New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
STElNHElL FAINTS
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bitterly that in the hour of her mis-
fortune she had been deserted by high
placed friends.
JUDGE DISPLAYS No PITY
notwithstanding this passionate ap-
peal, Judge de Wales pursued his inter-
rogatories relentlessly. When he pinned
her down with proof that she had con-
cealed Jewels which she afterward said
had been stolen. she turned her back on
him. ard. with crossed arms and flash
iag eyes, admitted that she had done so.
iustifying her action by the motherly
instinct of shielding her daughter from
the knowledge that these jewels had
come from her lover.
The prisoner Indignantly denied that
her sensational attempt to revive the
case last fall by an accusation against
young Wolf. the son of the cook in the
Steinheil household. was due to the in
sistence Of her lover. Maurice Borderel.
the merchant whom it was supposed she
desired 10 marry. "BordeTel had passed
out of my life" said Nine Steinheil.
and / had no thought of him. My sole
solicitation was to save my daughters
engagement to Pierre Buisson."
ACTIONS FOLLOWING MURDER.
The judge continued doggedly to force
the prisoner to retrace step b. step her
actions during the feverish months fol-
lowing the crime. confronting her at
every turn with some new story which
she had nl e.,
plain over and over again why she had
accused wrongfully Birmingham. the
American newspaper man; Couillard the
servant. and young Wolf ON each oc-
oasion Mime Steinheil found refuge be-
hlnd the plea that in her frenzied desire
10 clear herself from the awful imputa-
ton that she had murdered her husband
and mother she had seized upon any
suggestion that came into her bead
Judge de Wales was particularly severe
IN his cross-examination as to the lack
or feeling displayed by the prisoner at
her mothers funeral.
Al one time when Nine Steinheil de-
cared that Couillard had lied, the Judge
interrupted sharply with The exclsma-
ton, But YOU also lied," At this NJ
Auoln sprang 10 his feet ana protested
against the remark Of t, Court Judge
wales retorted. Il am justified in say
ing that the accused has never ceased
10 lie concerning this affair Her stories
are tissues Of lies"
AFTER short suspension Of proceed
lnSs in the afternoon Nine. SteinheI had
brief respite while the first depositio,
OF witnesses was read. This introduced
description of the condition of the
house following the crime. She then
described an ordeal 10 which she had
been subjected, and which she said con-
tinued for four hours. During that time
she said that two French journalists
had tortured her into denouncing WoIf
by telling her that she was about TO be
arrested. Before she had finished this
recital she broke down under excite
ment and was le6 fainting from the
courtroom.
TESTIMONY OF THE POLICE
Three police witnesses testified that
the Steinheil house. following the mur-
der. did not have the appearance of
having been the scene of a crime the
motive of which was robbery They also
said that the bonds in which Nine.
Steinheil was tied did not seem 10 have
been genuinely fastened. Following this
testimony the court adjourned. The gov
ernment las sixty-seven witnesses and
:he defence nine.
In an interview to-day NJ. Borderel re-
affirmed his faith in the innocence IF
Nine. S:einheil, saying THAI she knew
that marriage with him would be i'm
possible. and that therefore the alleged
motive for the murder Of her husband
was untenable. lie added: she did not
revive the case on my account, for she
knew that the woman whom had lived
was not the woman whose intrigues With
Faur5, ChOuauard, Balincourt ana so
many others have been exposed"