The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-14
VERDICT RENDERED AMID RING. ING CHEERS AND-SHouTs
 OF LAUGHTER.
Dramatic Scenes Followed the Render. ing of the Verdict, and the Pris-
 oner Painted From Strain of the Proceedings.

k einheil was acquitted by jury at lfll hour this morning of the murder llA her husband, Adolphs Steinheil, a S ted painter, and her stepmother, ,.ne. Japy.
 .sarhe verdict was rendered at 12:55
 lm., after two and half hours de
 eration, during which the jury e.&ce summoned the president of the
 Urt for explanations, thus proving
 Vt the original majority was for
 viction.
 bo some degree sentiment and a e sSfy, crowded court pom favored T prisoner and the delay caused madeh apprehension. With the first alitv fiahce of the jury. however sev. erai of whom were smiling, an in- stinctive feeling of acquitta flashed through the court room
 A dramatic scene followed. The red robed judges and counsel filed in and took iheir places. Every eye was fiveted on the door through which the prisoner sbouli enter, but she did not appear. M. nevalles. the presid. ing judge, turned to the jury and said:
 Have you reached verdict?''
 The foreman arose and replied:
 "On our conscience. we answer No to every question"
 salyo of "bravos" followed this announcement and a perfect bedlam broke loose. NJ. Aubin, counsel for Mme. Steinhei embraced his col leagues.
 Men and women in the rear of the hall jumped and screamed for joy The judge threatened to clear the count room and when semblance of order was respred, he called:
 Bring in the accused"
 Fully two minutes passed before the black robed figure with a white face. dropping on her breast, appeared in the doorway, supported on either side by a gendarme. The women swayed and seemed to be fainting. but in re- sponse ao' wild outburst of cheers, she lifted her head and looked about, smiling faintly in ackno wledgement.
 Then she totteled forward and sank on the floor beside the rail. When the judge pronounced the verdict, her falnt mufmrur of thanks was hardly
 
 heard An instant after, M Aubin was over the rail lifting her in his arms. The crowd surged forward in solid wall, making the ra1ters ring with cheers.
 Outside the gloomy court, tens of thousands who had been waiting for hours, took up the cry. Special edi. tions of the papers spread like wild fire. spreading the news through the boulevards. where thousands more were waiting in front of the cafes and the same scenes of rejoicing were witnessed there.
 The last day of the trial was given over largely to the argument of M. Aubin, counsel for the prisoner. Con- siderable delay was occasioned by the absence of the foreman of the jury. but his place, after a physicians cer- tifioste had been presented, was talk en by substitute. Maitre Aubin, speaking with much feeling and in a Sympathetic voice. while admitting the fanlts of his client. devoted some time to telling the story of her life as child, wife and mother.
 T don't seek to place her on a ped estal,' he said. 'but she must not be put in the pillory defend her with all my skill because believe her inno cent"
 Mime. SteinheiI wept gently as her counsel spoke of how her husband idolized her. NJ. Aubin maintaining that he enjoyed the ada1lation of which she was the object. If her i,1s- hand knew of her intrignes he never indicated it by word or sign.