Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05
CONFESSION WAS FAKE
Lefebvre Wanted Merely to
See Mime. SteinheiI.
PRISONER IN COLLAPSE
Exhausted by Long Examination by
Prosecuting Judge
ORDEAL IS NEAR CLOSE
Court Announces That Witnesses
Hide Liasons From Daughter.

Special Csblegram Ia The Star.
PARIS, November 5--When the trial OF
Nine. Steinheil for the murder OF her
husband and mother was resumed at
noon today Judge Wales took occasion
at the opening to explain that the youth.
Lefebvre. who interrupted the proceed
ings yesterday with his confession OF al
legged completely in the murder of Adolphe
Steinheil and Nine. Japy, the husband
and mother Of the prisoner. was mere
curiosity seeker who wanted to get q
look at Nine Steinheil.
The presiding judge then resumed his
examination of the prisoner.
Nine. Steinheil appeared more warlike
than ever and determined to combat the
examining Judge on every point. An AL
most yellow tinge covered her mask-hke
face. She seemed to be restraining her
excitement.
She gave her answers quickly. often be-
ginning with the words: Permit me to
explain" Before half an hour had passed
she had regained her old Volubility and
was gesticulating violently.
Judge Wales also raised his voice.
Prisoner and judge often spoke at the
same time.
Lied to Hide Liasons.
Judge Wales argued that there could
not have been as much money i'm the
house at the time Of the murder as Mime.
Steinheil said had been stolen, quoting
the report OF expert accountants to sup
port this point. The judge maintained
that there was a discrepancy between her
statements TO the amount of money
hidden in the house and the amount de-
posted in the bank
The question of the Jewels was then
taken up. Nine. Steinheil admitted that
she had lied about them at the first
animation because many articles had been
given to her by her lovers She said
she had sham duplicates of her best
jewels.
Judge Wales made a great point of the
fact that she had failed TO demand news
of her husband and mother the day after
the commission of the crime.
The crowd outside the courtroom be-
fore the opening today was greater than
yesterday Those who occupied the first
places i'm the line outside the law courts
building offered TO sell their places for
30 francs. The prices for places farther
along in the queue diminished until the
poorer ones, or those near the end, could
be had for = francs.
Eleven women found places in the front
row. There was standing room only in
court
Examination Nears End.
Before resuming his examination Judge
nesses would he heard today. This would
seem TO indicate that he expects TO COM
plete his examination of the prisoner
The Judge said that Investigations at a
Hebrew thedter showed that two long
rooes mad disappeared. Nine. Steinheil,
in her original story of masked robbers,
said the wore long gabardines. When
Wales made this admission the prisoner
quickly pointed ont that IL this clue
fol- wed up Immediately something would
be discovered.
She fixed the amount of money stolen
as 1903 francs in one envelope and 100
francs in another.
Judge Wales said this was unlikely. as
the Stenheils were then very poor
Well" replied the prisoner. M. and
Nine. SteinheiI were not born January 1.
1!DS. NJ Steinhel had made investments
unknown to me-.
How can we believe that is true,
sinse you burned your account books
asked the judge.
But | never killed my mother and my
husband. replied the prisoner.
This is typical OF the replies to leading
questions when Nine. Steinhei is placed
i'm an embarrassing position.
Mime. Steinheil a Good Housewife.
Later on she spoke for ten minutes on
how she worked. making her daughters
dresses and doing other things. in order
to economize. The judge agreed that she
was an excellent housewife
Judge Wales TN an read A detailed list
of the twelve jewels belonging to the
prisoner. The madam said five of these
were sham jewels and Lad been stolen,
while the real jewels remained AT Vert
logs cottage at Bellevue.
Continuing. the prisoner said:
Il lied to NJ. Leydet, the first inquirng
magistrate. l was ashamed To confess
that my lovers had given me the jewels.
/ was unwilling to be exposed before my
daughter"
1t was owing to her regard for her
daughter that Nine. SteinheiI had Soul
had been given to her by one of her
lovers.
After long. confused wrangie about
the jewels Judge Wales took up the pris-
oner's reasons for reopening the case
when il was apparently dead through her
letter to a newspaper in which she made
number Of admissions, among others
that she had placed the pearl I'm the
pocket Of Couilard. the valet. The judge
maintained that her action was due 10
her desire to regain her provincial lover,
Borderel.
Nine Steinheil denied this. She main
tanned that she took the action because
Buisson her daueht-rS lover, had aban-
doned the latter on account of the scan
dal Ii seemed To her as il Marthe. the
daughter would never be able to marry.
At this point the prisoner sank eX-
hausted in her seat.
Thought Valet Was Guilty.
On recovering her composure Madam