Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-09

a woman and wearing a wig OF red hair,
he had helped to commit the murders.
she declared that she could not identify
him as one OF the murderers whom she
had previously described
The presiding Judge promptly ordered
Lefevre's arrest and an investigation OF
his statement and warned the jury that
this might prove to be another attempt
to BATTLE justice. A search OF the man
disclosed tw: photographs, one of Nine.
Steinheil and the other OF the house
where the crime was committed. Lefevre
was locked up as a vagabond.
LEFEVRE ADMITS FRAUD.
On further examination before a mag
istrate, Lefevrs said that MS name is
Reno. Collard. and that he is an actor.
He admitted that he had not the slight
est connection with the crime and had
merely acted on a chivalrvus impulse TO
save Nine. Steinheil. of whose innocence
he was convinced. He was ordered de-
tanned, pending verification of his iden-
tity.
Just before the close of the day, came
the first direct mention of the late Felix
Faure former president of France Much
of the interest in the present case lies
IN the friendship that is known existed
between Nine Steinheil and the late
president of the republic and several
times the prisoner made vague reference
to "a high political parsonage who had
been my friend
REFERENCE TO FAURE.
The direct reference to the president
was made in connection with a discus
sion of the incident of finding in the SUBJ
way Of an invitation to an exhibition
at the steinhen home. together with
pieces of a visiting card of Nine. Mase-
line. with the name of costumer writ
ten In. which Nine. Steinheil asserts was
dropped by the fleeing assassins. Re-
spending to a question as to whether II
was at the home of Nine. Maseline al
Havre, she met President Felix Faure,
the prisoner replied: mo, II was during
a trip in the Alps
A summary of the evidence shows that
the Judge failed to shake Nine. Stein
heiFs original version of the crime, She
admitted intrigue, but heatedly denied
that she sent her mother to solicit money
from her lovers, and she insisted that
! her husband had never pronted by her
own immoral life. Admitting that she
had done wrong, in fearful voice she
heseeched the jury TO pardon her faults
She defended herself by saying that since
she did not live with her husband as his
wife, she longed for sympathy and love.
When confronted with the Inconsistent
cies in her stories, she 1ustlned tneHn py
saying that she had lost her head when
harassed by journalists and detectives,
and had thus been led to believe that
those whom she had accused were per-
haps guilty. The judge led the woman
again and again over the story OF the
crime itself and after suggesting that
she had probably worked out a fantastic
plot. in which she introduced red-bearded
men, and a red-haired woman, taken
from books. or adopted from some similar
crime of which she had read in her
youth, confronted her with the charges OF
having dyed her dressing gowns after the
murder to get rid of tell-tale inkstands
and of having exchanged some of her
stepmothers bedding. He also pointed
out that the gag when taken from Nine.
Jap's mouth was not moistened by saliva,
and declared that therefore the gagging
was a farce and the whole story trumped
up. 49,
Nine. Steinheil Indignantly denied these
charges and boldly declared that If the
gag did not show saliva 1t was because
the doctors had examined the wrong gag.
She asserting that she had no motive
IN dveinp her GOWNS