Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-20
SHE WAS Acquitted
NINE. STEINHEIL FREED FROM
MURDER CHARGE.
Everybody Thinks Her Acquittal of
Numbering Her Husband Was Due
Directly to Inquisitorial Torture of
the Court and Her Dramatic Manner
During the Trial.

Paris, Nov. 15.-From all Paris there |
arose a shout of acclaim at 1 clock
Sunday morning when Nine. Marguerite
Steinheil was acquitted of the murder
of her husband and stepmother after
one of the most sensational trials in
the history of France IS modern courts.
The word Acquitted" pronounced
at 1850 a. m. in an almost inaudible
tone by the foreman of the jury in the
crowded assize courtroom in the Palais
de Justice, spread like fire. Nine. Stein
he'll stretched out her arms in mute
gratitude to the jury that gave her
life.
The shout "Acquittal" issued from
the lips of the hundreds of distinguish
ed spectators in the courtroom. A hys-
terical wave-f Acquittal was swept
along by the hundreds in the corridors
of the Palais de Justice and rolled-a
volume of sound-across the sea of
100000 people who jammed the court
yard of the palais and filed the sur
rounding streets for blocks.
''Brava, Bravo They Shout
From street to street, from alley to
alley, the tidings spread until the tat
tered denizens of the Mont Martre dis
| trict, from their crooked alleys, joined
the thousands in the gay-lit boule-
wards in cry of "Bravol bravoi the
red widow is Innocent"
| Cafes, hotels and residences emptied
their thousands into the steets to join
the mob, mild with excitement, that
surged to and fro with but one object
to spread the news. Hysterical Paris,
almost universally of the opinion that
the cred widow" was guilty, turned
night into day to shout, their approval
of her acquittal. The courage, brilli-
ancy and cleverness she has shown in
her unequal fight against the French
system of justice had won the popu-
lace to her, despite its conviction that
she was guilty.
Nothing Like 1t Since Dreyfus.
Paris has not seen the scene of such
excitement since the public awaited
the verdict in the famous Dreyfus case
When it became known that the case
was in the hands of the jury in the
evening 100000 people, true Partisan
crowd, concentrated about the Palaii
de Justice. The boulevards wer,
packed with thousands more.
1t is the almost universal opinion
that the acquittal of Nine. Steinhei
was due directly to the inquisitoria
torture to which she was subjected b,
. the court and the manner in which sh
bore it. Bullied with brutal accuse
> tions, browbeaten with invectives, he
whole life laid before the jury in tn
most foul language, she fought bacl
I W it'll every woman IS weapon at her com
j, nand. With the facility of an actres
she was alternately weeping, patheti
5 figure, helpless and alone, magniicen
0 woman, aroused indignation, angry, re
9 turning defiance for accusations an
, denial for invective.
5 Fascinated the Jury.
When she took the stand at the b.
ginning of the trial Nine. Steinhe
was submitted for three days to an il
Iqulsllloh, Posslpie uhuer INC rieno
code. At times Presiding Judge d
. Wales and Paul Trouard Riolle, pros
}. cutor general, were both on their fee
1 shouting accusations at her. Throug
b it all she fought back, taking adval
l. tage of every opportunity for EN-
tional display. Every move the colder
/ haired woman made in the court roo
had it's effect on the jury.
The fascination of Nine. Steinhei
which captivated politicians, prince