The San Francisco call., 1909-11-13
IlUI Nicaragua Rebels Lose Town
UULIUV SteinhcH Prosecution Ends
WOMAN PAINTED IN
BLACKLIST COLORS
Prosecutor Calls Madame Stein
he'll Born Liar, but Argu-
ment Seems Weak

PARIS, Nov. 12.-The entire session
taken UP with an imprisoned plea b,
Advocate General Trouard Riolle fo
the conviction of the woman who il
charged with having killed her hus
Steinheirs counsel Aubin is yet to bt
heard, doubt has arisen whether th'
case viii go to the jury tomorrow.
NThe prosecutor showed neither pity
nor mercy in his address to the jury
He painted the accused woman in The
blackest colors, as born liar, and as
one whose whole life before and after
the crime. justified the presumption oi
guilt. He developed the theory thai
after the rich and generous lover
Chouanard, abandoned her in 1907
Nine. Steinheil realized she was almost
at the end of her tether and that wher
she got Maurice oBrderel In hel
clutches. she was determined to hole
hi meven at the price of murder.
WOMAN,s STORY ATTACKED
The prosecutor insisted that Madame
Steinheifs story that burglars COM
mitted the crime was myth; and he
undertook to reconstruct the scenes
that actually happened, alleging that
while the accused woman and he rae
completes We're tying Madame Japy
Steinheil was aroused by the noise and
jumped out of bed. Thereupon they
attacked and killed him and, return
ing to Madame Japy's room found her
in bad fright.
Riolle undertook to account for the
stopping of the clock in the Steinheil
home, after the murder, advancing the
theory that Madame Steinheil in her
anguish could not endure the ticking
An expert testified during the trial that
the clock had been stopped by hand
as il was being wound up.
ARGUMENT SEEMS WEAK
Riolle left the impression that the
testimony up which his argument was
based was too conflicting, and that his
fine spun Prescriptions were too pre-
else. leaving him vulnerable to his an
tagonist.
Throughout the day Nine. Steinhal}
seemed terribly depressed. Not once
did she interrupt the proceedings,
though frequently she clenched her
fists and showed signs of anger when
the prosecutor made particularly
odious insinuations against her. 1t is
understood that at the conclusion of
Aubin's address Nine Steinhall in
tends to address the jury in her own
behalf. This would make q dramatic
Gilman and it is expected would have
powerful influence on the jury, which
is reported to be evenly divided
WOMEN AGAINST ACUSED
Two things must be remembered in
Connection with French verdict. First,
the majority vote prevails, the fore
man of the jury having two votes if
there be tie; second, the jurors are
not confined, but are permitted to re-
turn to their homes(at night, where
they are subjected to the possible in
fluence of their wives.
1t is notorious that whereas a ma
pority of the men here favor the ac-
quittal of Nine. Steinheil the women
almost unanimously believe she is
guilty.
Nine. Steinheil is being deluged with
letters of every character, many of
them containing offers of marriage if
she is acquitted. Enterprising theat-
rical managers are trying to arrange
for her immediate appearance on the
stage after release. Nine. Steinheil is
represented as haying thrown these
letters away in rage.