The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-27
STEINKEIL CASE
ST|RS PARIS.
Revelations POinttO Possible Ex-
pOSure Of National Scandal.
WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST.
Nine. Steinheil, Charged With Murder
of Her Husband and Stepmother,
Also Accused of Poisoning Felix
Faure. Former President.

Also Accused of Poisoning Felix
Faure, Former President.
Paris, Nov. 27.-The Steinhill muir.
der mystery investigation was taken
away from Magistrate NJ. Leydett this
morning on the ground that he was
The case was given then to Magistrate
Boucard. Boucard called the woman
from her cell but she was suffering
from nervousness and he was unable
to question her.
She refuses to make any statement
and has maintained her silence since
she was accused yesterday of poison
ing President Faure in 1899.
Take Case From Boucard.
Late today the case was taken away
from Boucard and given into the
hands of Examining Magistrate Andre
Minister of Justice BRAND says that
probe of the allegation that the muir.
der of Faure resulted in his slowness
in taking up the Dreyfus case, is now
imperative.
Alexandra Wolff, the man accused
by Nine. Steinhill of the murder of
her husband, was questioned this
morning secretly.
The detectives say that Nine. Stein
hill had accomplices in the murder,
and they are now being hunted for
Paris, Nov. 27.-Paris is in a state
Of intense excitement over the devel-
opmentS that have come thick and
fast in the Steinheil murder case and
the sensation has made itself felt even
in the chamber of deputies, where
many members declared they would
raise the question unless the govern
ment undertook to probe the scandal.
Nine. Steinheil made a confession to
two newspaper men. She declared a
man named Alexandra Wolff was the
murderer of her husband. Wolff was
arrested and examined by the authori-
ties. He denied all guilt and said he
was ready to prove an alibi. Nine.
Steinheil then weakened and said if it
was not Wolff, the man who did COM
NIT the crime resembled him strangely.
Then suspicion turned upon Nine.
Steinheil herself and it was announced
that she had been locked up in the
prison Of St. Lazare under a warrant
of arrest. Wolff was also held.
One of the surprises of the day was
the revelation of the fact that Nine.
Japy, who was murdered at the same
time as Stenheil was not Nine. Stein
heil's mother, but her stepmother
The day brought forth a crop of SEN
sational rumors. 1t was said that Min
lister of Justice BRAND had ordered an
investigation of the open charges
that Nine Steinheil had been the mis-
tress of NJ. Leydett, the examining
magistrate in the case, and that NJ.
Leydett had been instrumental in
sitting the investigation.
Behind the interest in the crime
itself lies the more or less thinly
yelled limitations that France is on
the verge of a scandal involving high
personages, and the failure of the pc,
lice to clear up the mystery has led
to the open assertion that their lack
Of energy is dictated by powerful po
litical reasons, dating back to the
death in Paris in 1899 Of Felix Faure
at one time president of the republic
Although hushed up at the time, it
was common knowledge among those
behind the scenes that Nine. Steinheil
was with NJ. Faure at the Elyssee pal
ace when he died. The Libre Parole
charges Nine. Steinheil with having
poisoned President Faure.
The public appetite for a sensation
was whetted further by Detective
Hamard, who announced that the mys
terry was not yet cleared up and that
a great surprise might be expected at
any moment.