The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-08
WITNESSES FOR
STATE FAVOR
NINE. sTEAHE|L
Physician Declares Murders
Could Not Have Been Done
by Woman Alone.

PARIS, Nov. s.-with the opening to-
day of the second week of the trial OF
Madame Marguerite steinheil. who is
accused of numbering her husband,
Adolphe Steinheil. and her stepmother,
Madame Japy. the public interest IN
the remarkable case is higher than
ever.
No direct evidence duplicating the
prisoner with the crime yet has been
adduoed, while the conflicting stories
told by the witnesses n the brave
duel of the accused in her fight against
the Judge is turning the sympathy In
her favor. Madame Steinhef processes
to have the greatest confidence in her
acquittal.
Madame Antanzio, wife OF one OF
S~teinheirs models. and DR.. Archary,
the Steinheil family physician, though
called by the State, both destined IN
favor Of the accused, the former IN
sisting upon the frenzied condltion OF
the woman on the morning after inc
crime and the doctor "ontradlctin IN
the most categorical fashion the sesli-
mony attributed to him before the ex-
amining magistrate. 49,
DR.. Archary denied emphat1cally nat
Madame Steinheil told him that her
husband was addicted to infamous
practises. He insisted that the repor
of his previous examination was err
roneous and also that he never believed
that Madame Steinheirs illness subse-
quent to h crime was simulated NOT
w~ithstanding the testimony to the con-
49, At---F -, A. lANtArc a phn mazda
the autopsies and expert examinations.
DIR. Archary testified that Adolphs
Steinheil's death was due to asphyxia-,
ton after strangulation and that
Madame Japy's death resulted from
asphyxiation. Because of the manne
in which the bodies were ligated the
doctor offered the opinion that one per-
son alone could not ave committed
the murders.
M. Aubin, counsel for the defendant,
| promised to prove to the satisfaction OF
| the jury that the gag they had exam
| ined was not the one used to gag
| Madame Steinheil.
DR.. Balthazar, a Psychologist, testified
| that he found no trace OF a narcotic in
| the stomach of either M. Steinheil or
Madame Japy.
H lCAORo "oC
the testimony Of other experts. Madame
| Steinheil cried out wildly: They are
determined to kill mel" ~
When the taking of testimony wal
resumed, after recess. Madame Stein
he'll wept bitterly while Pierre Buis.
son, who broke off his engagement to
Marthe Steinheil. testified He de-
ciared thai his action a nothing to
do with the question of q dowry.
Another doctor testified that he lii
not consider the prisoners illness. after
| the crimes were discovered. was
| feigned. An expert who examined the
ropes with which Madame steinhen
was bound testified that they cam6
| from the kitchen of the Steinheil house.
| and a clock expert who examined the
| clock in the house declared that IT.
had been stopped by hand. as 1t was
| wound up.
Frederick II. Birmingham, the Ameri-
can newspaper a who was arrest
ed on suspicion at the time Of the muir
| ders, created a furry on being called
to the stand by announcing: II am the
man who has just escaped the guillo-
tine"
After explaining the facts establish
ing his ulibi, Mr.. Birmingham protest.
ed vigorously against the manner In
which he a dragged into the case,
| and especially against h language Of
his Indictment, which he regarded as
defamitory. Both M. Aubin and h
prosecuting Judge expressed regret that
| he had been falsely accused.