The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-08
EXPECT THE WOMAN
TO SNARE MORE MEN
French People Certain That
Nine. SteinheiI viii Not
Remain in SeCIuSi0n.
YIELDS STRANGE POWER
AMERICAN GIRL ASTONISHES
PARIS MUSICAL CRITICS.

FaEIS. Dec liver since Lue apple
Incident, at the dawn of the world, his
tory well bears out the claim that
clever woman is usually successful in
the matter of matching her wits against
the average man.
The outcome of the justly celebrated
Steinheil case-One of the most remark
able i'm criminal history-well bears out
this assertion. Although the attractive
widow was acquitted of completely in
the murder of her husband and foster
mother, Mime. Japy, there are few per-
sons in France who are not confident
that the official decision setting the wo-
man free is by no means the last that
viii be heard of "Laffaire Steinheil,"
as the famous case is now termed, and
ranked with "L'affaire Dreyfus."
While Cleopatra had her Antony and
Nine. Steinheil her Felix Faure, presi-
dent of the French republic, who met
death while visiting her apartments, 1t
is thoroughly expected that the woman's
remarkable influence over men high in
finance, diplomacy and business, will
again be il evidence before long, al
though she is at present in retirement.
Strange Hypnotic Power.
It is said that she is to go to Eng
land, TO remain until the present talk
about her affairs has blown over, to an
extent That her influence over men Of
brain and strong will is in part due to
hypnotic power, is generally conceded,
but apart from this, she is of that pc
culiar type which attracts men even
against their win. The names of those
high in the councils of the nation and
In finance, who gave her comfort and
aid before and during her trial, are we'll
known throughout the republic but for
obvious reasons cannot be given here,
although it is expected they viii be
brought into prominence i'm due time.
The general public feeling is hostile
TO Mime. Steinhel. one evidence of this
may be found in the sale on the boule-
wards of a printed sheet purpOrting to
be her viii. The document is surround
ed by a heavy black border a large
black cross occupying the middle of the
sheet. The wording, which is in legal
form, dispOses of her property, and is
of interest because it is entirely satiri-
cal, and intended as a sharp and point
ed criticism Of the notorious woman.
Several of the provisions are so broad
and Enthusiastically French, that they
are impossible Of reproduction here.
To Alexander Wolf. who testified
against her, she is supposed 10 bequeath
the gag that was in her mouth when she
was found bound in her room when the
discovery of the crime was made.
To her former servant, Remy Couil-
lard, who also testified against her on
the witness stand, she leaves a garment
she is supposed to have worn at the
time the murders We're committed, spot
TED as 1t was with blood, which it is
limited was that of her husband.
Burlingham's Request.
To the American journalist, Burling-
ham, whom she accused of the murders
after the bodies were found, she is sup
posed to bequeath a photograph cam
era. a pair of slippers and a pair of
skis used to travel over snow, worn by /
my poor husband when he accompanied I
Felix Faure on his trip TO the Alps"
To BOrderei. the millionaire mer- /
chant, who 1t is said was attentive to her /
even while her husband was alive. and /
whom she was to marry, is given a piece /
OF the cord with which Nine Japy was 1
strangled.
To Count d'Arlon is left the towels /
and other linen used in the kitchen Of 1
her residence, while to the people of /
Paris she bequeaths my memory" /
Needless to say, the people of Paris do |
not attach great value to the gift
OterO, known in the United States as |
a dancer OF more or less merit, but more /
familiar TO the people of the new and 4
old world as once particularly admired /
by Leopold, king Of Belgium, is again |
In the 'limelight" after having been in 1
eclipse Tor some time, some say because /
OF her health.
In a raid by the police on the Sport. /
Aviation club, in the Rue Taitbout. pat. /
ronized by men-abOut-toWn and hand /
some, we'll dressed women OF a certain /
class, fifty Of these women and a dozen 1
men were seated at the baCarat tables /
when NJ. SOullmere, one of the detec- /
tives Of police, at the head of a number /
of policemen, burst into the rooms with /
the usual French police admonition,
Let no one leave the establishment"
His orders were not obeyed, however. /
On the contrary, there was a general /
helter-szelter of the bankers" as the /
persons who conduct such games are
known; crOupiers or dealers, and play
ers. The OterO found refuge in a large
closet, while other women found con-
cealment as best they could. This did /
not help them much, however. for the /
police, without regard to the gallantry
usually attributed TO Frenchmen.
dragged them out into the electric light
of the rooms and formally placed them
under arrest.
Luck Against Her.
In the possession of some of the wom-
en- more than $4,000 francs were found,
but OterO's pocketbOok was nearly emp /
ty. the result of luck having run against
her at play. The women were fearful
and pleaded with NJ. SOulliere to be re-
leased. to which appeals he listened i'm
passively, but with Otero she simply 1
laughed at the police goOd-naturedly
and offered III. Souniere q cigarette
from q bCjeWeled case worth $500 and
said 10 have been a gift from a well
known Russian grand duke, not un-
known in the United States. and who
was, ON one occasion, a guest of a New
port society leader. Later Otero dis
covered she had lost a valuable gold
purse during the raid.
With the discovery of the north mole
by an American (take your choice of the
two claimants), the lead in aviation
made by the Wright brothers. and other
history events in which Amer
leans are leading the world, residents Of
the French republic are asking each
other: What next viii these wonderful
do to surpass and surprise
the World?"
Now. TO add to their establishment at
the versatility Of the Yankees, as they
term all Americans. comes a !
l2-year-Old girl, this time from the sa-
cred precincts of Boston. to simply
Are Asyf,efo..,ls co,4bf~o g.,