The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-01
A MYSTERY OF PARIS
Was Madame SteinheiI. the Beautiful
French Adventures, Responsible for
the Death of President Faure.

Paris. Dec. 1.-The Steinheil case
continues TO be- the sensation Of the
hour in all France. The political side
looms larger and larger every day and
in interest harks back always 10 the
tragic death in Paris in 1899 of Felix
Faure, President Of France
u. Faure died in the midst OF the
Dreyfus excitement. The royalist and
anti-Dreyfus organs are demanding an
official investigation into the death Of
NJ. Faure and intimate openly that. as
the insuperable obstacle 10 the lead
ers OF the Dreyfus agitation. he was
the victim of a plot. They have put
| forward the old allegation that NJ.
Faure intended to yield TO the petit
tons of the Dreyfusards and sign an
order for the revision of the case and
that consequently he was poisoned.
She Saw Faure Die
The only reason to believe that NJ.
Faure did not die a natural death is
found in the fact that his body de-
composed with unusual rapidity and TO
offset this there are the statements of
five of the best known physicians of
| Paris who certified that he died of
cerebral hemOrrhage.
The story that Madame Steinheil
was present when he passed away
seems unfortunately TO be true and
great regret is expressed that circum-
stances have now compelled the dis
1.-THE Charmer of Men"
With regard to the crimes them
selves. Madame SteinheirS husband
and her stepmOther, Madame Japy,
were found murdered in the Steinheil
home in Paris on May 81 of this year
and at the same time Madame Stein
he'll was discovered bound and gagged,
the net is drawing closer and closer
around.
Stories of her numerous romantic af-
fairs with persons of note in the po-
litical and artistic circles are coming
to light daily and they prove what a
remarkable woman she was She is
now called THE Charmer of Men"
Her salon was daZZlingly brilliant Her
last lover, in whose eyes she declared
she wanted to justify herself. has now
been discovered and his identity fur
nisheS clue to a motive for the crime
He is a rich widOwer and resides in
a famous chateau near Meziers. in
the department of the Ardennes. He
is not implicated in the crime. When
lseen by a journalist this man. who
is the father of three children, pro-
tested frantically at the disgrace an
Exposure would bring. He said he was
ready to commit suicide, but neverthe-
less he made clean breast of his re-
lations with Madame Steinheil
She Hated Her Husband
| IL
a reception at the Steinheil home. He
fell easily under the spell of Madame
Steinheirs charms He soon got into
the habit of meeting her at the Green
: Lodge" villa at Bellevue. which
Madame Steinheil rented under the
name of Madame Provost Mariette
J Wolff, the cook whose son was accused
by Madame Steinheil of being guilty of
the murders, lived at the lodge and
was her mistress confidante. This
was early last year.
For month il was an exquisite
idyl." said this man in describing the
episode. Madame Steinheil said she
/ adored me and at each meeting she
made new avowalS and swore she
loved me alone.
''She insisted particularly that the
Faure story was a legend" said the
widower. land said she could prove
that she was home i'll at the time of
NJ. Faure'S death. She admitted. how
, ever, that she hated her husband and
said he led an infamous existence
She detested her mother also for hav-
ing forced her to marry Steinheil She
assured me that she would get a d.
vorce and marry me-"