. In company with the police