New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-27
HOLD NINE. STEINHElL
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viousv made. and believe that the real story
- 49, - ,or,a,ns ~ be told They say that
she has pushed her audacity in trying 10 eHcui-
n.te herself 10 the point where she has oeen
caught in her own trap The police. being con
vinced that Alexandra wolr, whom Nine. stem
he'll last night accused of the murder, was not
connected with the tragedy released MN "i''
to night.
The evening newspapers say there IS aoso
Iutely no warrant for the recent ruhhoIS '
the son of an illustrous painter. whose nam
has been mentioned in connection Win tn7
case is in any wise involved in It, The IN
TRANSPARENT" describes the affair as "a drama
OF love and death in which one man was NUT
dered to make way for another
II is affirmed tonight that Nine stelnneh
is definitely charged with completely In the
murder of her husband and Nine Japy
In later examination before Magistrate
Leydett there was a dramatic scene Wnen
after Nine Steinhe had insisted again ana
again that Wolf the real assassin her
daughter, Mile Marthe. threw herself on her
knees before Nine Steinheii. crying out;
Mama, mama. Confess all. 1 implore you
The mother in a burst Of tears responded; be
fore my daughter swear 1 innocent
CHARGED WITH KILLING FAURE
The anti-SemitIc "I4ibre Parole" openly
charges Nine Steinheil with having poisoned
President Faure. The newspaper recalls that
on the day OF the funeral writer on the
"Libre Parole" who had the body. said:
"All the skill of the embalmers was unable TO
preserve the corpse from the dissolvent action
OF the subtle poison" The journal continues
by charging that NJ. Hamard. chief of detec-
tives, and Magistrate Leydett knew that the
arrest Of Nine. Steinhe would inevitably lead
to the raking up of the scandal OF Faure's
death which had with difficulty been stihed
for ten years, and accordingly did their best
to hush up the present inquiry. The news
paper closes by saying that Faure was poi
soned because he was opposed to revision in
the Dreyfus case.
The crime in question committed the
night OF May 81. Nine. Japy, who Nine.
Steinheirs stepmother. instead Of her mother,
supposed, murdered at the time,
Steinheil. Stenheil was a grand nephew OF
Messonier. The assassina ton of the woman
is supposed to have been incidental to the kill
ing of Stenheil, who the whom Il
desired to get out OF the way. Stenheil,
his wife and Nine Japy lived together. The
wife was found bound and gagged IN bed. and
declared at the time that she had been thus
treated by three men and woman, all unknown
to her. Alexandra Wolff. the man accused last
night by Nine. Steinheil. is the Of woman
who was formerly employed in the steinheil
family a cook
Ever since the night OF the crime Nine.
Steinhell has been suspected Of knowing who
did the deed. Her first breakdown last night
in the presence Of two newspaper men was
dramatic She had been confronted with the
evidence of the teweler who after the crime
had been ordered to dismount the stones in the
jewery alleged 10 have been stolen from the
Steinheil home and melt down the gold mount
ings. and she lost her nerve She first admitted
that she had placed a pearl in the pocketbook
of Couillaud with the idea OF diverting suspi-
cion to him, after which she broke down COM
petely and between cries Of anguish sobbed
out her Confession" duplicating Wor
Nine. StenheiI seemed to realize to-day that
the net in which she entangled herself IN her
efforts to divert suspicion elsewhere was fast
closing in about her
She repeated her statement made last night
to the newspaper men. 20 NJ Hamard, chief Of
detectives. this morning. She was historical
and sohbed out her story between cries of
anguish She said Wolff committed the murders
for purposes of robbery. but that he spared her
account of her daughter. She said she had
kept silent up to the present time because of
VOLTS threats TO charge her with having in
cited him to the murders If she denounced him
She declared emphaticaliy and repeatedly that
Wolff nothing to her and that she was not
in any way party TO the crime.